If he expected nothing from the future and held on to no hope, the disappointment would not be so great.
Although things had not lived up to his expectations, Madara Uchiha emerged from the Dream Illusion smiling, absently reaching up to touch his lips with an almost foolish air.
Yanbai stood up beside him and brushed the dust off his clothes.
Madara Uchiha sat up on the grass and asked softly, "Can you tell me more about those 'people from beyond the heavens' you mentioned?"
Even though Yanbai had said those people possessed unshakable power, Madara still refused to give up.
He would grow stronger. Even if they were gods, he wanted to kill them for Yanbai to see.
"Of course. If you want to know, I'll tell you everything." Yanbai looked surprised, then sat back down beside Madara and said, "My watcher's name is Zetsu."
Yanbai intended to keep the deception going to the very end: nine truths and one falsehood in every ten statements, all phrased ambiguously enough that they could not quite be called lies. If anything went wrong, it would only mean Madara had misunderstood.
At the name "Zetsu," Madara Uchiha furrowed his brow. "Is that... the name you used to mutter so strangely by the bushes when you were little? I always thought..." You were crazy...
Madara Uchiha stopped there. He could not say the rest aloud.
Hiding behind an expressionless face, Madara Uchiha fell silent.
"Ah, yes. He's the one I was always calling for. He can disguise himself as anyone or anything, and he can never die. He can only be sealed." Yanbai watched Madara Uchiha cautiously. Sure enough, he saw displeasure cross his face and hurriedly added, "Madara, if you ever meet him, don't believe anything he says. He'll kill you..."
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