One Dragon Tail Kick will shatter your Susanoo dream!

Madara's eyes suddenly turned fierce, and a white Zetsu slowly emerged from the ground, respectfully handing over a weapon consisting of a large fan connected to a scythe.

"Don't worry about the Konoha ninjas finding out. Any small rats that might have been there before we arrived were easily dealt with by me!"

"Now, let me see if you, a guy with so many secrets, are really qualified to participate in my plan!"

Wearing the strongest support ninja in the world, the White Zetsu, and with several golem tubes emerging from the depths of the earth and piercing the opponent's lower back, Madara slightly raised his hands.

"Although it's not the power of my peak, I'll make do with it!"

"The fire escapes, the powerful fire is extinguished!"

Ban simply made a hand seal, then spat out flames comparable to a natural disaster, covering an area so vast that they blocked all of Cao Zhi's escape routes.

"Sea Escape, Roar of the Raging Waves!"

The intense collision of fire and water produced a large amount of water vapor, obscuring the two people's ninjutsu duel!

Before the ninjutsu clash could determine a winner, Madara impatiently raised his fan and rushed to Kusashi's side.

"The ninjutsu's power is so-so. Next up is the taijutsu test!"

Kusagi, having deactivated Neeko's transformation, had his right arm crackling with lightning as he engaged in a fierce battle with Madara, who had closed in on him. Although Kusagi was less experienced in combat, Madara suffered a great loss in terms of reaction speed!

Fortunately, he had a fan in his hand, and Ban blocked all of Cao Zhi's attacks with the fan. After the two fought for a while, the surrounding dense forest had already collapsed.

As the two gradually unleashed their true power, the commotion they caused to the surrounding environment was immense. In an unknown location somewhere in the Land of Fire, the earth was riddled with holes, and rivers and mountains ceased to flow...

Small fish, charred black from electrocution, occasionally surface in the river...

Half a day later, Cao Zhi's face was covered in bruises and swollen like a pig's head. She looked at Ban with a displeased expression.

"Hey, why should we just stop fighting like that!"

With age spots, he stood with his hands behind his back, speaking in a calm tone.

"You're not bad. Although I only have three-tenths of my full power, no one in the ninja world except Hashirama has been able to fight me to this extent!"

A white Zetsu cautiously emerged from the ground, holding a small bottle containing eyeballs.

"Master Madara..."

"Ok!"

Age Spot took the small bottle, poured out the eyeball, and then gouged out the left eye, which had turned grayish-white.

Seeing this, Cao Zhi felt a little uncomfortable and complained.

"The Sharingan is really useful; it's ready to use right out of the box..."

The old man with the age spots gave a light "humph," ignoring the other party, and then reinserted the golem tube behind him. In the previous battle, it had been cut off by Kusashi, which had reduced his endurance and dragged him to his death once...

"Well done, young man!"

"You are qualified to know my plans!"

At this moment, White Zetsu, who had been leaning over Madara, also chimed in.

"Remember this, the man you luckily defeated this time was none other than Lord Madara, who once dominated the ninja world!"

"Shut up, who said I lost? You're just a guy who spends all day wondering about your urge to poop..."

Looking at the age spots on the White Zetsu's hand, Kusaji shook his head repeatedly.

"That arrogant Ban is back to his usual domestic violence against Bai Zetsu..."

The old man with age spots released the White Zetsu from his hand, then stared at Kusashi with his Sharingan eyes and slowly spoke.

"That's right, I am Uchiha Madara, who was once on par with the God of Shinobi!!!"

"Oh, I know, you were beaten to death by Hashirama, weren't you!"

"Tch, that idiot, how could he possibly kill me!"

"Oh, I see. You were just dragged to your death by me, losing an eye. You used this technique to avoid death, right..."

Upon hearing this, the person with age spots fell into a brief silence before letting out a sigh.

"Impressive wisdom! To see through my Uchiha clan's forbidden technique, Izanagi, so easily..."

"But that idiot Hashirama isn't that smart."

"But if he kills you once, he can kill you a second time, right..."

"Hmph, that guy was only at his last gasp back then..."

"But according to historical records, you seem to have never been able to defeat Hashirama Senju..."

"What do you know? That's my way of enduring!"

"But you just can't beat him..."

With a "bang," another small mountain slowly collapsed, and Cao Zhi swallowed the words of complaint she was about to say.

"Please continue, senior..."

"Hmph," Old Spot snorted softly, and then began to recount the history of the ninja clans fighting each other before Konoha was even established.

"It all started with a time when I was a child and I skipped stones on the water. Back then..."

"Hey, you brat, are you even listening?"

The old man with age spots looked at the bored Kusajiro, who had been making white Zetsu-like things out of boredom, and his words were tinged with anger.

Upon seeing this, the other party immediately straightened their attitude and remained in a squatting position.

"Old man, please speak!"

The veins on his forehead bulged with age spots, but he suppressed them with a deep breath and began to recount the history of the Warring States period. He started by mentioning how he met Hashirama Senju while skipping stones, how the Senju and Uchiha clans joined forces to unify the large and small ninja clans of the Land of Fire and establish Konoha, and how he realized that doing so could not bring true and lasting peace to the ninja world.

So Madara Uchiha chose a different path. Unlike Hashirama Senju, who was obsessed with false peace, he wanted to use illusions to trap everyone in his ideal dream.

To achieve true peace!

"How about it? I'll name this plan Project Eye of the Moon!"

"Join me, and let's change the world together!"

Cao Zhi looked at the other person's sudden excitement and awkwardly picked at her fingers.

"To be honest, in my opinion, your plan isn't very good..."

Upon hearing this, the person with age spots lowered their raised arm, revealing a pair of bloodshot eyes.

Do you understand what you're saying?

"I say, your plan is really not good. Why don't you help me unify the ninja world? Wouldn't that achieve lasting peace?"

Seeing this, the age spots shook their heads in disappointment.

"Let's not worry about whether you can unify the ninja world!"

"But you must understand one thing: all of this is only temporary. Even if you unify the ninja world, the world will descend into even greater chaos after your death. It seems your vision is as narrow as Hashirama's!"

"That's easy, I just need to stay alive, right?"

The man with the age spots was taken aback by what he heard and quickly shook his head.

"Impossible! No one can live forever!"

Cao Zhi shrugged indifferently. Regardless of whether he could achieve immortality, he firmly opposed Ban's actions.

"By indulging in a false dream, what you're doing is nothing short of annihilating humanity. A hundred years from now, everyone will return to dust..."

"At least, everyone's final moments are beautiful..."

Cao Zhi shook her head helplessly and stopped trying to persuade the other party.

"Fine, whatever. I'm not going to agree to your so-called plan, old man!"

"You really think I don't have the ability to kill you? Knowing my plan, you still dare to refuse me. There's no way I'll let you leave alive!"

Seeing the astonishing aura suddenly erupt from the other party, Cao Zhi quickly retreated and threw the improved version of the soldier's ration pill into his mouth.

"Still want to fight? Want to kill me and complete your idiotic plan? If you can do it, then come on!"