"Fire Style: Dragon Fire Technique!" ×N
A chorus of voices echoed across the battlefield as a dozen Konoha shinobi unleashed their Fire Style ninjutsu at once, the blazing torrent of fire roaring toward Leo.
Standing still amid the carnage, Leo turned his scarlet Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan eyes toward them with cold indifference. He had just mercilessly dispatched Uzuki Yugao, and now more insects dared to challenge him?
'What pathetic tricks. Flinging fire at a dragon only stokes its fury.'
He didn't even bother activating his Susanoo for defense.
Shua—!
With a smooth motion, Leo retrieved another legendary weapon from his system inventory—Uchiha's war fan.
Whoosh—!
The dozen Dragon Fire Techniques met the war fan… and were absorbed entirely.
Then, with a single, deliberate flick of the fan:
"Uchiha... Reflection!"
BOOM—!!
The fire rebounded with even greater intensity, crashing back toward the shinobi like a flaming tsunami.
"AAAHHH!!"
Screams echoed across the field as a dozen Konoha shinobi were engulfed by the inferno, their bodies reduced to ash in an instant.
At this moment, Leo held his sickle in one hand and the Uchiha fan in the other—both iconic weapons of Madara. His momentum was unstoppable. His presence, terrifying.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
What followed was a massacre—a true slaughter.
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Leo had transformed into a demon on the battlefield. A living Shura. A force of nature.
Every step forward was a step into hell for the Konoha forces. They were data points—tools—for Leo to collect achievements.
He wasn't just Madara reborn.
He was worse.
"Leo, you bastard!!!"
A roar of fury echoed through the air as Tsunade, face twisted with rage, launched her devastating heel strike—Painful Sky Leg—aimed straight at Leo.
Just as he beheaded another unlucky Anbu ninja, Leo turned with chilling grace, his movement fluid and practiced.
BOOM!!
Fist met heel. The ground beneath them cracked and splintered from the sheer force of impact.
Yet Leo didn't budge.
Tsunade's expression twisted from anger to shock.
"How…?"
With a flick of his wrist, Leo grabbed her ankle midair—and then slammed her to the ground.
CRASH!!
A massive crater formed on impact, the shockwave sending surrounding ninja flying like leaves in the wind.
"Hnnngh…" Even with the Hundred Healings Technique active, Tsunade winced from the pain.
"Expansion Jutsu!!"
A massive figure charged toward Leo—an Akimichi clan member growing to enormous size in an attempt to save the Hokage.
Leo didn't flinch.
Instead, he calmly formed hand seals.
Poof! Poof! Poof!
More than a dozen Leo shadow clones appeared instantly, each bursting with blue chakra.
Each clone summoned its own Susanoo 2nd Stage, forming a deadly wall of defense.
The Akimichi couldn't get through.
Meanwhile…
Bang!
Tsunade swung her fist again. But Leo effortlessly leaned to the side and caught her wrist mid-swing.
Her chakra-enhanced strength was impressive—but his was monstrous.
She couldn't break free.
"You want to resist?" Leo's voice was low, mocking. "The only man who could rival me was Hashirama. And you… you're just a woman."
As he spoke, Leo dismissed his weapons back into the system space. Even unarmed, he was beyond confident.
Tsunade gritted her teeth. "Shut up!"
She raised her other fist to strike again—but before she could even swing—
BOOM—!
Leo's gloved fist drove into her abdomen with brutal force.
"Ugh…!" Tsunade bent over in agony, blood spilling from her mouth.
Even with the Hundred Healings Technique working, she couldn't recover faster than Leo could injure her.
"Hokage-sama!!" Kakashi, Hiashi, Shikaku, and others shouted from behind the clone wall.
But none could break through the shield of Susanoo.
Leo stood above her, hand gripping her throat, lifting her effortlessly off the ground.
"Too weak. This is the Fifth Hokage?" he sneered.
"You…" Tsunade gasped. Her body trembled in pain.
Her eyes met Leo's—the deep crimson of his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan gleaming like blood.
"To be honest…" Leo continued coldly. "I might have use for you. Just like the Nine Tails. So… surrender."
He raised two fingers before her eyes, activating the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan's genjutsu.
Panic flickered in Tsunade's expression.
A chill ran through her spine.
"No…"
WHOOSH!
"Big Ball Rasengan!!"
A powerful voice shouted, followed by a brilliant blue flash as a Rasengan slammed into Leo's chest.
BOOM!!
Caught mid-illusion, Leo was pushed back violently.
He instinctively summoned his Susanoo skeleton to block, skidding back through the dirt, but still on his feet.
"...Naruto?"
Sure enough, Uzumaki Naruto stood where the attack had landed, eyes blazing with fury.
"Tsunade-baa-chan is our Hokage! You're not taking her!!"
Leo straightened his posture and looked at Naruto calmly.
"I should've expected you'd make it through."
"Leo! Or should I say… Madara! I don't care what you've become! I'll stop you!!"
Leo's smile returned—calm, arrogant, lethal.
"You still don't understand, Naruto. You think this is about titles? Power? Bloodline? No. This… is fate."
The battlefield quieted for a moment, as if holding its breath.
Tsunade coughed violently behind Naruto, still recovering.
Kakashi and the others pounded on the Susanoo walls from the outside, but to no avail.
Leo's clones stood firm, unmoved.
The confrontation between Leo and Naruto was inevitable now.
In one corner: the reincarnated Madara, armed with Eternal Mangekyō, Susanoo, and the ruthlessness of a war god.
In the other: a determined jinchūriki, carrying the Will of Fire, unrelenting in the face of death.
"You're right about one thing," Naruto growled.
Leo raised a brow. "Oh?"
"I'm just a brat who dreams of being Hokage. But I'll be the one to stop you."
A gust of wind passed between them.
And then—
BOOM—!!
They clashed again.