Uchiha Madara.
Once upon a time, that name itself had been legend.
Together with the First Hokage, Senju Hashirama, he had been known throughout the shinobi world as one of the "Legendary Shinobi."
But as the years passed, for various reasons, the name Uchiha Madara gradually became taboo.
Over time, only a very small number of people—those deeply versed in shinobi history or inheritors of certain major clans—still knew of him.
So when Madara calmly spoke his own name, aside from the shock shown by a handful of Konoha and Kumogakure's upper ranks, most ordinary shinobi present simply looked confused.
"So even history has forgotten me with the passage of time…"
Madara placed one hand behind his back as the three tomoe Sharingan in his eyes slowly began to rotate.
"Uchiha Madara… You mean that legendary Uchiha Madara?" Even the Fourth Raikage, A, struggled to process the revelation.
"I'm afraid so…" The Third Hokage's expression was grave. Although he had already learned the man's identity, hearing the name spoken aloud still brought immense pressure.
"Sensei, who exactly is Uchiha Madara…?" Minato had never heard of him before. Among the current members of the Uchiha clan, there certainly wasn't anyone this powerful.
"He was a shinobi who fought alongside the First Hokage and helped establish Konoha itself." Even Jiraiya's expression had become unusually solemn.
The other Konoha elders opened their mouths, yet for a moment, none of them could speak.
Who could have imagined it?
Who would even dare imagine it?
Forty-six years had passed since Konoha's founding, yet that legendary shinobi still appeared this young.
And more importantly—
Hadn't he supposedly been killed by the First Hokage?
Madara casually raised his right hand and beckoned with a finger.
"Come."
"All of you together."
"Let me see your true strength."
He calmly placed his left hand behind his back.
"I'll use only one hand."
"So no one can accuse me of bullying the younger generation."
Everyone stared in shock.
He really intended to fight with only one hand?
"Let's see if any of you can surprise me enough…"
"…to make me use both."
"How arrogant!"
With a furious shout, a streak of blue lightning suddenly appeared behind Madara.
A heavily chakra-infused elbow strike slammed toward him.
Lightning Release Taijutsu: Lariat Crush!
Thud!
Still seated where he stood, Madara casually raised a palm and effortlessly blocked the devastating blow.
When the first attack failed, A immediately intensified his assault.
Lightning Release Taijutsu: Guillotine Drop!
His right leg, overflowing with violent Lightning Release chakra, crashed downward toward Madara like a descending axe.
Madara still used only one hand.
He simply grabbed A's leg mid-strike.
The Raikage's high-speed attack came to an abrupt halt as arcs of lightning burst wildly around them.
"How is this possible?!"
A could not believe his attacks had been neutralized so casually.
Then, in the next instant—
Madara seized A by the leg, swung him around like a massive windmill, and hurled him backward.
"Barely acceptable."
Madara calmly felt the Lightning Release chakra still attempting to force its way into his body before continuing his evaluation.
"At least you're a somewhat capable rat."
Even the mighty Fourth Raikage was merely "a slightly stronger rat" in Madara's eyes.
Yet while Madara was speaking, Jiraiya and Minato had already entered Sage Mode.
"Minato, I'll restrain him head-on. Look for an opening."
"Understood."
Jiraiya rolled his shoulders slightly before glancing toward the Third Hokage.
"Old man, watch closely."
"We're going in first."
The Third Hokage nodded silently in acknowledgment.
"Oh? Those eyes… Sage Mode?"
For the first time, genuine interest appeared in Madara's expression.
"This might actually entertain me."
In the very next instant, both Minato and Jiraiya vanished from where they stood.
Their speed had surpassed the limits of ordinary vision.
Under Sage Mode, the full-force kick unleashed by Jiraiya contained terrifying power—
Yet Madara still blocked it with only one hand.
BOOM!
The collision generated a violent shockwave that exploded outward, sending dirt and shattered wood flying everywhere.
With just that single exchange, Jiraiya immediately realized something horrifying:
Madara's strength and speed were both above his own.
Just how monstrous was this man's Taijutsu?
At the exact moment Madara's right hand moved to seize Jiraiya, a three-pronged kunai shot toward his face at incredible speed.
Madara casually tilted his head and avoided the kunai with ease, but the sudden interruption momentarily slowed his movement, causing him to miss the best opportunity to grab Jiraiya.
'Even so… if I continue pressing forward, I can still subdue him.'
The thought had only just crossed Madara's mind—
When the very kunai he had dodged suddenly appeared in someone's hand.
A blond-haired young man materialized behind him without warning.
Flying Raijin: Second Step!
Rasengan!
The perfect coordination between the two instant techniques struck flawlessly.
Madara was hit directly in the back by the Rasengan. The spiraling chakra violently disrupted his balance while driving his body forward uncontrollably.
At the same time, massive amounts of Sage chakra had already gathered in Jiraiya's palm, forming a gigantic Rasengan dozens of times larger than normal.
Sage Art: Massive Rasengan!
BOOM!!!
Smoke and dust instantly engulfed the battlefield.
The entire chain of attacks had occurred within the blink of an eye.
The spectators had only seen Jiraiya launch a fierce kick, followed by a kunai suddenly piercing into the battlefield. Then Minato appeared behind Madara, and two Rasengan—one large, one small—struck almost simultaneously, trapping Madara between them.
"Beautiful!" Killer B shouted.
"Minato!"
Jiraiya's combat instincts were extraordinarily sharp. The instant the Massive Rasengan connected, he immediately withdrew from the combat zone while warning Minato at the same time.
Then, from within the smoke, Madara's voice echoed out with faint disappointment.
"What a shame… you escaped quickly."
In the distance, Minato returned to Konoha's ranks and glanced down at his flak jacket.
A tear had been sliced across it.
At the very moment his Rasengan landed, Madara had actually attempted to turn around and grab him.
If Jiraiya hadn't warned him in time, Minato likely would have been caught.
As the smoke gradually dispersed, Madara emerged completely unharmed.
He casually shook his slightly numb right hand.
"That technique the blond brat used just now… Flying Raijin."
"I didn't expect anyone in Konoha besides Tobirama to master that technique."
"Old man!"
Jiraiya shouted as enormous amounts of Sage chakra surged through his body once more.
The Third Hokage needed no reminder.
Wielding the Adamantine Staff, he had already used the opening to move to Madara's left flank.
At the same time, A and Killer B tacitly moved into position behind and to Madara's right.
The three greatest Taijutsu specialists in the current shinobi world unleashed their strongest attacks simultaneously.
Adamantine Staff!
Lightning Release Taijutsu!
Tailed Beast Lariat!
BOOM!!!
Three violent forces erupted at once, and the resulting explosion unleashed another hurricane-like shockwave across the battlefield.
The instant their attacks landed, all three immediately retreated at high speed.
Because behind them—
Jiraiya's new technique had already finished forming.
Sage Art: Goemon!
This was a large-scale combination Sage Technique performed by Jiraiya in Sage Mode together with the two Great Toad Sages, Fukasaku and Shima.
In an instant, massive amounts of oil, overwhelming Wind Release chakra, and ferocious Fire Release erupted simultaneously.
When the three techniques fused together, they formed the devastating Sage Art known as Goemon—a technique capable of burning enemies to nothing and theoretically consuming all physical matter within its range.
Violent flames instantly swept across a fan-shaped area stretching several hundred meters ahead.
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