Uchiha Madara's plan

Leaving aside Uchiha Mai's instruction of his clansmen for now, Black-and-White Zetsu hurried toward the Land of Rain at full speed.

As they fled, White Zetsu complained, "I was right in the thick of fighting that Uchiha clan leader. What did you run for?

Uchiha Mai couldn't kill you anyway. Why didn't you dare fight him?"

"If we'd switched opponents, you wouldn't be saying that," Black Zetsu retorted expressionlessly.

You were fighting fucking Fugaku. Of course you weren't scared. Try fighting Uchiha Mai and see how you die. He'd cut you into a thousand pieces in less than thirty seconds.

After a pause, Black Zetsu explained, "There was no point in continuing to fight Uchiha Mai.

He's too powerful, and neither of us specializes in combat. If we'd kept dragging it out, you would have died, while I could only have clung to life thanks to my immortality.

Besides, the moment he discovered I was immortal, he contacted Sarutobi Hiruzen, an expert in sealing jutsu.

After the Uzumaki Clan was destroyed, Konoha acquired their sealing jutsu legacy. Sarutobi Hiruzen poses a serious threat to me.

And unexpectedly, Uchiha Mai knows some decent sealing jutsu himself. That makes things very troublesome."

It wasn't that Uchiha Mai couldn't use sealing jutsu. He simply didn't want to appear so perfect that everyone in the Ninja World fell into despair. Sealing jutsu was a god's last mercy to mankind.

Tobi stopped running his mouth.

What good was immortality? Get hit with sealing jutsu, and you still went down.

The Nine Tailed Beasts were immortal too, and their power surpassed Black Zetsu's by who knew how much. How many of them were still roaming free?

Two days later, Black-and-White Zetsu finally returned to the underground cavern of their secret hideout.

"Drip, drip..."

Water dripped from