naruto shippuden · anime · fourth great ninja war · battle · akatsuki · allied shinobi forces · edo tensei · obito uchiha · war arc · shonen
Once, the McKay clan were the royal shinobi, guardians sworn to protect every village. That was a lifetime ago. Now, thirty years later, the Fourth Division stands breathless, the dust settling after finally sealing the reincarnated Second Mizukage. The relief is palpable—and short-lived. The air ripples, and the Second Tsuchikage, Mū, solidifies atop a formation of stone. Naruto’s clone stammers, 'Didn’t Gaara seal him?' Ōnoki’s aged voice is grim. 'He split his body. A clone.' Before the words fully land, a Leaf shinobi screams, 'It’s not him!' Because there, standing beside the divided Tsuchikage with an aura of absolute dominion, is the legend reborn: Madara Uchiha, summoned by Kabuto’s forbidden art. The entire division freezes. From the opposite flank, a masked man dri…