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The footsteps were unsteady, dragging. But their approach was unwavering.
So, he's here.
Inside Naruto's body, Madara's consciousness knew it was Sasuke. He couldn't even muster the strength to turn his eyes. He could only stare straight up, at that silent, unmoving moon hanging in the sky.
Moon… oh, moon. It seems I will never make you mine.
He knew his situation was critical. Sasuke's obsession with Naruto would never allow Madara to keep squatting in this body. And Madara… truly had no strength left to resist. Yet, his expression was unexpectedly calm.
He spoke to the one who had stopped beside him. "However… if the one to defeat me, to pass judgment on me, is you… then I have no complaints, Sasuke. You are the second person to make me acknowledge defeat from the bottom of my heart."
Sasuke's voice was low. "Madara. Let me be clear. The Infinite Tsukuyomi is a lie. I'll ask you one final time. Will you turn back?"
A defiant smirk twisted Naruto's lips. "You can defeat me! You can judge me! But don't you dare try to sway my conviction!"
Sasuke closed his eyes, complexity in his tone. "What a pity… There's no more time for you."
"Ha… hahahaha! That's more like it! I'd do the same!" The laugh was sharp, proud. "But I am curious. How do you plan to peel my consciousness out of this Black Cursed Seal?"
"I have my methods. You'll see soon enough."
In his past life, using the 'Evil Sealing Method' Kakashi placed on the Cursed Seal as a basis, Sasuke had theorized a reverse application—the 'Evil Unsealing Method.' With help from Jugo's Cursed Seal flesh, he had successfully 'liberated' Orochimaru from Anko's seal.
If Madara had been willing to turn back, Sasuke intended to use that same method to grant him a true resurrection.
But it was not to be. Madara would never compromise.
To save Naruto, Sasuke had to use another method. A ruthless, definitive measure only possible in this lifetime.
"From the vast emptiness of the universe itself, down to a single speck of dust… any existence, and everything that constitutes it, can be viewed as a form of 'magnetism.' That is the truth I grasped while developing my Magnet Release Kekkei Genkai…"
"Madara. This Black Cursed Seal, and the will you've imprinted upon it… are no exception."
"I will perform a demagnetization on the Black Cursed Seal. Once your will is erased… it will transform into a White Cursed Seal, just like mine. Naruto will inherit your full power, just as I inherited Hashirama's."
On Sasuke's right palm, a black letter 'd' materialized. He reached for the back of Naruto-Madara's neck.
— Magnet Release: D-Release!
"I see…" Madara's voice held a note of final, grim respect. "As expected of you, Sasuke. I admit it. This battle… is my loss. When Naruto wakes… tell him not to disgrace the name of Uchiha Madara."
He closed his eyes. Accepted his end.
SHOOOM!
But at that moment—a sinister black vortex swirled into existence in the sky above!
A black, sharpened stake shot down from its center!!!
THOOM!
Instinct took over. Sasuke kicked Naruto-Madara away, throwing himself back in the same motion. A stake pierced his right shoulder, pinning him.
BUZZZZZZ—!!!
In his mind's eye—a flash of the Rinnegan!
A torrent of foreign chakra flooded his system. He crashed to one knee, immobilized.
Whoosh.
A man in black robes descended from the vortex, a soft, mocking laugh on his lips. "My, my… It seems my timing is just perfect."
Madara had been kicked onto his side. His face was turned toward the newcomer's back. The black robe bore the Uchiha fan crest. That wrinkled profile… Even after all these years, he recognized it instantly.
"—OBITO!!!"
Obito turned his head slowly, his voice hauntingly low. "Uchiha Madara… No. I should call you Uzumaki Madara now, shouldn't I?"
Uzumaki Madara?
How dare he. HOW DARE HE!
If looks could kill, Obito would have been vaporized. "The little fledgling from back then… His wings have hardened, I see."
Obito's tone dripped with condescension. "I heard the rumors. That you'd revived using Naruto's body. I imagined many scenarios for our reunion… but not this one. You seem… worn down by reality. How regrettable. And pitiful. The man who once held everything, who decided the fates of others… now must accept the fate arranged for you by the very pawn you chose."
Despite his diminished state, Madara's borrowed body radiated a ruler's arrogance.
"—What are you yapping about, Obito?!!"
"As stubborn as ever, even at death's door. Fine. I'll be direct. I'll be taking the Nine-Tails. And the title of 'Savior.' Consider them mine now."
Obito smirked coldly. He slapped his palm against the ground.
— Summoning Jutsu: Gedo Statue!
BOOM!
Amidst rising smoke, the colossal, desiccated form of the Gedo Statue materialized behind him.
Swish.
Obito vanished in a swirl, reappearing atop the statue's head. His left eye locked onto Naruto. Two fingers formed a seal.
GURGLE-GURGLE-GURGLE…!!!
Naruto-Madara's body levitated uncontrollably. In response, the Nine-Tails' chakra sealed within him surged forth—not the golden glow of its Jinchuriki Mode, but the vicious, blood-red aura of the full beast, forming a massive fox-shaped silhouette around him.
CLANK-CLANK-CLANK-CLANK…!!
The Gedo Statue's maw yawned open. Chains, shimmering silver with a hint of pale purple, shot out! They looped around the 'fox's' neck and yanked it backward, toward the statue's waiting gullet.
"BAHAHAHAHA! How laughable! To think I, Madara, would one day be collared by my own dog!"
The self-mockery was bitter. He could accept being ended by Sasuke's hand. But this humiliation from Obito? Unbearable.
He activated Preta Path, desperately absorbing the Nine-Tails chakra leaking from his form to regain a sliver of strength, to fight for control… But the chakra he absorbed just leaked out again, feeding the fox silhouette, being pulled relentlessly toward the statue.
His struggle wasn't entirely useless. The cycle of absorption and leakage slowed the extraction, buying precious seconds!!!
In the distance, pinned by the black rod, Sasuke's mind raced. No! If the Nine-Tails is extracted, both Madara AND Naruto are done for! Even if Orochimaru could give him the other half from the Reaper's stomach… if the Ten-Tails revives now, no one can stop Obito as he is!!!
He lifted his hand. Trembling. Fighting the invasive chakra locking his muscles.
Move… MOVE, DAMN IT!!!
Crick.
A golden chain shot through the air, wrapping around the end of the black rod.
Adamantine Sealing Chains?
Sasuke followed the chain. Saw her. A girl with blazing red hair and furious crimson eyes.
"Karin."
With a powerful yank of her chains, Karin ripped the black rod from Sasuke's shoulder. She shoved her sleeve up, exposing her forearm.
"Sasuke! You know what to do!!!"
A part of him recoiled. He'd done this too many times in that other life. Used her.
But Naruto's face flashed in his mind.
He bit down.
"Sorry, Karin…!"
— "KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAH—!!!"
On the other side!
— Futodama!
Kabuto's left eye focused. A spatial slash severed the Gedo Statue's chains!
Obito's expression tightened. He prepared to reform them, just as Madara had done years ago.
— Yasaka Magatama!
CLANG…!!
But fiery red magatama orbs rained from the sky, slamming into the remnants of the chains, pinning them to the earth before the fallen Naruto-Madara.
Within a blazing, sun-hot Susano'o, that man—Uchiha Itachi—lifted his gaze.
—"Obito. I won't let you do as you please."
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