"I see." Shanmen Shikao thought for a moment before saying, "Since Mr. Uchiha Madara feels this way, I can take another step back."
Uchiha Madara was very surprised. He had not expected Shanmen Shikao to still be willing to compromise after he had made himself so clear.
This was nothing like the tit-for-tat confrontation he had imagined between the two of them.
"How far are you willing to step back?" Uchiha Madara said with a smile. "I think I might consider it if you can withdraw from this world completely."
"That is not possible," Shanmen Shikao said.
"You can consider this instead. Didn't you just say that you didn't want to become like that? Then as long as you join us, I can make sure you do not change in any way," Shanmen Shikao said.
Shanmen Shikao looked at Uchiha Madara and said, "You will remain exactly as you are now, without changing in the slightest. The only difference is that you will gain the respect of everyone in this world."
"Why are you compromising again and again?" Uchiha Madara was extremely curious about this.
Uchiha Madara felt that a demon who had lived for three thousand years must surely be arrogant and overbearing, possessing absolute power.
Yet he had not expected him to be so approachable. And from the clean, orderly state of this room, Uchiha Madara could tell that he was no ordinary person.
Only now did he understand what the giant centipede had said—why it trusted its master so deeply. This was the reason.
Shanmen Shikao indeed possessed a uniquely charismatic personality, one that made it easy for others to trust him.
"It is because I want you to join us," Shanmen Shikao said to Uchiha Madara.
"I don't think that's necessary," Uchiha Madara said.
"There is