The truth was slowly unveiled, word by word, reflected within Madara's Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
What the stone tablet originally recorded wasn't the Moon's Eye Plan at all.
It was simply teaching the Uchiha Clan how to resolve their inner hatred.
Content altered by Yin-Yang Release could be restored using Yin-Yang Release as well.
No matter how unwilling Madara was to accept it, he couldn't deny the existence of others in the shinobi world, aside from himself, who were capable of employing Yin-Yang Release.
"Who? Who exactly?"
Shen noticed how Madara kept his head down and hesitated to speak the truth.
"I need Hashirama Senju's cells."
Upon hearing this, Madara lifted his head. His previously impassive face was now filled with sorrow. "So you're after them after all."
"No," Shen said while helping him straighten up. "I need to confirm a suspicion."
Throughout the entire shinobi world, besides Madara, only the Sage of Six Paths had the capability to deal with Black Zetsu.
"Just borrow one of your clones and those Hashirama cells you once bit off, and we can uncover the entire truth."
"You know about these?" Madara's left eye widened in disbelief that this person knew about events from his past.
Believing this was a crucial moment, Shen displayed his best acting skills. "I told you, my left eye predicts all possible futures through *Tianjin'nu*."
"So your past is an unchangeable reality."
Madara roughly understood—Shen must have used Tianjin'nu to foresee Madara revealing everything, which was why he knew about this old incident.
"Zetsu, prepare everything."
The Original White Zetsu, who had been hidden underground for a long time, suddenly appeared before Shen.
"Trouble you, Zetsu."
"No problem."
Shen barely resisted the urge to slap him across the face. He always felt like The Second White Zetsu was giving him a strange look lately.
Where had gone that talkative personality they promised? Why did he suddenly turn into a creepy stalker?
Before The Second White Zetsu could even utter his first sentence since gaining consciousness, the Original White Zetsu covered his mouth shut.
With his eyebrow twitching violently, Shen only now recalled—he was dealing with two antagonists here.
Couldn't they spare this poor guy at least one line of dialogue?
Didn't they see how pitifully he looked at them with those eyes?
Full of humanitarian spirit, Shen immediately released the sealing scroll inscribed with the Impure World Reincarnation technique.
Then carefully, he separated a single complete cell from a small piece of flesh belonging to Hashirama Senju.
Following the principle of not wasting anything valuable, the remaining flesh was sealed inside a necklace bearing the Uchiha clan symbol.
Madara didn't say anything, but his expression tightened slightly.
He somehow felt less like he had found an associate and more like he had invited back a rival.
A strange feeling continued to grow deeper inside him.
Shen placed the Hashirama cell on one section of the jutsu drawn onto the ground.
Constantly vigilant against Black Zetsu, he maintained his Mangekyo Sharingan state.
[Impure World Reincarnation!] What are you planning to do?" Madara, who once witnessed Tobirama use this technique, hadn't gotten so old that his memory weakened.
Smiling mysteriously, Shen formed four hand seals, pressed his palms together, and activated the forbidden technique.
The ground array instantly transformed into a mass of white ash, gradually enveloping the Second White Zetsu's body.
Soon, his entire grayish-white figure began continuously releasing white ash that floated into the air.
Red armor from the Warring States era, black inner garments, a Konoha forehead protector gleaming with silver light, and flowing jet-black hair—all adorned the Impure World Reincarnated Hashirama.
"Haa...shira...ma?" A trembling Madara, whose aged face couldn't hide his current excitement.
"Who called me?" The Impure World Reincarnated Hashirama opened his eyes and looked at the white-haired Madara.
Shen, his lips trembling nonstop, felt like this moment called for some emotional background music.
But he also feared he might ruin the whole atmosphere in the next second.
The Impure World Reincarnated Hashirama placed a hand under his chin, blinking repeatedly as he stared intently at the elderly man with white hair through the dim lighting.
Something about this guy looked extremely familiar—especially that wild, unrestrained hairstyle.
"Ehmm...ehmm..." Feeling slightly awkward, Shen showed his presence as the caster.
Turning his head sideways, the Impure World Reincarnated Hashirama was practically stunned: "Madara? How come you turned back to your childhood look?"
"Crunch." Elderly Madara clenched his fists, his left eye shooting out death rays.
Completely unfazed, the Impure World Reincarnated Hashirama directly walked forward a few steps and reached out to pinch Shen's cheeks.
"Hey hey, so it really is Madara!" After testing the texture, he slapped the other's shoulders heartily. "Haha! You did great, Madara! Even after dying, you're still so young!"
Blushing and aching from those hearty pats, Shen really wished he could just vanish into the floor.
Could the Ninja God really not recognize people?
In this moment, he sounded exactly like someone else entirely: "First of all, I'm not Madara Uchiha. And secondly, my name is Shen Uchiha."
"Oh, I get it," the Impure World Reincarnated Hashirama said with sudden understanding, immediately pulling Shen into a tight bear hug. "So number three must be—are you guys actually father and son?"
(Kazushi: Meow meow meow?)
Watching this scene, Madara lifted a hand to cover his falling expression. "I guess I still don't get along well with this guy."
"That's not right, number three is—" Spinning in midair and dizzy, Shen blurted out the truth. "My father is Uchiha Kazushi."
He was actually refusing to be mistaken for Madara's son all of a sudden.
After all, wasn't he, Uchiha Shen, better looking than Madara Uchiha?
Could it be that Hashirama Senju never even paid attention to whether his wife, Mito Uzumaki, was even good-looking?
The Impure World Reincarnated Hashirama, holding the "young Madara" high up, suddenly froze his expression.
He shifted his gaze toward the visibly annoyed old man with white hair, then back to the star-struck "young student."
"Errr, am I reincarnated too?"
Put back down, Shen staggered a couple steps before dropping flat onto the ground.
Taking half a step back discreetly, Madara made no move to respond.
White Zetsu, staying completely confused throughout, still found it hard to believe that this apparent face-blind patient speaking in a somewhat goofy tone could actually be the Ninja God who once defeated the creator who made him.
"Where's that kid Tobirama?" The Impure World Reincarnated Hashirama scratched his head awkwardly.
"Dead."
Madara let out a cold snort.
The Impure World Reincarnated Hashirama felt even more confused.
Who else but his own younger brother could have reincarnated him?
"Uh, actually—"
"Wait."
Shen, who had been interrupted, looked at the Impure World Reincarnated Hashirama and took steps toward Madara's elderly form.
"Hmm..."
He rubbed his chin thoughtfully, studying the old man's face again.
"Oh!" The Impure World Reincarnated Hashirama stretched out his right index finger, pointing it at a red spot on Madara's old face. "You're the real Madara!"
Shen, now that his dizziness had disappeared, really wanted to vanish into a convenient crack in the ground.
It must run in the family — Tsunade and Nawaki were the same way.
Put nicely, they were just honest and pure-hearted; put more critically, at the very least, you'd have to say they're textbook examples of tone-deaf straight guys.
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