"So this… is the power of the Six Paths?"
Uchiha Madara muttered to himself, raising his staff and carefully examining it.
Despite everything happening around him, none of it seemed to matter to him anymore.
"Hahahahaha…!"
Whatever had crossed his mind, he suddenly broke into wild laughter.
Throwing his head back, eyes closed, he laughed uncontrollably.
"..."
Has he lost his mind?
Many people watching had the same thought.
Having finally attained the power he had long sought, Madara wanted to relish the moment.
For years—decades—he had planned for this day.
And now, at last, he had obtained the power of the Six Paths.
"I think we should all start pulling back," Onoki suggested. "I don't know what kind of experience Madara just went through when he became the Ten-Tails' Jinchūriki, but he looks even more terrifying than before."
Previously, Madara had been immensely strong, but at least he looked human.
Now, just floating there in the air, he radiated an oppressive aura that made it difficult to breathe.
"Agreed. Minato," Takuya turned to him, his tone uncharacteristically stern.
"I rarely ask for help, but this time, I need you. Stay with Kushina—no matter what happens, do not leave her side. If there's even the slightest sign of danger, get her out of here immediately. But do not leave the battlefield. Can you do that?"
"Yes!!"
Minato had never seen Takuya so serious.
Gritting his teeth, he nodded firmly.
"Unless I die, Kushina will not be harmed."
"Don't be so grim. As long as I'm still standing, everything will be fine."
Takuya smiled reassuringly at Kushina, who was looking at him with clear concern.
Then, he turned to the others.
"Step back. Tsunade, that means you too—don't think about jumping in to help. Madara is much stronger now. Dealing with him will be troublesome."
"If you knew how strong he would become, why did you let him become the Ten-Tails' Jinchūriki in the first place?"
Senju Tobirama approached, bringing Hashirama, the Third Raikage, Onoki, and the others with him.
He didn't hesitate to voice his suspicions.
"You could have stopped him earlier. Why wait until now to take this seriously?"
Don't tell me you just wanted to have some grand battle with him—that's the kind of nonsense that'd make me drown you in my own spit.
All eyes turned to Takuya, waiting for his explanation.
"Because compared to the real threat, Madara is just a misguided fool with a little too much strength," Takuya shrugged.
"If you don't deal with the root of the problem, stopping Madara changes nothing. Sooner or later, there'll be another Madara. Then another. And another. It'll never end."
"Madara is just a misguided fool?"
Tobirama's expression twisted as if he had eaten something rotten.
"So you're saying… there's an even stronger enemy lurking in the shadows?"
"Kaguya Ōtsutsuki—the mother of the Sage of Six Paths. Is that strong enough for you?"
What the hell?!
The battlefield collectively froze.
Madara was already an absurdly powerful threat—now Takuya was talking about someone even stronger?
And it was the mother of the Sage of Six Paths?!
Was he serious?
Most of them couldn't believe it.
It sounded downright ridiculous.
Takuya didn't care whether they believed him or not.
"Before the Ten-Tails' resurrection, the Sage of Six Paths came to me in spirit form and told me a long story," he continued.
"I'll keep it short: His mother, Kaguya, came from a faraway place and descended upon this world. She eventually settled here and bore two sons—Hagoromo and Hamura Ōtsutsuki."
"But at some point, she was betrayed. To take control, she ate the fruit of the Divine Tree, becoming the first wielder of chakra. Her rule became tyrannical."
"Her two sons, the Sage of Six Paths and his brother, turned against her. They fought and eventually sealed her away. That seal is the moon you see in the sky."
"The Sage of Six Paths stayed behind to establish what we now know as the shinobi world. His brother, Hamura, went to the moon to guard the seal. The Hyūga Clan are his descendants."
"The Sage's two sons then fought over who would inherit his legacy—leading to a feud that carried on through generations."
"The older son, Indra, was the ancestor of the Uchiha. The younger son, Asura, was the ancestor of the Senju and Uzumaki."
"Indra lost. But instead of giving up, his chakra reincarnated again and again, always fighting Asura's reincarnations."
"The last reincarnations were… Hashirama and Madara."
"…WHAT?!"
Hashirama nearly collapsed onto the ground. His voice trembled.
"So I… I'm technically one of the Sage of Six Paths' children? The reincarnation of Asura? And Madara is Indra's reincarnation?!"
Takuya gave him a look that said you figured it out.
The battlefield fell silent.
After all these years of bloodshed, it turned out the wars between the Uchiha and the Senju were just one big family feud.
The Sage of Six Paths' family had been fighting itself for centuries.
One lifetime wasn't enough for them. They just kept reincarnating and doing it all over again.
"So… Madara was deceived into following a plan that would ultimately lead to Kaguya's revival?"
Tobirama was quick to pick up the key point.
"More or less," Takuya nodded.
"The Sage of Six Paths wanted me to stop all this before it happened. But honestly—why should I? Their whole family mess has nothing to do with me."
"..."
No one could argue.
It really was just a massive family drama.
"And you're fine just letting Kaguya be revived?!"
"Why not?"
Takuya smirked, tapping the ground with his foot.
"If it's a family matter, then let the family handle it. If Kaguya shows up, do you really think the Sage of Six Paths and his brother will just sit around in the afterlife?"
"Two dutiful sons—your mother is about to return, come clean up your mess!"
This is insane. Absolutely insane.
Most of the battlefield was in shock.
The Third Raikage was already mentally cursing the Sage of Six Paths.
If you had just kept your family in check, none of this would've happened!
Your kids keep reincarnating and fighting each other, and now Madara's trying to unseal your mother!
Just then—
"You all seem to be having an interesting conversation,"
A voice echoed from above.
Madara had finished his villainous laughter and now hovered over them.
A smirk played on his lips as he looked down at Takuya and the others.
"Mind if I join in?"
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DO NOT FORGET POWER STONE AND CHATTING