Another new day had arrived.
The impatient Uchiha Madara, who had been waiting for a long time, arrived two hours ahead of the designated time with Kisame and Black Zetsu to wait at the location Obito had mentioned.
Considering that a battle might break out, Jiraiya had specially chosen a forest far from the Konoha Village for this meeting.
"Lord Madara, there are still two hours before the designated time. Why did we come so early?"
Madara laughed lightly, casting a somewhat disdainful look at Black Zetsu, and replied, "This is the difference between my will and me."
With that, Madara turned his head to look at Kisame, who was on guard, and asked, "Kisame, do you know why I came here early?"
Kisame thought for a moment and replied, "Lord Madara, you want to ambush the people from the Konoha?"
Hearing Kisame's answer, Madara shook his head and said, "It's not an ambush, it's a surprise attack."
"A surprise attack?"
"That's right. The main purpose of our visit is to capture the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. Once the high-level people from the Konoha Village arrive, Kisame, you will carry out a surprise attack on the village, working with Black Zetsu to find the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki."
"I see now. I understand."
Kisame grinned.
The Konoha had so many top-tier fighters. Even with the Rinnegan's power, Kisame didn't have much confidence in capturing the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki from them.
However, with Madara's presence, the high-level fighters of the Konoha would be forced to deploy.
Even if a few stayed behind to guard the village, it would only be a very small number.
As long as the remaining high-level fighters in the Konoha didn't exceed three, Kisame was confident in capturing the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
"I'll go hide now. Once Black Zetsu sees the Konoha people coming out, I'll act immediately."
"Go ahead. I'll be waiting for good news from you."
Inside Konoha, Jiraiya and the others naturally didn't know that Edo Tensei Madara was trying to lure them away from the village.
However, out of caution, he still arranged for some people to stay behind in the village, just in case.
"Jiraiya, with the First Hokage and Uchiha Madara involved, whether we go or not, it seems like it won't make much of a difference, right?"
"Old man, it's true, but there are some people who absolutely need to go. For example, me."
Jiraiya wasn't wrong.
As the current Hokage of Konoha, he had to be involved in such matters.
Also, the Madara over there is still in his Edo Tensei form, so they needed to bring someone who's skilled in sealing techniques to deal with Edo Madara.
This sealing expert would be Kushina.
Minato, who can use the Reaper Death Seal, could also be considered, though barely.
The Third Hokage, who also knows this technique, wouldn't be able to help. His body is too old, and his movement speed can't compare to the younger ones. He decided not to join in on this.
Also, Izuna would definitely be going. Jiraiya was curious to see if Izuna could talk Madara down with his words.
As for the others, it didn't matter. Those who wanted to go could come along, and those who didn't could stay behind to guard the village.
"Alright, aside from Kushina and Izuna, who else wants to come?"
As soon as Jiraiya finished speaking, Minato was the first to raise his hand and say, "I'll go too."
"Alright, anyone else?"
"I'll go."
"Me too."
Looking at Tsunade and Sakumo, who had raised their hands, Jiraiya nodded, agreeing.
"Anyone else want to join?"
He glanced around, and seeing no one else raise their hands, Jiraiya turned to Minato and the others. "It's about time. Let's head out of the village and wait for the First and Second Hokage."
At first, the cross-dimensional function of the screen only allowed those who traveled to randomly appear in Konoha.
As more and more videos were played, the location of the crossing could be specified by the traveler, and the range of the crossing began to grow larger.
Now, centered around Konoha, the crossing area of the screen had already covered half of the Land of Fire.
In other words, within this half of the Land of Fire, Tobirama and the others could choose any location to travel to.
This function was undoubtedly a great help for the current mission.
However, there was no change in the time they could stay—still only one hour.
But an hour was enough; it was enough time to do many things.
Outside the village, still a bit away from the location agreed with Edo Tensei Madara, the Senju brothers and Uchiha brothers suddenly appeared due to a twist in space.
"We're here?"
"Yes."
To be honest, if it weren't for his older brother sometimes being unreliable, Tobirama wouldn't want to come here to deal with Edo Tensei Madara.
In his view, with his brother and Madara around, the old Edo Tensei Madara wouldn't be able to stir up much trouble.
With all this free time, he'd rather go back to the village and exchange techniques with Orochimaru.
Orochimaru's side was now full of talented people.
Not only was there Kabuto, who could use Sage Mode, but also the talented Hiruko, who independently developed the technique of Chimera Technique.
The three of them working together in research was much stronger than Tobirama working alone.
"Where are the Konoha people? Why aren't they here yet?"
After looking around at the surrounding trees, Madara, standing still, began to grow impatient after waiting for a short while.
"Don't rush, they're here now, aren't they?"
As soon as the words were spoken, Jiraiya and the others appeared in front of them with a whoosh.
"Izuna!"
As soon as Jiraiya and the others appeared, Madara focused all his attention on the Third Izuna. He dashed forward in one swift movement and hugged the Third Izuna tightly.
"Tch~"
Behind them, the Second Izuna watched his older brother act so impatiently, his face showing some displeasure.
But after a second thought, he realized there was no need for him to feel jealous, especially since they would only be able to stay here for about an hour. That eased his mind a little.
"Big brother."
The Third Izuna was also very excited.
However, compared to Madara's enthusiasm, he was still somewhat reserved.
"Let's go. Once we deal with that idiot, we can talk properly."
"Uh, big brother, isn't that idiot you from decades later? Is it really okay for you to talk about yourself like that?"
Madara's face froze, and he awkwardly replied, "It's fine, real men don't sweat the small stuff. Let's head out now."
After saying that, Madara quickly rushed to Jiraiya's side, urging them to hurry up and move.
"Haha, I didn't expect Mr. Madara to be in such a hurry."
The group started moving toward the agreed location in a grand procession.
Not far from them, in the bushes, Black Zetsu was watching the Konoha team, specifically Senju Hashirama and another Madara. It was lost in a crazy internal struggle.
It wasn't confused about why there were two Madaras.
But instead, he was tangled up, wondering whether to notify Kisame to save the Reanimated Madara.
"Forget it, it's hopeless, just wait for death."
The Reanimated Madara is important, that's true.
If it was within his power, he would definitely save him.
But looking at the team Konoha sent, there's no way to save anyone.
"Still, I'll notify Kisame to capture the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki."
"When the nine-tailed beasts unite, Kisame will become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki. After all, he has a Rinnegan, so he should be able to cast Infinite Tsukuyomi, right?"
Black Zetsu had no other choice. Right now, this was the gamble he had to make.
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