Uchiha Madara said softly, "Please move aside and let me pass. I don't want to kill so many Gold Saints. The blood on my hands would weigh heavily enough already."
But Ali and Alan showed no appreciation for his words. "That has nothing to do with us. Even if you kill us, we will have made a glorious sacrifice for Athena and died a worthy death. But you, a despicable invader of the Sanctuary, will ultimately be nailed to history's pillar of shame, despised by everyone in the world. Have you ever considered that?"
The one thing Uchiha Madara could not understand was this: he had clearly only wanted to meet Athena, so why had he become an invader? Being labeled an invader was one thing, but more importantly, why had he suddenly incurred such immense bloodshed? And why were these Gold Saints completely unwilling to listen to reason, determined to fight him to the death?
Something major must have happened in this Sanctuary. Otherwise, these Gold Saints would not be treating him this way.
Uchiha Madara suddenly thought of a possibility. "Could it be that you received orders saying a powerful enemy might attack, and that you had to guard the Twelve Temples? Perhaps that attacker has not appeared yet, but I showed up first, so that's why you're this tense?"
Uchiha Madara thought to himself, If that's really the case, then I've suffered a huge loss. Those two Gold Saints should have been fighting alongside me to protect Athena, yet they died in a misunderstanding while trying to stop me.
But Alan, the Gemini Gold Saint, said, "But the message we received was different from what you say. Athena's order was to stop Uchiha Madara from entering the Sanctuary at all costs. Do you dare say that your