Chapter 84 - Another Edo Servant

"So you are here" Sasuke teleported to what seemed like a prison in a dark cave and saw a tied-up Anko in front of him. It looks like she was caught by Kabuto, just like in the original series, which made Sasuke's effort of marking her secretly worth it.

"Mmm," Anko mumbled as Sasuke removed the cloth from her mouth.

*Heavy breathing*

"How did you know that I was here? I thought I would die here miserably" Anko said as Sasuke cut the ropes that were tying her up.

"That's not what matters but how did you end up getting captured by a normal ninja?" Sasuke asked since he was genuinely curious how Anko got caught by a Kabuto who shouldn't even be a Sage.

"I stepped on a trap and got caught," Anko said as she got up and stretched her neck.

"Either way, show me what you have seen," Sasuke said as he trapped Anko in his Genjutsu and saw her memories since he couldn't sense anyone else in the building.

He couldn't find much in her memories at first, but he happened to see that her curse mark got removed one day suddenly just before he returned to the village, which shocked him since he didn't expect his Curse Removal Card to erase Orochimaru from Anko's body.

Either way, he soon found a glimpse of Kabuto walking by her cell with Black Zetsu attached to his body.

Sasuke immediately guessed what could have happened. He understood that Kabuto should be under Zetsu's control and he must be aiding Madara with Edo Ninjas.

'He looked like he was dead but thankfully I have some sealing methods like Totsuka Blade with me so those Edo ninjas won't be hard to deal with' Sasuke thought

"Either way, I don't care how many they are. I'll kill them all today," Sasuke said as he made a clone and sent Anko back home.

[Due to an unexpected situation, the upcoming quests will be shown early]

[Quest 9 - Kill Madara

Rewards: Fountain of Youth

Quest 10 - Fulfill your goal

Rewards: Dimensional Travel]

[Please note that these rewards will not be given if the current quest isn't finished]

"This notification again? Looks like I need to kill Zetsu first before Madara" Sasuke said as he went into deep thought.

He wanted to kill Zetsu first before fighting Madara because he was afraid that he might kill Madara unintentionally and missed out on Fountain of Youth but if he searched for Black Zetsu first then Madara would have enough time to slaughter the alliance which Sasuke didn't wanted.

'Should I revive Hashirama to keep Madara busy till I get rid of Zetsu? Nah, Madara would steal his Sage Mode and become even more powerful so I can't do that.

In that case, I need to find someone to find Zetsu for me while I play with Madara but who should I choose? Nagato can't help since he is our bodyguard and has to protect the residence and my family.

The only one I can rely on is Minato. Yes, I should revive him! That way, I can get the full 9-Tails and have a reliable subordinate,' Sasuke thought as he decided to revive Minato.

He knew that his soul was trapped in the Shinigami's belly, but Sasuke already had the required Jutsu to take his soul from that Death God. he wasn't going to take any risks by himself, so he decided to use a scapegoat to do that for him in case he messed up the jutsu.

Either way, Sasuke teleported to Konoha's Prison and found a death row victim who had committed pedophilia and trapped him in Genjutsu.

After that, he took the criminal to The Uzumaki Shrine. The same shrine that he sacked a while ago to keep Zetsu's hands away from those masks.

Then, he made a clone and sent him to capture some Zetsus. The clone returned with two Zetsus almost instantly, which wasn't a surprise since Sasuke's clones were as powerful as him.

"I can use Edo Tensei on 3 people, so it's better if I don't waste this opportunity and get a good servant for myself," Sasuke said as he decided to make another Edo besides Minato to fill up his 3rd slot.

'Let's see. I can't use Edo Tensei on Obito since he might still obey Madara due to the chakra rod in his heart, which only leaves Kisame, but I don't like that shark dude. Sigh, let's just Revive Hashirama and send him to Tsunade for her protection,' Sasuke said as he ultimately decided to revive Hashirama, but he would keep him away from the battlefield.

After that, the controlled criminal wore the Shinigami Mask and did the ritual to take out their souls. Sasuke wasn't sure how you were supposed to find a soul from that Shinigami's belly, so he instructed the puppet to take out the two souls with the highest chakra reserves since that would pretty much guarantee the revival of Hashirama and Minato (due to 9-Tails).

Things went exactly as planned and the Zetsus turned into Hashirama and Minato. However, this process ended up killing the caster, but Sasuke didn't mind since he was going to kill him either way because he didn't want any pedophiles roaming around. He would execute all the pedos once everything is settled down to protect his children from any possible harm.

While Sasuke was doing his thing, the situation in the war was changing quickly. The alliance had already surrounded the remaining enemy forces from all sides but they were getting their asses kicked by the elite Edo ninjas.

"Is that Jiraya-Sensei?" Naruto, who was moving alongside Kakashi and his division, stopped the moment he saw Jiraya's corpse fighting in front of him.

"It appears so," Kakashi said as he saw Jiraya fighting his soldiers in his Sage Mode and decided to engage him in combat himself.

"Leave Jiraya sensei to me. He must have lost his mind," Naruto, who didn't know about Edo Tensei's dead ninjas, shouted, and he ran towards Jiraya without thinking about anything.

"Wait, Naruto" Kakashi shouted as he followed Naruto since he was under his protection.

Normally Naruto shouldn't be here but The Hokage didn't wanted Naruto to stay in The Leaf Village and wanted to hide him despite the fact that he didn't have 9-Tails with him anymore but someone suggested that he should stay in the war since sometimes the best place to hide is in front of everyone.

At that point, neither of them knew that they were being watched from afar by Madara and Zetsu.

"You were right. He couldn't be the 9-Tails Jinchuruki. I can't sense that wild fox in him" Madara said while sitting on the cliff.

"I told you so. 9-Tails should be with Sasuke," Black Zetsu, who was using dead Kabuto as a vessel, said.

"I'm getting more interested in Sasuke," Madara said as he got even more excited to fight Sasuke than he already was after seeing him use Perfect Susanoo.

"When are you going to take action?" Zetsu asked, to which Madara didn't reply and patiently waited for the right moment to strike, which made Zetsu anxious since he wanted to revive his mother as soon as possible before Sasuke arrived.

He even told Madara to revive The Ten-Tails early, but he refused yet again, saying, "Do you think I can't beat him?"

Either way, although Madara was quite arrogant about his strength, he still fed the Gold and Silver brothers to Gedo Statue in case he had to revive The Ten-Tails early because he found it hard to believe that Sasuke had Kurama. He thought that Kurama must have died somehow but he still wanted to wait and see if Sasuke had Kurama or not. If he doesn't find Kurama on Sasuke, he will have to revive the incomplete Ten-Tails.

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