Naruto: Starting as Tsunade's Desk Mate

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Kana Uzumaki appeared to be in a deep coma, being supported by two White Zetsu as they led her to the entrance on the other side of the cave. Her eyes were closed, and her face was pale, indicating that she had expended considerable energy in the battle. The Flying Thunder God Mark above her head was clearly perceptible.

However, An Yan did not immediately use the Flying Thunder God Technique to save people. Neither of the two White Zetsu transformed into Iwa ninjas, clearly indicating that they did not intend to pretend. Therefore, his situation was extremely dangerous.

A massive, ancient chakra swept through the entire space like a mountain collapsing and a tsunami crashing down on An Yan, locking him firmly in place.

The entire cave trembled slightly, and fine dust fell, as if it could not withstand the aura of Uchiha Madara.

An Yan slowly turned his head, his sharp gaze piercing through the dimly lit cave and landing on the aged figure sitting on the stone chair beneath the giant golem.

The ordinary stone chair seemed like a supreme throne beneath Uchiha Madara. Although An Yan was looking down at Uchiha Madara, he had the feeling that he was being looked down upon by Uchiha Madara.

Although Madara Uchiha's hair was already gray and his body was hunched, his Rinnegan emitted a faint purple light in the darkness. His cold and ruthless gaze seemed to be watching a mortal who had mistakenly entered the realm of gods, putting great pressure on An Yan.

Chapter 74 Fight

Madara Uchiha's gaze made An Yan feel as if he were facing a formidable enemy, but Madara did not launch an attack immediately.

"To be able to track them all the way here, the Konoha ninja of this generation are quite strong. But I see you know the Flying Thunder God Technique. Are you Tobirama Senju's apprentice?"

Madara Uchiha's voice was deep and hoarse, yet it contained an undeniable authority.

An Yan's expression was tense. The pressure of facing the Rinnegan was much greater than he had imagined. If things went wrong, he might really die here.

Facing Madara Uchiha, he did not make any rash moves, but he also did not answer Madara Uchiha's question. When facing an enemy, if you answer questions too easily, you will easily fall into a psychological disadvantage, which will be very detrimental to the subsequent battle.

Madara Uchiha's White Zetsu are all over the world. An Yan doesn't believe that Madara doesn't know his information. He can only say that Madara is pretending and deliberately putting pressure on himself.

The most arrogant Uchiha clan members are usually like this.

So An Yan chose to answer questions with questions.

"The legendary Rinnegan? Who are you? A descendant of the Sage of Six Paths? Or some other strange bloodline of a ninja clan that has reverted to its ancestral form?"

Madara Uchiha was asking a question he already knew the answer to, and so was An Yan. However, Madara Uchiha was unaware that An Yan knew about him, but given Madara Uchiha's personality, he had no intention of lying to An Yan.

He simply looked at An Yan and casually introduced himself.

"I am Uchiha Madara. You should have heard of my name."

An Yan had previously thought that answering questions would put him at a disadvantage, but when Madara Uchiha answered, he found himself in a disadvantageous position. This later-stage boss certainly put immense psychological pressure on him.

"So you're the legendary big shot, I've heard so much about you."

When An Yan heard Uchiha Madara announce his name, he outwardly acted as if he had heard it before, but his eyes involuntarily glanced at the pipes connecting Uchiha Madara to the demon statue behind him.

It seems that Madara's body is already struggling to keep up at this stage, and he needs the Gedo Mazo to prolong his life. I wonder if Madara would die instantly if I were to find an opportunity to cut the tube.

The moment An Yan saw the Gedo Mazo, he decided to leave his own Flying Thunder God mark on it, and then find a chance to seal it away in the future, to see who could use it to collect the Tailed Beasts.

Or rather, with this thing, An Yan could organize his own organization dedicated to collecting tailed beasts, which is not a bad idea.

It's probably unrealistic to seal the Gedo Mazo in front of Madara Uchiha right now, so we can only settle for marking it first and dealing with it later.

Madara Uchiha's eyesight was incredibly sharp. An Yan only glanced at the tube between him and the Gedo Mazo, and Madara knew that An Yan's next goal was probably to sever the connection between them.

"Heh, arrogant junior. It seems I've been dormant for too long, and the ninja world has forgotten my terror."

Madara Uchiha sneered and stood up abruptly. He didn't move much, but his bones cracked all over. Madara Uchiha took a few steps forward and deliberately severed the connection between his body and the Gedo Mazo. The tube fell to the ground, and an unknown liquid flowed all over the ground. An Yan was dumbfounded.

He remembered that Madara Uchiha died immediately after escaping the Gedo Mazo's tube during the Third Shinobi World War. Although it was indeed the Second Shinobi World War, it was only about ten years before and after the Third Shinobi World War. Madara's physical condition should not be that good.

"The pain I haven't felt in so long." After removing the tubes, Madara Uchiha actually stood still and felt the pain, as if this would make him feel that he was still alive.

After a moment of shock, An Yan immediately took action. He dared not let Madara make the first move in his battle against Uchiha Madara. If Madara summoned a meteorite with a diameter of ten kilometers on the spot, he would have no choice but to use the Thunder God Technique to escape.

Madara Uchiha was old and frail, so An Yan challenged him to a taijutsu contest, hoping to take advantage of his weakness and kill him. In an instant, An Yan appeared in front of Madara Uchiha. Before he could even throw a powerful punch, Madara's expression changed slightly, and he vanished in an instant.

An Yan returned to the place where he first appeared, where he had already left his Flying Thunder God mark. Around Uchiha Madara, a large circular crater had appeared.

The Rinnegan is much more powerful in Madara's hands; his initial normal attack almost killed An Yan instantly.

Is this Shinra Tensei?

Before An Yan could even gasp in surprise, a powerful suction force swept towards him, lifting him into the air and sending him flying towards Uchiha Madara.

At the crucial moment, An Yan launched a zero-frame attack, unleashing a Wind Release: Super Giant Rasengan. After years of development, his chakra reserves were now extraordinary, and the advanced ninjutsu that he once could hardly match was now just a normal attack.

As the giant dumpling came crashing down, Madara Uchiha pulled out a banana leaf fan from somewhere, seemingly intending to deliver a stylish Uchiha counterattack.

However, An Yan's Wind Release: Rasengan could be used as a laser cannon. He detonated it in mid-air, and the huge energy cannon covered Uchiha Madara, attacking the Gedo Mazo behind him as well.

The minor ninjutsu naturally did not cause any damage to the Outer Path Demon Statue. An Yan narrowed his eyes; this thing seemed to be a decent meat shield.

As the light faded, Madara Uchiha moved the banana leaf fan aside, appearing completely unharmed, his clothes not even dirty.

An Yan didn't understand why Madara Uchiha would take out the Banana Fan. He remembered that the Rinnegan could directly absorb ninjutsu and chakra. The only explanation was that Madara Uchiha wanted to trick him. He was indeed an evil Uchiha.

It's a pity that An Yan doesn't know any magic, otherwise this battle would have been much easier, and he wouldn't have been so constrained.

However, the goal of this battle is not to defeat Madara Uchiha, but to retrieve Kana Uzumaki, so there is still more to be done.

Although Madara Uchiha appeared confident of victory, he didn't fight An Yan seriously, seemingly wanting to see what skills An Yan possessed. It was truly the Uchiha battle maniac's instincts kicking in again.

Against an enemy of Madara's caliber, An Yan had very few trump cards that he could use, and he didn't really want to reveal them. After a brief exchange, he knew he was no match for Uchiha Madara. Since he was no match for him, why reveal so much information? He couldn't kill him anyway, so he might as well play some dirty tricks.

An Yan clasped his hands together and used the illusion technique - Dark Travel.

The already dimly lit cave was plunged into complete darkness.

Madara Uchiha laughed in exasperation.

"You actually used genjutsu in front of the Uchiha?"

Madara Uchiha's Rinnegan glowed with purple light, directly targeting An Yan's position in the darkness, and An Yan was waiting for this moment.

The next instant, endless bright light shone.

"Take this Sun Fist!"

Chapter 75 Oh, Mr. Madara, did I make you cry?

In the instant Madara Uchiha was controlled by the intense light, An Yan seized the opportunity to teleport to Kana's side using Flying Thunder God Technique. With a slap, he forced out the White Zetsu spores parasitizing her body, and with another slap, he sent Kana into the spatial domain.

The series of actions were so smooth and fluid that White Zetsu, who was watching over the coriander, didn't even have time to react before An Yan hit him on the head with two drops of water.

The next moment, the mountain collapsed and the earth cracked, with rocks rapidly pressing in from all sides, clearly indicating that Madara Uchiha had used a wide-range attack ninjutsu.

Madara Uchiha, who was blinded, felt a stinging pain in his eyes. His eyes were tightly closed, and two lines of clear tears flowed uncontrollably from them under the stimulation of the bright light. In the long darkness, the sudden exposure to bright light was almost too much for even the Rinnegan to withstand.

After sensing that An Yan had saved Uzumaki Kana, Uchiha Madara immediately used the wide-range attack Shinra Tensei, indiscriminately repelling everything in An Yan's direction, intending to kill An Yan and Kana directly.

In Madara Uchiha's view, since An Yan could appear in front of Kana, it proved that Kana still had an undiscovered Flying Thunder God mark on her. If that was the case, she was not suitable to be used as a vessel for the Rinnegan, and therefore had no value.

However, to brand his female students with the Flying Thunder God mark is a despicable act, clearly learned from that scoundrel Tobirama Senju.

As Madara Uchiha pondered this, he felt the stinging pain in his eyes and felt an even greater aversion to An Yan. Perhaps this was a case of hating the house because of the crow.

In the instant the underground cavern collapsed on a large scale, An Yan instantly flew to the ground using the Thunder God technique.

The sky over the Land of Rain remained overcast and rainy.

Standing atop the rain-soaked mountain ridge, An Yan stared in astonishment at the massive, collapsed circular crater below. It seemed that Madara Uchiha's Shinra Tensei had not yet reached the level of Super Shinra Tensei.

In the original timeline, Pain's Super Shinra Tensei had an attack range of over ten kilometers, leveling the entire Hidden Leaf Village in a single strike.

The deep pit in front of An Yan is roughly estimated to be two or three kilometers in size, which should fall within the range of a normal attack by Madara Uchiha's Rinnegan.

However, even with just that, an attack range of two or three kilometers is still quite surprising.

However, An Yan was slightly disappointed. If Uchiha Madara had used Super Shinra Tensei, he might have been weakened afterward, and then he could have given him a piece of his mind.

However, Madara Uchiha was clearly experienced in combat and did not use any techniques that consumed too much chakra. He might need some verbal stimulation.

An Yan stroked his chin, pondering what words could provoke Uchiha Madara even more. His reckless spirit was burning fiercely. Ever since he obtained the resurrection coin, he had become increasingly reckless. There was no way around it; the feeling of being reckless was really exhilarating.

The strategic objectives of this trip have been achieved. Now, whether to fight or retreat is up to An Yan.

An Yan had no intention of running away immediately. The Outer Path Demon Statue, this strategic weapon, had not yet been marked with a comical face, so the trip was not yet complete.

He still has a few tricks up his sleeve to use against Madara Uchiha. For now, he can try the "endure the old man" tactic to see if he can shorten Madara's life by a few years. Ideally, he can outlive Madara. If that doesn't work, he can use the Edo Tensei technique to summon the First Hokage, let the young couple chat, and then take the opportunity to slip away.

As the rain fell and the dust settled, Madara Uchiha's figure emerged from the bottom of the crater. To An Yan's surprise, Madara's body was now covered by a layer of White Zetsu, seemingly to aid in the battle.

An Yan sighed inwardly, thinking how versatile the White Zetsu were. Konoha hadn't yet developed the technology to use White Zetsu armor; they were basically all being used for experiments.

An Yan was quite surprised to suddenly see Uchiha Madara possessed by White Zetsu.

The rainwater around him was automatically repelled within a certain range of Madara, as if Madara had created a repulsive field around himself. It looked very high-class and had the demeanor of a major boss in the later stages of the story.

However, An Yan's words broke Madara Uchiha's defenses.

"Hey, Mr. Ban, did I make you cry? Quickly wipe the tears off your face, they're all covered in dust."

Madara Uchiha opened his eyes and stared directly at An Yan.

"Kid? You think you're funny?"

Madara Uchiha activated the Rinnegan's genjutsu to bind An Yan, and for a moment An Yan actually felt that he was intimidated and could not move.

However, An Yan was also an experienced ninja. In just a moment, he disrupted the energy circulation around him and broke free from Madara Uchiha's control.

An Yan looked at Uchiha Madara again, his mind now focused. Although Madara in the original timeline didn't use genjutsu much, his genjutsu skills were still quite high, allowing him to easily control tailed beasts and even Kage-level ninjas.

An Yan launched an attack directly, charging towards Uchiha Madara, seemingly wanting a thrilling close-quarters fight.

However, Madara Uchiha was not fooled. Although he was not afraid of taijutsu combat now that he had the support of White Zetsu, he had not forgotten that An Yan knew the Flying Thunder God Technique. Madara Uchiha had a deep impression of this despicable technique invented by Tobirama Senju. He would not give An Yan the chance to plant the Flying Thunder God mark on him, especially with such an ugly and comical face.

Madara Uchiha formed hand seals and opened his mouth to spew out a huge ball of flame.

Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation

The towering flames evaporated the surrounding rainwater and pressed down on An Yan in an overwhelming manner.

While running, An Yan saw Uchiha Madara forming hand seals and immediately began to form them in sync.

Water Release: Exploding Water Wave

A massive amount of Water Release chakra drew in the surging water vapor of the Land of Rain, forming a raging torrent that engulfed Uchiha Madara.

An'yan's Water Release ninjutsu is an attack that comes from above, taking advantage of the terrain to create a torrent of water, which is extremely powerful.

As water and fire collided, steam billowed into the sky. An Yan seized the opportunity to create several shadow clones, sending them to investigate the heretical demon statue at the bottom of the pit.

However, none of this could escape Madara Uchiha's eyes. As soon as An Yan's shadow clones were created, they were all sucked up by Madara Uchiha's Universal Pull and crushed into a cloud of white smoke.