Thousands of miles away.
Somewhere in the depths of a ravine.
In a large open space in the center was Gedo Mazo, and around it were nine areas covered with a large number of black symbols, and in the center of each of which lay a kunai with the seal of Hiraishin.
Pop!
A huge body appeared, it was Koku, the five-tailed Bijuu.
The Bijuu appeared in the center of one of the areas covered with black symbols and began to fight furiously, but was quickly subdued and chained by them.
Pop!!!
Soon, with a flash of white smoke, Shukaku appeared in one of the areas.
Then, with successive bursts of white smoke, Son Gok, the Four-Tailed Bijuu and Saiken, the Six-Tailed Bijuu appeared, and a chakra tail appeared in the area prepared for Three-Tails.
Wings appeared in the area prepared for the Seven-Tailed Bijuu.
Above Gedo Mazo's head, Nagato stood with his hands folded in front of him.
He closed his eyes, ignoring the Bijuu that appeared.
Soon.
His eyes opened abruptly, and surprise shone through them, and his body shuddered slightly, a cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
Nagato took a deep breath and said, "Senju Hashirama was defeated...."
"I didn't expect even the legendary First Hokage..."
Senju Tobirama was taken out of control by Uchiha Shisui's Kotoamatsukami, and Senju Hashirama was crushed and sealed by the Fifth Hokage.
The situation starts to get out of control.
"The Fifth Hokage has begun to take action."
Black Zetsu appeared next to Nagato and said, "Now he will most likely use Hiraishin to instantly move to Sunagakure. So we already lost the chance to catch Isobu and Chmei, fortunately, before we lost control, Tobirama managed to send his chakra to us..."
Nagato lowered his head and said in a solemn voice, "The Hachibi has not yet been captured, and the Kyubi is sealed in the Fifth Hokage's body. We will have to deal with him sooner or later, without the Kyubi's chakra, our plan will fail."
Black Zetsu said slowly, "Resurrect Uchiha Madara.... You can do it with Edo Tensei, I don't think Madara will mind. Now we need his strength to fight the Fifth Hokage."
Nagato's expression turned ugly when he heard Black Zetsu's words.
He took a deep breath, knowing that he had to make a decision right now, otherwise, as soon as the Fifth Hokage reacted, the plan would definitely fail, because there would be no one to stop him at all.
In the current situation, Nagato was willing to use Edo Tensei instead of Sasra's Heavenly Life Jutsu, but he is unable to completely control the resurrected ninja with Edo Tensei.
Uchiha Madara was defeated by Senju Hashirama in the past, and Nagato could even control Hashirama by relying on the power of Rinnegan. So there shouldn't be any problem with Madara in the form of Edo Tensei either.
He's just using Madara as another combat unit.
"Right."
Nagato nodded and quickly performed a series of hand seals, then placed his hand on Gedo Mazo's head.
Instantly, a variety of black symbols intertwined.
A coffin rose gently from below.
Pop!
The coffin lid opened and fell.
A figure with long black hair and red armor from the era of the Combatant Kingdoms covered in a layer of dust emerged from the coffin.
It was Uchiha Madara!
"Has it finally begun?"
Madara looked around, assessing the situation and turned to Nagato.
Nagato looked at Madara and said, "The plan is almost complete, but there are problems with the Kyubi, we need your strength..."
Madara activated the Sharingan and looked away from Nagato, he looked at the coffin behind him and then examined his condition.
He raised his hand, slowly squeezed the palm of his hand and said, "This is.... Edo Tensei, isn't it Sasra's Heavenly Life Jutsu?"
Nagato shook his head and said, "Sasra's Heavenly Life Jutsu consumes too much chakra."
At that moment, a Black Zetsu appeared behind Madara and touched him, quickly relaying information about the situation.
After a few seconds, Madara nodded and said, "I understand exactly what was going on."
"Let's quickly deal with the Fifth Hokage..."
Nagato looked at Madara and said, starting to control him like the rest of the ninja resurrected by Edo Tensei.
But at that moment, a force erupted from Madara's eyes, resonating with Nagato's Rinnegan.
"What!"
Nagato suddenly turned pale and exclaimed, feeling that he was unable to move.
This power that bound his body came from the Rinnegan! So Nagato felt shock and disbelief!
"My Rinnegan... how..."
"This is not your Rinnegan!"
Madara looked at Nagato and said indifferently, then crossed his hands in front of him, beginning to perform hand seals. Nagato's body, out of control, began to slowly repeat Madara's movements.
Madara's Sharingan evolved into a form of Mangekyou Sharingan and then Rinnegan.
Nagato's face changed abruptly.
His body, under Madara's control, began to perform hand seals. Nagato struggled with all his might, but could not regain control of his body.
"Why... how can you have a Rinnegan?"
Madara looked blankly at Nagato, who was following his movements exactly, and said, "Right, it's because.... I am the true owner of the Rinnegan. You've worked hard enough, now you can leave everything to me."
After these words, a flash of coldness crossed Madara's eyes, and he finished performing the hand seals.
The Outer Path - Sasra's Heavenly Life Jutsu!!!"
Buzz!
At the same time, Nagato's body, under Madara's control, activated Sasra's Heavenly Life Jutsu.
Immediately after using the technique, a radiance enveloped Madara, causing the cracks in his body to disappear.
The originally empty and lifeless body began to quickly come back to life, filling with flesh and blood.
Immediately after.
With a flash of his figure, Madara arrived in front of Nagato, reached out his hand and, with a breath, ripped Nagato's Rinnegan out and inserted them into his own eye sockets.
"Ahhhhhhhhh..."
Nagato let out a cry of pain, brought his hands to his empty, bleeding eye sockets and fell to the ground, the chakra in his body rapidly weakening.
Uchiha Madara paid no attention to Nagato, instead his gaze shifted to the Bijuu trapped chained around Gedo Mazo and said, "I didn't expect this kid to be so difficult to handle, even Obito was killed by him. Getting the Kyubi will really be very difficult..."
"No need to worry."
Black Zetsu approached Madara and said, "Although I didn't manage to catch the Kyubi, I found a way to get some of his chakra... just wait a bit until the missing Hachibi and Kyubi's chakra are sent here."
Madara looked at him, nodded and said, "You did a great job."
"My will is your will, Madara-sama..."