"How had it been resolved so quickly? What happened outside? Please tell me about it." Bai Ling'er asked Scenery as they walked.
"I really have terrible judgment." Scenery said helplessly, "Yesterday, I even advised Madara not to go against the mermen. Now it seems that was completely unnecessary."
"On his own, he was fully capable of standing up to the mermen across this entire sea region." Scenery said speechlessly.
Uchiha Madara sat down, and the two mermen sat down as well.
"Do you drink tea?" Uchiha Madara asked with a smile. "Your mermen probably don't drink tea, right? After all, you spend all day soaking in water."
"We need to drink water too," the merman general said. "But we rarely drink hot water like you do when we have nothing better to do. There's no point to it."
"I thought you couldn't come ashore during the day. I didn't expect you could move freely in the sunlight as well," Uchiha Madara said.
"We can come ashore at any time, but we usually choose nighttime because the sun is too strong during the day and makes us uncomfortable. So unless there are special circumstances, we do not choose to come ashore during the day," the merman general said.
"I see. Then you've truly shown me great respect." Uchiha Madara smiled. "So, how have you considered the conditions I proposed?"
"How else could we consider them? We're already your prisoners. On behalf of the Council of Elders, I agree to every condition you stated," the merman elder said.
"You actually have an organization like that." Uchiha Madara smiled. "But you aren't my prisoners. You are now my honored guests. The two matters I mentioned are indeed non-negotiable, but now I have a third question I'd like to ask you."
"Ask whatever you