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"Black Zetsu!"
Obito's heart shook.
He hadn't expected Black Zetsu to appear at such a critical moment, and now, it was trying to wrest control of his body.
"Obito, you showed up just in time. Otherwise, I wouldn't know how to find you."
At this moment, Obito's body was half white and half black.
Under Black Zetsu's control, he let out a dark laugh.
"You planned well—using Sasuke to get rid of Madara-sama's curse and then looking for the right opportunity to seize the Ten-Tails and become its Jinchūriki. But you made one mistake."
"You were against Madara... If he gave you something, he can easily take it back. Destroying your heart won't stop him."
"Don't... even... think about it!" Obito gritted his teeth, struggling to control his body and complete the seal to absorb the Ten-Tails.
"Damn it! Obito is still alive!"
After Naruto's warning, Jiraiya noticed Obito as well, his expression changing drastically.
"No! He's about to become the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki!"
Jiraiya prepared to rush over and stop him, but Colt grabbed his arm.
"Don't worry about the Ten-Tails. If I can deal with it once, I can do it again. But not now."
Colt noticed that Obito had appeared as he expected.
The reason Colt had Sasuke bring Kakashi was to use his Kamui to find Obito and retrieve the other Rinnegan.
Only with both Rinnegans could the Divine Tree's flower bloom in its most perfect form.
The Infinite Tsukuyomi cast then would fully liberate Ōtsutsuki Kaguya.
"Isn't it too much for you? You fought Hashirama and Madara, then took down Orochimaru. It must've been exhausting."
Jiraiya thought he understood why Colt had stopped him and came to his own conclusions.
"You need to recover your chakra as soon as possible. Naruto and I will handle Obito."
Colt didn't reply, only glanced at Obito, half-black and half-white.
Then he slammed his hand onto the ground.
"Summoning Jutsu!"
Three coffins emerged from the earth.
"This is... the Impure World Reincarnation?"
Jiraiya was taken aback by the coffins.
'When did this kid learn that jutsu? And what does he intend to do?'
The coffins remained closed for the moment as Colt knelt down and placed his hand on one of them.
"Orochimaru, even though you only obtained one Rinnegan, you've learned a great deal of forbidden techniques, haven't you?"
Orochimaru nodded, though still uncertain about Colt's intentions.
"The Rinnegan reveals many secrets, doesn't it? Ninjutsu like the Demonic Statue Chains, Phantom Dragons Nine Consuming Seals, and Rain Tiger at Will Technique are only the beginning."
"And more advanced abilities like Shinra Tensei, Banshō Ten'in, and even Chibaku Tensei—all gifts from the Rinnegan."
Orochimaru nodded once again.
Colt smiled, satisfied.
"I can offer you life, Orochimaru."
"You'll let me go?" Orochimaru perked up.
Colt stood, turning to Naruto and Jiraiya, both confused.
"As long as you help me perform a certain jutsu, I'll spare your life."
He was interrupted then.
"Colt, no! You can't let Orochimaru go that easily!"
Jiraiya tried to dissuade him.
Even with the bond he shared with Orochimaru, he had never imagined sparing him.
Orochimaru was an enemy of the whole world, it was far too late to forgive him.
How could Colt agree so easily?
The brief moment of joy on Orochimaru's face faded.
Something felt off.
"What jutsu do you want to learn? I'll teach you any I know." Orochimaru, terrified of death, was eager to cooperate.
"No need for you to teach me. Just help me perform it."
Colt laughed softly, rejecting the offer.
In the distance, Obito's newly formed seal had dissipated, replaced by another set of seals.
With a thought, the Torii Seal that had restrained Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama began to disintegrate.
Above the giant Buddha statue, Madara and Hashirama stirred, regaining their freedom as the torii gates scattered.
Hashirama still seemed confused, unsure why he was suddenly free.
He also noticed that the control from Impure World Reincarnation had weakened, allowing him to act of his own will.
"It's finally come to this," Madara muttered, ignoring Hashirama.
He leaped from the massive Buddha and ran toward Obito.
His heart raced, though his expression remained calm.
His eyes locked onto the struggle between Obito and Black Zetsu, and he paid no attention to the surrounding chaos.
He had accepted his defeat to Colt earlier, admitting he was the stronger one.
But being alive was a different matter altogether.
His peak combat ability had yet to be fully realized.
He would be the most perfect Jinchūriki.
Before he cast Infinite Tsukuyomi, he would face Colt one more time.
Colt clapped his hands together, summoning vines from the ground that bound Orochimaru, lifting him into the air.
"It's my hope that you survive this, Orochimaru."
In the entire ninja world, only Orochimaru valued the power of science and technology.
To some extent, he was a rare talent.
As Colt spoke, an invisible force manipulated Orochimaru's body, forcing his hands to form a seal.
Black Zetsu was a product of Yin-Yang Release. And it could control Obito.
Although not powerful, its essence was extraordinary. And there was no reason Colt couldn't do the same.
Today, for Colt, this technique was trivial.
"You...what...are...you...doing?" Orochimaru stammered, struggling as the seal formed against his will.
Jiraiya and Naruto realized something was wrong, but they were unsure of what to do.
Should they stop Colt?
No, Colt was one of them.
He had no reason to do something harmful to his allies.
But from the start, his actions had been strange, and this felt no different.
Naruto glanced at Jiraiya as they stood frozen in indecision.
"Naruto, that birthday present I mentioned? You'll see it soon." Colt muttered.
The Susanoo surrounded Colt, separating him from the others.
It was just a precaution, after all.
In the distance, the battle between Obito and Black Zetsu reached its climax.
Obito, desperate to maintain control of his body, had exhausted most of his chakra.
Gradually, Black Zetsu gained the upper hand, completely covering Obito, and forcing him to complete the jutsu.
At the same moment, Obito, Black Zetsu, Orochimaru, and Colt all murmured the name of the technique:
"Rinne Tensei!"
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With the completion of the sealing technique, Obito and Orochimaru's hair turned grey at a rate visible to the naked eye.
This was the telltale sign of their life force being drained by the ninjutsu.
"Ahhh!" Orochimaru screamed in agony before collapsing, green lights shooting out from his body.
The lights flew toward the distant ninja coalition, where three coffins stood nearby.
"Hey, Madara! What are you doing?" Hashirama noticed Madara acting strangely and chased after him.
"Hashirama, don't get in my way!" Madara raised his hand mid-run and released [Shinra Tensei], blasting Hashirama away.
The dawn of resurrection was close, and Madara wasn't interested in tangling with this old friend of his.
Two green lights in the sky at that moment, dove into their respective bodies.
For an instant, Madara and Hashirama froze as their bodies began emitting faint smoke.
"This feeling..." Madara muttered, his eyes widening.
"This body finally feels complete!"
The transformation of their reanimated bodies was clear.
Their strong hearts beat steadily, and the sensation of blood coursed through their veins.
"This...this is what being alive again feels like!" Hashirama remarked in shock, feeling the rush of vitality coursing through him.
It was nothing like the emptiness of the reanimated state.
"What's going on here?" Hashirama questioned, looking up at the sky.
He recalled the streaks of light.
"Was that technique the cause?"
Suddenly, black flames erupted from Madara's armor.
"Relics of the past, stay out of this!" Sasuke's cold voice echoed from above, as he and Kakashi flew in on a ninja eagle, heading toward Colt's battlefield.
They had arrived just in time to witness the resurrection of Madara and Hashirama.
"The likes of you can't even hold a candle to me!" Madara closed his eyes, savoring the sensation of his restored body.
The armor he wore fell away, revealing his strong upper body.
"What...is that?" Sasuke's eyes widened in shock, noticing the face on Madara's chest and glancing at Hashirama's ugly expression.
"Madara, seems like you really did bite hard during that last battle," Hashirama smirked self-deprecatingly.
At the Valley of the End, it had seemed like Hashirama had won.
But now, he knew who the real victor was.
"Hashirama, do you remember what I told you at the Uchiha monument?"
"You thought that when opposing forces worked together, true peace could be achieved," he continued, pointing to his chest.
"But in my opinion, only the combination of the Senju and Uchiha chakra can bring about true power!"
"And it seems I was right."
On the ground, a White Zetsu slowly emerged.
"Madara-sama, I brought the Rinnegan from Obito."
Madara took the Rinnegan from White Zetsu's hand and casually inserted it into his eye socket.
"Hashirama, the Rinnegan is the result of the union between the Uchiha and Senju chakra."
Hashirama clenched his fists.
"Madara, it seems you've been planning things for quite some time after you left the village."
The implications were terrifying. Madara had orchestrated everything.
"I will bring true peace to the ninja world, Hashirama," Madara's Rinnegan gleamed with purple light, making even the fully revived Hashirama feel suffocated by his overwhelming power.
Sasuke's eyes narrowed.
He leaped from the ninja eagle, drawing his [Kusanagi Sword] as it crackled with electricity.
He aimed to strike while Madara still only had one Rinnegan—this was his best chance!
Boom!
"What is this?" Sasuke's thrust came to a sudden halt two meters away from Madara as if something invisible held him back.
"Sasuke, you remind me of Izuna… but that's not enough of a reason to let you live," Madara said coldly, effortlessly grabbing the Kusanagi Sword from Sasuke's hand and plunging it into his body.
"Sasuke!" Kakashi, still on the ninja eagle, was horrified.
He locked his [Sharingan] onto Madara. "Kamui!"
Madara, anticipating the attack, dodged the space distortion in time.
He glanced at Hashirama briefly before heading off in the direction of the Gedo Statue.
Even though he had been revived, a sense of urgency remained.
He needed to absorb the Ten-Tails before retrieving the other Rinnegan from Colt.
Elsewhere on the battlefield, Colt stood next to Orochimaru's limp body.
A small white snake slithered out of Orochimaru's sleeve.
"[Bansho Ten'in]!" Colt raised his hand, drawing the snake into his palm.
As the white snake wriggled in his grasp, he silently cast a sealing technique and stored it in his ninja pouch.
Orochimaru's survival, even after [Rinne Tensei], was a testament to his resourcefulness and the lingering power of the Six Paths.
At that moment, the lids of the three coffins fell, revealing the figures inside.
Naruto's eyes widened in disbelief.
"Mother?"
The woman with long red hair inside one of the coffins was Kushina.
His voice seemed to awaken the consciousness of the people inside the coffins, and slowly, they opened their eyes.
"Where...is this?" asked the woman in the middle coffin, her long black hair and gentle demeanor striking.
"Mieko?" A surprised voice came from the coffin on the right, causing the black-haired woman to turn around. "Shin?"
The two embraced excitedly, while Naruto rushed to Kushina's side, calling out to her in disbelief.
"Kushina, Mieko, and Shin... what is this?" Jiraiya stammered, unable to form a complete sentence.
The faces of these three bore no traces of [Impure World Reincarnation].
The vitality radiating from them was unmistakable—they were alive!
"What kind of ninjutsu is this?" Jiraiya muttered in shock.
Colt stood stiffly, unsure of what to say.
He had known for a long time that he would eventually have to face this moment.
The system had confirmed it for him—he wasn't someone reborn into this world; he was always Kamiyo Colt, the son of Kamiyo Mieko and Shin.
As their son, he had the ability to resurrect them.
How could he not? To not do so would be inhuman.
For years, Colt had planned Orochimaru's involvement with the sole purpose of reviving his parents.
But now, as it succeeded, he found himself at a loss for words.
More than a decade had passed since he last called them "Father" and "Mother."
Kamiyo Mieko, now revived, felt a strange connection stirring in her heart.
She approached Colt, her voice trembling.
"You...are you Colt?"
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