"I kept feeling like that wasn't how things were." Uchiha Madara said somewhat amusedly over the phone. "I think the truth is that you wanted me to travel with you, so you chose the Magic Stone in this place. You just wanted to find a companion along the way."
"I don't need any companion at all, because I never feel lonely," Ci Enyiwu said.
"So we won't run into any trouble next, right?" Uchiha Madara said to Ci Enyiwu with a smile. "After all, you chose this road. I trust your judgment."
"Isn't that quite a coincidence?" Ci Enyiwu asked, looking at Uchiha Madara.
"What coincidence?" Uchiha Madara was thoroughly puzzled by Ci Enyiwu's sudden question.
Uchiha Madara thought back over their conversation just now. There had been nothing coincidental about it. Could the coincidence she meant be something yet to come?
"Didn't you just ask whether the two of us would run into some kind of trouble?" Ci Enyiwu said to Uchiha Madara with a smile. "Well, our trouble is about to arrive."
"..." Uchiha Madara said speechlessly, "Don't jinx it."
"I've been relying on you this whole way. You're someone who knows everything, so if there really is trouble, you'll definitely avoid it," Uchiha Madara said.
Though Uchiha Madara said that, he was not at all certain deep down.
"Isn't that how it is?" Uchiha Madara asked, looking at Ci Enyiwu.
"Thank you for having so much faith in me," Ci Enyiwu said to Uchiha Madara. "But I may have to disappoint you. That's really not how things are."
"The troubles we encounter can never be avoided. This is something destined for the two of us, so all you can do is accept it," Ci Enyiwu said.
"...What exactly is it?" Uchiha Madara looked at Ci Enyiwu's mischievous