The Nine-Tails might have seemed like everyone's punching bag. Madara Uchiha had bullied him, Hashirama Senju had bullied him, and later, even Obito Uchiha seemed able to control him.
But Obito could control the Nine-Tails only because he exploited an opening Madara had left him. Otherwise, controlling the Nine-Tails with an ordinary Mangekyō Sharingan would hardly have been easy.
Besides, Obito had only one Mangekyō Sharingan. Without Madara's help, how could he have controlled the Nine-Tails?
"Peace... How could it ever be so easy to achieve? Hashirama and Madara both pursued it all their lives, yet neither saw true peace. As for me, I followed Hashirama in that pursuit, but I never felt as strongly about it as he did. All I wanted was to protect Konoha and Hashirama's dream." Nostalgia filled Mito Uzumaki's face. "I don't know what Madara is plotting now.
"But knowing him, I'm afraid he intends to achieve peace through extreme means.
"Apart from their visions of peace, I can think of no other reason he and Hashirama would have parted ways."
Mito truly understood Madara. She had guessed his aim: wasn't the ultimate purpose of the Infinite Tsukuyomi to bring about peace?
"Peace?" Uchiha Yi narrowed his eyes. "I suppose I'll end up pursuing it too.
"Even you have to admit the First's plan has failed, don't you?"
"Yes. Hashirama failed.
"The founding of Ninja Villages did bring the world a brief peace. People no longer fought and killed one another nearly every moment of the day.
"Children no longer had to pick up weapons and fight, either. The Shinobi World was certainly much safer in ordinary times. But when war did break out, its scale was greater. Before, who could have imagined a war involving more than ten thousand people?" Mito said wistfully.
"Exactly.