Naruto: Did i Just Get Reincarnated as Gojo?
Chapter 326: Gojo Kaigetsu vs Madara!

Chapter 326: Chapter 326: Gojo Kaigetsu vs Madara!

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The Land of Whirlpools Ruins.

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Uchiha Madara landed steadily.

He hadn’t stopped for a moment, using his full gravitational power to fly at low altitude to the Land of Whirlpools ruins.

Speed was of the essence. Uchiha Madara understood this well.

Having been resurrected, he would, with absolute dominance, achieve the goals he’d set in life. Hiding in a hideout like Nagato, recruiting rogue ninja to gather the Tailed Beasts through guerrilla warfare?

In his old age, he’d been forced to hide in a cave, relying on the Demonic Statue’s blood to sustain himself, choosing his successor. Now, returning in his prime, he was expected to hide again?!

He wouldn’t have been revived for that!

To delay his ascension, that was akin to bowing his head. And Uchiha Madara had never bowed to anyone but Hashirama Senju.

Therefore, cautiously developing, secretly completing the Eye of the Moon Plan—was impossible.

In a single word—

FIGHT!

A cataclysmic battle between him and Konoha, between him and the Shinobi World, was inevitable.

Whether that day came sooner or later, the outcome would be the same. Better to end it quickly, for everyone’s sake.

Before him lay a scene of devastation. The dark red blood seemed to have stained the very earth. The air reeked of iron, a thick, ominous feeling hanging heavy.

The Uzumaki clan—had been annihilated so quickly, so brutally.

"This is the Shinobi World."

A strange emotion stirred within Uchiha Madara.

While still alive, he’d learned of the Uzumaki clan’s demise from Black Zetsu.

At the time, their fate had been but a brief sentence, and Uchiha Madara had felt nothing.

But now, having walked the path of the dead and returned—even after decades, stepping onto this death-shrouded land for the first time, he couldn’t help but feel a pang of—something.

"If, in the beginning, the two of us had united to suppress the four great nations, the Uzumaki clan, your in-laws, wouldn’t have faced such a fate."

"It was your naivety that led to this tragedy. Your Will of Fire—couldn’t protect those close to you."

"One who cannot discard anything cannot protect anything. Since you were unwilling to discard your naive illusions about the four great nations, you couldn’t protect your own kin."

"Hashirama~ I’ve won again."

Uchiha Madara engaged in a self-directed Talk-no-Jutsu, then strode forward, towards the center of the Land of Whirlpools ruins.

The Nakano Shrine, where numerous Shinigami masks were stored, each unique. His soul had been devoured by one of them, then rejuvenated.

Now, he had to find the mask corresponding to the Shinigami that had devoured Black Zetsu, summon it...

Once a Shinigami was summoned, it would devour the summoner?

Uchiha Madara was curious.

A Shinigami? How much chakra did a Shinigami possess?

If it dared to speak to him, he would twist its head off, then violently tear open its stomach and release Black Zetsu!

No matter how powerful a mechanism was, it was still bound by numerical values.

Uchiha Madara didn’t believe a mere Shinigami could defeat him, in his prime, with his Rinnegan.

Suddenly, Uchiha Madara stopped.

His gaze shifted towards the roof of a distant shrine. A white-haired man sat cross-legged, his chin resting on his fist.

Tall, white hair, black combat attire...

Combined with the intel Kabuto had provided, a name, vague to Uchiha Madara, surfaced—

"Gojo Kaigetsu?" Uchiha Madara’s brow furrowed, his voice laced with annoyance.

Undoubtedly, the unique appearance matched the intel. The man sitting on the shrine roof was Gojo Kaigetsu.

Uchiha Madara had anticipated many possibilities—Minato Namikaze, Tsunade, Jiraiya, Fugaku Uchiha—prominent Konoha ninja awaiting him at the Nakano Shrine. He hadn’t expected to find—Gojo Kaigetsu!

A nobody, not even worthy of a seat at the table when Madara was old.

Kabuto’s assessment of Gojo Kaigetsu was:

"On the surface, he’s just a Chunin. But several assassination attempts against him have failed—He’s a Jonin disguised as a Chunin! Perhaps even an elite Jonin!"

Now, Uchiha Madara, using his Rinnegan, observed the chakra within Gojo Kaigetsu. It indeed surpassed that of an ordinary Jonin, far exceeding the upper limit.

But—so what?

Was that all?

Jonin? Elite Jonin? Kage? In Uchiha Madara’s eyes, there was no difference!

It was simply a matter of how quickly they died. If he were slightly serious, all three ranks would be bisected by his Susanoo’s light saber in the same instant.

Like an average person looking at ants; a Jonin looking at a Genin... Uchiha Madara’s level—far surpassed that of ninjas.

This wasn’t even a fight between equals!

And now, this ant—Gojo Kaigetsu, was sitting cross-legged on the roof, looking down at him, Uchiha Madara, from a superior position?

Who did he think he was?

Hashirama?

Uchiha Madara’s eyes narrowed, a terrifying chakra brewing silently.

"Yo, Madara. Finally arrived?"

Looking at Uchiha Madara, clad in his black and red ninja armor, his long black hair dancing in the wind, Gojo Kaigetsu, who had been resting his chin on his fist on the roof, slowly stood up.

His posture was ramrod straight, his face showing no signs of nervousness. Instead, his eyes were filled with the excitement of—"finally, you’re here..."

Gojo Kaigetsu raised his hands, forming a hand seal.

"Let’s end this, Madara!"

"Here, and now!"

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Uchiha Madara crossed his arms, his head held high, as if he hadn’t considered Gojo Kaigetsu a worthy opponent from the start.

Eyes were the windows to the soul, and his arrogant gaze seemed to say, "I’ll stand here and let you hit me. Can you even cause me a single scratch?"

Seeing this, Gojo Kaigetsu wasn’t angered. He pushed off the ground, flipping up, his feet landing steadily.

Before Uchiha Madara, he formed hand seals, slamming his hands onto the ground. Dense summoning jutsu formulas appeared before the Nakano Shrine.

In the next instant, before Uchiha Madara’s astonished eyes, a massive cloud of white smoke erupted—

—Miniature versions of the Two-Tails, Three-Tails, Seven-Tails, Eight-Tails, and Nine-Tails appeared behind Gojo Kaigetsu, lined up.

For this very moment, Gojo Kaigetsu had long ago divided the Tailed Beasts’ chakra, whether through coercion or control.

Except for the Nine-Tails, he’d left only a small portion of Tailed Beast chakra within the jinchuriki to sustain them. The rest, he’d extracted using his Six Eyes and the Sword of Extermination, sealing it within mindless White Zetsu bodies specially prepared by Orochimaru.

He wasn’t a complete monster. Having taken their Tailed Beasts, he wouldn’t leave them with no way to live.

Yugito Nii was his wife, Fū was a jinchuriki from a Konoha-allied village, the Three-Tails and Eight-Tails jinchuriki were Konoha’s future "seals of reconciliation" for a unified Shinobi World...

To revive the Ten-Tails—

—The chakra of all nine Tailed Beasts was required. Not a single one could be missing.

To evolve into the Ten-Tails chakra required both "quality" and "quantity." The "quality" couldn’t be lacking in the slightest, but the quantity could be—less.

Thus, the current state of the five miniature Tailed Beasts.

Uchiha Madara’s gaze hardened. He couldn’t fathom Gojo Kaigetsu’s intentions. Didn’t he know he was scouring the Shinobi World for the remaining Tailed Beasts? And now, he was brazenly revealing them before him—Truly, courting death.

Or perhaps—he intended to offer the Tailed Beasts as a tribute, a pledge of allegiance??

"Madara, I’ve shown you the Tailed Beasts you desire~ Aren’t you going to summon the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path?"

He even knows about the Demonic Statue?

How had the information been leaked?

Madara was perplexed, but arrogant as he was, even knowing it was likely a trap, he would step into it without hesitation.

Before absolute power, only he could be the hunter!

Uchiha Madara clapped his hands.

Beneath his feet, equally dense summoning jutsu formulas appeared.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM—

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