When Uchiha Madara was truly resurrected, the Orochimaru of this timeline arrived at the battlefield where the Five Kage were fighting against the Reanimated Madara, bringing Karin and Suigetsu with him.
"Tsk, you guys really got messed up."
With just one glance, Tsunade recognized that this was the Orochimaru from this timeline, not the one from the time of the Third Hokage.
She rolled her eyes at him and said, "They got messed up. I'm perfectly fine."
Tsunade wasn't lying. At this moment, she had fully recovered—even the Strength of a Hundred Seal had been deactivated.
Aside from her clothes being a bit dirty and torn, there wasn't a single trace of injury on her.
"Karin, go help treat the others."
Seeing that Tsunade was okay, Orochimaru turned to Karin and gave the order to help the other four Kage.
But Karin was a total love-struck idiot. She had sworn a long time ago that only Sasuke was allowed to bite her.
So she shook her head and refused Orochimaru's command.
"Orochimaru, seems like she doesn't really listen to you, huh?"
Feeling the teasing smile from Tsunade, Orochimaru chuckled as well.
He looked at Karin, stretching his neck out exaggeratedly to scare her as he said, "Either you let them bite you, or I'll bite you. Pick one."
Karin was speechless and on the verge of tears, reluctantly walking over to Mei Terumi and offering her arm.
With Orochimaru's team joining in, the healing process for the other four Kage sped up, and before long, they had regained their mobility.
Tsunade wasn't careless. She placed a small Katsuyu slug on each of them so they could continue to heal even while moving.
"Are we heading to the battlefield? Do you want to come?"
Orochimaru shook his head and replied, "You know me, I value my life too much."
It was obvious—Orochimaru had no intention of going to the battlefield.
But while he refused to go, Karin was eager. Because Sasuke—the one she constantly thought about—was there.
Orochimaru didn't stop her.
After all, Karin's healing ability was powerful. She might actually be useful.
As for him and Suigetsu, the two decided to stay on the edge of the battlefield and wait quietly for the war to end.
"Ahahahaha! You beasts—get in there!"
When the Five Kage and Karin arrived at the battlefield, they saw all nine tailed beasts being absorbed into the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
"Sasuke!"
Karin screamed and rushed toward Sasuke, who was lying motionless beside Naruto.
"Sasuke, hurry and bite me!"
Reaching his side, Karin quickly rolled up her sleeve, trying to get Sasuke to bite her.
But no matter how she shouted, Sasuke didn't respond at all.
"No! Sasuke, don't die on me!"
Karin's anguished cry brought sorrow to all the nearby shinobi.
Madara, even in his normal state, was already overwhelmingly strong. Once he became the Ten-Tails' jinchūriki, he would be even more terrifying.
"What should we do now?"
While everyone was filled with worry about the battle ahead, Guy felt that it was time for him to step up.
With a light jump, he landed in front of Six Paths Madara.
"In other words, it's finally time for the Blue Beast of Konoha to make his entrance, right?"
Guy crossed his arms in front of his chest.
This was the starting stance of the Eight Gates Released Formation.
"Eight Gates Released Formation, Seventh Gate—"
Before he could finish his sentence, a figure suddenly appeared beside him and kicked him away.
"You're still young. Why are you using the Eight Gates?"
Everyone was shocked. When they saw who had arrived, Tsunade immediately lit up with joy.
"Second Grandpa, you're finally here!"
The newcomer was none other than the Tobirama Senju from the Second Hokage's timeline.
He quickly scanned the battlefield. When his eyes landed on the reanimated version of himself, he paused slightly, then turned to Tsunade and said, "Leave the rest to us, alright?"
"Us?"
"Well, to be precise, it's them."
Just as Tsunade was about to ask what he meant, a domineering voice came from behind Six Paths Madara.
"That's right—us."
Hearing the voice, Madara turned around in shock, only to see—another version of himself?
Boom!
The Second Madara didn't waste any time. He kicked Six Paths Madara square in the face.
Madara had no time to react and was sent flying.
"What's going on?"
"Why are there two Madaras?"
The appearance of the Second Madara stunned everyone at the scene.
Having two Second Hokages was already surprising, but now there were two Madaras?
And this suddenly appearing Madara had horns on his head, just like the Madara who had been kicked away, and two Truth-Seeking Orbs behind him.
Could it be… he was also a Ten-Tails Jinchuriki?
"Bastard, where did you come from, fake?"
The Six Paths Madara was furious.
His handsome face had just been kicked.
And the one who kicked him was pretending to be him.
Could he stand for that?
Of course not.
Immediately, he controlled three Truth-Seeking Orbs and attacked the Second Madara.
He didn't care what this fake in front of him really was; he just wanted him dead.
Unfortunately, his attention was fully focused on the Second Madara, and he ignored what was behind him.
"Mada~ take this kick!"
A heavy voice rang out, and before Six Paths Madara could react, his face was kicked again.
"Great-grandpa?"
"Yo~ It's Tsuna-chan, right? Yep, it's your great-grandpa!"
The one kicking Six Paths Madara this time was Senju Hashirama.
"Great-grandpa, your body?"
At this moment, Hashirama's body was similar to the Second Madara's, with horns growing on his head and two Truth-Seeking Orbs behind him.
It was obvious he had also become a Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.
"If there's anything, you can ask your second grandpa first. Madara and I are going to beat up another Madara."
After saying that, the Second Hashirama joined forces with the Second Madara to attack the Six Paths Madara.
"Second Grandpa, what exactly is going on here?"
Tobirama Senju was pulling out the black rods from the Edo Tensei Hashirama and replied while working, "As you can see, Madara and the big brother have both become Jinchuriki of the Ten-Tails."
After the black rods were pulled out by Tobirama, the Edo Tensei Hashirama regained his mobility.
He didn't rush into battle but put his arm around Tobirama's shoulder and asked, "That's not right. How can there be two Ten-Tails Jinchuriki?"
Tobirama calmly slipped out of Hashirama's embrace and started pulling out the rods from the other Edo Tensei ninja.
"It's simple. The Tailed Beast was split into yin and yang. I had your wife split the Ten-Tails into its yin and yang parts."
"You mean Mito? She's still alive?"
"If she hears that, she might beat you up again."
"Uh…"
Edo Tensei Hashirama gave an awkward smile. Although he still didn't understand what was happening, a smile never hurts.
"After splitting the Ten-Tails, Uchiha Madara became the Yang Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, and big brother became the Yin Ten-Tails Jinchuriki."
"No way. Since when did Mito's sealing technique get so powerful? She can even split the Ten-Tails?"
"It's not a fully matured Ten-Tails. You can think of it as an underdeveloped Ten-Tails."
While speaking, Tobirama pulled out all the black rods from the Edo Tensei ninjas — except Edo Tensei Tobirama himself.
"Hey~ why won't you help me pull mine out?"
Hearing this, Senju Tobirama replied expressionlessly, "It's nothing. I just simply don't want to remove the black rod from your body. Don't read too much into it."
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Edo Tobirama was silent. He didn't even know what was wrong with this version of himself. Everyone else's black rods were removed, but his wasn't.
Was he out of his mind?
In the end, Edo Hashirama, feeling sorry for his brother, quietly and carefully removed the black rod from Edo Tobirama's body.
"According to your logic, that Madara and that big brother are just mini Ten-Tails Jinchuriki. How could they possibly defeat the complete Ten-Tails Jinchuriki Madara?"
Edo Tobirama regained his ability to move.
He didn't argue with Senju Tobirama about what happened earlier but instead directly tested him.
"Though they're mini Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, their power is still on the same level. Besides, big brother awakened the Rinnegan thanks to the Yin Ten-Tails."
Everyone: "What did you just say?"
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