Shinigami in the Ninja World

Chapter 232: Hello, Obito

"The Nine-Tails chakra" was the most difficult thing for them to obtain.Especially in the current situation, with Naruto and Kurama working together—something they could not handle.

However...

It wasn't entirely impossible.

The reason Madara Uchiha left and even took Kabuto with him before transferring his Rinnegan wasn't just to greet Naruto. His main goal was to ensure Kabuto's safety and keep him under his control.

Kabuto was the only one capable of obtaining the Nine-Tails chakra without directly confronting Naruto.

Kabuto squinted and smiled, remarking, "I thought Madara-sama risked being sealed by Naruto because he admired me as his successor."

"Don't say such naive things," Madara sneered. "It makes your stupidity obvious."

"And fools have no place by my side."

Kabuto didn't reply, simply raising his hand and pulling out two scrolls from his waist.

With a flick, he tossed them to the ground, and white smoke erupted.

Two bodies appeared.

Of course, these two unknown ninja corpses weren't the focus.

Kabuto formed hand seals.

"*Edo Tensei*!"

The two corpses began to transform into new figures. One had golden hair, the other gray. Both had horns protruding from their heads like bulls and wore headbands from the Cloud Village. The one with golden hair had the kanji for "金 (Gold)" on his left shoulder, while the gray-haired one had "銀 (Silver)."

They were the infamous duo who killed the Second Hokage: the legendary figures of the Cloud Village, the *Kinkaku* and *Ginkaku* brothers.

They were also the only people in the world, aside from jinchūriki, to possess the power of the Nine-Tails chakra.

"This is...," Kinkaku said, looking around. "Is this the technique I've heard about in the Pure Land? The one that pulls the dead back into the world of the living?" Ꞧ

Ginkaku sensed the chakra and turned to the man controlling them—Kabuto, the white-haired man with glasses. "So it's you?"

"To accomplish this at such a young age," Ginkaku sneered, not bothering to hide his disdain.

Their gaze shifted toward Madara, who stood with his spiky hair and Rinnegan.

"Madara Uchiha?" As people from the same era, they were well aware of the man who stood only beneath Hashirama Senju in fame.

They had even fought him a few times, though the results were never in their favor.

"A man like you, being controlled by this kid," Kinkaku chuckled, his tone laced with schadenfreude as he looked Madara up and down.

Madara smirked. "Fools."

"Kabuto, don't waste time. Get it done."

Kinkaku and Ginkaku shifted their focus back to Kabuto.

The man with glasses smiled and nodded. "Of course, Madara-sama."

His hand seals changed.

Kinkaku and Ginkaku immediately lost control of their bodies, even their chakra. The Nine-Tails chakra residing within them activated, wrapping them in the familiar cloak of chakra.

Six tails whipped behind them.

"Damn it, what's happening?" Despite being controlled, the two brothers remained conscious, and this loss of control filled them with panic.

But no one paid attention to them.

Madara narrowed his eyes, examining them like objects. "The power of the Nine-Tails..."

"I never imagined that one day obtaining this power would be so troublesome."

"Obito, extract it."

Madara walked forward, making hand seals, and began to steal their chakra.

Unlike Naruto, he couldn't strip chakra from their souls, but the Nine-Tails chakra wasn't truly their own power. It was easy to take from them.

Kinkaku and Ginkaku couldn't resist.

Two dark red, half-transparent, molten-like masses of energy, still boiling like lava, gathered in Obito's hands.

"The power of the Tailed Beasts is now complete," Madara said softly. As he spoke, he lifted his head and looked at the giant figure within the space. "Let's begin, Obito."

Obito nodded.

He formed hand seals and activated the sealing technique.

"Phantom Dragon Nine Consuming Seals."

This was the technique used by the Akatsuki to extract Tailed Beasts from their jinchūriki and transfer their power into the Ten-Tails while maintaining the seal.

Normally, this process would require the combined efforts of at least six or seven people and take days to complete for an entire Tailed Beast.

But they weren't dealing with whole Tailed Beasts—just fragments of their power. This drastically reduced the time needed.

They only required a single day.

However...

Obito glanced up.

He had heard the earlier conversation. Naruto had already locked onto this location, and that guy was exceptionally sharp when it came to these things.

One day.

Could they fully seal the power of the Nine Tailed Beasts and awaken the Ten-Tails before Naruto found them?

As the sealing process continued...

In the Land of Rain.

Sitting atop the still-standing statue of Pain, Naruto gazed down at the ground.

"You're not continuing the

The small space, capable of holding thousands of people, suddenly felt crowded as this figure entered.

Naruto smiled, focusing his gaze on the two figures. He drew his sword.

"I've found you."

"Madara Uchiha."

"And…"

He paused, locking eyes with the young man beside Madara, whose face was half-scarred and whose body was beginning to show signs of scaling.

"Obito Uchiha."

"You've been hiding for so long. Are you ready to face my wrath now?"

Naruto raised his sword, and natural energy swirled around him.

*Sage Mode* activated instantly.

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