Hearing footsteps that faltered yet remained strangely resolute, Madara knew Sasuke had arrived, but he no longer had the strength even to turn his eyes.
He could only stare straight up at the silent moon in the sky!
"Moon, oh moon, in the end, I couldn't make you mine alone!"
He knew his position was precarious.
Sasuke's devotion to Naruto would never allow him to keep occupying this stolen body.
And Madara truly had no strength left to resist... yet his expression was unexpectedly calm.
He spoke to the owner of the footsteps that had stopped beside him. "Still, if you're the one to defeat and judge me, I have nothing to say. Sasuke, you're the second person to have earned my wholehearted respect!"
Sasuke said in a low voice, "Madara, I can tell you plainly that the Infinite Tsukuyomi is a lie. I'll ask you one last time: are you willing to turn back?"
Madara declared defiantly, "You can defeat me! You can judge me! But don't think you can shake my resolve!"
Sasuke closed his eyes, his voice thick with conflicting emotions. "What a shame... there's no more time for you."
Madara laughed. "Hahahaha, that's more like it. I'd do the same in your place! But I'm truly curious. How do you intend to separate my consciousness from the black cursed seal?"
"I have my ways, of course. You'll find out soon enough..."
In his previous life, the Evil Sealing Method Kakashi had applied to the Cursed Seal had inspired Sasuke to reverse it into the "Evil Releasing Method." With flesh from Jugo's Cursed Seal, he had successfully "freed" Orochimaru from Mitaraishi Anko's Cursed Seal!
If Madara had been willing to turn back, Sasuke had planned to revive him using the same method he had used to resurrect