Madara felt Ryou's eyes and explained why Ryou hadn't awakened his eyes yet: "The Yang-attribute Chakra in your eyes dominates. Most members of the Uchiha Clan have Yin-attribute Chakra."
"Occasionally, one or two with Yang-attribute appear, but I didn't expect you to encounter it."
Ryou suddenly realized. He was one of the rare Uchiha Ninjas with the Yang attribute, something he had always considered luck.
It was because of the Yang attribute that Ryou could learn Medical Ninjutsu and develop Plunder Rebirth.
But one gains at the cost of another.
Ryou benefited from the Yang attribute, but he also had to bear the drawbacks of the Yang attribute for Uchiha Clan members, especially those who hadn't awakened their eyes.
Too much Yang attribute would suppress the Yin attribute within the Uchiha Clan members' bodies, cutting off the enhancement the Uchiha bloodline provided to the eyes.
Therefore, the eyes needed Yin!
Madara continued speaking, "To solve this, you need intense emotional stimulation to stir up the Yin attribute in your eyes. Given your beastly personality, that's likely impossible."
"Then there is only another way: use powerful ocular power to break through the Yang attribute's defense over the eyes and awaken the Uchiha bloodline."
As Madara spoke, the ocular power within his body surged into Ryou's eyes. In an instant, the black pupils in Madara's eye sockets turned red, with three black tomoe arranging themselves around the central pupil.
Sharingan, Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
Madara removed the eyes from his sockets and placed them one by one into Ryou's eye sockets.
Ryou cried out to Madara, "Ancestor, disinfect! You haven't even disinfected your hands!"
Exchanging eyes in this world of Naruto seemed as casual as playing around—just pop them out and put them in.
Madara implanted the eyes using Yin-Yang Release, disdainfully saying, "Sharingan, any eye other than the Mangekyo is a useless eye."
Ryou was initially ecstatic, but Madara's words left him unsure whether to laugh or cry.
Madara purely looked down on Ryou's eyes, even though they had now become three tomoe.
Ryou finally couldn't close his mouth from smiling, pulling out a mirror from somewhere to look at his Sharingan?
Ryou's first regret in life was having poor health, which he later solved. His second regret was being a member of the Uchiha Clan and failing to awaken his eyes.
Obito even had two-tomoe, yet he was still blank—it really shouldn't have been this way.
Now, Madara had helped him fulfill one wish.
Having awakened the Sharingan, Ryou felt the world was different, and he liked observing everyone with his Sharingan active.
He wasn't some scrub; he had plenty of Chakra.
Ryou was completely won over. He bowed and said, "Ancestor, I heard you have no children, and my parents died early. If you don't mind, I would like to take care of you in your old age."
Madara kicked Ryou away, "Stop messing with the seniority!"
Ryou was of Madara's grandson generation, now trying to upgrade to the son generation. Madara, a man from the Warring States Period, would not accept such a chaotic arrangement of seniority.
Madara turned around; his eye sockets were empty, but relying on Chakra sensing and the Hashirama cells within him, Madara could see everything in the outside world clearly.
During the Fourth Great Ninja War, even without eyes, Madara could clearly distinguish whether Sasuke's Mangekyo was straight-bladed or curved-bladed.
Madara stared at Tsunade with his empty eyes, "Is that Hashirama's granddaughter? She's already this big!"
Ryou shuffled closer, staring at Tsunade's chest, "Indeed, she's quite large!"
Madara turned to look at Ryou, "You like Hashirama's granddaughter?"
Ryou panicked inwardly but nodded heavily, "I do, but for the sake of the Ancestor's great cause, I must reluctantly give her up."
"Please, Ancestor, when you strike, leave a complete corpse. I'll take advantage while it's still warm and enjoy myself a bit."
("(￣口￣)!!")
Madara and Black and White Zetsu froze on the spot, remaining silent for a long time.
Madara was a man from the Warring States Period, with somewhat conservative thoughts. Ryou's words were too shocking to him.
After not showing up for decades, has the outside world become this liberal?
Madara became somewhat angry, "Is this how Konoha educates people? It really deserves to be destroyed!"
Ryou nodded, "Ancestor, hurry up and kick those Three Sannin to death. We'll fight our way back to Konoha and completely sever the fate of the Ninja World."
"No rush!"
Madara shook his head, "I must first reclaim my eyes."
Madara looked towards the Land of Rain. Now that he had regained his youth, Madara no longer needed Nagato.
Black Zetsu said, "Lord Madara, if necessary, I can help you retrieve your eyes."
Madara shook his head, "I want to go retrieve them myself. After so many years, I want to see how much that brat Nagato has grown."
Madara wasn't in a hurry at all. Even without the Rinnegan, he could dominate the Ninja World. Moreover, in a world without Hashirama, who could stop him?
What's the fun in finishing things too early? Madara wanted to properly enjoy the growth of the younger generation of Ninjas, to see if there was anyone in this Ninja World without Hashirama who could truly satisfy him?
"Speaking of which, Ryou, do you know what the destiny of the Ninja World is?"
Ryou was startled: "Isn't it just that you kill my whole family today, and I massacre your entire village tomorrow?"
Madara nodded, sighing deeply: "Exactly. The world of Ninjas is nothing but fighting and killing. I want to end the curse of the Ninja World and create a world without conflict."
"Ryou, what do you think?"
Ryou knew Madara's goal, but he still had to pretend to be ignorant, looking at Madara in shock: "Ancestor, you aren't destroying the Ninja World anymore?"
"Do you take me for a mass murderer? I am one of the founders of Konoha!"
Madara directly shocked him with electricity, and Ryou immediately let out a painful yell.
With his vitality restored, Madara's electrical output was even more astonishing than before.
Ryou retreated several steps, dodging Madara's electric shock: "Ancestor, whatever you plan to do, your grandson will follow along."
Madara explained his Eye of the Moon Plan to Ryou.
On the other side.
Orochimaru watched the scene of Madara electrocuting Ryou, his expression somewhat gloomy: "Does Uchiha Madara not take us seriously at all?"
Tsunade nodded: "Probably so. Uchiha Madara only ever recognized one rival in his life, and that was Grandpa. He doesn't look up to any other Ninja."
Hashirama, the First Hokage?! Orochimaru started contemplating the idea of visiting the tomb of the former Hokage.
What a master thief!
"Get ready, we're going in!"
"Okay!"
Tsunade performed hand seals, releasing the Yin Seal on her forehead, and immediately entered the Hundred Seals State.
The Yin Seal was a secret technique of the Uzumaki Clan, taught to Tsunade by Uzumaki Mito when Tsunade was very young.
The Creation Rebirth Technique complemented the Yin Seal, and Tsunade learned it as well.
Now, combined with the Creation Rebirth Technique that Ryou had previously given Tsunade, Tsunade had completely become a perfected form.
Orochimaru turned to look at Tsunade's Hundred Seals Mode, his eyes filled with lingering shock.
It was one thing for Jiraiya to have Sage Mode, but this state of Tsunade... Is this a forbidden jutsu of the Senju Clan?
Very good, so everyone is playing like this, are they?
Madara told Ryou the Eye of the Moon Plan: "Collect the Nine Tailed Beasts to revive the Ten-Tails, and I will become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki by borrowing its power."
"Using the power of the Ten-Tails, I will project the power of the Rinnegan onto the moon, releasing the Infinite Tsukuyomi to let the entire world enter a peaceful illusionary world."
"Ryou, I have contemplated this for so many years. The only way to bring peace to the entire world is within a dream. So, I will let everyone indulge in the world of dreams!"
"Ryou, what do you think?"
Ryou answered without thinking: "Good!"
Madara turned his head in confusion: "Good where?"
Ryou replied: "The Infinite Tsukuyomi is good, the illusionary world is good! When that time comes, I will have blessings all around me—Tsunade's, Mikoto's, Kushina's—so of course it's good."
"..."
Madara stared at Ryou with his vacant eyes, unsure if the boy was speaking the truth or lying.
Ryou quickly changed the subject: "Ancestor, if your grandson helps you, can you remove the curse mark you placed on my body?"
Madara nodded and performed hand seals: "Release!"
"Okay, it's been removed!"
Ryou looked at Madara, his expression exactly matching how Ryou had just described him.
Very well, you old immortal, you want to play like this, huh?
Madara stared at Ryou, thinking: Little beast, don't think I don't know you're inwardly laughing at how naive I am.
Suddenly, a series of Ninjutsu fluctuations swept over them.
"Sage Jutsu: Goemon!"
"Kusanagi Sword: Blade of Emptiness!"
"Slug: Saliva Acid!"
Madara stopped chatting with Ryou, turned to look at the Ninjutsu unleashed by the Sannin, and a cold smile played on his lips: "I'll play with them first, and we can talk later!"
Madara performed hand seals, and the Gedo Statue straightened its massive body, shielding Ryou and Madara, using its immense defensive power to block the incoming Ninjutsu and Sage Jutsu from outside.
After the attack subsided, Madara stood on the shoulder of the Gedo Statue, his eyes closed, looking at people as if looking down on them, utterly arrogant.
This was utter contempt for others.
"Are these the top three Ninjas of this generation? Let me, Uchiha Madara, entertain you and loosen up my muscles!"