"How is this possible?!"
"Another… another Madara!!!"
Everyone was stunned.
Senju Hashirama, Senju Tobirama, Tsunade-hime, Gaara, and numerous other powerful ninjas—each having recently received the tremendous [Power of Six Paths] from the Sage of Six Paths—stood in absolute disbelief. Their eyes were fixed on the figure emerging from the dense white mist.
That figure—
It was another Uchiha Madara!
Yes, that's right.
This one wasn't the Madara from their current time-space.
This was Uchiha Madara from the previous Hokage timeline—Time-Space ①!
And it was Leo who had summoned him.
After all, the entire ninja world from the original "Hokage" timeline had already become Leo's [Original Space].
Even in another dimension, Leo retained complete control and connection with the original ninja world—what he now called the [Eternal Kingdom].
He could extract chakra and energy from every living being in that Eternal Kingdom at any time.
More than that—
He could summon its strongest warriors into other worlds.
Like now.
Leo had just brought the Madara from the original timeline into this second timeline.
Now, in this reality, there were three Uchiha Madaras:
Six Paths Madara from this timeline (Time-Space ②),
The resurrected Madara from Time-Space ①,
And Leo himself, who had inherited Madara's will and power.
The entire Ninja Alliance, which had just been released from the Infinite Tsukuyomi, now found themselves staring at the three Madaras. Though they dressed differently, their faces and aura were unmistakably the same.
Everyone was utterly confused.
Two Madaras were already hard to process…
And now there was a third!
"What the hell…"
Even the Nine Tailed Beasts couldn't contain their fury.
They roared in frustration at the chaotic presence of three identical Madaras.
"This kind of situation…" The Sage of Six Paths himself now seemed to question reality.
"There's another version of me?!" Time-Space ② Madara (Six Paths Madara) exclaimed, visibly shaken.
He never expected Leo would summon another Madara—from another world—right in front of him.
"What the hell is going on here?!"
"Explain yourself, you other me!"
Madara from Time-Space ① was staring wide-eyed at the vast crowd of ninjas, especially when his eyes landed on the legendary Sage of Six Paths.
It was his first time seeing him—and yet he somehow immediately recognized him.
A strange instinct confirmed it: This was indeed the Sage.
Madara (Time-Space ①) then turned toward Leo.
The moment he saw him standing calmly beside him, it all clicked in his mind.
Three Madaras.
One battlefield.
A tense silence followed as Madara from both time-spaces stared at one another.
Leo just smiled and was about to speak when—
"I didn't expect that I had another Nissan?"
A gentle, amused male voice echoed through the mist, still lingering in the air.
BOOM—
A buzzing erupted in Time-Space ② Madara's mind.
"That voice… Izuna?"
"Is that you, Izuna?!"
Madara's eyes widened with rare vulnerability. He turned swiftly to the last veil of white mist, barely containing his emotion.
And then—
Tap… tap… tap...
Soft footsteps emerged from within.
A handsome young man clad in a black robe—similar to Leo's—stepped gracefully through the last tendrils of mist.
Everyone turned to look.
It was none other than Uchiha Izuna.
From Time-Space ①!
—
"Nissan."
Izuna calmly scanned the battlefield. First, he looked at Leo and Madara from Time-Space ①. But then his gaze stopped at the Time-Space ② Madara—the one from this world.
He smiled softly.
In an instant, Madara of Time-Space ② activated his Heavenly Hand Power.
With a flash, he teleported Izuna right in front of him.
Grabbing his younger brother's arms, Madara stared into his face, his Rinnegan and Sharingan gleaming with intense emotion.
"It really is you…"
"Izuna!"
Izuna, unfazed, smiled warmly. "I already have two older brothers now. Adding one more isn't that strange," he teased lightly.
The next moment—
Madara of this world embraced him tightly.
"This time…" he whispered.
"I won't let anyone hurt you again. Izuna!"
From behind, Madara from Time-Space ① watched the reunion, his eyes softening.
He finally understood.
And smiled.
—
On the sidelines, Naruto couldn't hide his confusion.
"That person… he looks so much like Sasuke…"
"That's Uchiha Izuna," Senju Hashirama said solemnly.
"Madara's beloved brother," Tobirama added, equally stunned.
The two Senju brothers exchanged glances.
They, too, couldn't believe that Izuna—long dead—was now standing before them.
Meanwhile, Sasuke's gaze locked onto Izuna.
They did resemble each other eerily, and Sasuke instinctively frowned.
—
Suddenly, the Sage of Six Paths' expression shifted again.
He turned sharply toward the white mist, which was finally fading.
He could feel it.
An aura.
A very familiar chakra.
"Grandpa Six Paths, what is it?" Naruto asked, sensing the change.
But the Sage didn't respond.
He was staring—unblinking—at the fog.
And then...
A man in a white robe emerged.
—
"Who's that? Another one?!" Raikage Ai grumbled.
Having just received the Six Paths' power himself, even he was struggling to keep up with these revelations.
The white-robed man had an ethereal presence.
His eyes were closed.
But a cold, faint smirk appeared on his lips.
"Long time no see…"
"…Father."
Then—
Zheng——
He opened his eyes.
Three blood-red tomoe spun slowly in each eye.
A Three-Tomoe Sharingan—but not ordinary.
The pupil power it radiated was monstrous, even by Mangekyō standards.
That wasn't just any Sharingan.
It was divine.
The Sage of Six Paths stepped forward, his voice solemn and full of emotion.
"So it's really you… Indra."
Leo smirked from the side.
"Hehe…"
"Now this is getting interesting, isn't it?"
—
The battlefield was completely silent.
Countless powerful figures from all across the ninja world—reborn, summoned, or newly empowered—stood frozen.
Three Madaras.
Izuna.
And now—Indra, the firstborn son of the Sage of Six Paths himself.
It was an impossible scene.
Time, space, life, and death—none of it mattered anymore.
Not in Leo's hands.
Because he held the power of the Eternal Kingdom.
And now… all the pieces were on the board.
The final game had begun.
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