With that in mind, after two days of travel, Black Zetsu returned to the base...
He directly told Madara, who was relying on the tube-connected Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to sustain his life, that he wished to continue cooperating with Danzō.
He then continued to advise him:
"Lord Madara, this is what I think...
As the saying goes, a thousand-mile dike can collapse because of an ant hole. As long as we can persuade Shimura Danzō to serve as an insider, then before Lord Madara goes to the Pure Land, if you unleash your remaining strength...
I believe you should be able to... kill Uchiha Yuzhen!"
This was the thought currently filling Black Zetsu's mind.
Hearing this, Uchiha Madara lowered his gaze.
Staring at the half-body formed from his own "will," he spoke calmly:
"There is nothing wrong with that. If I burn away my remaining chakra, I truly can drag that brat Uchiha Yuzhen with me to the Pure Land.
But... what if I fail?! And what if my body is damaged and can no longer be perfectly revived?!"
Uchiha Madara understood the reasoning as well!
But for the grand peace plan of the Infinite Tsukuyomi, the current situation had reached a crossroads.
He truly had not expected a younger member of the Uchiha clan... to drive him into such a predicament.
If everything had gone according to plan, he would not still be clinging to life through the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
He would have found an heir long ago, then gone to the Pure Land.
All he would need to do was wait peacefully for his revival!
But because of the anomaly that was Uchiha Yuzhen, even at an age when his limbs no longer moved conveniently, he still had to rack his