This man was filthy and disheveled, and the clothes on his body were tattered as well. He must have committed some serious crime, or he would not have been imprisoned here to suffer.
"Hello, can you hear me?" Uchiha Madara asked him.
The man had never expected anyone to come. When he heard a voice, his body visibly stiffened.
Then, a pair of clouded eyes looked at Uchiha Madara.
Uchiha Madara looked into the man's eyes. Though they were clouded, he could still see a trace of spirit within them.
Before he had fallen so low, this man must have been a young man in the prime of his life. What grave mistake had he made to be imprisoned here?
"If you can hear me, nod your head," Uchiha Madara said.
The man nodded but said nothing.
"I want to ask you something. Is there a black, glowing stone here? Have you heard of it?" Uchiha Madara asked.
But the man ignored Uchiha Madara. He did not seem to want to speak to him at all. He curled his body up and closed his eyes again.
Unable to do anything else, Uchiha Madara said helplessly, "If you really can hear me, why won't you answer me?"
The man gave no response. His eyes remained shut, and he neither spoke nor moved.
Uchiha Madara shook his head and looked at the lock on the cage.
He reached out and pulled hard, intending to rip the lock open.
But to Uchiha Madara's surprise, the lock did not budge at all.
"Looks like I was right. You really are an important person. Otherwise, why would they use such a good lock specifically to keep you confined?"
"I wonder whether you're lucky or unlucky today," Uchiha Madara said with a smile.
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