Village Destruction Trade

"Impossible!"

"If the [Infinite Tsukuyomi] recorded on the stone tablet is a method to destroy the world, then how could the [Sage of Six Paths] or my Uchiha ancestors have intentionally left the stone tablet behind to trick future generations?"

Madara, being incredibly shrewd, immediately grasped the core of the issue.

"The reason is simple: this stone tablet has been tampered with!"

"By whom?"

"Black Zetsu, an ambitious individual who seeks to destroy the world, and also the product of the will of the one known as the [Rabbit Goddess]."

"Why does it want to destroy the world?"

"Destroying the world is merely a side effect of unleashing the [Infinite Tsukuyomi]. Its true goal is to resurrect its mother through the [Infinite Tsukuyomi]..."

"..."

Madara fell silent, his mind reeling as he processed the information.

The greatest conspiracy and secret in the entire Ninja World had been effortlessly exposed by Natsu Yuu. This was quite a shock for Madara.

Especially since...

In Madara's eyes, wasn't he just made to look like a fool?

A pawn manipulated by Black Zetsu, a complete idiot who had been deceived?

How could his pride tolerate this?

"Do you have any proof for what you're saying?"

Madara struggled to suppress his emotions, staring at Natsu Yuu, hoping he could provide irrefutable evidence.

Otherwise, no matter how convincing the other party's words were, he wouldn't believe them entirely.

"I can take you to the future so you can witness the lies and consequences of the [Infinite Tsukuyomi] with your own eyes!"

"Can you truly travel through time?"

Madara's voice held a mixture of caution and excitement.

As a formidable figure, he naturally wanted a glimpse of the future.

Especially if he could personally witness whether the [Infinite Tsukuyomi] was a conspiracy, that would be best.

"Of course, I can. However, it's not free."

Natsu Yuu's lips curved slightly, revealing his true intentions.

"What do you want?"

Madara suddenly felt much more at ease. He wasn't afraid of the other party making demands; he was afraid of them asking for nothing.

Gifts given without reason often came with a much steeper price.

"Go and destroy [Iwagakure]. Once you succeed, I'll take you to the future to witness it."

"Destroy [Iwagakure]?"

Madara was secretly startled, unable to understand why someone who seemed like a sage would want him to destroy [Iwagakure].

"What exactly do you want to do?"

"My goal is for [Konohagakure] to unify the entire Ninja World and achieve peace."

Madara: (O_o)??

Good heavens, you want world peace too?

And you specifically chose [Konohagakure]?

Do you really think I'm that easy to fool?

"Heh! A clumsy lie..."

Madara scoffed, not believing Natsu Yuu's words at all.

Natsu Yuu didn't bother explaining further. Once the Ninja World was truly unified, Madara would naturally understand that his words were not lies.

As for now, he could think whatever he wanted.

"Whether it's a lie or not is unimportant."

"Just consider it a transaction!"

"Once [Iwagakure] is destroyed, I'll take you to witness the future. This transaction shouldn't be too difficult for you, right?"

Natsu Yuu knew very well that given Madara's personality, he wouldn't easily trust anyone in this world except Hashirama and his brother Izuna.

In the future, even Naruto, the Child of Prophecy, wouldn't be able to persuade him with Talk no Jutsu.

How could he possibly convince Madara with just a few words?

Compared to words, tangible evidence was far more convincing.

If you can't find the book by searching the title, you can try searching for the author, maybe they just changed their name!

And he might as well use this opportunity to have Madara destroy [Iwagakure] first.

Given Hashirama's personality, it would be almost impossible to convince him to destroy other countries and ninja villages in a short period.

But Madara was different.

As long as the deal was fair and the chips he offered were tempting enough, Madara wouldn't have any psychological burden.

He also possessed enough strength to destroy Iwagakure.

As for what would happen afterward, whether Hashirama would overreact? Madara would naturally handle that.

Given Madara and Hashirama's relationship, as long as Madara didn't destroy Konohagakure, they would at most quarrel for a while before calming down.

They wouldn't completely break ties over an enemy village, would they?

Of course, Natsu Yuu wasn't lying either.

He could currently only bring the leaders of bound factions to traverse other parallel worlds.

To take Madara to other worlds, there were two methods:

Either Hashirama abdicated immediately, and Madara took the position of Hokage, thus becoming the leader of a bound faction.

Or, significantly advance the unification progress of the current world to over 50%. This would allow him to bring two more subordinate members of the bound faction to other worlds.

Considering that, currently, only Konohagakure and Iwagakure had been established among the five great hidden villages, and other ninja villages had not yet been founded.

If Iwagakure were destroyed, the unification progress of the Number One Hokage World could potentially rise above 50%.

At that time, he could take Madara to other worlds and glimpse the future.

This was, after all, a fair and reasonable transaction.

After a slight deliberation, Madara agreed to Natsu Yuu's terms.

Just as Natsu Yuu had predicted, for Madara, this was truly not a difficult task.

At this stage, the entire Iwagakure, united, would not be a match for him alone.

In fact, compared to destroying Iwagakure, it would be more troublesome to explain to Hashirama afterward, and to deal with the inquiries and apprehension from the Land of Earth and other major countries.

But for Madara, there was no need to concern himself with that.

At worst, he could leave it all to that annoying Tobirama to handle.

If he had the guts, would Tobirama dare to turn against him?

Oh, right.

He heard that an envoy delegation from Iwagakure was coming to Konohagakure in two days. That would be the perfect opportunity to act, find an excuse, and launch a surprise attack on Iwagakure!

"Very good, I look forward to your active performance."

"See you next time."

With that, Natsu Yuu instantly disappeared from the secret room.

Without any lingering hesitation, Madara's pupils constricted.

"Disappearing without a trace, that's a space ability, quite interesting!"

"Well said, Sage of the Dao Path, you are indeed mysterious. I want to see what exactly you intend to do?"

"Whether or not people can truly traverse time and space..."

"And that so-called 'Black Zetsu', if he really tampered with the stone tablet and tried to fool me..."

"Hmph, then you just wait to die!"

Madara stared at the ancestral stone tablet, gradually deactivating his Mangekyo Sharingan, but the killing intent in his eyes surged more than ever before.

The proud Uchiha would not allow himself to be fooled! Never!

On the other side, after leaving the secret room of the shrine, Natsu Yuu instantly reappeared on the Hokage Rock.

It was already deep into the night, and the entire Konoha was silent.

Master Natsu, who had a busy day, was also ready to rest.

He first used a Modern Item Redemption Voucher to redeem a luxury RV from modern times.

Even though he was in the Hokage world and on the path to immortality, he couldn't mistreat himself! With the conditions available, he naturally had to treat himself well.

Natsu Yuu happily took a hot bath and ate a late-night snack.

Only then did he lie down on the silky velvet bed to organize the results and gains of the day.