In other words... Nagato had joined the Hidden Leaf Village!
The Rinnegan had gone to the Hidden Leaf Village!
Damn it, Obito!
I told you to watch Nagato grow up, then have Nagato use the Rinnegan to revive you with the Outer Path — Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique. And this... was what you did?
Obito, your wings had really hardened!
The elderly Madara hurriedly gathered information even faster.
Then he discovered... this little group was anything but ordinary.
That was right.
Upon seeing Hashirama and Tobirama Senju, Madara Uchiha had already confirmed that this was a Hidden Leaf Village gathering camp.
Not to mention...
The designated observation target in the little group's system—this Kitahara Kaede—was already the Hidden Leaf Village's Hokage.
And then...
The current Hidden Leaf Village's territory was enormous. Kumogakure was gone, while both Sunagakure and Kirigakure had joined the Hidden Leaf Village.
Only Iwagakure was still stubbornly holding out.
It had to be said.
From the perspective of the Hidden Leaf Village conquering the other ninja villages all by itself and the other villages flocking to join it...
Madara was quite satisfied.
Because...
This was what he had wanted to do in the past.
They could only submit to the Hidden Leaf Village; they could not coexist peacefully.
Peaceful coexistence had been Hashirama's old plan, but once Hashirama died, the First Shinobi World War began.
So...
It would have been better to beat everyone into submission from the very beginning.
Make it impossible for them to resist anymore.
Or uproot all their living forces, leaving everyone else completely unable to resist!
This little fellow named Kitahara Kaede... had indeed done quite well.
And...
He was also the inheritor of Wood Release.
Sure enough, Madara had died too early. Perhaps it would have been better if he