In the real world, Tokyo, Hashirama Senju was immediately surprised when he saw the aged Madara Uchiha in the Light Screen footage. "So this is what you looked like when you got old, Madara? You look terrifying! And there are tubes stuck in your back—what kind of postmodern art is this?"
"Madara, I think it would've been better if you'd just passed away quietly in your old age. Look at the you in there—what have you become? You're practically a legendary neither-man-nor-ghost."
After Hashirama Senju, a conversational genius at saying the worst possible thing, finished speaking, everyone present twitched at the corners of their mouths, while Madara Uchiha's face turned as black as the bottom of a pot.
In the end, what greeted Hashirama Senju and his natural talent for backhanded insults was Madara Uchiha's furious roar, plunging him back into depression.
Then, as they watched the exchange between Naraku and the elderly Madara in the Light Screen footage, more information came to light. Naraku's capture of Black Zetsu—the mysterious figure whose name was known but whose face had never been seen—was especially unexpected.
In that instant, some people had already realized how Madara Uchiha had discovered that he had been deceived.
In the Light Screen footage, upon hearing that Black Zetsu had been captured, Madara Uchiha's eyes revealed icy killing intent. His Sharingan slowly spun as he spoke in a low voice. "Deceived me? Interesting. But when you say that, do you know what Black Zetsu truly is?"
Naraku nodded. "Of course I do. He is the embodiment of will that emerged after Lord Madara Uchiha awakened the Rinnegan."
After a pause, he continued, "But that is merely the surface explanation—the lie he told you. In truth, he is the third son of Kaguya Otsutsuki, the progenitor of