Chapter 221: Impure World Reincarnation, Uchiha Madara
Jigen did not explain to Mifune that his body would occasionally lapse into sleep due to excessive weakness.
He merely responded casually, "Is Uchiha Dali strong?"
"For now, there's no need to bother with these people. As long as they don't provoke us, we have no reason to treat them as enemies."
"Once my strength is fully restored, those guys will be nothing to worry about."
He knew better than anyone just how frail his body was.
Although it had seemed effortless when he took down those samurai from the Land of Iron earlier, in truth it had already placed tremendous strain on his body.
Now, he needed to rest for a while.
That was also the reason he wanted to draw Mifune into his group.
He needed an "agent" who could continue carrying out the mission to search for a "vessel" while he was resting.
"What's your name?"
Jigen looked at Mifune, only now realizing he hadn't asked.
"Mifune."
"From today, you're an Inner Circle member of Kara."
"From now on, your task will be to search for promising 'vessels' and report to me once you find one."
"The 'Kāma' mark on your hand—just inject chakra into it and you'll be able to speak with me directly."
With that, Jigen ignored Mifune, leapt up, and vanished in a sonic boom like a fighter jet, disappearing into the icy expanse.
Mifune stared at where Jigen had vanished, suspicion and uncertainty in his eyes. He pulled back his sleeve, raised his arm, and indeed found a Kāma mark in the center of his palm.
…
Through controlling Jigen's body, the awakened Ōtsutsuki Isshiki had found and recruited Kara's second member—Mifune.
Beneath the surface appearance of peace in the ninja world, dark undercurrents were surging and danger lurked everywhere.
Meanwhile, in another corner of the world—
In the barren wasteland, a small green sprout suddenly emerged from the ground.
In just a moment, a Black Zetsu with a pitcher-plant head broke through the soil and surfaced.
"Awakened…?"
This Black Zetsu looked down at its own hands, then surveyed the desolate surroundings. Information quickly flooded its mind, and it understood everything.
The main body of Black Zetsu had already relayed everything that had happened through the transmission of natural energy to every hidden Black Zetsu clone around the world.
"Uchiha Dali, huh?"
"Seems the only way to deal with that guy is to revive Madara."
"That means… first I need to find Madara's body, then use the Impure World Reincarnation to bring him back…"
Muttering to itself, the Black Zetsu clone quickly sank into the earth and disappeared.
Black Zetsu's main body had personally witnessed Orochimaru perform the Impure World Reincarnation.
Naturally, he had learned the technique as well—and passed it on to each clone.
…
Uchiha Dali slowly opened his eyes to darkness.
It was already night without him realizing it.
Feeling the surging, turbulent chakra within him, he was quite satisfied.
His extraordinary perception and comprehension not only allowed him to instantly grasp powerful abilities in battle—outside of battle, as long as he focused, he could continually improve his strength without limit.
For example, simply sitting on the tatami and meditating, as he had just done, allowed him to refine his chakra extraction method and speed bit by bit until quantitative changes led to a qualitative leap.
Now, his chakra had completely surpassed its previous level—in both quantity and refinement speed—reaching unprecedented heights.
And that was just one part of Uchiha Dali's growth.
As his chakra increased, all his other abilities were further enhanced.
If chakra was the "1," then Uchiha Dali's various abilities were the "0" that followed. Without that "1," no matter how many "0"s there were, they amounted to nothing.
But with the "1," the more "0"s added, the stronger he became.
If the "1" was raised to "2" or even "3" or "4," his overall strength would leap to an entirely new level.
It was as simple as that.
Glancing at the dark sky outside, he saw no point in sleeping. There were still several hours until dawn, so Uchiha Dali closed his eyes again, continuing to use his extraordinary comprehension to sharpen his abilities.
Earlier, he had awakened the powerful ocular technique—the Heavenly Rinnegan.
It was a supreme Rinnegan beyond all known levels, containing the abilities of every Rinnegan in existence.
It included techniques such as Chibaku Tensei, Super Chibaku Tensei, space-time ninjutsu, Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack, All-Killing Ash Bones, and more.
But Uchiha Dali believed these abilities could still be improved and refined.
So now, his goal was to further enhance the power of his eyes.
Others might not realize it, but Uchiha Dali knew well—
The true enemy had likely already appeared.
…
Deep underground—
A Black Zetsu clone arrived at its destination.
Here, it successfully located Uchiha Madara's corpse.
Without hesitation, it seized a prepared White Zetsu.
"Aren't we on the same side?"
The White Zetsu looked at Black Zetsu in confusion.
It had just been awakened.
There were countless others like it beneath the Divine Tree's underground root network, most lying in perpetual slumber after losing their chakra.
As long as they were provided with sufficient chakra, they could awaken, revive, and become formidable combatants.
But now, this White Zetsu was about to be used as the sacrifice for Black Zetsu's Impure World Reincarnation of Uchiha Madara.
Clearly, it had no idea what was going on.
"These are special times."
"Teammates can be sold out if necessary, don't you think?"
Black Zetsu sneered, offering no further explanation.
With that, it immediately activated the Impure World Reincarnation.
This was the technique Black Zetsu had stolen from Orochimaru.
Once dismissed as useless, it was now proving unexpectedly handy.
As the jutsu took effect, the bewildered White Zetsu was swallowed up by the sacrificial medium.
In moments, Uchiha Madara stood revived.
"Finally… success."
"Seems Orochimaru wasn't entirely worthless—he did leave us with an interesting technique."
"Now, there's something you need to know, Madara."
"Your plan failed. A clansman of yours named Uchiha Dali ruined everything, throwing our plans into chaos…"
The Black Zetsu clone explained to the reincarnated Madara.
But as it spoke, it suddenly realized something was wrong.
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