Mountain's Graveyard.
Madara Uchiha's headquarters.
Madara Uchiha's headquarters no longer looked like it had before, like a completely barren stone cave.
There were now some moderately comfortable furnishings and practical items, making Madara Uchiha's headquarters at least no longer look like a gathering place for primitive people to outsiders.
Of course, Uchiha Yato had prepared all of these things for Madara Uchiha, and that dead tsundere had only accepted Uchiha Yato's filial gesture after putting up a token resistance.
At that moment, Black Zetsu appeared beside Madara Uchiha.
"Madara-sama, I have completed the matters you planned this time."
Only then did Madara Uchiha have Black Zetsu report on the matter.
"How did our plan go?"
Black Zetsu began going on at length about what he had done in Konoha.
"Following the plan Madara-sama gave me from the start, I first spread rumors that Uchiha Yato was detrimental to this war."
"I wanted to see how these people felt about Uchiha Yato, and whether there was a chance to pull him down from his position!"
Madara Uchiha said nothing upon hearing Black Zetsu's initial plan. After all, this was exactly what he wanted to see, and why he had let Black Zetsu act freely.
But Madara Uchiha also knew that Black Zetsu could not possibly have been so straightforward. He had definitely made other moves behind the scenes.
Things turned out much as Madara Uchiha had expected. Black Zetsu had not only tampered with matters in Konoha, but had also secretly used Madara Uchiha's name to hold a small meeting with the other three great ninja villages, having them deliberately smear Uchiha Yato and unite against him.
It was the same method Shimura Danzō had used against Hatake Sakumo while he was still alive, now appearing once again in Konoha.
And