PS: This morning, my boss suddenly called me out to the countryside on official business. I only just got back.
Orochimaru
A direct disciple of the Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, and Tobirama's grand-disciple. As Madara had truly died only near the end of the Third Shinobi World War, there was no way he would not recognize Orochimaru. The moment he realized he had not truly been revived through the Rinne Rebirth Technique, but had instead been brought back through Impure World Reincarnation, Uchiha Madara naturally knew full well that the one who had used this jutsu to "revive" him was the Orochimaru before him!
With this kind of jutsu, the caster could control the resurrected person. A deeply concealed connection existed between their Chakra, allowing the caster to forcibly suppress the will of the person revived through Impure World Reincarnation, then forcefully manipulate the summoned individual into performing all manner of actions.
However, setting aside the fact that Madara knew this jutsu's marks well enough to release the caster's control over him before Orochimaru could forcibly suppress his will, even if he took ten thousand steps back and could not break free of the jutsu's control, with Madara's personality, he still would not regard Orochimaru as worthy of a second glance. To put it bluntly, in Madara's eyes, only Hashirama Senju was worth taking seriously. Everyone else!? They were nothing more than ants.
"Obito, Black Zetsu, what exactly is going on? Why is this completely different from the plan we made before!? How much time has passed since the year I died? Did something unexpected happen in between!?"
Madara's gaze barely lingered on Orochimaru. After a fleeting glance, he turned an ashen expression toward Obito and Black Zetsu, who were approaching from not far away, and questioned them in an