"You know how important the Three-Tails is to that plan. If I had known beforehand that this would result in the Three-Tails being sealed inside a little girl and sent to Konoha, I would never have allowed it! There may be bad blood between Konoha and me, but it is nowhere near as important as the plan!
And the Mizukage, Yagura, isn't an idiot either. How could he possibly let me manipulate him over something so important? He was a perfect Jinchuriki. If he hadn't willingly allowed the Three-Tails to be extracted, I would never have had the chance to control him with genjutsu!"
After carefully analyzing Madara's explanation, Obito found it quite reasonable. He figured Yagura had probably messed up and gotten himself killed, so he nodded. "You're right. You wouldn't have let the Three-Tails go so easily. Besides, in your condition, you couldn't have defeated Yagura at full strength."
"Hmph!" Madara secretly breathed a sigh of relief, though he put on an unhappy expression. "This is the second time you've doubted me. I don't want there to be a third! We must trust each other!"
"Whatever! Other than me, you have no other choice, do you? So you're the one who needs to be trusted, not me!" Obito said fearlessly.
A cold gleam flashed in Madara's eyes as he sneered inwardly. It was not as though he had no backup plan. When he had rescued Obito, he had taken the opportunity to implant a Cursed Seal in his heart, allowing him to control Obito's actions at any time! But there was no need to activate it yet. The more Obito believed Madara could do nothing to him, the less suspicious he would become. On the surface, Madara sighed unwillingly. "Do as you please! I'll be a dead man