"Kitagawa Gen?"
Upon hearing Obito's words, Uchiha Madara raised an eyebrow.
Since his resurrection, he had heard the name "Kitagawa Gen" more than once and already knew that this brat seemed to have caused them enormous trouble in this era.
He had still been wondering when he would finally meet this boy—unexpectedly, that time had already come.
"The Flying Thunder God Technique, huh? To think it's been used to this extent—to even teleport me over here to attack Obito?"
Madara naturally understood what had happened, but he was also greatly puzzled as to when the Flying Thunder God mark had been placed.
"Gen!"
Ōnoki and Deidara also saw Kitagawa Gen, and Deidara became wildly excited.
But Ōnoki's face was far uglier, because he saw a person he could never forget for the rest of his life.
"Uchiha Madara."
In fact, from the moment he saw Orochimaru perform the Impure World Reincarnation, he had feared that something like this might happen.
And Uchiha Madara was precisely that one person in his memories who could never be erased!
Who would have thought that his fear would actually come true.
"Didn't expect that the moment we came here, we'd run into something like this."
Tilting his head slightly to glance at Ōnoki and Deidara, Kitagawa Gen spoke with a smile.
"Tch, who knows where this lunatic suddenly popped out from."
Deidara pursed his lips, but quickly grew excited again.
"Perfect timing that you came—let's take these two guys down together!"
"Don't be reckless, Deidara!"
Seeing Deidara getting all worked up again, Ōnoki immediately grabbed him, and Kitagawa Gen also shook his head.
"Leave this place to me. I already had the Pervy Sage and Naruto assist you in evacuating everyone; by now it should be about done. You two should hurry over there."
He had sent Sasuke to find Uchiha Madara not only because he wanted to see the fun, but also to buy Iwagakure more time to evacuate.
Though they themselves were already fighting to the death, Kitagawa Gen still found it necessary not to "finish them off."
Especially since he knew perfectly well just how disastrous things could get if he were to fight these two!
'Especially this Obito—he's really something else.'
Turning his head to look at Obito, who had temporarily released his Susanoo and was now staring fixedly at him, Kitagawa Gen's expression grew slightly odd.
'So, this guy has become Isshiki's 'Kāma,' huh.'
Kitagawa Gen truly hadn't expected the situation to turn out like this—and on the other side, Uchiha Madara also spoke up.
"A very impressive technique. Especially your Flying Thunder God—it astonishes me. Therefore, I have a question."
"Oh?"
Kitagawa Gen tilted his head, but Madara's tone was indifferent as he continued.
"That brat—who taught him?"
"Is that the attitude you use when asking someone a question?"
A faint smile appeared on Kitagawa Gen's face; he shook his head casually.
"Besides, can't you tell who taught him? While I'm at it, let me ask you something."
Looking at Uchiha Madara, whose expression was growing increasingly unsightly, Kitagawa Gen spoke faintly.
"Don't you think he looks a lot like someone?"
Looks like someone?
Obito gave Madara a puzzled glance—he really had no idea what was going on over there.
But Madara did not respond. He merely stared coldly at Kitagawa Gen, faint flames of anger flickering in his eyes.
"Don't make that expression. It's useless against me."
Kitagawa Gen tilted his head slightly, the chakra within his body already surging.
"Also, I suggest that you start fighting—otherwise, you won't get another chance."
"No chance?"
Hearing that, Uchiha Madara froze for a moment, then burst out laughing.
A faint madness appeared on his face as he stared straight at Kitagawa Gen.
"It's been a long time since I've heard words like that. Even Hashirama never dared to speak to me that way. You—"
[Buzz—]
In an instant, Uchiha Madara's figure vanished from his spot; he had already appeared before Kitagawa Gen.
His movements were even faster than when he fought Sasuke earlier, and his punch carried far greater force!
"Do you think you're stronger than him?!"
[Bang—]
Yet Kitagawa Gen didn't even draw his blade; he simply raised his hand in an instant and blocked Madara's strike head-on.
The sheer force shattered the ground beneath them. Ōnoki and Deidara, unable to steady themselves, were sent flying by the shockwave.
'This brat—such terrifying power.'
Even Uchiha Madara was a little surprised. Physical strength at this level—he had only ever seen it in Hashirama.
"What do you think?"
Before Madara could dwell on it, Kitagawa Gen's fist came sweeping again, the whistling wind behind it so fierce even he found it unbelievable.
But at that moment, Madara's Sharingan spun rapidly, and his body tilted slightly in response.
"I can see you."
Kitagawa Gen's punch grazed Madara's face, leaving cracks across it—yet Madara smiled instead.
"This feeling... it really brings back memories!"
"Brings back memories, does it?"
Kitagawa Gen suddenly smiled, an unusual chakra erupting from his body.
"Then how about this feeling—does it?"
Madara raised an eyebrow, when suddenly he realized Kitagawa Gen had turned into wood, and thorned vines were already crawling up his body!
"Wood Release?"
"Not even close."
A short distance away, Kitagawa Gen's voice sounded again—and his body had already changed.
His entire form was now enveloped in a strange power, and his eyes had turned completely white!
"Byakugan? No... it's a mutation of Sage Mode?"
Madara was slightly surprised—but by now, Kitagawa Gen's chakra was erupting violently.
With one hand raised vertically, a torrent of fierce flames surged out from him.
"Sage Art: Great Dragon Fire Technique."
Even Uchiha Madara furrowed his brows at that suffocating blaze. The power it carried was unbelievable, even to him.
'Sage Art, huh... This kid really is a bit like Hashirama—no wonder he's so arrogant.'
Sage Mode, Wood Release—these were precisely Hashirama's specialties.
[Boom—]
Chakra within his body erupted all at once. After breaking free from Kitagawa Gen's Wood Release, he pressed his hands together.
"But Wood Release isn't something only you can use!"
Wood Release: Nativity of a World of Trees!
With his hand seals completed, countless roots and vines burst out from the ground, growing in an instant into towering giant trees.
Under his control, those sharp roots and vines crazily surged toward Kitagawa Gen!
This area of Iwagakure territory—once nothing but barren cliffs and rocky desert—had, under Uchiha Madara's power, already transformed into an ancient forest.
"Damn it, what the hell is going on here?"
Hovering in the air, Ōnoki's face looked especially grim, while Deidara beside him also showed a strange expression.
"That's Wood Release, huh? But weird… why does it feel like it's not Gen's Wood Release, hmm?"
"Idiot—the one performing it is Uchiha Madara!"
Ōnoki saw it clearly. Kitagawa Gen using Wood Release wasn't strange.
In the great battle at Kumogakure, Deidara had described it in extreme detail.
But Uchiha Madara using Wood Release?
What the hell was going on here?!
...
"Sasuke, who exactly is Gen fighting against?"
Meanwhile, on the other side, Jiraiya and the others, who were helping Iwagakure with the evacuation, were completely stunned.
They too had noticed that the one using Wood Release didn't seem to be Kitagawa Gen—and that realization had truly terrified them!
"That guy…"
Sasuke, now regrouped with Jiraiya and Naruto, clenched his fist as he stared at the distant battlefield.
"He called himself Uchiha Madara!"
"Uchiha Madara?"
Jiraiya gasped sharply, while the Fourth Hokage couple within Naruto's body also froze.
"It's actually… really Uchiha Madara?!"
The name "Uchiha Madara" carried an overwhelming sense of dread—especially now that they no longer dared to treat legends as mere stories.
Such a terrifying man, now wielding Wood Release… this made him even more dangerous!
Jiraiya and the others felt their scalps go numb—let alone the people of Iwagakure.
Even though they had already evacuated far enough, when they looked back and saw that dense forest rising skyward and felt the violent chakra overflowing everywhere, they still found it unbelievable.
'What level of battle is this even supposed to be?'
They muttered inwardly—but in the very next instant, an even more astonishing scene unfolded before their eyes!
"Sage Art: Boundary Strip."
From within that dense forest, an immense power suddenly surged upward, a blazing white light forming a sweeping column that cut straight across.
That white light was utterly terrifying. Under such overwhelming chakra, the forest Uchiha Madara had just created was almost instantly annihilated!
[Boom—]
Amid the thunderous roar, all those impossibly tall trees were severed cleanly at the waist, their cuts smooth as mirrors.
Not only the Nativity of a World of Trees—even that blazing white beam swept directly toward Uchiha Obito.
"Hm?"
Uchiha Obito had still been hesitating about whether to make a move. After all, he already felt that he was no longer ordinary, and he hadn't intended to launch a sneak attack.
But the next moment, that strike came directly at him—something he truly hadn't expected!
"Hmph!"
He snorted coldly. Kamui instantly activated, and even his Susanoo distorted in that moment.
The white beam of light passed cleanly through his body without striking him in any true sense—but the mountain behind him was leveled in an instant.
Amid the earth-shaking roar, Obito's gaze grew cold.
"Dodged that pretty fast, didn't you? As expected of you, Uchiha Obito."
Kitagawa Gen's voice sounded quietly at that moment. He swept a glance at Obito, then turned his eyes toward Uchiha Madara.
"By the way, I'm quite curious—are you really an Uchiha?"
"?"
Uchiha Madara frowned, but before he could speak, Kitagawa Gen had already continued.
"You have the Sharingan, yet you rely on this kind of messy, borrowed power?"
"..."
Madara's expression darkened slightly—those words sounded awfully familiar.
"And besides, you're Uchiha Madara, aren't you?"
Kitagawa Gen didn't let him off, speaking with a faintly mocking tone.
"Yet you're the one using Senju Hashirama's power?"
"..."
"So then, what right do you have to call out others?"
"..."
Madara's face turned ugly. He was certain—those were the exact same words he himself had said earlier.
He never would have thought that in the blink of an eye, they'd be thrown back at him word for word!
"In that case…"
After a brief silence, Uchiha Madara suddenly began to laugh.
"Then allow me to show you—my power!"
As he spoke, a wave of destructive chakra burst from his body. Susanoo immediately enveloped him.
Almost instantly, that azure Susanoo expanded endlessly; armor wrapped around him, and an Asura-like mask covered his face.
Gigantic wings spread wide behind him, and before long, a Complete Body Susanoo appeared within Iwagakure!
Moreover, his Susanoo was even larger than Obito's!
Two Susanoo stood side by side, the overwhelming pressure they exuded crashing down like a tidal wave.
To face a single Susanoo was already enough to drive one to the edge of terror—let alone two of these Asura-like colossal beings.
Yet Kitagawa Gen seemed entirely unfazed; he even nodded calmly.
"Good. That's how it should be. But I should give you both a little reminder."
He raised his head slightly, gazing up at the two Asura-like Susanoo. Two strange streams of chakra suddenly rose in his hands.
"You'd better attack together. Otherwise—"
"You won't get another chance!"
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