In the Hall of Eternal Life on Mount Myōboku, the Great Toad Sage told Madara about his past with the Sage of Six Paths. The sage's younger brother Hamura, Kaguya, and the clansmen Kaguya feared were all mentioned as participants in those bygone events.
What Madara truly cared about was the truth behind Infinite Tsukuyomi and Black Zetsu's true identity.
The Great Toad Sage knew that perfectly well, but he did not grab Madara by the ear and say, "Infinite Tsukuyomi is a lie! Black Zetsu is Kaguya's will! Wake up already!"
That would have been pointless. Given Madara's personality, it would only have had the opposite effect.
The Great Toad Sage simply told the story calmly and steadily, leaving Madara to extract the useful information and reach his own conclusions.
Patient guidance-such was the wisdom of one who had lived long and could foresee the future.
After listening, Madara sank into a long silence, deep in thought.
"Kaguya cast Infinite Tsukuyomi after consuming the Chakra Fruit a thousand years ago, but Hagoromo and Hamura joined forces to seal her away... That means the Sage of Six Paths opposed Infinite Tsukuyomi."
"Then why would the Sage of Six Paths write on the Uchiha's Stone Tablet that Infinite Tsukuyomi was the way to save the world?"
"It makes no sense at all."
"Did the Sage of Six Paths change his mind in his later years?"
"Or is everything this old toad told me a lie?"
"No, that's not it!"
"Then... there's only one possibility left!"
Madara Uchiha clenched his fists hard!
Once every impossible option had been eliminated, whatever remained-however absurd, however bizarre, however unacceptable-had to be the truth!
*"Black Zetsu is Kaguya's will! He altered the Uchiha's Stone Tablet and wanted to use me to cast Infinite Tsukuyomi, all to