"Interested in a chat, Uchiha Madara?" With his back to Uchiha Madara and his eyes closed, "Nagato" spoke while seemingly toying with two round spheres in his hands.
"Oh? About what?"
At those words, "Nagato" was about to speak, but suddenly seemed to sense something. He sighed and shook his head. "Arrogance."
Disrupted by an outside force, the surrounding scenery began to shatter, starting from where "Nagato" stood!
Uchiha Madara snorted coldly, though he also wondered whether he had been too careless to fall for such a low-level genjutsu.
Indeed, aside from Hashirama, Uchiha Madara had never taken anyone seriously.
Although Uchiha Madara had readily believed Black Zetsu's words, his long life had exposed him to every aspect of human nature. Perhaps that was why he trusted a nonhuman being who claimed to be his will more than he trusted humans. Or perhaps it was more accurate to say that he trusted himself!
Without overwhelming strength, mere words could never earn Uchiha Madara's trust. After all, setting aside the outcome, while the later heart-to-heart had been literal, the Infinite Tsukuyomi had been real too!
Bone Lord asked, "What's the situation?"
Uzumaki Reikawa shrugged. "The illusion broke. I thought Nagato might have some sway with him. Time to get ready."
All of this seemed to take a long time, but since it had happened entirely within an illusion, only an instant had actually passed. Even so, two transfers had already been completed. The Mangekyo's ability was driven by thought; theoretically, the faster he reacted, the faster he could transfer.
Indeed, after their earlier discussions and experiments, they had decided at the last moment to drop the Flying Thunder God that Kagami had copied, instead using Uzumaki Reikawa, Bone Lord, and Hyuga Mokujin as nodes to perform the ocular technique.
While leaving