Hearing the other party's words, Jin instinctively showed an expression that seemed to say, 'what the hell is wrong with you'.
But after getting a clear look at the other party's face, he suddenly felt it wasn't so strange after all.
The special White Zetsu before him was precisely the one that would later possess Uchiha Obito and help the fake Madara around… the spiral-faced White Zetsu, Tobi.
This guy's personality is that of a clown. Many readers in Jin's previous life even suspected that Obito's comical persona during the early part of the Shippuden was actually played by Tobi.
Seeing Jin staring straight at him, Tobi spread his hands and said, "Geez, if you don't come with me, I'll have a real headache. My original plan was to wait for you to fall to the bottom and knock yourself out before taking you away. Who knew you could fly~"
'That old schemer Uchiha Madara wouldn't have shifted his target from Obito to me, would he?'
Jin's mind raced.
To go or not to go.
This was a major decision that would determine his own future, and even the future of the entire Ninja World.
"Lead the way."
Jin didn't hesitate for long.
'Since Madara had already set his sights on me, even if he killed Tobi here, Madara would just send new White Zetsu to keep an eye on me.'
Rather than letting this drag on endlessly, it was better to take the initiative and see what that old fossil wanted.
With the Mangekyo Sharingan + the Mera Mera no Mi + the budding Turtle School Martial Arts, Jin refused to believe he couldn't handle an elderly Madara who was already halfway in the grave and had even given away his Rinnegan.
…
"Tsunade-sama, Jin still hasn't come out," Minato said with a frown, looking at Tsunade.
Tsunade's brows were tightly knit as she stood at the edge of the cliff, gazing into the bottomless chasm. She also found it strange.
'That brat, it had been too long, hadn't it? What was going on? Couldn't that kid fly?'
A couple of days ago, Jin had even demonstrated Flight Technique to Tsunade. This ability, which is common in the Dragon Ball World, was extremely rare in the Naruto and One Piece Worlds.
So far, the only Ninja Tsunade knew of with flight capabilities was the Second Tsuchikage from Iwagakure, who was even older than Hiruzen.
"Did he defect?" Shinsuke said maliciously.
His words caused many around to frown secretly. After all, such words couldn't be thrown around lightly.
"Even if he chose to rebel, he wouldn't defect," Tsunade said, her aura menacing as she glared at Shinsuke, making the spoiled second-generation Ninja nearly stumble and fall.
Jiraiya quickly pulled Shinsuke back, 'First defection, now rebellion? If this continued, Konoha might start fighting amongst itself before the war even ended.'
"Everyone, return to the camp first. I'll search for him," Jiraiya clapped his hands, playing the peacemaker, then bit his finger and summoned a toad to begin searching the area.
Although Tsunade felt that the earlier incident shouldn't have been enough to harm Jin, she couldn't figure out where he might have gone at a time like this.
She could only hope that nothing bad had happened.
…
That night, in the central iron tower of Amegakure, which originally belonged to Hanzo and would later be controlled by Nagato.
Seeing the old man seated centrally on the steel throne, Jin narrowed his eyes and said, "So it really is you guys who took over Amegakure..."
The white-haired old man on the steel seat slowly looked up, his left eye, not covered by his bangs, meeting Jin's gaze.
The moment the other revealed his face, Hashirama, Tobirama, and Izuna in the chat room were stunned.
[Izuna: B-Big Brother? Is... is it really Big Brother?!]
[Hashirama: Ma-Madara... It can't be wrong. It's definitely Madara! He's alive! He's actually alive!]
[Tobirama: What's going on, Big Brother?! Didn't you personally kill him at the Valley of the End back then? You said you confirmed multiple times that he was dead?!]
The entire group descended into chaos.
Jin had no mind to chat with these dead ghosts right now. He just stared intently at Madara.
"What do you want with me?"
As he spoke, Jin didn't relax for a moment. He secretly clenched his fist, ready to activate his Mera Mera no Mi's Ability at any time, while the tomoes in his eyes spun wildly, transforming into the Mangekyo's pattern.
Without the Rinnegan, Madara probably couldn't control the Gedo Statue behind him to fight.
But in the original work, this old thing had used Susano'o even while blind.
Exactly how many trump cards he had, even Jin, the transmigrator, couldn't be sure.
"Indeed... the same eyes as Izuna's," Madara's wrinkled face showed a trace of nostalgia as he sighed, "I never thought that within the increasingly decaying Uchiha Clan, someone could awaken the same eyes as Izuna."
[Izuna: Big Brother, I'm the one who gave them to him.]
Izuna in the chat room couldn't help but complained.
He had wondered before why those hateful Senju brothers were in the chat room, but his own big brother wasn't.
Now the answer was finally revealed.
Because he was still alive!
Such a simple answer, yet one no one dared to imagine!