At Uchiha Yato's words, Madara Uchiha's body trembled slightly. His gaze involuntarily swept behind him, but there was nothing there except empty air.
That momentary distraction was exactly what Uchiha Yato had hoped for.
He swiftly seized the opportunity and, without hesitation, interrupted the radical thoughts Madara Uchiha had been considering.
"Why can't you let everyone properly face Brother Li?"
Uchiha Yato's voice carried a trace of urgency and confusion, as though he truly could not understand Madara Uchiha's actions.
Then he continued, "Brother Li clearly listens to his brothers too. Why can't you trust him?"
Those words were like a sharp sword, piercing straight into Madara Uchiha's heart and leaving him no way to avoid them.
Uchiha Yato had now directly presented another viewpoint, one entirely different from the earlier idea of war. It placed greater emphasis on personal subjective factors.
That forced Madara Uchiha to set aside his previous thoughts of war and turn instead to the question Uchiha Yato had raised.
Faced with Uchiha Yato's questioning, Madara Uchiha fell silent for a moment before slowly saying, "Someone slipped us little notes, and we all saw Uchiha Li in his out-of-control state with our own eyes."
A hint of helplessness showed in his voice, as though this was not a situation he had wanted to see.
Madara Uchiha continued, "We had no other choice. This method may seem crude, but it is the easiest for the people to accept, and it is also the simplest."
His words revealed his helpless compromise with reality.
Madara Uchiha had made it very clear. The one passing those little notes had most likely been Black Zetsu.
Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju were not fools when it came to battle awareness, but one could imagine how dire the crisis at the time must