"So easily acquired?" The Shadow Clone controlling the Third Mizukage puppet was also taken aback, considering how thoroughly they had prepared beforehand.
Qifeng, however, looked at Obito Uchiha, standing in the distance, with a strange gaze.
He could clearly sense that Obito Uchiha... was holding back!
Although the current Obito had not yet reached the level of single-handedly initiating the Fourth Shinobi World War like he would more than a decade later, possessing the Mangekyō Sharingan already granted him considerable resistance to Sharingan genjutsu.
He shouldn't have been so easily caught.
Qifeng could even feel the faint resistance emanating from that Mangekyō Sharingan.
The reason he knew Obito was holding back was because Obito was deliberately suppressing the Mangekyō Sharingan's resistance, seemingly wanting Qifeng to firmly control him.
However, the moment the Third Mizukage puppet obtained Madara Uchiha's corpse, Obito instantly broke free from the genjutsu's restraints using his unique abilities.
"Damn it!" Obito glared at Qifeng "fiercely," his voice filled with anger.
He made a gesture to rush up and fight Qifeng to the death.
But with Madara Uchiha's corpse already in hand, what was there to linger for? Obito had his own Kamui dimension, and couldn't be killed.
At least, he couldn't be killed at the moment.
"Thanks a lot ~ ~" Waving at Obito, Qifeng, along with the returning Third Mizukage puppet and the corpse of Madara Uchiha it carried on its shoulder, used the Flying Thunder God Technique to leave.
As he left, Qifeng finally understood.
This guy Obito didn't want to see Madara Uchiha resurrected at all, but being restricted everywhere, he had no way to stop it. Therefore, when he saw Qifeng arrive, he decisively welcomed his genjutsu, "binding" himself in place.
This way, regardless of whether the final result was good or bad, it would have nothing to do with him, and he could also justify himself to Zetsu.
"This kid has become smarter..."
Watching Qifeng disappear after achieving his goal, Obito clenched his fist, his body trembling slightly, unsure whether it was from excitement or anger.
Zetsu, standing behind him, also didn't look very pleased.
But they weren't very resistant.
Madara Uchiha's corpse was important, but not to the extent that it was absolutely essential. To resurrect him, his original elderly body certainly couldn't be used, so recasting a brand new body was necessary.
In this case, only a certain amount of the body needed to be used as a medium, not the entire body.
And this point, the far-sighted Madara Uchiha, had left a backup plan long ago.
However, what Zetsu couldn't understand was...
Who exactly was this person? Enveloped in the chakra of the Kekkei Genkai, Shikotsumyaku, made it difficult for him to see clearly. At the same time, he also possessed a puppet that had achieved "All Things of Nature," although it was only the most basic "All Things of Nature," and not even as good as Obito's, it was still enough to be surprising.
Also, how did this person know about this secret base? And how did he know Madara Uchiha was dead? It seemed he had been waiting somewhere far away for Madara Uchiha's death, and came as soon as Madara died.
All sorts of questions and doubts, like a thick fog, shrouded Black Zetsu's heart.
He, who originally prided himself on being able to control everything and grasp the progress of all things, suddenly had the feeling that things were beginning to deviate from their course.
Glancing at Obito, who seemed very angry, and then looking at the huge Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, he pondered slightly and said, "This place is no longer safe, we should leave."
"Yeah."
Obito was somewhat surprised by Black Zetsu's calmness, but still nodded, and the spatial fluctuations centered on his right eye swirled, enveloping him and Zetsu.
The dim underground space completely lost all signs of life.
...
...
On the other side.
Qifeng, using the Flying Thunder God Technique to return to the secret base in Amegakure, placed Madara Uchiha's corpse on his workbench.
"What a pity, this corpse is too old, it can no longer bear chakra fluctuations. Otherwise, with Madara Uchiha's strength, even an old Madara could dominate the current ninja world," Sasori's puppet couldn't help but sigh.
The one Qifeng was most afraid of was Madara Uchiha.
Now that Madara Uchiha was dead, and there were no signs of him being resurrected in the short term, it seemed that there was no one left in the entire ninja world who could completely kill him.
At most, he just couldn't beat them.
But if he couldn't beat them, he could run.
"Madara Uchiha had to plan for resurrection precisely because his body was too old, otherwise the entire ninja world would have been gone long ago."
Qifeng smoothed out the wrinkles on his clothes and straightened his messy hair.
Although Madara Uchiha had done many wrong things due to his stubbornness and arrogance, and might do even more wrong things in the future.
It was undeniable that he was indeed a very great person, with his own ideals and ambitions, only that perhaps these were not affirmed by others.
But he had borne everything alone and forged ahead.
And firmly believed that his was the correct path.
It was a pity that Black Zetsu, this old guy who had lived for thousands of years, had ruthlessly manipulated him, and everything he had done had become someone else's wedding dress.
"However, Madara Uchiha's body is inherently a valuable existence full of secrets. Even if we can't find anything from him, it is undeniable that his body has constructed a true 'All Things of Nature'."
Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju's final duel in the Valley of the End was to obtain his cells from Hashirama Senju.
Transplanting them onto himself, to stand opposite the Sharingan.
At the moment of his impending death, the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan evolved into the Rinnegan, the first Rinnegan in this world after the Sage of Six Paths.
Relying on the power of the Rinnegan, he summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and then used the power of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to sustain his life, while plotting for the entire ninja world.
Tear—
A sharp bone protruded from a fingertip, slicing through the clothes on Madara Uchiha's corpse's chest.
Sure enough, it could be seen that under his aged skin, on the left side of his chest, there was a human face, equally wrinkled, with its eyes tightly closed.
This was the Hashirama Senju cell that Madara Uchiha had snatched, cultured, and transplanted onto himself.
"If Orochimaru knew that I had Madara Uchiha's corpse, and it even exhibited this 'All Things of Nature' that he had never seen before, I'm afraid his entire being would go crazy for it.
With Orochimaru's abilities, knowing such a result, wanting to research it wouldn't be particularly difficult, all that's needed is time," Qifeng couldn't help but exclaim.
