Chapter 297 – Reclaiming Both Eyes
Just as Toneri's attack was about to reach Madara, Madara's Truth-Seeking Orbs reappeared once more. This time, six of them fused together, taking the shape of a weapon.
"Amenonuhoko."
The spear thrust straight toward the massive blade, and in the next instant, the gigantic golden sword shattered in response.
At the same time, Madara activated Shinra Tensei again, blasting Sasuke and Naruto backward. Sasuke immediately used Banshō Ten'in to resist the force, while Naruto relied on his vast chakra reserves to endure the overwhelming pressure.
"How is this possible…" Naruto looked shocked. He hadn't expected Toneri's attack to fail.
"Naruto, this isn't like Obito, who was only half-baked," Sasuke warned.
He had already awakened the Rinnegan himself, so he naturally understood its power—especially Madara, who had relied solely on his own strength to awaken not one, but two Rinnegan.
Toneri didn't dare to relax either. If they were only talking about the Rinnegan, its power was nearly on par with his Tenseigan. And that wasn't even considering the legendary power of the Ten-Tails.
The man standing before them had once suppressed the Ten-Tails' Jinchūriki. He was clearly anything but ordinary.
The three of them tightened their formation. Naruto's Truth-Seeking Orbs floated back around him, while Toneri began compressing his own.
However, Toneri's Truth-Seeking Orbs were noticeably smaller compared to Naruto's. Meanwhile, Sasuke stared intently at Uchiha Madara with his six-tomoe Rinnegan.
Madara himself didn't dare underestimate them. These three brats had forced him to fight seriously, and their coordination was steadily improving.
"I have to take back those Rinnegan. Damn it… Obito's dōjutsu is seriously troublesome," Madara thought as he glanced into the distance, toward Kakashi.
But he quickly discarded the idea. With that man there, it wouldn't succeed. That left only one option—relying on Black Zetsu.
Elsewhere, Obito—under Black Zetsu's control—was already at his limit.
"Hurry up! I can't hold on any longer! If Madara takes these eyes back, then no one in the shinobi world will be able to stop him!" Obito shouted through clenched teeth.
"But…" Sakura gripped the kunai in her hand, hesitation and confusion written all over her face. She couldn't bring herself to do it.
"Hurry!" Obito roared again, his voice heavy and strained.
"Damn it!" Sakura stopped thinking altogether. Tightening her grip, she thrust the kunai toward the Rinnegan.
But at that exact moment, an immense repulsive force slammed into her. Sakura was sent flying backward.
"How is this possible?" Obito stared in disbelief as Sakura was blown away, even though he was still suppressing Black Zetsu.
"Still don't get it?" Black Zetsu said calmly. "From the very beginning, Madara never fully trusted you. And from the very beginning, Hatake Yusuke already knew our entire plan. Madara feared that Hatake Yusuke would interfere, so he deliberately left himself a backup."
"How did he do it?" Obito asked in shock.
"Hehehe… through a seal," Black Zetsu explained. "When Madara handed those eyes to Nagato, he had already embedded a technique within the Rinnegan. The moment it was activated, Obito, you had already lost."
At the same time, the Rinnegan released an overwhelming surge of dōjutsu power that struck directly at Obito's mind. Exploiting that opening, Black Zetsu completely seized control of Obito's body, while Sakura hurried toward them.
"Kamui," Black Zetsu muttered softly.
Obito's body vanished into the dimensional space.
When Obito reappeared on the battlefield, everyone noticed immediately.
"This is bad. Obito's been taken over," Kakashi said at once, understanding the situation.
"Perfect timing, Black Zetsu," Madara said with visible satisfaction as he looked at him, the dōjutsu power in his eyes surging violently.
"Super Shinra Tensei!"
Madara activated the technique instantly. Backed by terrifying chakra reserves, its power was on a completely different level from Nagato's or Sasuke's.
Madara shot forward toward Black Zetsu, while Kakashi's stamina was already completely drained.
At that moment, the Second Hokage and Minato attempted to teleport. From the very beginning, they had placed Flying Thunder God Technique marks on Obito's body.
"Limbo: Border Jail."
Madara once again unleashed his dōjutsu. Senju Tobirama and Namikaze Minato were blown away instantly, cracks spreading across their bodies.
Meanwhile, Naruto, Sasuke, and Toneri immediately gave chase.
"Damn it, Banshō Ten'in!" Sasuke shouted. Amenotejikara was still on cooldown, so he couldn't use it.
"Chakra Arms!"
"Reincarnation Gravitational Pull!"
Toneri released a powerful pulling force of his own. Madara was dragged closer, then immediately countered with a repulsive force.
Seeing that opening, Naruto grabbed hold of Madara—but in the next instant, Madara severed his own lower body.
"Damn it, he's even using tactics like this," Naruto said angrily.
"Don't let him get away!" Sasuke chased after Madara without hesitation.
Toneri hesitated for a split second, but without spatial manipulation abilities, he could only fly at full speed. Madara then used Truth-Seeking Orbs to hold the three of them back, arriving at Black Zetsu's side.
Without a single word, he gouged the Rinnegan out of Obito's eye socket and placed it back into his own. Madara opened his eyes.
"With this, it's over," Madara said. The moment his eyes opened, the aura enveloping his body became far more terrifying.
Sakura, seeing Uchiha Madara after he had reclaimed both eyes, stumbled backward in fear.
"This is bad," Naruto said, staring at Madara in shock.
"Now the real battle finally begins, Naruto, Toneri," Sasuke said.
"Yeah," Toneri nodded calmly. With the Ten-Tails supporting him, Madara's Rinnegan power now surpassed even Toneri's Tenseigan.
"Those eyes… the Rinnegan," Sakura noticed the change in Sasuke's eyes.
She then looked at Naruto and Toneri's forms, both of which she had never seen before. Especially Toneri's eyes—she had seen them earlier, but they were clearly anything but ordinary.
"Those eyes… could it be the Tenseigan? This boy is Hamura's descendant," Black Zetsu realized in shock.
Damn it. He should have stayed on the moon.
He knew that even Uchiha Madara, after reclaiming both eyes, wouldn't be able to easily defeat these three. And on top of that, there was still one more person watching everything with extreme vigilance.
In Black Zetsu's eyes, Naruto and Sasuke with Six Paths power, the Uchiha Clan, even Toneri with the Tenseigan—none of them truly concerned him.
They were just pieces on a chessboard, not worth his attention.
But Hatake Yusuke was different.
That man was too strong. So strong that Black Zetsu had no idea where his limits lay.
In fact, his understanding of Yusuke could be summed up in just two words: dangerous.
How dangerous? He didn't know. He knew Yusuke was powerful, but had no idea how powerful. That mysterious man left him completely at a loss.
Even worse, it felt as though that man knew every single step of his plan. And yet, despite that, he still had no intention of making a move.
Black Zetsu couldn't understand what Yusuke was thinking. This kind of fear—born from uncertainty—was something he had never experienced before. Clearly just a human, and yet possessing such terrifying power.
Back on the battlefield, Madara gathered chakra into one hand and flew into the sky. Then, he brought both hands together.
"Chibaku Tensei."
The ground below began to rise, pulled toward a black core. In a short span of time, dozens of massive spherical planetoids formed before everyone's eyes.
"Leave this to me," Toneri said as he stepped forward.
"Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion."
The Truth-Seeking Orbs rapidly transformed into blades of light, then swept out in a horizontal slash.
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