I Thought You Wouldn't Show Up Until They Were All Dead

"They got along pretty well."

"As expected of me. I saved two lost souls."

Recalling what Kato Shizune had just said—that Uchiha Hikari would always bet against Tsunade whenever she gambled—Uchiha Ensei could not help but laugh.

The former Big Fat Sheep duo had probably become the terror of every casino by now.

After all, when Tsunade was alone, she was the Big Fat Sheep.

But if someone bet against Tsunade, and doubled down at that, then the Big Fat Sheep naturally became the terror of the casino.

Unless it was a game that had nothing to do with the house, where Tsunade herself was the only banker.

"Madara Uchiha actually let Uchiha Hikari roam free without making any move?"

"What... is he doing now?"

After laughing for a while, Uchiha Ensei had no choice but to face the harsh reality—the threat that had always hung above his head.

He wanted to investigate, but he was also somewhat worried.

After all, Madara Uchiha's silence was what Uchiha Ensei wanted to see.

But having absolutely no information on someone capable of killing him was truly unsettling.

He constantly worried that Madara Uchiha might be secretly plotting something against him.

With that in mind, Uchiha Ensei used the Flying Thunder God to visit the locations of several Jinchuriki and confirm that they were safe.

Logically speaking, the Two-Tails and Three-Tails he had killed had yet to revive, so Uchiha Ensei had no need to be this concerned.

Yet Madara Uchiha's unusual silence always gave him a very dangerous feeling.

This restless mindset was terrible!

It had even led Uchiha Ensei to repeatedly consider trying to fuse Hashirama Senju's cells, only to forcibly stop himself at the last moment.

He was not Madara Uchiha. He did not want a face growing out of