Chapter 306: Uchiha Madara!

Chapter 306: Uchiha Madara!

"Broke..."

White Zetsu Tobi finished his sentence out of sheer inertia.

The blood, brains, and bone fragments from Old Man Madara's exploding skull splattered onto him like muddy rain, staining his pure white body.

The Mountain Graveyard fell deathly silent, so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

Due to his extremely frail body, Old Man Madara's various physiological functions had severely degraded. After his head was blown off by the Spiraling Shadow Killing Cannon, his severed neck merely oozed a little blood before he slumped over.

White Zetsu Tobi's single, hollow eye "stared" at the headless corpse. He waved his arms frantically in the air but said nothing, completely unable to process what had just happened.

Like a grotesque circus clown, White Zetsu Tobi stood there performing a silent mime for a moment before finally letting out a blood-curdling scream.

"Madara!"

White Zetsu Tobi slid on his knees, collapsing next to Old Man Madara's headless body, his wail miserable to the extreme.

"How did your head break too?!"

Nara Keisuke, still hidden in the shadows, watched all of this coldly, as if he wasn't the one who had just fired the head-exploding Spiraling Shadow Killing Cannon.

'Is Old Man Madara dead just like that? I feel like it's not that simple…'

Nara Keisuke silently changed his position, like a good hunter, patiently waiting in ambush.

'Based on my calculations, there should be three Uchiha in this base. But right now, I only sense Old Man Madara and Uchiha Kenji. Uchiha Setsuna, who was always with Tobi, has vanished…'

'An Uchiha elder, wielder of a three-tomoe Sharingan—no, two of them! Then…'

Just as this thought crossed Keisuke's mind, the scene in front of him suddenly underwent a strange transformation.

The scattered bits of blood and bone, as if pulled by an invisible force, "magically" disappeared from where they had landed. Even the bloodstains on White Zetsu Tobi's body vanished without a trace.

At the same time, Old Man Madara's headless corpse on the ground mysteriously disappeared, as if covered by an invisible barrier.

Suddenly, Old Man Madara's figure, still leaning on his cane and seemingly unharmed, reappeared from thin air. The head that had just been destroyed by the Spiraling Shadow Killing Cannon was once again sitting on his neck, but his face was incredibly grim.

Everything that just happened was like a flower in a mirror or the moon in the water. It seemed to have happened, yet it hadn't.

"Madara!"

White Zetsu Tobi scrambled up joyfully, running to his side and chattering.

"You're not dead? Was that a genjutsu? An amazing genjutsu! You scared me!"

"Shut up, White Zetsu."

Old Man Madara gripped his cane, his one remaining eye scanning the surroundings like a hawk. The tomoe in his scarlet Sharingan spun endlessly, trying to find the enemy's location.

"Defense! An enemy has infiltrated!"

'Knew it wouldn't be that easy to kill Old Man Madara!'

Nara Keisuke remained patiently hidden in the shadows, preparing to defend, counter-attack, or strike again.

'He wasn't killed even after being shot in the head. Is this the Uchiha's ultimate forbidden jutsu, Izanagi? But I clearly remember Izanagi being a jutsu that requires hand seals. Old Man Madara had no time for that…'

"Madara, is your brain really broken?"

White Zetsu Tobi, still clueless, stood next to Old Man Madara, his voice as grating as ever.

"There's only us two in the Mountain Graveyard. Oh, wait, I'm not a person."

Old Man Madara's brows furrowed deeply, not just because of the annoying White Zetsu Tobi, but because "his" Sharingan had not detected any trace of an enemy.

If it were just the A-Rank Camouflage Hiding Technique, it would be completely ineffective against a Sharingan or Byakugan. It would be impossible to evade Madara's detection.

Camouflage Hiding Technique only provides optical camouflage; it cannot hide one's chakra flow. Before the superior perception of the Sharingan and Byakugan, it's like "The Emperor's New Clothes."

But Keisuke was using the S-Rank Shadow Invisibility Technique, which combined multiple advantages. Even a Hyūga main family member wouldn't be able to spot Nara Keisuke, let alone a Sharingan, which has inferior perceptive ability to the Byakugan!

Even so, the highly experienced Old Man Madara still analyzed a great deal of information.

'A super-speed jutsu? A long-range jutsu? An invisibility jutsu? A space-time jutsu?'

All sorts of ninjutsu possibilities flashed through Old Man Madara's mind. The intel from just one attack allowed him to eliminate many possibilities and, in fact, basically lock onto the target.

"Nara brat."

Old Man Madara stood behind White Zetsu Tobi, internally annoyed but showing no sign of it, initiating a verbal probe.

"Come out.

"Your hiding is useless against the Sharingan."

Nara Keisuke, hidden in the shadows, just rolled his eyes, unmoved.

If Old Man Madara had really found him, he would have attacked, not taunted!

Just as Nara Keisuke was thinking this...

"Storm Release: Light Fang!"

Old Man Madara suddenly opened his mouth, and a beam of glowing Storm Release shot out, piercing like a sword into the dark shadows from which the Spiraling Shadow Killing Cannon had come.

Tssch—

The chakra beam formed by the "Storm Release: Light Fang," like a hot knife through butter, effortlessly pierced the rock wall of the graveyard. The seemingly solid rock couldn't block the ninjutsu for even a moment.

'Damn it! When did the brat move?!'

Old Man Madara cursed inwardly. Not only had his attack failed to force the enemy out, but it had also revealed some of his own capabilities.

At the same time, Nara Keisuke, still hidden in the shadows, also raised an eyebrow.

He had been prepared, but he was still surprised that Old Man Madara could use Storm Release.

But, it was rude not to return the favor.

Nara Keisuke raised his right hand, and another shadow bullet shot out from the darkness.

Spiraling Shadow Killing Cannon!