Tobi and Black Zetsu controlled Nagato, dodging Yagyu's laser beams in a panic.
Yagyu fired lasers unhurriedly. Golden beams shot out from his fingertips one after another, narrowly dodged by Nagato under Black and White Zetsu's control.
"Ooh, scary!"
"Fighting amongst yourselves, yet still able to pull off such beautiful dodges."
"If you guys weren't infighting, wouldn't I be done for?"
Yagyu spoke casually, continuously firing lasers from his fingertips, leaving mark after mark on Tobi's body.
...
In an underground base within the Land of Rain.
Uchiha Madara received the intelligence sent by Black Zetsu.
"Kirigakure's Yagyu actually found Nagato? Damn it!"
"He even discovered the secret of the Rinnegan. It seems I have no choice but to act."
"Otherwise, if he takes the Rinnegan away or even destroys it, all my plans will be ruined."
Madara looked back at the Gedo Statue behind him. His hands slowly formed seals, and a surging life force poured out from the statue.
Through the tube connecting Madara and the Gedo Statue, a massive amount of life force was exported from the statue into Madara's body.
After obtaining this massive life force, Madara's withered white hair rapidly turned jet black, and his aged face became youthful again.
"Half an hour? That's enough!"
Madara sneered coldly, severing the tube connecting him to the Gedo Statue, and charged toward Nagato's location.
Akatsuki Headquarters.
Yagyu fired lasers slowly, giving Tobi a tattoo—a pattern resembling Peppa Pig appeared on Tobi's body surface.
"Beautiful!"
Yagyu nodded with satisfaction.
Black Zetsu and Tobi, however, were on the verge of a breakdown.
Yagyu's way of toying with his prey made them mentally collapse.
Suddenly, Yagyu frowned, his gaze shifting to the ground in front of Nagato.
The earth there suddenly shattered, and a burly man leaped out from within.
This man had wild black hair cascading down his back, covering one of his eyes, looking incredibly domineering.
Uchiha Madara!
"Finally making your entrance? Uchiha Madara!"
"You were hard to find; I looked in several places but couldn't find you!"
Yagyu spoke casually, but his expression became much more serious.
Madara narrowed his eyes and said softly, "You knew I was still alive?"
Yagyu smiled.
"Of course! Didn't you have someone try to drug me, wanting to control me as your puppet?"
"I haven't even repaid your kindness yet! Unfortunately, I searched for you for a long time but couldn't find you!"
Uchiha Madara glanced at Nagato and scoffed coldly, "You even know about the Rinnegan; you know quite a lot!"
Yagyu laughed, "Of course! That White Zetsu you sent knew many things."
Madara said silently, "Memories taken from White Zetsu? It seems you possess some special methods!"
Jiraiya, Yahiko, and the others were already stunned.
Jiraiya looked at Uchiha Madara in shock, asking in disbelief, "This is... Uchiha Madara? Impossible!"
"Uchiha Madara was killed by the First Hokage. It's impossible for him to be alive until now, and even more impossible for him to be this young."
Madara glanced coldly at Jiraiya, showing no interest in acknowledging such an ant.
Yagyu drawled, "Find it hard to believe? Unfortunately, it's all true."
"Uchiha Madara didn't die, and he even awakened the Rinnegan. Nagato's eyes were merely stored there by him."
Tobi's head blossomed open like a flower, revealing the half-black, half-white head of Nagato inside.
Black Zetsu and Tobi controlled Nagato's hands, pressing gently on the eye sockets and gouging out the Rinnegan.
Nagato's screams rang out as he tried to struggle and resist, but he was suppressed by the combined efforts of Tobi and Black Zetsu.
"Nagato!"
Jiraiya, Yahiko, and Konan looked anxious, but because Nagato was controlled by the enemy, they dared not act rashly.
"Madara-sama, your eyes!"
Tobi handed the bloody pair of Rinnegan to Uchiha Madara. Madara accepted them calmly and performed an eye transplant right on the spot.
For someone like Uchiha Madara, who possessed Hashirama cells, eyes were essentially plug-and-play.
After putting in the Rinnegan, Madara spoke calmly, "Not attacking me just now was a very foolish move."
Yagyu said casually, "Is that so? Don't underestimate me too much; I'm as strong as a monster!"
"The reason I let you change into those eyes... is simply because defeating you with the Rinnegan is more valuable to me."
"Well! Anyway, for me, whether you have the Rinnegan or not makes no difference. You still can't beat me either way."
Madara was furious and laughed angrily, "Such arrogant confidence! Do you think I'm like those ants, with no means to deal with you?"
Yagyu spread his hands and spoke slowly, "Don't you know that yourself? Stop wasting your energy."
Without another word, Madara raised his hand and created a black rod using Yin-Yang Release, firing it like a kunai.
"Interesting!"
Yagyu smiled and raised his hand, which had already elementalized, blocking the black rod.
"Useless!"
"If it were a Truth-Seeking Ball, perhaps it could do something to me!"
"What a pity!"
"Shura of the Ninja World, Uchiha Madara, your life ends today."
"The legend of the Dancer of the Battlefield will also end today!"
Yagyu clenched his fist, sneering at Uchiha Madara.
"Speed is weight!"
"Aging Dancer of the Battlefield!"
"Have you ever experienced a Light Speed Kick?"
Yagyu raised his long leg casually, a cross-shaped golden light rotating at his heel.