Ninja World — Valley of the End
Two years ago, after returning from Kirigakure, Bai Ye stole Samehada. That blade, infused with sentience and chakra absorption, recognized strength — and it found that in Hoshigaki Kisame. Ever since he joined the Uchiha Guard, Kisame's strength had soared to near tailed-beast levels without actually being a Jinchūriki. Now wielding Samehada in perfect harmony, he was called the tailless tailed beast, feared and respected in equal measure.
Kisame's loyalty to the Guard was beyond question. No one brought up his Kirigakure past. In the Guard, he was one of their own.
And today…
The tailless beast stood at the Valley of the End, where Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama had once clashed. Kisame, stretching after a long meditation, used the power of Samehada to summon a great artificial waterfall above the legendary battlefield. Noon sun gleamed on the cascading water, and a rainbow refracted from the eyes of the Madara statue, casting a strange, divine glow.
It should've been a beautiful scene.
But Madara didn't think so.
Not when he saw two juniors — young Uchiha, no less — casually urinating off his statue and laughing as though the face of one of the greatest shinobi of all time was a roadside urinal.
His Sharingan spun into 3-Tomoe.
"Have these children forgotten who carved the name Uchiha into the world's memory?" Madara's brow twitched. "Such arrogance…"
One was aiming for his mouth. The other for his forehead.
Madara's hand clenched. Chakra rippled from his back. Just as he prepared to lecture them with Genjutsu or perhaps… a lesson sharper than words—
"Oi, oi, stop right there!"
A squad of Uchiha Guard operatives dropped down in formation behind him, blocking his retreat. They didn't attack, but one pulled out a comm-link and spoke urgently.
"Captain! We've got a suspicious loiterer near the statue! Possibly mentally unwell, might be planning graffiti!"
A few breaths later, Uchiha Cong — still buckling his belt — strolled over with Uchiha Itachi in tow. He looked Madara up and down with all the suspicion of a security guard dealing with a shirtless man in a shopping mall.
"You. Who are you? What's your business here? You have ID? Are you a resident of the Fire Country? Passport?"
Madara narrowed his eyes. He didn't recognize the younger Uchiha in front of him. But when he noticed the same one who desecrated his statue standing behind Cong, his killing intent surged.
"I am… Uchiha Madara!"
The name echoed across the valley.
For a moment, silence.
Then—
"Yeah, right," Brother Cong scoffed and spat. "I've seen all kinds of Uchihas — kids, uncles, even those radicals resurrected by the Edo Tensei files. Never seen someone as fake as you."
Itachi subtly stepped aside. Cong's obliviousness was dangerous.
He hadn't even glanced at the statue or realized this man looked exactly like the one they were standing beneath.
And to Cong, Uchiha Bai Ye was the pinnacle of the clan — not this supposed ancestor.
"The kids today… really have no shame," Madara murmured coldly.
Then, without warning, he struck.
A kunai shot toward Cong's neck — aimed with deadly precision.
But Cong didn't flinch. His Mangekyō spun.
"God help me!"
A pulse of chakra echoed through space as he reached out across dimensions — Bai Ye's power resonating like a safety net.
Boom!
Madara's kunai was intercepted by Cong's forearm. The kunai struck home — but there was no blood. Only a thud, and then... forceful recoil.
No flesh, no pain — just the dull smack of reanimated tissue under Edo Tensei. Still, Madara was pushed back by the strike, and without delay, he activated a Genjutsu aimed directly at Cong's eyes.
A brief flicker — Cong froze.
Perfect!
Madara lunged for his eyes, aiming to steal the Mangekyō. But then Cong — still dazed — turned and glared.
"Oi, did you just try to steal my eyeballs?"
Itachi gave a slow nod.
Madara didn't have time to react before—
Boom!
A boot slammed into his chest, blowing his torso in half.
Paper ash fluttered.
Brother Cong was just warming up.
"You think you're strong? What kind of lunatic attacks the Guard in broad daylight?"
Madara's body began regenerating.
But Cong, ever cautious, didn't stop. His chakra surged. Susanoo erupted from behind him in its third form — blue and gold flaring together.
This time, with a massive chakra hammer.
Without ceremony, Cong flattened Madara's rebuilding torso again.
Boom!
Again.
Boom!
Again.
Each hit scattered more of Madara's flesh into paper dust. Cong was methodical. Until the enemy no longer moved, there was no reason to stop.
Itachi sighed. Around them, other guards formed a perimeter, unbothered by the display. They'd seen this before. Captain Cong didn't stop until his chakra reserves did.
Madara was durable, sure — thanks to the Edo Tensei.
But Cong? Cong was possessed by battle mania and Bai Ye's gifted power.
Even the Susanoo Madara activated was cracked wide open by Cong's hammer. His fully armored Susanoo shattered like brittle glass.
Itachi stepped forward.
"Captain," he called, calmly. "I suggest sealing him. Leave only his head exposed. We need him alive."
Itachi's Mangekyō gleamed. "This man might be tied to that masked Uchiha from before. We don't know the link yet."
Cong nodded, panting lightly. "Fine. Bind him like a dumpling. Leave the head for questioning."
Seal tags flew.
Within minutes, Madara — the once indomitable legend — was mummified in Uzumaki-style fūinjutsu, only his head protruding like a confused festival lantern.
He tried resisting — but nothing worked.
These weren't Konoha's old, soft seals.
Bai Ye had imported sealing jutsu directly from Kushina Uzumaki — battle-grade fūinjutsu used by Mito Uzumaki herself.
And Madara… was done.
He glanced at his own destroyed Susanoo.
That hammer…
That unnatural golden shimmer…
"Has the Uchiha clan truly become this strong?" he muttered.
No matter what strength he once held — even if he summoned the full power of his Perfect Susanoo — in this strange new Konoha, that might not be enough.
Because against someone like Uchiha Cong, backed by Bai Ye…
Even gods could be punched.
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