The man standing at the top of the ninja world

In the dark and deep underground where the sky never sees light, there is a space created by humans.

This space occupies a huge area and is filled with dirt from all sides. In the center of the space, stands a huge statue that is more than ten meters tall and has a very hideous and terrifying appearance.

Countless branches stretched out from this huge and weird statue. One of the branches stretched out at the front of the statue. The top fell to the ground and turned into a tree stump, with an old man sitting on it.

This old man was wearing a simple and old black robe, holding a huge sickle in his right hand. However, compared with the sickle, his body seemed extremely thin and stooped, his face was full of wrinkles, and his hair was pale and withered. No shine at all.

There are several white pipes connected to the old man's back. One end of these pipes is connected to the old man's back, and the other end extends up and is connected to the body of the huge statue. Not only that, the surfaces of these pipes are undulating, as if they are inside. Something was flowing from the huge statue into the old man's body.

At this moment, the old man was staring motionlessly at the earth wall dozens of meters away in front of him.

Time passed little by little, and a few hours later, the old man's body still didn't move at all, and there was no expression on his face. There was only an unchanging coldness. If it weren't for the scarlet light that flashed from time to time in his eyes, it would have been like that. He is just a statue like the huge being behind him.

I don't know how long it took, but there was a sound on the ground a few meters in front of the old man, and a white humanoid creature emerged from the ground.

After the white creature emerged from the ground, it took a few steps forward, walked up to the old man, lowered its head, and shouted respectfully: "Madara-sama."

If Nagato could see this scene now, he would be able to recognize at a glance that this stooped old man is the OSS Uchiha Madara who single-handedly formulated the entire Eye of the Moon plan in the original work.

And this white humanoid creature that emerged from the ground was a humanoid weapon made by Uchiha Madara using the cells of the first Hokage Senju Hashirama and the heretic demon, who was later responsible for collecting intelligence for the Akatsuki organization.

Uchiha Madara heard the sound, turned his head, shifted his gaze from the wall to Bai Zetsu's face, and looked at him without saying a word.

Bai Zetsu didn't take this at all. Uchiha Madara has always cherished his words in front of them like White Zetsu. He has long been used to it. He maintained a respectful attitude and said: "Madara-sama, Nagato and the two The children from the Land of Rain have been taken out of the Konoha camp by Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru, and are on their way back to Konoha."

"Nine is watching them now."

The No. [-] in White Zetsu's mouth is also a White Zetsu like him. Uchiha Madara used the cells of the first Hokage to create dozens of White Zetsus, and relied on these White Zetsus to collect information about the entire ninja world for him.

And Uchiha Madara obviously couldn't be in the mood to name these dozens of White Zetsus one by one, so in order to distinguish these White Zetsus, he simply named them by numbers.

There are two White Zetsu responsible for guarding Nagato, one is No. [-] and the other is No. [-], which is the White Zetsu who came back to report to Uchiha Madara.

White Zetsu No. [-] asked: "Madara-sama, should we intercept Nagato before he is brought back to Konoha?"

Uchiha Madara did not answer White Zetsu No. [-]'s words, but was slightly in a trance.

The three names of Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade seem a bit familiar. Have you heard it somewhere?

Yes, these three names were mentioned in the previous information. The three of them are the three disciples of Sarutobi Hiruzen, the current Hokage of Konoha.

Unknowingly, so much time has passed. From the battle in the Valley of the End to now, decades have passed by in a blink of an eye. There have been two wars in the ninja world. The little monkey next to Tobirama, He has been Hokage for more than ten years now, even longer than Hashirama and Tobirama.

Uchiha Madara turned his head and looked at the white pipe behind him, his scarlet eyes filled with disgust.

Ever since he transplanted the Samsara Eye into Nagato's body a few years ago, he came to this dark underground and relied on the power of the heretic demon behind him to forcibly extend his lifespan that was about to end. He survives till now.

But there is no good deed in the world that only requires rewards without paying. As a price for extending his life, Uchiha Madara can no longer escape from these pipes, otherwise he will die immediately. He can only be permanently trapped next to the outside demon. A few dozen meters away.

Uchiha Madara hates his current situation. He has made a prison on the ground in order to survive. He stays in this dark cage like a prisoner. He can only rely on a group of White Zetsu to tell him the situation on the ground. His chakra is so weak that even in its heyday Not even one thousandth of it.

At this moment, any jounin could kill him effortlessly. For the proud Uchiha Madara, surviving like this was simply more difficult to accept than death.

However, these days will soon be over.

There was a hint of urgency in Uchiha Madara's eyes.

Soon, Nagato will grow up and become stronger, and he will be strong enough to use the art of reincarnation.

At that time, he will be able to return to the ninja world in his heyday and rule the world again.

Hashirama, I will prove to you that I am right

The land area of ​​the Rain Country is very small and cannot be compared with the five major countries. With the Sannin at full speed, even with three tow bottles, it only took half a day to reach the Rain Country and the Fire Country. border.

As they got closer and closer to the Land of Fire, the rain above the six people's heads became smaller and smaller. Here, although the sky was still gloomy, there was no more rain falling.

Orochimaru stopped and said to Jiraiya and Tsunade: "Okay, stop, let's rest for a while and eat something before leaving."

"Ah."

Both of them agreed. Although half a day was far from exhausting them, they needed to maintain a certain amount of physical strength in the wild. After all, no ninja could guarantee that they would not encounter danger in the wild, especially if it was an enemy country. of the wild.

After Nagato was put down by Orochimaru, although he was still dizzy due to the bumpy ride like last time, he quickly recovered because of the experience.

After regaining his breath, Nagato took the food Orochimaru handed him, and while eating, he turned around and looked at the Land of Rain behind him.

After so long, I can finally leave here.

Although the Country of Rain was the first country Nagato visited after coming to the ninja world, the difficult situation here made him not have a good impression of this backward and weak country. Instead, he looked forward to life in the Country of Fire.

After all, in the anime, Konoha is the center of the entire ninja world, and it is also the most prosperous place in the ninja world. Not to mention ghost places like the Rain Country, even the other four major countries cannot compare with Konoha.

Nagato looked at the mountains of the Land of Rain in the distance, feeling a little better for a moment, and said silently in his heart: Farewell, the Land of Rain, I will never come back here again.

"Madara-sama." Bai Jue No. [-] saw that Uchiha Madara had not responded to him, hesitated for a moment, and repeated his words again.

"Should we snatch Nagato away from Orochimaru and the others? If we wait until Nagato arrives in Konoha, it will be difficult for us to monitor his every move."

White Zetsu's strength is generally weak and it is difficult to pass through the barrier of Konoha. If Nagato arrives in Konoha, they will not be able to monitor Nagato at all times like now.

The words of No. [-] Bai Zetsu interrupted Uchiha Madara's thoughts. He stood up and walked slowly to the dirt wall in front of him.

"No need to do this."

Uchiha Madara stretched out his free left hand and touched the soil in front of him. His Sharingan became deeper, and his gaze seemed to penetrate the wall in front of him. He crossed countless spaces and saw Nagato standing on the border of the Land of Rain. .

For a long time, Uchiha Madara muttered to himself.

"He will definitely come back"