Madara had sought to gather the tailed beasts and revive the Ten-Tails because Black Zetsu had deceived him. Obito had done the same because Madara had deceived him. Both had pursued the illusory Eye of the Moon Plan, but what about Nagato? How had Obito deceived him? Madara was intensely curious.
"Amegakure lies at the intersection of three great nations. Countless wars have been fought here, and who knows how many people have died."
Nagato suppressed his anger over the damage to Deva Path's body, and his tone became calm once more.
"The pain of battle made me grow. Even an ignorant child becomes a sensible adult after experiencing pain. Endless pain made me grow without cease. Now, I have transcended mortals. From a mortal, I have become a god!"
Hearing Nagato's declaration, Madara Uchiha actually found nothing laughable about it. When it came to the pain of war, who had experienced more than Madara, who had lived through the Warring States Period?
After enduring countless painful experiences, people either grew numb or sought some other form of spiritual solace.
Back when Madara Uchiha himself had longed to become a savior and end war for good, hadn't he also believed himself to be a god who would save the world?
Black Zetsu had exploited that very delusion to take control of Madara's thinking, reducing him to a fool manipulated by others.
"Once a person becomes a god, everything he says and thinks is considered from a god's perspective. Fifth Hokage, you may be strong, but you still consider problems from a mortal's perspective. Having become a god, I stand higher and can see farther."
"Tell me, then. How do you intend to bring that farther-reaching vision to life? Capturing the tailed beasts must be a crucial part of it. If