Just as Uchiha Madara approached, Senju Tobirama swiftly retreated to a safe distance.
Because they were too far apart, he had not heard the conversation between the two. He did notice Uchiha Madara's body stiffen for a moment, but it soon returned to normal.
"Evil Uchiha!!"
Tobirama muttered to himself, wanting badly to hear what the two were saying. But considering his terrible relationship with Uchiha Madara, he did not dare get too close rashly.
After watching the two for a while longer and seeing no sign that they were about to fight, Tobirama turned around and looked toward the Ten-Tails at the center of the battlefield.
Compared to the other tailed beasts, the Ten-Tails was simply enormous, even standing a head taller than a complete Susanoo. The Chakra it radiated also left Tobirama faintly uneasy.
Especially the moon in the sky—it had turned crimson the instant the Ten-Tails appeared.
"The Infinite Tsukuyomi plan."
Senju Tobirama lowered his head in thought, glancing at Uchiha Madara in the distance from the corner of his eye as he murmured, "The Ten-Tails has already appeared. Why is he still here? Does he really want to settle things with my brother?"
According to his original plan, once his brother entered the fray, he would be enough to determine the course of this war.
After all, ever since the Warring States Period, a certain someone had never been his brother's match. And with the leader of Akatsuki already defeated, the remaining Akatsuki members posed no threat at all.
On his way here, Senju Tobirama had already begun considering how to divide the postwar gains in order to compensate for the village's losses as much as possible.
But when Hashirama and Madara began fighting, he realized that he had overlooked something very important.
"Uchiha Madara seems