NOVEL ONLINE FREE Chapter 119: Chapter 129
He returned from the cave and immediately looked at the figure ahead.
"Obito."
However, as Obito got closer, he instantly froze—
Because that figure turned around.
"Obito, who are you calling Black Zetsu?"
"..." Obito.
Standing in front of him was none other than Uchiha Madara, dressed in his early edgy/visual kei-style armor.
"Genjutsu!" Obito immediately covered the Sharingan exposed in his mask with his left hand.
"..." Madara. "You think Uchiha are so easy to trick?"
"But, Obito, I see you've grown." Madara said.
"..." Obito.
"..." Obito.
Obito instinctively reached up and touched his neck.
"Umm…"
"Madara, why are you here…?"
"Wasn't the plan to wait for Nagato to grow strong, then use Rinne Tensei to resurrect you?"
Obito quickly asked.
He honestly felt like he was seeing ghosts.
He had just barely managed to find an excuse to send off Black Zetsu, and now—before Black Zetsu even left, a Madara suddenly popped up.
Was this some kind of cosmic prank?
Madara replied,
"I also find this situation rather delicate."
"At first, I thought our plan had succeeded."
"But when I woke up, I found myself in a coffin. I kicked off the coffin lid…"
"And found Orochimaru."
"He used Tobirama Senju's forbidden Edo Tensei jutsu."
"And revived me." Madara said.
"..." Obito. "Orochimaru?"
"The place was Ryūchi Cave."
"And then I returned."
"..." Madara said. "Now give me a report on the current situation."
"..." Obito.
"..." Obito.
"..." Obito.
"Obito, why aren't you speaking? Speak, Obito!"
"..."
Obito was speechless.
He should've seen it coming. After Madara's death, he hadn't really cared much about the body and just let Black Zetsu bury it somewhere.
But now… seeing Tobirama revived in Konoha through Edo Tensei, it's obvious Orochimaru must've stolen Madara's corpse.
Then he joined the Konoha Crush plan, got beaten up, and Tobirama gained freedom. So Orochimaru fled back to Ryūchi Cave.
But…
Orochimaru, the more he thought about it, the angrier he got—and so he went and revived Madara.
Damn it, Orochimaru!!
You couldn't raise a ruckus in Konoha, so instead of reviving Hashirama Senju, you revived Uchiha Madara?
...Screw you!
Orochimaru, you just wrecked my entire plan!!
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Meanwhile—
"Great White Snake Sage—"
Although Orochimaru had left the Great Snake Sage's temple, he hadn't actually left Ryūchi Cave.
With a snap, he resurrected himself through a curse mark.
Then hurried to the younger successor Tanishin Hime, whom the Great Snake Sage was planning to visit.
"..." The Great Snake Sage. "Didn't you say you weren't leaving the temple?"
The Great Snake Sage realized not only had Orochimaru left, but he had even followed them here.
"Old Ancestor."
"Help me!" Orochimaru said.
???
Tanishin Hime, standing nearby, widened her eyes.
What's with this human ninja?
He's… stealing my Old Ancestor?
How dare he call her that?
"Let me hide here for a while," Orochimaru said.
"I hate those outdated old ninja."
"You've got trauma now, huh…"
The Great Snake Sage tapped her pipe. "Fine. Stay by my side for a while."
"Thank you very much, Old Ancestor."
"Wait!"
"Wait just a minute!" Tanishin Hime protested. "Orochimaru, you shameless bastard!"
"You do realize all the high-ranking snakes who stay by Old Ancestor's side are women, right?"
"I never said I'm a man," Orochimaru replied. "Or rather, obsessing over gender while pursuing immortality is the real problem."
"…Eh?"
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Elsewhere, in the secret base of the Land of Grass—
"That's the situation…"
"Nagato has indeed matured."
"And his mobility and execution are pretty solid."
"So I hope we can use him to capture the Tailed Beasts."
"Right now, the Akatsuki organization he formed also has the goal of collecting all the Tailed Beasts and feeding them to the Ten Tails to use it as a deterrent against the ninja world."
Though completely rattled by Madara's sudden reappearance, Obito quickly started salvaging the situation with a strategic update.
"So, in other words… you deceived Nagato?" Madara asked.
"That's more or less it," Obito replied. "And every member of the Akatsuki that Nagato gathered is Kage-level."
"It makes many things convenient." Obito added.
"Hmph—"
As for so-called "Kage-level," Madara scoffed with disdain.
And of course Obito knew why—he was standing before the legendary ancestor of the Uchiha clan.
"I'll organize the information and think about the next move."
"I need to send Black Zetsu to the moon," Madara said.
???
So now that Madara himself has been resurrected by Edo Tensei, he's also heading to the moon?
"If it's the moon you want, I stole a launch device from Kumogakure," Obito quickly said.
"The first two I grabbed yesterday were broken."
"This one's the third." Obito added.
"You idiot," Madara said. "This one's broken too."
"Or rather, I'm the one who broke it from the start."
"When they first developed it, I noticed its range was too far. If it could damage the moon, that would be troublesome."
"So I broke it."
"The ones you've found—are all already broken." Madara stated flatly.
"..." Obito.
Obito.
Obito.
?!?!
They're broken?
And they were broken by Madara himself??
Obito was in complete despair.
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With the projection device a bust and the real Madara on-site—
Obito's face was ashen. It was the perfect metaphor.
To him, Madara was his boss. When the boss wasn't around, who cared? He could slack off.
But now the boss was back—every move had to be on high alert, and slacking off was no longer an option.
Worse still, what if the boss replaced him?
That was the ultimate issue.
Because Obito wanted to become the Ten Tails' Jinchūriki himself—not let Madara take it.
Otherwise, what was the point?
But things hadn't reached that crisis point yet.
Because for now, the goal was Black Zetsu going to the moon.
So Madara was fully committed to supporting that.
And how?
Madara's conclusion:
Take back Nagato's Rinnegan and summon the Ten Tails.
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