"Report, Captain Gaara of the Fourth Division has sent word: Uchiha Madara has appeared!"
"Uchiha Madara? Wasn't he at the coastal battlefield?" The dark-skinned, muscular Fourth Raikage, Ay, boomed.
"Report, Lord Killer Bee from the front lines has sent a battle report. We have encountered Uchiha Madara with Uzumaki Naruto!"
"Two Uchiha Madaras?" The Raikage blinked in surprise.
A woman clad in a green robe, whose ample figure could not be concealed, stood up. A wave of ample curves surged as she said, "Report the detailed information!"
"Reporting to the Hokage, according to the Tsuchikage, the Uchiha Madara here is in an Edo Tensei form, and he looks exactly as he did when he was young. It should be the real Uchiha Madara!"
"The real one? Is there a fake?" The Raikage, known for his temper, smashed his desk with a bang. "What are they trying to do?"
The Fifth Hokage, Tsunade-hime, pondered, "Regardless of which Uchiha Madara it is, their strength cannot be underestimated. It seems we should head for reinforcements. Report to the Mizukage, and we will head to the battlefield together!"
"Yes!"
"What Uchiha Madara? Let me smash him!" The Raikage grumbled, his beard bristling.
Suddenly, his secretary spoke, "Two Kage, the headquarters cannot be without your presence. I implore you to reconsider."
"The enemy leader has appeared, and there are two of them! Sit where? How can we sit still?" The Raikage punched another hole in the wall.
Everyone seemed unfazed.
"Raikage-sama, Lord Gaara of the Fourth Division is not requesting aid, merely reporting the news!"
Tsunade asked with confusion, "Oh? Are those two holding off Uchiha Madara?"
"Not exactly. They said that a dead man who has escaped Edo Tensei is helping them resist Uchiha Madara, and he's fighting him one-on-one?"
"What did you say?" The Raikage could no longer sit still, his hair standing on end.
"Someone who has escaped Edo Tensei?" Tsunade's eyes lit up slightly. "Who is it?"
"His name is Lin Nan. He was previously a member of the Akatsuki, known as Little Lin!"
"Akatsuki?"
"Lin Nan?"
The former was the Raikage, his face filled with doubt and killing intent; the latter was Tsunade, who froze on the spot, as if lost in thought, and slumped back into her chair.
"Hokage-sama?" the Raikage asked in confusion, "Do you know that person?"
Tsunade nodded, looking somewhat disoriented. "Lin Nan, although he was part of the Akatsuki, he saved many lives during Pain's invasion of Konoha and helped Naruto defeat Pain. He is a benefactor of our Konoha! He disappeared afterward. I didn't expect the next news of him to be that of his death!"
The Raikage looked at the somewhat dejected Tsunade with a complex expression, sensing that things might not be that simple. However, he didn't dwell on the topic. "Since he is on the side of the Allied Shinobi Forces, he is our friend. We should definitely help him! Sigh, Hokage-sama, where are you going?"
Before the Raikage could finish, Tsunade was already walking towards the door.
"I'm going to the battlefield, don't try to stop me!" Tsunade declared resolutely.
The Raikage chuckled, "I wasn't trying to stop you. It's just that we have the Flying Thunder God Technique, so we'll definitely get there faster than walking!"
"Two Lords, the battle report is not finished!"
"Speak!" the Raikage said impatiently.
"The Uchiha Madara encountered by Uzumaki Naruto and Lord Killer Bee also has the assistance of an Edo Tensei named Lin Nan. This person is extremely powerful, so the battlefield over there is temporarily safe!"
"Why are there two Uchiha Madaras and two Lin Nans? What's going on?" The Raikage felt his head spinning.
"Clones, most likely!" Tsunade mused, "He is an Edo Tensei, so he should know some enemy intel. Therefore, he would have made a choice between the two battlefields. Naruto is the primary target of the enemy, so this should be the main body."
"Then who should we go to assist?" the Raikage asked.
Tsunade's tone was serious, "We won't consider the fake Uchiha Madara. The true Uchiha Madara under Edo Tensei is a formidable opponent, on par with my grandfather. This is where we should go."
"Alright, let's go!"
"Wait, let's check who is closest to Naruto's battlefield?" Tsunade added.
"Report, Kakashi and Might Guy's squads are the closest!"
"Excellent, dispatch them to reinforce!"
"Yes!"
"Let's go!"
...
On the other side, after dealing with the White Zetsu attacking the feudal lords, the Fifth Mizukage, Mei Terumi, received news from Tsunade.
"Mizukage-sama, Lord Gaara of the Fourth Division has encountered Uchiha Madara and is currently resisting with the assistance of a mysterious person named Lin Nan."
"Wait, you said who?" Mei Terumi's beautiful eyes widened in surprise.
"Uchiha Madara. Another Uchiha Madara has appeared!"
"No, who is assisting?"
"We only know his name is Lin Nan, and he seems to have been a member of the Akatsuki before!"
"Take me there quickly! Use your 'Flying Thunder God Technique'!"
"Mizukage-sama, we haven't received orders from headquarters..."
"I said, take me there!" Mei Terumi's eyes glowed red, and a giant Asura seemed to appear behind her.
"Yes...!"
...
Meanwhile, on the battlefield.
Lin Nan stood within his crimson Susanoo, yawning out of boredom, "Is this all you've got, Madara-sama? That's it?"
It turned out that after activating their Susanoo, the two had begun a sword fight.
However, Susanoo versus Susanoo, defense was generally stronger than offense. Thus, in Lin Nan's opinion, they should have been unable to penetrate each other's defenses.
Unlike Uchiha Madara's ordinary light blades, Lin Nan had the defensive artifact Yata Mirror and the offensive artifact Totsuka Blade.
Any one of these items could be considered a divine weapon. However, when used on Susanoo, they were merely icing on the cake.
Especially in a battle against Susanoo, they could barely play a significant role.
The Totsuka Blade did possess sealing abilities, and Lin Nan had previously sealed Kakuzu and Nagato. However, sealing was ineffective against a Susanoo with maxed-out defense, rendering it no more than a simple physical attack.
Lin Nan activating his Susanoo seemed to be more for show than for practical combat.
However, he had ultimately underestimated Uchiha Madara.
Firstly, Uchiha Madara's dōjutsu was superior to his. His Sharingan was wielded with masterful skill. Just by looking, his Susanoo was much more solidified and taller than Lin Nan's.
Therefore, not long after the fight began, Lin Nan found himself on the defensive.
Could Lin Nan tolerate this? The crimson flame Susanoo enveloping him was immediately covered in strange black markings.
That was the power of the Cursed Seal.
The power of the Cursed Seal, in essence, belonged to the realm of Sage Mode chakra. With the addition of Sage Mode, he was finally able to stand his ground, even gaining a slight advantage, and the scales of victory began to tilt.
Susanoo was absolutely devastating against ordinary ninjas.
Especially in a chaotic battlefield, it was like a ruthless meat grinder.
But now, in a one-on-one duel, Uchiha Madara seemed to have run out of tricks!
Lin Nan was using Uchiha Itachi's Susanoo, complete with the Totsuka Blade and Yata Mirror. Even Sasuke's Susanoo had Indra's Arrow.
But Madara's Susanoo seemed rather ordinary, at least for now, with nothing remarkable.
The legendary Uchiha Madara? Is this all?
Lin Nan didn't just want to see these things.
Uchiha Madara, who was engrossed in the fight and starting to enjoy the thrill of battle, finally showed a hint of emotion upon hearing Lin Nan's words.
"Do you find this dance tedious? Heh heh..."
Upon hearing this, Uchiha Madara smiled faintly. The next moment, the light blade in his Susanoo's hand transformed into an elongated katana.
"Hmm?" Lin Nan was slightly taken aback, but then he chuckled, "Are you angry? What difference does it make?"
However, in the next second, Lin Nan's smile froze.
He saw Uchiha Madara, controlling his Susanoo, swing his sword with a single stroke, cleaving Lin Nan's Susanoo's head and half its torso into two.
"What the hell, it broke through my defense already?"