Just as Esdeath, with a triumphant expression, was about to caress Uchiha Madara's face, suddenly, a drastic change occurred!
A strange spatial fluctuation emanated from Uchiha Madara's body. Then, Uchiha Madara was suddenly able to move. He reached out and, taking advantage of the moment, grabbed Esdeath's hand.
Esdeath instantly paled with fright, subconsciously trying to pull her hand free from Uchiha Madara's grasp. However, no matter how many times she pulled, her beautiful face now drained of color, she couldn't extricate it.
The beauty frowned, looking up at Uchiha Madara.
Uchiha Madara smiled faintly, holding Esdeath's hand, and said to her with a laugh:
"Esdeath, your move is indeed formidable, but it has already been broken by me. Are you still going to struggle in vain?"
Esdeath stopped trying to pull her hand away. She clearly realized that she seemed to have fallen into Uchiha Madara's hands once again.
Since she had fallen again, then letting Uchiha Madara continue to hold her hand was nothing.
The surroundings remained a translucent blue, frozen space. Inside the frozen space, everyone was motionless. However, within this frozen space, only Esdeath and Uchiha Madara could move freely.
Staring at Uchiha Madara with eyes that held a mixture of unwillingness and admiration, Esdeath finally couldn't suppress her curiosity and asked:
"How exactly did you break free from my move?"
Uchiha Madara smiled faintly:
"To be able to thoroughly freeze even the surrounding space-time through absolute cold—this move is indeed quite impressive, already involving space and time. However, Esdeath, you still don't understand me enough. I, too, dabble in space-time abilities!"
Upon hearing this, Esdeath was ultimately relieved.
There was nothing for it. Her strongest move, which she had only just comprehended, was utterly helpless against Uchiha Madara. What else could she do?
However, making this woman completely admit defeat was impossible.
Esdeath looked up, her piercing gaze fixed on Uchiha Madara, her tone unidentifiable:
"Alright, this time I admit defeat. However, if I ever gain the ability or opportunity in the future, I will definitely challenge you again! It's impossible for me to give up!"
Uchiha Madara understood clearly, and laughed:
"Esdeath, this is what I like about you: where wildness and genius coexist. If you were to give up, that would disappoint me, even though you have no chance of defeating me in the future."
Pursing her lips, Esdeath was noncommittal about Uchiha Madara's words.
The tense situation and atmosphere between the two instantly dissipated, almost transforming back into the ardent passion of a newly infatuated couple.
Uchiha Madara didn't stand on ceremony, casually embracing Esdeath. Feeling her shapely, delicate body in his arms, Uchiha Madara couldn't help but ask Esdeath:
"Esdeath, you came back quite fast. I didn't expect to encounter this scene of me dominating Buder right after you returned. I truly don't know if it's a good coincidence or not."
Like a docile woman, Esdeath rested quietly and obediently in Uchiha Madara's embrace:
"To meet you, I rushed here on a forced march. Later, I felt the marching speed was simply too slow, so I simply rode my Fire Dragon and flew back quickly. However, I also predicted you'd be dominating Buder!"
"Oh right, speaking of which, Buder is already in this state. How do you plan to deal with Buder? Are you going to kill him directly?"
Lowering his head to look at Esdeath's exquisite face, Uchiha Madara countered:
"What if I really kill Buder?"
"It's nothing much. At worst, I'll just defect from the Empire with you, and then the two of us, like a pair of star-crossed lovers, will roam the world, hiding everywhere to evade the Empire's pursuit..."
Looking at the forlorn expression Esdeath displayed at this moment, like a delicate woman, completely contrary to her usual toughness, black lines couldn't help but appear on Uchiha Madara's head. Since when did Esdeath start joking?
"Esdeath, speak properly!"
"If we kill Buder, the two of us will face the entire Empire! What else can we do?"
...
This tone this was Esdeath's normal tone and style!
However, with the conversation having reached this point, Uchiha Madara couldn't help but ponder how he should deal with Buder. Should he really kill him?
Killing him seemed to be against Uchiha Madara's interests...
Currently, Uchiha Madara was living quite well in the Imperial Capital, occasionally teasing Night Raid, which was also quite enjoyable. Killing Buder would inevitably provoke hostility from the Empire, and would certainly force this comfortable life far away from him. Uchiha Madara indicated that he found it somewhat unacceptable.
Shaking his head, Uchiha Madara said:
...
"Now I don't plan to kill Buder anymore. Although I'm very displeased with this rigid and blindly loyal fellow, if I think about it carefully, easily killing him brings little benefit, and no glory in it!"
Esdeath looked up at Uchiha Madara:
"But you've already beaten Buder into this state. It seems unlikely you'll be able to bury the hatchet with him, doesn't it?"
Uchiha Madara turned his head, looking at the completely scorched Buder lying beside him, and mused:
"Hmm... This is indeed a bit of a hassle, but it doesn't matter. I have a better way. I can even directly make Buder serve me! Esdeath, you just watch!"
Saying this, Uchiha Madara released Esdeath and walked to the fallen Buder.
Uchiha Madara crouched down in front of Buder, looking into his lifeless eyes, which were still and unseeing due to the frozen space-time.
With a faint smile, Uchiha Madara opened his scarlet Mangekyo Sharingan and directed it at Buder, who lay on the ground.
Terrifying mental energy transformed into genjutsu, released through the Mangekyo Sharingan. Uchiha Madara's profound genjutsu directly penetrated Buder's mind, hypnotizing and controlling him.
Because he intended to thoroughly hypnotize and control Buder, which involved completely changing Buder's will and thoughts, Uchiha Madara would inevitably need to spend some time.
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