Uchiha Madara was somewhat speechless after hearing the soldier's words. "So, are there still any living people in Pine Blossom Town?"
"There are, but those things are no longer human," the soldier said.
"Not human? Then what are they?" Uchiha Madara asked, looking at the soldier.
The soldier looked at Uchiha Madara and said impatiently, "What does this have to do with you? I advise you to leave this place as soon as possible."
"Just staying here makes me feel like I'm in great danger. For all I know, I may already have caught this infectious disease," the soldier said.
The soldier said to Uchiha Madara, "Leave while you haven't been infected yet."
"Otherwise, you'll become one of the walking dead here, just like them," the soldier said.
Looking at the soldier's attitude, Uchiha Madara felt that he probably could not get any useful information from him.
Yet Uchiha Madara was extremely curious, because he could not sense the aura of any particularly evil Magic Stone within Pine Blossom Town.
After thinking for a moment, Uchiha Madara took several gold coins from his pocket and handed them to the soldier.
The moment the soldier saw Uchiha Madara offering him gold coins, his expression changed. He angrily said, "What do you mean by this?!"
Uchiha Madara had not expected him to be such an upright man that he would not even glance at the gold coins right before his eyes.
"My apologies." Uchiha Madara smiled at the soldier. "I simply thought that you must have worked very hard, staying here for so long."
"If it truly is an infectious disease, it certainly cannot be good for your health. These things I'm giving you merely represent a small token of appreciation from the common folk," Uchiha Madara said.
The soldier reached out