Madara Uchiha had just entered the Land of Earth when White Zetsu suddenly spoke beside him:
"Lord Madara, the Akatsuki's members have captured the Four-Tails Jinchūriki as well. I believe Nagato will seal the Four-Tails into the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path before long."
Hearing White Zetsu's words, Madara Uchiha turned to look at him in mild surprise, then said:
"Oh, so soon? It seems not everyone in that organization is useless. That saves me another trip."
Just then, Black Zetsu spoke in a low voice:
"Now, we only need to seal the Five-Tails, Eight-Tails, and Nine-Tails into the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to revive the Ten-Tails. Then you will become a being as great as the Sage of Six Paths, Lord Madara."
Seeing his goal draw ever closer, even Black Zetsu could not help growing excited.
Just then, White Zetsu suddenly cried out, then said with some urgency:
"Lord Madara, I think I've found the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. He's at the border of the Land of Fire right now. Should we go capture him?"
At White Zetsu's words, Black Zetsu shuddered slightly. However, he said nothing, merely looking toward Madara Uchiha without betraying his thoughts as he waited for his decision.
To be honest, Black Zetsu was not particularly in favor of capturing the Nine-Tails just yet, because he knew very well that the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, Naruto Uzumaki, was on excellent terms with Shin Uchiha.
If they provoked Shin Uchiha before gathering all the other tailed beasts, they would be put at a serious disadvantage.
The best approach was actually to capture all the other tailed beasts first and leave the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki for last. That way, they could make Madara Uchiha the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki before Shin Uchiha had time to react.
By then, no matter how