"I'll help you kill the Fourth Mizukage and put an end to Kirigakure's Bloody Mist Village."
Seeing how cooperative Master Kūkai was, Madara came straight out with the purpose of his visit.
"And then? What do you want from Kirigakure?"
At Madara's words, Mei Terumi and Ao exchanged a glance—what he had proposed was precisely what they had been plotting that night.
Although Mei Terumi and Ao were somewhat pleased to have help killing the Mizukage, this man was from Konoha. Why would someone from another village help them without asking for anything in return?
Before revealing her intentions, Mei Terumi still wanted to know Madara's true aim.
"An alliance between Konoha and Kirigakure. If something major happens later, I'll need Kirigakure to take my side unconditionally, just once. Once the Mizukage is brought down, one of you will surely become the new Mizukage."
Madara Uchiha looked at Mei Terumi and Ao, who remained deeply wary of him, and openly stated his intentions.
"That's all?"
Hearing Madara's demands, Mei Terumi wondered whether she had misheard.
Killing the Fourth Mizukage was an incredibly dangerous undertaking, yet this man wanted nothing more than an alliance and a promise?
For Kirigakure, which had lost an entire generation, an alliance with Konoha would provide a valuable guarantee of security. As for unconditional support, that was little more than an empty promise. If Madara's future demands were too outrageous, Kirigakure naturally would not honor its word. After all, this was a contest between villages. Even signed treaties could be torn up at a moment's notice, let alone promises.
Madara asked for so little in return that both Ao and Mei Terumi doubted their own ears.
"If you don't mind, let's add one more condition: withdraw this fellow's missing-nin wanted notice and let him and his