The night was cool as water. Uchiha Madara was leisurely lying on a recliner amidst the night scenery on the rooftop pavilion, his Divine Kagura Eyes continuously sensing the great battle raging outside the Imperial Capital in the distance.
The seven members of Night Raid, plus the Man of Susanoo (Naruto) and the newly joined Nine Black Eyes (Hinata, presumably), all engaged Syura's Wild Hunt.
It was a fierce slaughter. Both sides exhausted all their techniques, and in the end, the battle was earth-shattering.
At some unknown point, Esdeath, dressed in light clothing, walked behind Uchiha Madara. She lowered her head, looking at Uchiha Madara's face as he lay on the recliner, especially at his slightly furrowed brow.
Esdeath extended her delicate, jade-like hand and gently caressed Uchiha Madara's brow, slowly smoothing out the furrowed lines with great tenderness. "Two, three..."
She then clasped Uchiha Madara's chin with both hands and cradled his head in her embrace, allowing Madara's scalp to fully feel the elasticity and vastness of her chest. With a seductive and gentle voice, she softly asked Madara:
"Is something making you angry?"
Opening his eyes and looking at Esdeath's exquisite inverted face in his field of vision, Uchiha Madara replied:
"Night Raid... they've run into trouble!"
"Hm? Isn't it just one mad scientist? Night Raid has mobilized their entire force; they would run into trouble?"
"It's not just that mad scientist. Syura and his Wild Hunt are also there. See, they're currently engaged in a pitched battle just outside the Imperial Capital."
As he spoke, Uchiha Madara reached out, pulled Esdeath's head down, and pressed her forehead tightly against his own.
In that instant, Uchiha Madara transmitted everything he had perceived through his Divine Kagura Eyes to Esdeath. The battlefield outside the Imperial Capital also appeared in Esdeath's mind.
The great battle between the two sides was already nearing its end. Syura's Wild Hunt had been completely annihilated, and Dr. Stylish's modified human army had also been thoroughly wiped out.
Now, Night Raid's enemies consisted of only two: Syura himself and the gigantic, rampaging Dr. Stylish.
Among Night Raid, Najenda, the Man of Susanoo, Bulat, Lubbock, Leone, and Sheele had just finished their battles. They bore relatively light injuries and were standing by the side, resting.
The remaining battles were in two locations.
One was the gigantic, rampaging Dr. Stylish against the two sisters, Akame and Kurome.
The other was Syura against the combination of Run and Mine.
Although the gigantic, rampaging Dr. Stylish was terrifyingly powerful, he didn't gain much advantage against Akame's puppeteering and the gigantic monster, Super Danger Beast Desta-Ghoul.
Furthermore, with Akame constantly moving and launching lethal attacks at unpredictable moments, Dr. Stylish would eventually be broken down without needing many more blows.
As for Syura, he possessed a peculiar spatial Imperial Arm, the "Dimensional Square: Shangri-La." Through spatial displacement, his speed was very fast, making him elusive and ghost-like, impossible to catch.
At first, Run and Mine, who didn't understand Syura's Imperial Arm ability, truly suffered some setbacks.
However, after figuring out Syura's Imperial Arm ability, Run and Mine discovered that this Imperial Arm ability was very similar to Uchiha Madara's Flying Raijin Jutsu!?
Run and Mine, who had suffered from Uchiha Madara's Flying Raijin "tea," quickly understood and quickly became familiar with it. Before long, they found the pattern and route of Syura's spatial displacement. Defeating him was only a matter of time.
Understanding and witnessing all of this, Esdeath looked up at Uchiha Madara's re-furrowed brow and said, somewhat puzzled:
"The enemies might indeed be a bit tricky, but for the current Night Raid, they're just a small dish. Madara, you're definitely not worried about these things. So what are you worried about?"
Opening his eyes and looking at Esdeath's clear blue eyes, Uchiha Madara slowly opened his heart to Esdeath:
"Esdeath, I... I miss my village a bit..."
"Your own village!?"
"That's right, the Uchiha Village that I snatched from Hanzo with my own power and poured my heart and soul into building... I wonder how it's doing now. I'm a little worried, and I miss it a little..."
"I wonder how well that clone I left behind is managing the village."
"I wonder if Zetsu has been obedient all this time."
"I wonder how Jashin is doing working in the Uchiha Village."
"I wonder how my students, those three little brats, are growing up."
"I... want to go back..."
"Esdeath, after helping Night Raid resolve these matters, come back with me..."
Although Esdeath didn't know the specific details of what was going on, she could tell that Uchiha Madara was very nostalgic and longed for it.
"Are you only taking me back with you?"
"How could that be? Why did I go through all this trouble to bring Night Raid under my command? Of course, I'll take them back too."
"After we leave, what about here?"
"Don't care. The governance of the Empire, all of it, will be handed over to Budo, who will be the regent general from now on. We won't take him with us."
"Alright then... where exactly are we going? My intuition tells me it's an incredible place!?"
Gazing directly into Esdeath's eyes, Uchiha Madara reached out and clasped Esdeath's jade-like neck, pulling this peerless beauty into his arms and holding her tightly.
The feeling of having a warm jade in his arms was very good. Suppressing the slight stirrings in his heart, Uchiha Madara leaned close to Esdeath's ear and whispered softly:
"Esdeath, I'll tell you a secret. I... am not from this world..."
Under the cover of night, Uchiha Madara spoke quietly with Esdeath, and Esdeath also came to understand the whole story.
The next morning, after experiencing a great battle and slaying Dr. Stylish and Syura as well as the Wild Hunt, Night Raid returned, covered in dust.
Minister Honest, whose son had died, didn't care and continued his cruel rule as always.
One month later, the Empire's two strongest generals, Budo and Esdeath, simultaneously raised their armies, publicly declaring their intent to purge the corrupt officials, their spears pointing directly at Minister Honest!
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