Naruto: Blackbeard Template

Hearing Uchiha Madara's words, Uchiha Fugaku was still struggling against him, yet there was still a trace of disdain in his eyes.

"Do you think everyone is like you?" Fugaku said coldly. "Stealing your younger brother's eyes, Uchiha Madara… the dead should remain buried. Instead of crawling back out just to throw the shinobi world into chaos again."

As soon as he finished speaking, Fugaku's chakra erupted from his body.

The sheer force of it actually pushed Madara back for a moment.

Then crimson skeletal light flared around Fugaku's body.

Susanoo.

The Mangekyō Sharingan's strongest power.

Watching that scene, Madara's face was filled with interest instead of anger.

"What an interesting man," he said, almost amused. "Do you really think those eyes of yours are enough to stand against me? And you dare use Susanoo before me?"

A faint, mocking smile tugged at his lips.

"How pitifully weak. Let me show you what a true gap in power looks like."

As he spoke, blue chakra burst out from Madara's body as well.

He was clearly preparing to use Susanoo too.

Fugaku glanced back once at the village behind him.

Then he looked at Madara again, and the resolve in his eyes only hardened.

Shhh!

The crimson figure lunged forward violently.

A massive hand of translucent red chakra materialized and slammed straight into the blue armored form in front of Madara, driving him backward with brute force.

Madara sensed exactly what Fugaku was trying to do, yet he did not resist.

He already understood.

Fugaku was trying to drag the battle away from Konoha.

But to Madara, that hardly mattered.

If he wanted to destroy Konoha, he could do it whenever he pleased.

And since it was rare to meet a promising Uchiha from a later generation, how could he not test him personally?

At that moment, a group of people had gathered at the entrance to the village.

In the distance, two enormous translucent giants rose into view, one crimson and one blue.

With a thunderous roar, the two Susanoo clashed head-on.

Susanoo—the very symbol of destruction.

Their battle was so violent that the nearby mountains were blasted apart.

Even the forest that had only recently been replanted was wiped out once again.

"Will the clan head be alright?"

"How should I know? That's Uchiha Madara! He stood on the same level as the First Hokage. Even if the clan head awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan…"

"Shut up! Don't say things like that!"

Just as the Uchiha were anxiously worrying over Fugaku's safety, Namikaze Minato arrived with several others.

"Uchiha Madara, huh?" Ai cracked his fists, eyes blazing with battle intent. "This is a good chance to test my newest trick!"

Ōnoki, standing beside him, immediately sneered.

"Ai, know your limits for once. I've seen Uchiha Madara before. With your strength, you're nowhere near enough for him."

"Ōnoki, you old fossil, sounds to me like you're just scared."

"Enough. Stop arguing."

The instant Minato spoke, both of them fell silent.

Inside this illusionary world, with Namikaze Kirito absent, Namikaze Minato was the one in command. No one present would openly challenge his authority.

Minato turned his gaze toward the distant clash between the crimson and blue Susanoo.

Then he ordered Yakushi Kabuto to remain behind and lead the shinobi stationed at the village entrance.

As for Minato himself, he headed straight for the battlefield together with Ōnoki, Ai, and Rasa.

Although Fugaku's crimson Susanoo was still managing to contend with Madara for the moment, anyone with eyes could see what was happening.

The red chakra had already begun to weaken.

If reinforcements didn't arrive soon, Fugaku would be buried by his own ancestor before long.

At that moment—

A kunai shot through the air.

Minato had thrown it with terrifying force. Even from that distance, it cut across the battlefield like a streak of light.

Madara's Sharingan noticed it immediately.

But he did nothing.

Could a mere kunai really break through Susanoo's defense?

The instant Fugaku saw the unique seal carved into that kunai, his eyes lit up.

He knew that mark well.

Sure enough, the moment the kunai reached the blue Susanoo—

Clink.

A sharp metallic sound rang out.

The contempt in Madara's eyes had not yet faded when a burst of golden light flashed from the spot where the kunai had stopped.

Then four figures appeared in front of him at once.

"Liger Bomb: Chop!"

"Dust Release!"

"Golden Sand Waves!"

"Big Ball Rasengan!"

In that single instant, the four of them unleashed their strongest attacks the moment they appeared.

Even Madara had not expected such a sudden shift.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

A series of deafening explosions erupted.

Cracks spread across the blue Susanoo, and then a massive hole was blasted open in its armor.

The moment he saw the opening, Fugaku moved.

His Susanoo raised the giant blade in its hand and slashed down without hesitation.

The blue Susanoo finally shattered.

Madara's figure was sent flying out of it.

In the end, it was simply because he had underestimated his opponents.

As an Edo Tensei body, Madara possessed effectively limitless chakra. If he had chosen to pour more chakra into reinforcing his Susanoo, it would not have been broken so easily.

And more importantly, he had not even used the complete humanoid form of Susanoo.

Because in his eyes, Uchiha Fugaku simply wasn't worthy of it.

What Madara didn't know was that it wasn't because Fugaku didn't want to use that level of power.

He simply couldn't afford to.

His only goal was to pin Madara here.

Both of them possessed the Sharingan, and both of them were capable of taking Susanoo to its final form.

But that would require an enormous amount of chakra.

If Fugaku exhausted himself too early before reinforcements arrived, then who would stop Madara from turning around and rampaging through the village?

And just as Fugaku had hoped, Madara acted exactly according to that expectation.

With Madara's pride, if his opponent didn't use the higher form of Susanoo, then he had no intention of using it either.

That pride created the opening Minato and the others had been waiting for.

The moment Madara was forced out of Susanoo, Minato's eyes flashed.

In an instant, he appeared directly behind him.

At the exact moment Susanoo had broken, Minato had already placed the Flying Thunder God seal on Madara's back.

"Wind Release: Rasengan!"

A dazzling white light flooded Madara's vision.

If he took this head-on, Minato would most likely follow it up with a sealing jutsu immediately.

So in that instant, Madara's blood-red eye began to shift.

Ripples spread across it.

The purple Rinnegan emerged once more.

"…What?"

Minato's expression changed slightly.

He suddenly felt the wind-infused Rasengan in his hand being absorbed away.

His instincts screamed at him.

Without a second of hesitation, his figure vanished instantly, reappearing beside his allies.

Madara stood not far away, looking at them with cold pride.

"Heh… good reflexes," he said. "That was the right choice. If you had hesitated for even a moment longer, I would've drained every bit of chakra from your body."

"Just as I thought…" Minato murmured.

He looked at the Rinnegan in Madara's eye socket, but there was no real surprise in his face.

His son had already told him about this ability.

It seemed that in the moment of danger, the power of the Rinnegan had activated directly, preventing Madara from being sealed.

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