"What?! He's Uchiha Madara?"
"No way. If he really is Uchiha Madara, he should be old by now. How could he look so young?!"
"That's beside the point. If I'm not mistaken, Uchiha Madara was the first rogue ninja in Konoha's history. A rogue ninja can just stroll into the village now?"
"Lord Hokage has his reasons, and he wouldn't lie to us. Let's hear what he has to say."
Everyone below let out startled cries.
There was no helping it.
Uchiha Madara's name carried too much weight.
They might have been startled, but Madara, standing onstage beside Yuan Ming and hearing their exclamations, was anything but pleased.
What did they mean, the first rogue ninja in Konoha's history? Damn it! If he weren't being held back, he'd show that guy below what he could do!
Seeing Madara's displeasure, Uchiha Yuan Ming quickly cleared his throat twice.
Once he had everyone's attention, he continued:
"I'll explain what's going on with Uchiha Madara later."
"For now, I'll just say one thing: even someone as powerful as Uchiha Madara might not be a match for those Otsutsuki."
"So... I'll decide who else we need for the fight."
As he spoke, he took a sheet of paper and quickly wrote a few lines on it.
He flicked it into the air, then formed the hand seals for the Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique.
The paper multiplied into dozens of copies in midair.
Seeing that everyone present had received a handwritten copy, Uchiha Yuan Ming was quite pleased. At his level, modifying the Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique was a simple matter.
That was beside the point. What he'd written on the paper was what mattered.
Once everyone had finished reading, Uchiha Yuan Ming smiled faintly.
"In short, the people listed on the paper will fight.