And What If I Oppose You?

After transplanting Senju Hashirama's cells, Uchiha Madara had not only successfully awakened the Rinnegan, but his recovery ability was scarcely inferior to Senju Hashirama's. A being like him was already terrifying enough.

"Phew... After all these years, the beginning of this day has finally arrived."

The young Uchiha Madara was handsome and powerfully built, dressed in armor popular during the Sengoku period. Carrying a fan and a scythe, he easily shattered Konan's attack with the scythe, showing just how ferocious the attack was. Yet all of that was insignificant; combined with Uchiha Madara's formidable strength and battle experience that could drive people mad, breaking Konan's attack was simply too easy.

With her attack broken, Konan stared blankly at Uchiha Hiko, who had been revived by Nagato. Her mind was in complete chaos, unable to understand what was going on. It was as though Akatsuki's entire existence had been a game of chess, and the one playing had turned out to be Black Zetsu. All of Akatsuki's efforts and struggles had ultimately had not the slightest thing to do with them.

They had merely been used.

"I never expected someone like you to appear within our Uchiha Clan."

Uchiha Madara directly ignored Konan, took a few steps forward, and looked at the slowly approaching Hiko with a smile. In his eyes, Konan was merely an abandoned chess piece, utterly unworthy of his attention.

Not just Konan—even Akatsuki's other members were expendable in Uchiha Madara's eyes.

"As a member of the Uchiha Clan, I believe you have seen the stone tablet in the Clan Ancestral Hall. You should understand what we are doing. How about it? Will you join our Infinite Tsukuyomi Plan? If we join forces, we can absolutely sweep aside all enemies and complete the Infinite Tsukuyomi Plan."

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