They were now in a completely autonomous, isolated space imbued with sealing abilities. It was impossible for anyone outside to eavesdrop on or sense what they were saying.
Before this, Uchiha Yato had constantly hinted, both openly and subtly, to Madara Uchiha that he had other plans, yet he had never revealed them.
But now, Uchiha Yato had finally laid bare his reason for doing all this: to exploit a loophole and obtain the Rinnegan directly.
"You can think of it this way: I signed a contract with something."
"I need to help it complete certain tasks, and it gives me power."
"Understand?"
Uchiha Yato's vague explanation was easier for both Madara Uchiha and the Orochimaru from the parallel world to accept.
At that moment, the Orochimaru from the parallel world added, "You probably discovered that gaining power this way came with dangers, or perhaps you didn't want to be controlled by someone else, so you decided to find another path. Is that right?"
Uchiha Yato nodded.
"The way it wanted me to obtain the Rinnegan was by crossing time and space twice like this."
"Now that I can obtain the Rinnegan directly, I plan to resolve this entire conspiracy at its root."
"There's no such thing as a free lunch. No one can stop a troublemaker's footsteps."
As he spoke, Uchiha Yato continued sorting through and examining the blood in the two test tubes in his hands.
These two test tubes were Uchiha Yato's path to gaining new power.
They were also his means of gaining power without the system knowing.
Uchiha Yato would never naively believe that the system was merely an auxiliary tool completely obedient to him.
In his original world, Uchiha Yato had tried several times to alter the endings of certain stories, but the emotion