Chapter 279

For two years, Ryosuke had maintained close contact with Madara Uchiha, maintaining a frequency of meeting Madara Uchiha at least once every three days.

To facilitate meeting Madara Uchiha and to prevent exposure, Ryosuke had directly set up a Reverse Summoning array in his own basement and the underground space where Madara Uchiha was located.

In these two years of dealing with a tiger, Ryosuke naturally knew that such a thing as getting something for nothing could not happen with Madara Uchiha.

In order not to be exposed, Ryosuke was also willing to act as Madara Uchiha's assistant, using Kirigakure's power to push Madara Uchiha's plan and doing a lot of dirty work.

But today, as soon as Ryosuke entered this space, he clearly noticed the difference here.

Not only had the main body of the God Tree, the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, disappeared, but Black and White Zetsu were also nowhere to be seen.

It seemed that something was about to happen.

Seeing this, Ryosuke narrowed his eyes, forcibly suppressing the excitement in his heart.

Two years passed, and Madara Uchiha's old age was more obvious; his originally gray hair had turned pure white, and the wrinkles on his face were as dense as a dried orange peel.

At this moment, an aura of decay leaked from Madara's body; it seemed he could stop breathing at any time.

"Cough, cough..."

"Ryosuke, you're here..."

A somewhat weak and aged voice rang in Ryosuke's ears.

Seeing Ryosuke this time, Madara Uchiha's expression was somewhat different; it seemed he was deliberately waiting for Ryosuke here.

Ryosuke Mizunuki smiled slightly, looking at the old man sitting on the wooden chair, his eyes without the slightest ripple.

"Mr. Madara, you must take care of your body."

As he spoke, Ryosuke slowly approached Madara Uchiha, skillfully resting a hand on Madara's shoulder, as if this action often appeared between Madara and Ryosuke.

"Cough, cough..."

"No matter..."

"I will not die..."

Madara Uchiha waved his hand slowly, signaling that Ryosuke didn't need to care.

Seeing this, the deep look in Ryosuke's eyes became more obvious.

"Ryosuke, you've done well these past few years."

"Our plan being able to proceed in an orderly manner is also thanks to your help..."

Madara said powerlessly, the weakness in his tone hard to hide.

"Mr. Madara, you overstate it."

"This is all what I should do; for the future of peace in the Ninja World, this is nothing."

As he spoke, Ryosuke's eyes were full of sincerity and fanaticism, as if he were truly a fanatical believer in the Eye of the Moon Plan.

Such a performance was almost second nature to Ryosuke at this moment; no one could see any flaws.

But who would have thought that after Ryosuke's words fell, Madara Uchiha suddenly stood up from the wooden chair.

"Hahahaha!!!!"

"Ryosuke, there will definitely be such a day."

"Peace in the Ninja World will definitely be created in your and my hands!"

After shouting this sentence with indescribable madness, the next action Madara Uchiha took was something Ryosuke never expected.

"Pfft!"

Madara Uchiha pulled out the tubes behind him one by one, letting the unknown liquid in the tubes flow to the ground.

You know, these tubes were important props that maintained Madara Uchiha's remnant body.

Pulling out these tubes was no different from committing suicide directly.

Seeing this, Ryosuke immediately pretended to be shocked and quickly asked in confusion.

"Mr. Madara, what are you doing?!"

"Without the tubes behind you, your body..."

Ryosuke immediately pretended to be "the injury is on your body, the pain is in my heart."

Looking at Ryosuke Mizunuki's sad eyes, which were worth at least ten Oscar statuettes, a trace of relief appeared in Madara's eyes.

"It's okay, Ryosuke."

"My body can only support me to this point..."

After pulling out the tubes behind him, it seemed like a flash of recovery before death; Madara Uchiha's voice also regained some vitality.

"Mr. Madara!"

"But..."

Ryosuke Mizunuki pretended to be heartbroken, saying somewhat choked up.

"Hahaha!!!"

"Don't worry, peace in the Ninja World will come one day."

"I will not die."

"Although this flesh is decaying, I still have consciousness remaining in the world."

"Black Zetsu is my consciousness clone; he will lead the plan to continue."

"When necessary, Black Zetsu will find you; you just need to assist Black Zetsu to continue the plan."

Madara Uchiha laughed loudly, seemingly regaining some of the aura of a Ninja World overlord at the moment of death.

Only until this moment did Madara Uchiha reveal the "true identity" of Black Zetsu to Ryosuke.

"Then where did Mr. Black Zetsu go?"

Ryosuke Mizunuki revealed an extremely surprised look, then showed a puzzled expression, asking as if extremely confused.

But to this, Madara Uchiha just shook his head lightly, with no intention of revealing Black Zetsu's whereabouts at all.

Seeing this, Ryosuke didn't find it easy to continue digging, but his eyes flickered slightly.

"Old thing, sure enough, you didn't completely trust me before you died."

"Only saying some ghost words to fool me."

Ryosuke said to himself in his heart, but his face still carried a very excited expression, letting Madara Uchiha see no flaws.

"Ryosuke, take this."

"Perhaps it will be of some help to you."

Perhaps because a person is about to die, Madara Uchiha took out two items from behind him.

One was a pitch-black ring engraved with the word "Zero," and the other was an ancient scroll.

"What is this, Mr. Madara?"

Ryosuke Mizunuki forcibly suppressed the excitement in his heart, pretending to be confused and asking Madara Uchiha.

"When it's time for you to know how to use the ring, you will naturally know."

"And in the scroll, there are some little gadgets that might be useful to you."

Ryosuke Mizunuki took the ring and scroll handed over by Madara Uchiha.

After putting the ring away, he opened the scroll and found that it recorded some uses of Yin-Yang Release.

If it were two years ago, Ryosuke would naturally treat these Yin-Yang Release techniques as treasures, but after obtaining the Yin-Yang Release inheritance of the Sage of Six Paths, Ryosuke had long since stopped looking at the Yin-Yang Release sent by Madara.

Just as Madara said, these Yin-Yang Releases were indeed just some "little gadgets," and there were no precious secret techniques.

"Thank you, Mr. Madara!"

Even though he disdained it in his heart, Madara still pretended to be grateful.

"Ryosuke, looking forward to meeting you again in the future."

A rare smile appeared on Madara Uchiha's aged face; he looked at Ryosuke Mizunuki with meaningful eyes, and his words seemed to have other meanings.

And for Ryosuke Mizunuki, who knew Madara's resurrection plan clearly, he naturally understood what the deep meaning hidden in Madara's words meant.

"Mr. Madara, will we really meet again?"

Ryosuke Mizunuki said slowly, seemingly suppressing his own emotions; just a question, but at this time, it was said by Ryosuke in the tone of a declarative sentence.

To this, Madara didn't seem to find anything strange, just closed his eyes after revealing a smile.

"Ryosuke, then let us wait and see."

After leaving this sentence, the aura on Madara Uchiha's body began to decline rapidly, like the tide receding from the sea.

In a while, Madara's body was like a withered piece of rotten wood, completely losing the last trace of vitality.

Looking again, he was already dead as dead could be.

Ryosuke Mizunuki stood on the spot for a long, long time...

Seemingly seeing off this Ninja World overlord.