While Uchiha Yue was speaking with Shikaku Nara about Yagami Ling and Sunagakure, Yagami Ling, who had previously lost to Uchiha Yue, had already successfully escaped Konoha's camp. At that moment, Yagami Ling had returned to a secret base in the Land of Water. Hidden within that base was another old acquaintance of Uchiha Yue's—Sasori of the Red Sands, who had defected from Sunagakure and pledged himself to the hidden ruler of Kirigakure in the Land of Water.
However, although Sasori of the Red Sands and Yagami Ling appeared to be serving under Uchiha Madara, neither of them knew Uchiha Madara's true identity. They only knew that Uchiha Madara was someone capable of fulfilling their dreams. Whether in the original story or in the world Uchiha Yue now inhabited, Sasori of the Red Sands had always possessed one dream: to resurrect his parents. So long as he could bring his parents back to life, Sasori of the Red Sands was willing to pay any price.
Yagami Ling, who had previously fought Uchiha Yue, did not have a dream like Sasori of the Red Sands's. The only reason Yagami Ling had submitted to Uchiha Madara was because Uchiha Madara had beaten him into submission. Do not think that because Uchiha Madara was old, he no longer possessed the strength to subdue quasi-Kage-level experts of the Shinobi World. A being like Uchiha Madara did not even need to act personally to make a quasi-Kage-level expert like Yagami Ling submit.
That was the power of Uchiha Madara, once one of the Shinobi World's strongest.
It was rather amusing. Ever since Yagami Ling had obtained the Yagami Clan's secret technique from his family and defected from Kumogakure, he had never encountered anyone capable of defeating him. Yet ever since his defeat at the hands