"Lord Madara, Takenaka Kaguya is now under Izanami's control. Should we kill him outright?"
Graveyard Mountains.
The moment Black Zetsu spoke, a deeply complicated expression appeared on Madara Uchiha's face.
He truly thought highly of Takenaka Kaguya. Or rather, in the entire Shinobi World, Takenaka Kaguya was someone who could speak to him calmly—and whose words he would actually heed.
Otherwise, given his nature, he never would have resorted to such underhanded means, having Black Zetsu abduct Yuko Kaguya to hold Takenaka Kaguya in check.
Now that they had fought, he had lost a Three-Tomoe Sharingan just to defeat his opponent. That alone showed how extraordinary Takenaka Kaguya was.
Thus, from the bottom of his heart, Madara Uchiha regarded Takenaka Kaguya as an opponent on his own level.
But now that he had to kill Takenaka Kaguya, he truly found it hard to bear. After all, in the entire Shinobi World, aside from Hashirama Senju, only Takenaka Kaguya could be considered his rival.
It was lonely at the top. Days without an opponent were truly unbearably dull!
Thinking of this, Madara Uchiha looked at the motionless Takenaka Kaguya beside him with an incomparably conflicted expression. He hesitated, worried that if he lost such an opponent, life might become unbearably boring from now on.
Black Zetsu, standing nearby, also sensed Madara Uchiha's thoughts. At once, a trace of wariness appeared in the way he looked at Takenaka Kaguya.
Black Zetsu knew very well that, in the entire Shinobi World, the only person who had once earned the attention of a supreme powerhouse like Madara Uchiha was Hashirama Senju, the First Hokage.
Back then, when he had incited Madara Uchiha to leave Konoha, he had been certain that he could drive Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju into opposition. He had also believed