Uchiha Madara and Ikki continued upward together. Halfway up, Ikki suddenly said alertly, "It seems someone's there!"
Uchiha Madara smiled. "There is someone, but he's slower than us. We just need to speed up and shake him off."
So the two of them accelerated! Yet the person following behind them remained neither too close nor too far away from beginning to end. When Uchiha Madara and Ikki sped up, he sped up as well; when they slowed down, he slowed down too. This unhurried pursuit gradually began to make Uchiha Madara uneasy.
He simply flung out a throwing dart toward that figure!
"Boom!" The tremendous blast shook down the entire mountaintop. The shadow leaped into the air. He had originally used the terrain to conceal himself, but once Uchiha Madara flattened the peak, he was finally exposed.
When Uchiha Madara saw the man before him—with golden hair and bronze skin—he had to admit that he was quite handsome. He immediately gave a salute and said, "I am Uchiha Madara, a ninja from another world. I wish to seek an audience with Lady Hilda concerning the war of the gods."
"The war of the gods? Our Asgard will never take part in any war of the gods. If you've come to ask Lady Hilda about it, you've come to the wrong person!" the golden-haired man shouted angrily. "I will not let you approach Lady Hilda! Lady Hilda is so gentle, kind, considerate, and good-hearted. I absolutely will not allow evil visitors like you to touch Lady Hilda's body with your filthy hands!"
Uchiha Madara froze for a moment, then said awkwardly, "We never intended to touch Lady Hilda's body. What were you thinking?"
The man's face abruptly flushed red, only to turn livid at once. "Hmph, only evil outsiders like you