Saying Sora had vanished, but Madara truly didn't understand, couldn't comprehend it.
"With that kid Sora's strength, how could he just disappear for no reason?"
Madara looked suspiciously at White Zetsu: "You weren't fooled, were you? Could he be fishing?"
"No, absolutely not, Madara-sama!" White Zetsu pounded his chest in assurance: "Sora has definitely vanished, and he's been gone for months!"
"This is internal intelligence from Kirigakure. It seems he disappeared after conducting some experiment. Right now, Terumi Mei is managing the entire situation in Kirigakure!"
"If I'm wrong about this intel, then may I never experience the feeling of taking a dump in my entire life!" White Zetsu declared.
Hearing this, Madara was taken aback: "You're Tobi? Where's Obito?"
"No, wait, you almost got me. You can't experience the feeling of taking a dump anyway, right?"
Madara said speechlessly.
"No problem!" Tobi waved his hand dismissively, not caring at all: "Anyway, you understand my sincerity now, right!"
"Indeed, your intelligence should still be trustworthy!" Madara nodded: "So, where is Obito?"
"Obito, he went to investigate some strange shadow!" Tobi scratched his head and explained: "He said it seemed to be the Fourth Hokage, Namikaze Minato."
"But Obito wasn't sure, so he sent me back first to ask for your opinion."
"Hah?" Hearing Tobi's words, Madara widened his eyes and said irritably: "Tobi, I may be old and decrepit, but I'm not senile!"
"Namikaze Minato is dead, that's an indisputable fact. You can even get samples of his body from Konoha Village right now!" Madara looked strangely at Tobi: "And you're telling me that Namikaze Minato is alive?"
Hearing Madara's words, Tobi spread his hands: "Madara-sama, although I'd also like to deny it, I really saw that person!"
Tobi patted his chest: "I guarantee on my personality, it really was Namikaze Minato. I even saw him leave using the Flying Thunder God Technique!"
For one matter, if three people say there is a tiger, you believe it.
After Tobi's assurance, Madara finally became half-believing, half-doubting and shifted his mindset.
He was somewhat puzzled: "But the problem is Namikaze Minato is truly dead. How could he suddenly appear?"
"Fine, tell me the situation in more detail. Weren't you investigating Konoha's use of the Edo Tensei army?"
Madara asked.
"Alright, it's like this, Madara-sama!"
Tobi began his explanation.
Soon after, Madara understood.
Previously, Konoha's Edo Tensei army had shocked everyone. The reckless Sunagakure's forces attacking Konoha were utterly crushed on the spot.
Then, following up on Sunagakure, Konoha counterattacked, once again beating Sunagakure into an ally that Konoha could leech off.
After this battle, Konoha's status was preliminarily re-established. And with Sunagakure to leech from, Konoha's situation improved considerably.
However, an army of the dead was ultimately something to be wary of.
Immediately, the other great Ninja Villages approached Kirigakure, asking them to handle it, since Kirigakure was currently the strongest.
And initially, Kirigakure did handle it. After sending out a group, Kirigakure dealt a powerful blow to Konoha.
But unfortunately, after the initial strike, Kirigakure took no further action.
Of course, after being struck, Konoha also became somewhat more restrained.
Out of apprehension towards Sora, Madara didn't investigate Kirigakure's affairs but instead turned his attention to the Edo Tensei.
Madara also knew about Edo Tensei, but in his era, Edo Tensei couldn't reproduce the user's full strength so effectively.
But this time's Edo Tensei was different, which gave Madara other ideas. So Tobi and Obito had been lurking in Konoha.
It was a pity that the current Konoha had too many powerful individuals, including the father of Sarutobi Hiruzen, the legendary ninja Sarutobi Sasuke, who had been dug up, so the two found it difficult to act.
Therefore, Obito and Tobi planned to wait it out patiently.
However, they didn't expect that while they were waiting, a strange force was also investigating Konoha's situation.
And Obito, being very curious, also began investigating that force.
Fortunately, the other party's attention was focused on Konoha, so they didn't notice Obito's probing much.
Thus, the person suspected to be Minato keenly discovered by Obito!
But this alone wasn't enough to make Madara lose his composure.
The most important thing was...
"What? Uchiha Clan's members?"
"Yes!" Tobi nodded, his tone complex: "Besides Minato, we also saw Uchiha Clan's members who should be dead, like Uchiha Fugaku!"
"And the situation with the Uchiha is very..." Tobi hesitated, unsure how to describe his feeling.
Finally, he just said what he felt: "Strange!"
Tobi could only describe it that way.
"After all, the Uchiha Clan's members, in my view, lacked any life aura!"
"Oh, right, just like the Edo Tensei!"
"Hmm!" Hearing this, Madara became alert.