Madara Uchiha had grown old, but the fire in his heart had not dimmed in the slightest.
Meeting someone as powerful as Uchiha Yin, someone outside his plans, filled Madara with more than concern. He felt an incomparable thrill!
"It's a shame, though. You and I weren't born in the same era."
"Otherwise, I suspect we might have become good friends."
Madara murmured to himself.
"But even if you deal with the Third Mizukage now, it'll probably be too late, won't it?"
"And even if you make it in time, I have a second plan."
"Sometimes, you don't have to kill someone to cause another person unbearable pain."
"As long as the plan goes smoothly, we'll meet again in ten or twenty years."
"When that day comes, I'll fight you to my heart's content."
"Uchiha Yin!"
With that, Madara closed his eyes again.
Beside him, Black Zetsu listened without a word, lost in thought.
"Who's there?"
"Lady Karura! Lady Pakura! And..."
"Lord Uchiha Yin!"
"You're back already. Did the negotiations fail?"
Uchiha Yin, Karura, and Pakura suddenly appeared in Sunagakure's main camp on the battlefield against the Mist Ninja.
The Sunagakure ninjas tensed at the sight of Yin returning with Karura and Pakura, then relaxed.
The Sand Ninja stationed here knew about Yin's relationship with Karura and Pakura, and most of them supported it.
So they weren't particularly hostile when they saw him.
"All right, I've brought you both back. Now I need to get to Rin. Her bracelet hasn't sounded a life-threatening emergency alert, but things probably aren't going well for her. I have to go."
Yin kissed Karura and Pakura, then spoke.
"Don't worry about us, Yin. This is a Sand Ninja camp. We're safe, so hurry." Karura gently straightened his collar.
"That's right. Once you've rescued her,