"Madara-sama."
Black Zetsu controlled Uchiha Obito's body as it emerged from underground.
It was the will of Ōtsutsuki Kaguya and was not affected by the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
Just now it had gone underground to discuss the plan to revive Mother with another version of itself.
All of this was seen by Uchiha Obito, but after using Rinne Rebirth twice in succession, his life force had already been completely exhausted.
If not for Black Zetsu possessing him, he would have died long ago.
At this moment, he was merely clinging to life.
Uchiha Obito could not move, nor could he speak. A trace of despair appeared in his eyes.
He never expected the Infinite Tsukuyomi to be fake!
It was merely a plan created by Black Zetsu to revive Ōtsutsuki Kaguya.
Both he and Madara had been deceived!
Although Obito desperately wanted to tell Madara the truth, his body was not under his control, and there was nothing he could do.
"Black Zetsu."
Six Paths Madara descended from the air and landed on the ground. He did not turn around, but excitement could not be concealed in his voice.
"There are only these two that slipped through the net left. As long as we deal with them, no one will be able to stop the Infinite Tsukuyomi anymore!"
Uchiha Sasuke said vigilantly,
"Naruto, be careful. We're surrounded by shadows."
"I know."
Uzumaki Naruto said seriously.
"I won't allow you to make any more moves."
Six Paths Madara said coldly.
"I have already severed the causality of this world, cutting away human suffering, pain, and emptiness."
"That's complete nonsense!"
Uzumaki Naruto retorted angrily.
In his view, the Infinite Tsukuyomi was a genjutsu that killed everyone. It was not the so-called peace of the ninja world at all!
"Naruto, you are obstructing everyone's happiness."
Six Paths Madara narrowed his eyes and said with displeasure.
"Look—this world where all ninjas no longer fight. I turned hell into heaven!"
"The mistake Hashirama once made has finally been corrected by me."
"What mistake did the First Hokage make?"
Uzumaki Naruto asked in confusion.
In his understanding, it was clearly the First Hokage who founded the ninja villages, which finally ended the wars of the Warring States era.
"You Konoha ninjas will never admit it..."
Six Paths Madara seemed confident of victory, so he patiently explained.
"But in the end, Hashirama truly failed. In the transformation of the ninja world, at the beginning Hashirama and I had the same goal, and we started taking action together."
"We wanted to change the ninja world where even young children had to go to the battlefield! In the end, we established the ninja villages together—but that still could not bring true peace."
"People cannot be honest with each other. Fear, suspicion, and hatred can never stop. My proposal was rejected, and the ninja world proceeded according to Hashirama's ideals—but what happened afterward?"
Six Paths Madara sneered.
"The wars of ninjas never stopped. Not only did they not stop, but the establishment of ninja villages strengthened military power, and battles expanded to the scale of full-scale wars."
During the Warring States era, it was only battles between clans.
By the time of the First Great Ninja War, it had become war between villages.
One could imagine how brutal the fighting became.
"The First Great Ninja War, the Second Great Ninja War, the Third Great Ninja War."
Six Paths Madara stared at the two of them and said in a deep voice,
"The wars never stopped. This is the ninja world created by Hashirama!"
"But in the end, the Fourth Great Ninja War was indeed started by me."
At this point, Madara did not shirk responsibility for starting this war.
"Yes. So many people died because of you."
Uchiha Sasuke said coldly.
"You keep saying you don't want to see war, yet you took the initiative to start the Fourth Great Ninja War—"
Before he could finish speaking, he was impatiently interrupted.
"I suggested that you obediently hand over the Tailed Beasts. It was your stubbornness that caused the situation today."
...
"What nonsense is that guy talking about?"
Uchiha Madara said impatiently after watching for a while.
"Why not just deal with the two of them directly?"
Because they were far away, they couldn't clearly hear the details of the conversation.
If it were him, he would never waste time talking nonsense with two brats, lest complications arise.
Renya, however, kept staring at Obito behind Madara, wanting to see when Black Zetsu would make a move.
It seemed that Six Paths Madara truly trusted Black Zetsu, actually allowing someone to stand behind him.
But then again, it made sense.
After all, Madara believed Black Zetsu was his own will.
Logically speaking, there should indeed have been a will of Madara, but it had been occupied by Black Zetsu the moment it first appeared.
That was why Madara always firmly believed that Black Zetsu was the embodiment of his will, and he never doubted it.
After all, who would suspect that another version of themselves would harbor malicious intentions toward them?
"Renya, what are you looking at?"
Shimura Danzō noticed that his good friend had been staring behind Six Paths Madara, and subconsciously followed his line of sight.
What he saw was Uchiha Obito standing behind Madara—or rather, Obito possessed by Black Zetsu.
He didn't understand what was so interesting about Madara's will incarnation.
Could it be that there was some hidden secret?
Hearing this, Uchiha Madara's gaze swept over Obito for a moment, but he did not take it to heart.
Just a chess piece.
And a chess piece controlled by his will incarnation.
Even if Black Zetsu released the possession, it wouldn't cause any trouble.
After becoming the Ten-Tails' jinchūriki, his recovery ability had reached an almost monstrous level.
Ordinary methods simply couldn't kill him.
As long as Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke were dealt with, no one in the ninja world would be able to stop the Infinite Tsukuyomi anymore.
Faced with his good friend's question, Renya simply smiled without explaining.
Some things only had meaning when seen with one's own eyes.
Saying it in advance would make it less interesting.
Judging by the timing, it should be soon.
Black Zetsu would definitely launch a sudden attack while Six Paths Madara was talking endlessly.
Then it would control his body and release Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, who was trapped on the moon!
Renya wondered whether he should go up and fight Ōtsutsuki Kaguya when that happened...
Forget it.
He would leave that kind of thing to the protagonist group.
Although in this timeline Kakashi and Haruno Sakura had fallen under the Infinite Tsukuyomi for certain reasons, with the protagonist aura of Naruto and Sasuke, sealing Ōtsutsuki Kaguya again should not be a big problem.
If it really didn't work, he would have to call Madara to go help.
As for his good friend Danzō, he could just stay here and watch the battle.
If his good friend went up against Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, wouldn't that just be sending himself to death across time and space?
"So this is the ideal world you speak of?"
Uchiha Sasuke retorted.
"You merely gave everyone a false dream."
"In the long history of the ninja world, I eliminated conflict as a savior."
"Accept reality. Everything is over."
From afar, Renya did not know what they were saying, but he saw that Black Zetsu—who had not moved until now—finally moved.
"It's coming."
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