Uchiha Madara had actually started thinking about retreating as soon as he saw those ninjas with Mangekyo arrive to reinforce them.
After all—
Ninja weren't mindless. Once he realized their objective was impossible to achieve this time,
he stayed put and thought about how to make a clean retreat.
That kid was almost as strong as he was.
And there were several Mangekyo users who were no pushovers, either.
To be honest, if he let his guard down, he might not make it out of here alive.
So when he saw Uchiha Genmei
fly up to the same height as him
and say, "Madara, I'd like to talk to you,"
Madara took the opportunity to go along with it.
He looked interested as he said,
"Oh... what do you want to tell me?"
"Then don't stop the genjutsu I'm about to cast." Uchiha Genmei's Sharingan flickered. "I'll tell you some information inside it."
Uchiha Madara was confident in his own strength,
and figured a little genjutsu couldn't do anything to him.
When the surge of ocular power reached him, he didn't resist it.
Inside a white genjutsu space,
Madara and Genmei faced each other.
Uchiha Madara saw that the kid in front of him really was being honest and wasn't up to anything.
He asked outright,
"Kid, what information do you have for me?"
"Let me think where to start." Uchiha Genmei stroked his chin, then his eyes lit up as if he'd thought of something. "I've got it!"
"Senior Madara, you know the information on that Stone Tablet in the shrine... don't you?"
Uchiha Madara heard him.
He snorted.
"Our ocular powers have both reached this level. Of course we know what's written on the Stone Tablet."
As he spoke—
his expression gradually turned cold.
"Is this useless nonsense