"I only need something to eat now. I have no other demands. I'm already old, and I can't eat many more meals anyway," the old man said.
"Why don't we keep going? This forest is so large—could there really be nothing edible in it? If there's anything up ahead, I'll catch it for you," Uchiha Madara said to the old man with a smile.
The old man looked at Uchiha Madara, thought for a moment, and said, "Let me tell you, don't you go deceiving this old man. If you trick me, I won't tell you the direction."
"And look around—there's no one else here. If I don't tell you the direction, you definitely won't be able to reach where you're going," the old man said.
"I know. I need you right now," Uchiha Madara said to the old man with a smile. "Let's go forward and see if there's anything to eat. If there's nothing ahead either, then there's really nothing I can do."
"Then let's keep going," Uchiha Madara said.
Uchiha Madara led the old man onward.
As Uchiha Madara walked through the forest for a long time, he increasingly felt that something was strange. The forest was deathly silent. There was no sound at all, nor were there any signs of living creatures.
"What's going on with this forest? I keep feeling like there's something strange about it," Uchiha Madara said.
"Then tell me, what's strange about it?" the old man asked Uchiha Madara with a smile. "I'd like to hear what you young people think."
"I just don't understand why there's no life at all in this forest. This forest is truly beautiful. Logically, it should be filled with birdsong and fragrant flowers. Why are there no birds and no flowers? There are only trees and