"Mm." Uchiha Hikari obediently wrapped her arms around Madara's waist and nodded firmly.
"Actually, besides the Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi transplanted into my eyes, I also have something called Yachihoko..."
Madara quickly waved a hand to interrupt her, shaking his head to stop her.
Only then did Hikari tell them what had happened afterward...
After the eye transplants, she had become her clan's weapon of war, and the Senju Clan... had suffered frequent losses as a result.
But it had not lasted. Her mother had spent so long worrying about her that she died of grief. The Senju enlisted the Sarutobi Clan and the Uzumaki Clan to seal her away. From then on, she had remained in darkness for an unknown length of time, until Tobirama Senju broke the seal and rescued her.
"The Senju? Hmph!" By the end of her story, Madara wore an expression that said he had expected as much, and scoffed.
"But we rescued her again, didn't we? Madara, I think I've figured it out."
"Figured what out?"
"I've never heard anything about Uchiha Hikari's life. What about you, Father?" Tetsuhiro instead asked Butsuma Senju first.
"Neither have I."
"Indeed."
After confirming that neither Butsuma nor Tajima knew, Tetsuhiro answered Madara's question. "Hikari probably came from an earlier period than ours, somewhere in the early or middle Warring States period."
"Huh? You're saying this little girl came from the beginning of the Warring States period? That she's at least a hundred years old?" Izuna shuddered, disbelief filling his eyes as he exclaimed.
"And your parents must have wanted you to live in the light. That's why they named you Hikari-'light.' Instead, you ended up living such a miserable life. Madara, treat her well."
"Obviously!"
While they chatted, the Kabaneri army continued pouring through the portal, yet made