Meanwhile,
On the other side.
Within a deep mountain in the Land of Fire,
At this moment,
Inside a cave,
Several figures stood within, maintaining an eerily strange silence.
On the left was a domineering man with black hair and red eyes, his left arm severed, appearing in a strange state like dust.
It was the Edo Tenseid Uchiha Madara.
Standing beside him was a half-black, half-white Venus flytrap creature, standing expressionless.
Naturally, it was the combination of Black Zetsu and White Zetsu.
Standing opposite them,
Was a short-haired man wearing an orange mask, and a youth carrying a sword with light purple eyes.
Uchiha Obito.
And,
Uchiha Sasuke.
At this moment, three of the Four Laughing Masters of the Uchiha had successfully gathered.
Now,
Madara ahead gazed at Sasuke here, slowly raised his gaze, and said indifferently:
"Unexpectedly..."
"Besides me, Uchiha Madara,"
"Within the Uchiha Clan, there actually exists a younger generation capable of awakening the Rinnegan."
"Just based on this,"
"It's enough for me, Uchiha Madara, to acknowledge you—"
"Uchiha Sasuke."
His voice fell steadily, echoing softly in the cave.
And at this moment,
Sasuke, standing ahead,
Only had an expression as cold as ice, his gaze indifferent.
He said not a word.
Perhaps because the "truth" conveyed by Obito was too impactful for him...
So much so that even now, he found it hard to recover.
Because,
He had begun to realize one thing —
In the Uchiha massacre,
The one in the wrong was not Itachi, but... this world.
For this very reason,
He chose to follow Obito here.
Because the target of his revenge had changed.
Not Uchiha Itachi.
But Konoha, full of darkness and evil, and... this Shinobi World.
Harboring such hatred,
Therefore, even when he met this deceased ancestor of the Uchiha Clan, Uchiha Madara,
He showed no surprise or shock.
There's only indifference.
Finally,
After a moment,
He slowly exhaled, looked directly at Madara, and said indifferently:
"Madara, I came here..."
"Not to receive your acknowledgment."
"I just want to completely destroy this Shinobi World... For that, I need to temporarily borrow your power."
As Sasuke's words fell, instantly, the whole place fell silent.
Whether it was Obito beside Sasuke, or Madara and Zetsu standing opposite, they were all slightly stunned.
Huh?
Borrowing power temporarily to destroy the world...?
Uchiha Madara frowned slightly, glancing at Obito beside him,
His eyes seemed to ask, "Has this kid always been this pretentious?"
And seeing this,
Obito immediately understood,
Then, with a helpless look directed at Madara, he slowly nodded.
In fact,
When he had persuaded Sasuke, he had already noticed.
This guy,
Naturally had the strength to oppose the Shinobi World, and also had the mentality to oppose it, but there's a problem. That is, he was overly arrogant.
However... well,
This seemed to be one of Madara's flaw as well...
Therefore,
Obito didn't pay it much mind.
As long as Sasuke could play the role of a pawn and help them complete the Infinite Tsukuyomi plan,
All flaws were not a problem.
If Obito could realize this,
Madara on this side naturally wasn't stupid either.
He certainly understood,
Sasuke joining here was merely as a pawn with the Rinnegan.
With Kyo present in the Akatsuki, it would be extremely difficult for them to seize Nagato's Rinnegan.
But,
Now with Sasuke, it was different.
They now only needed to obtain the Outer Path Statue and the Nine Tailed Beast to directly initiate the Eye of the Moon Plan using Sasuke's Rinnegan!
Therefore,
Even though Sasuke seemed a bit pretentious,
He wouldn't mind too much.
As long as he could play his role as a pawn in the subsequent plan, then everything would be fine.
And,
If he proved unqualified,
Madara could also defeat him at any time, seize his Rinnegan for his own use, and control the entire plan himself.
After pondering for a moment,
Madara looked up again, glanced indifferently at Sasuke, then swept his gaze over the faces of those present, and said calmly:
"In that case..."
"Then I see no need to wait any longer."
"From now on,"
"We will officially reclaim all the Tailed Beast Jinchuriki, and... the ownership of the Outer Path Statue!"
As the words fell,
Obito and Zetsu immediately became serious, quickly focusing their minds.
Sasuke also focused his gaze.
In fact,
On the way here,
He had already heard from Obito about the plan involving the Rinnegan, the Outer Path Statue, the Ten-Tails, and such.
Therefore, he felt neither abrupt nor confused.
And at this moment,
Madara ahead, his gaze flickering like a general commanding an army, said indifferently with dominance:
"First..."
"We need to seize the core existence of this plan from Nagato's hands—"
"The shell of the Ten-Tails, the Outer Path Statue."
"This task will be completed by you... Uchiha Sasuke."
"I will immediately teach you how to use your Rinnegan to summon the Outer Path Statue and completely occupy it."
"Understood?"
"...Got it."
Sasuke's gaze dropped slightly, his reply calm.
Although devoid of emotion, his tone was exceptionally firm and unquestionable.
Madara nodded, then turned his gaze to Zetsu and Obito beside him, and said calmly:
"As for you two,"
"Your task is to find a way to take away all the Tailed Beast Jinchuriki that Akatsuki has already captured and restrained..."
"Using your Mangekyo Sharingan... should be easy to accomplish, right, Obito?"
Madara looked at Obito, saying expressionlessly.
Hearing this,
Obito was also within expectations, just nodding.
Indeed,
With the power of his Kamui, abducting the restrained Jinchuriki was a piece of cake.
After all, those Jinchuriki, once captured by Akatsuki, no longer had any combat capability to resist.
"With this..."
"Control of the Ten-Tails will return to our hands."
Madara's gaze narrowed slightly, his blood-red alluring light flickering, radiating a strange brilliance, he continued:
"Next,"
"We just need to capture the remaining few Tailed Beast Jinchuriki… all of them... to completely end this Shinobi World
"Operation, begin."
"Understood!"
Whoosh!
As the words fell,
Obito's figure instantly disappeared into an invisible spatial vortex, while Zetsu beside him directly merged into the ground.
Undoubtedly,
They were heading to Amegakure to seize the captured Tailed Beast Jinchuriki.
And on this side,
Inside the cave,
Only Madara and Sasuke remained.
The scene suddenly became incredibly quiet.
After a moment,
Sasuke, who had been silent, suddenly looked at Madara and spoke indifferently:
"I'm actually a bit curious."
"?"
As the words fell, Madara looked over, also expressionless, and said indifferently:
"Curious about what?"
As the words fell,
Sasuke raised his gaze, then unexpectedly extended a finger, pointing towards the position of Madara's left side, where his Edo Tenseid severed arm was...
Before Madara could react, he heard Sasuke calmly speak:
"If I'm not mistaken,"
"Your current body should not be your original body, but... Edo Tensei, right?"
"..."
"Here's the question. What I've heard about Edo Tenseid individuals is that they possess permanently immortal and super-fast regenerating bodies."
"So why is your left arm in a severed state that cannot be repaired?"