Obito's insolence made Madara frown. "A stray dog? Watch your words, brat!"
Obito spread his hands and argued confidently, "Am I wrong? An old man nearly a hundred years old, beaten time and again by a sixteen-year-old kid~ You had no choice but to come to me. Let me guess what you're after, Madara~!"
"Naruto has the Rinnegan, so you can't freely use the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path needed to revive the Ten-Tails. To continue the Eye of the Moon Plan, you first need to get the Rinnegan back, even if it's only one eye. After all, those imitation Rinnegan you have through Impure World Reincarnation can't summon the statue~"
"So that begs the question~ You always prefer solving things with force, only turning to strategy afterward. Why would you come to me? I don't have the Rinnegan~ I have the statue, but you can't put it to use. That leaves only one reason: you want to join forces with me against Naruto~!"
"Am I right, Madara?"
Madara chuckled. "Hmph. As always, you're good at reading people. Setting everything else aside for now, you've kept the statue safe, haven't you?"
"Of course~" Obito said evenly. "I've confined it deep within spacetime. Even Naruto can't summon it away~!"
Madara spoke unhurriedly. "But you can't do anything to Naruto either, can you? As his power grows further, he may well become capable of ignoring your spacetime confinement and summoning the statue directly. You know perfectly well what would happen then, don't you?"
Obito said gravely, "So that's why I should join forces with you, is it?"
Madara spoke as though it were only natural. "I saved your life and gave your existence meaning. I'm both your savior and your guide~ Whether out of sentiment or reason, joining me is your