"Teacher-student bonds? Bonds between comrades?"
Ning Feng smiled. Perhaps the previous Obito Uchiha would have cared about such things.
But after being caught in the trap meticulously arranged by Madara Uchiha, he had become someone who could ignore everything for the sake of Rin Nohara.
"So... Obito is no longer the Obito we once knew."
Minato Namikaze stepped forward and patted Kakashi Hatake on the shoulder, signaling him to calm down.
Although Minato had once been their teacher, after experiencing countless separations and deaths on the battlefield, he had long since become accustomed to such things.
As for Obito's drastic change, he only felt a faint sense of regret and melancholy.
"If... we stop him now!"
Suddenly, Kakashi Hatake slapped his hands together, his eyes lighting up.
"After we stop him... we can ask him what exactly happened to make him become like this!"
"Sigh..."
Ning Feng let out a soft sigh.
If only it were that simple.
Dealing with Obito Uchiha would never be as straightforward as Kakashi imagined.
"Our next task is to stop Madara Uchiha from continuing the Eye of the Moon Plan..."
Ning Feng swept his gaze across everyone present, a slight smile appearing at the corners of his mouth.
"But... we already have eight Tailed Beasts in our possession. So what exactly is Madara planning to do next?"
Shisui Uchiha suddenly thought of the eight Tailed Beasts sealed inside Ning Feng and voiced the question.
Only then did the others realize something.
They were the side with the advantage!
They had more Tailed Beasts.
They also had a Rinnegan.
Even in terms of overall strength, they were stronger.
No matter how they looked at it, Madara should be the one figuring out how to deal with them.
Yet from Ning Feng's words, it sounded as though Madara was only one Tailed Beast away from success.
"Hmm... Madara Uchiha's strength still can't be underestimated."
Ning Feng was momentarily stunned after hearing that.
It was true. Madara's side currently held no real advantage.
Instead, they needed to seize the Tailed Beasts from Ning Feng's side.
As for the Rinnegan... they had one too.
In fact, Ning Feng could even reclaim the Two-Tails currently in Madara's possession.
If that happened, Madara's plan would completely fall apart.
"Report! Two shinobi have appeared on the Konoha battlefield..."
Just as everyone fell silent, the voice of an ANBU operative suddenly came from outside the door, breaking the quiet.
"Two shinobi?"
Minato frowned.
"Come in."
Click...
The door opened, and a ninja wearing a Konoha ANBU animal mask entered and knelt on one knee.
"Lord First Hokage... and a long-haired shinobi who strongly resembles a member of the Uchiha clan have appeared on the battlefield!"
"At present... no one can stop them!"
"What?!"
All four cried out in shock.
Ning Feng was surprised because Madara Uchiha had recovered so quickly, and because Yakushi Kabuto had somehow managed to bring the First Hokage under control again.
Meanwhile, Minato and the other two were shocked that just two people had suppressed the entire Konoha force on the battlefield.
"Let's go take a look, Feng!"
Minato immediately realized the seriousness of the situation.
Ning Feng nodded. Without another word, he used the Flying Thunder God Technique and headed for the battlefield first, leaving behind only two light remarks.
"Teacher Minato, gather the necessary personnel first..."
"I'll go see what's happening!"
...
On the Konoha battlefield...
Hashirama Senju, still in his Edo Tensei state but with the cracks on his face already gone, was single-handedly controlling a gigantic Wooden Golem comparable in size to a Complete Body Susanoo, rampaging freely across the battlefield.
On the other side, Madara Uchiha had summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and stood atop it, sweeping aside every Konoha shinobi who stood before him.
With two legends who had once stood at the pinnacle of the ninja world fighting at full power, shinobi below Kage level could only dream of getting close to them.
Whenever they used ninjutsu, the techniques would mysteriously disappear upon approaching the bizarre Demonic Statue.
Even when attacks struck the First Hokage, any damage was quickly regenerated.
Moreover, compared to the Wooden Golem and the Demonic Statue—which casually spanned hundreds of meters—the range of ordinary ninjutsu was pitifully insignificant.
"So this is Konoha today?"
Standing atop the head of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, Madara Uchiha looked down upon the battlefield littered with Konoha shinobi who had already lost the ability to resist.
"What a disappointment, Hashirama."
He turned his gaze toward Hashirama Senju, who was still controlling the Wooden Golem, a trace of mockery at the corner of his mouth.
Since he had consumed very little chakra to begin with, and could occasionally absorb ninjutsu from Konoha's shinobi, his chakra reserves remained in excellent condition.
The Konoha shinobi's performance wasn't poor, but compared to the Warring States Era, they were far inferior.
"If Hashirama could see this scene... I wonder what he would think?"
Madara sighed softly.
Peace truly caused shinobi to grow weaker.
After a brief period of peace came war, and war would weed out the weak.
It was an endless cycle.
Hatred was born, and while trying to eliminate that hatred, new hatred would inevitably arise.
"Obito, find an opportunity later and pull Uchiha Feng into the Kamui space."
Suddenly, he spoke to the black-robed figure wearing a white mask decorated with three tomoe standing not far ahead of him.
"Understood..."
Obito nodded. The Sharingan visible through the opening beneath the tomoe pattern flashed with a faint, cruel red glow.
For Rin...
Everything he was doing now was worth it.
"I really didn't expect Yakushi Kabuto to have already gained control over Hashirama Senju."
Having arrived at the battlefield, Ning Feng immediately spotted the enormous Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and the gigantic Wooden Golem. A peculiar expression appeared on his face.
Without a bloodline limit and without any special cheat-like advantage, Yakushi Kabuto had truly perfected the art of being a traitor.
The fact that he could control Hashirama Senju meant that his strength had skyrocketed because of Edo Tensei.
He could already be considered a top-tier Kage-level expert.
He was even only a step away from surpassing that level.
"Orochimaru's forbidden technique really causes trouble..."
Ning Feng sighed softly before immediately charging toward Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju.
"Hm?"
Far away at the center of the battlefield, Madara suddenly sensed something and looked toward the edge of the battlefield, a cold smile forming on his lips.
"I lost to you last time..."
"But this time, with Hashirama's power added to mine... could I still lose to you?"
As this thought flashed through his mind, a figure rushed toward the Demonic Statue and the Wooden Golem at incredible speed.
The Konoha shinobi had already realized that those two colossal monsters were beyond their ability to oppose and were fleeing in all directions.
Against the flow of the crowd, a lone figure stood out exceptionally clearly.
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