Chapter 71

"Let's go!" Madara took one last look at the Uchiha base, slowly closed his eyes, and instantly disappeared from the spot with Cat Fairy.

When Madara reappeared, he was standing in front of a shrine surrounded by dense trees, with the Uchiha clan's fan emblem imprinted on the shrine's gate.

"South Kaga Shrine!" Madara narrowed his eyes. This shrine was built by him, serving as a secret base for the Uchiha clan. The underground chamber housed the cursed stone tablet.

This was the place where he met Hashirama for the last time before leaving Konoha.

Madara slowly walked through the tall wooden gate. Cat Fairy, looking around at the silent, eerie surroundings, felt a bit scared.

Entering the main hall, there was a large, heavy stone slab in the center of the floor, covered with a black sealing technique. In the middle were three black tomoe, symbolizing the Uchiha clan's pride—the Sharingan.

This was a unique sealing technique of the Uchiha clan, a combination of the Sharingan and sealing techniques, which could only be unsealed by someone with a three-tomoe Sharingan.

Madara's crimson eyes with three tomoe slowly rotated as he stared at the stone slab, his expression indifferent. He was very familiar with this seal, not because he had sealed the stone slab.

Thirteen years ago, before Uchiha Mad died, he left Madara a scroll with the same sealing technique as the stone slab, requiring the power of a three-tomoe Sharingan.

"Open!" Madara placed his index fingers together, thumbs extended, and the remaining three fingers closed, forming the寅 (Tora) seal.

Rumble!

The stone slab slowly rose, quickly floating in front of Madara. With a loud thud, the ground shook, and the stone slab landed beside Madara, revealing a dark, rectangular opening with steep steps leading down.

"Madara, can't we wait for that idiot outside?" Cat Fairy, looking at the opening, said fearfully.

"I need to see something!" Madara slowly descended the steps.

Cat Fairy crouched on Madara's shoulder, tightly gripping his clothes.

Madara and Cat Fairy quickly descended into the secret chamber. Madara casually formed a hand seal, and two flames suddenly appeared in front of him, landing in the iron racks on the ground. With a whoosh, the flames ignited.

The secret chamber was brightly lit, with an ancient stone tablet in the center, inscribed with rows of text. The Uchiha clan's fan emblem was on the back wall.

Madara's three-tomoe Sharingan rapidly rotated, and he instantly opened his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, staring intently at the text on the stone tablet.

This stone tablet was the oldest relic of the Uchiha clan, said to be left by the Sage of Six Paths. It could only be seen with the Sharingan, and the content seen varied depending on the strength of the user's Sharingan.

It was said to contain the secret to saving the world, but Madara knew that this thing had already been altered by Black Zetsu, with the purpose of leading the Uchiha clan to the Infinite Tsukuyomi and using the opportunity to revive his mother, Kaguya Otsutsuki.

Before Konoha was established, Madara wanted to destroy this cursed stone, but the stone had a strong power, and his Mangekyo Sharingan at the time was not strong enough to destroy it. Now, he had the power to destroy it, but he hesitated, unsure whether he should.

"A deity, in pursuit of stability, divided the world into yin and yang, which are opposite yet interact, giving rise to all things. This is the truth of the world." Madara recited the words he saw, his face flickering in the firelight, his gloved hands slowly clenching.

"What are you saying?" Cat Fairy asked in surprise.

"I am saying..." Madara instantly released chakra, and the skeletal form of Susano'o appeared. With a loud boom, Susano'o's massive fist struck the stone tablet.

The change began at this moment!

Madara's eyes narrowed, and his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan rapidly rotated. Susano'o's skeletal arm was quickly covered in muscle, and in a moment, the right arm was encased in armor, with a blue fist glowing brightly.

Cat Fairy's expression was blank, unsure of what Madara was doing.

Crack!

The crisp sound echoed in the silent chamber as cracks appeared in the center of the stone tablet, gradually spreading.

Boom!

The fully formed Susano'o's fist shattered the stone tablet!

"I never believed in fate!" Madara looked at the pile of broken stone on the ground, a hint of satisfaction on his face.

Since he discovered that the plot seemed to be returning to its original course, a heavy burden had been weighing on his mind. He wanted to kill Black Zetsu and rewrite everything.

The stone tablet was related to future events, so he was unsure whether to destroy it, but he was never a ninja, and he had had enough of this.

When pushed to the limit, there is no need to endure any longer!

"Hmm?" Madara glanced at the wall behind him and said to Cat Fairy, "Go back immediately and wait for me to summon you!"

"Ah!" Cat Fairy, puzzled, looked at Madara and disappeared from his shoulder before she could speak.

"Who would have thought you would be here! It seems I overthought it." Madara used instant teleportation to send Cat Fairy to the surface. The still active Susano'o turned and struck the wall of the chamber.

Rumble!

The entire chamber shook, the walls instantly cracking, and a large hole appeared.

"Can you escape!" Madara's face was filled with excitement and ferocity as he instantly disappeared from the chamber.

Madara appeared in the forest of South Kaga Shrine, his eyes flashing red in the darkness. Susano'o's large hand instantly grasped the tree in front of him.

With a loud crack, the massive tree trunk was crushed, and with a boom, the broken tree fell to the ground, sending dust flying.

"Fire Release—Great Fire Annihilation!" Madara scanned the surrounding forest, rapidly forming hand seals, and spewed a massive flame from his mouth.

Boom!

The scorching flames instantly engulfed the forest in front of Madara, the towering flames visible throughout Konoha.

"Madara!" Hashirama, rushing to South Kaga Shrine, was shocked, unsure of what had happened.

Cat Fairy did not return to the fourth-dimensional space but stood at the entrance of South Kaga Shrine, worriedly watching the nearby forest. Although she did not know what Madara had seen, it was clearly an enemy.

Hashirama quickly arrived at the entrance of South Kaga Shrine, about to rush into the nearby forest, when he suddenly saw a black cat squatting at the entrance—Madara's summon, Cat Fairy.

"Miss Cat, where is Madara?" Hashirama asked seriously, approaching Cat Fairy.

"Idiot... over there!" Cat Fairy almost blurted out "idiot" when she saw Hashirama, quickly pointing to the distant forest, hoping he would help Madara.

"What's going on?" Hearing that Madara was fine, Hashirama slightly relaxed, thinking, "Could an enemy have come to Konoha? But Madara is very strong, and with his space-time ninjutsu, he wouldn't need to use fire release. It seems the enemy is not simple."

"I came here with him to wait for you. We went to the underground chamber, and Madara destroyed a stone tablet. Then he instantly teleported me away, and I don't know what happened after that." Cat Fairy briefly recounted what she knew.

"I understand! Go back to the summoning space! Leave this to Madara and me." Hashirama nodded, his figure flashing as he rushed towards the distant forest. He had seen Madara's summon since childhood, though he did not know its abilities, it was clearly not a combat summon.

Cat Fairy, seeing Hashirama leave, did not follow his instructions. She took out a bamboo helicopter from the fourth-dimensional space, put it on her head, and flew into the sky.

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