Just as Madara Uchiha was about to kill himself in a rage...
Yanbai emerged from the coffin and began speaking to the Old Woman in a strange language.
Yanbai was still just as beautiful, dressed exactly as he had been when he was buried. There was nothing overbearing about him; he possessed a young girl's vivacity and radiance, along with the subtle beauty of transformation, like a white rose on the verge of blooming, cool and elegant yet about to unfold into lush, seductive splendor.
Yanbai spoke rapidly in words Madara Uchiha could not understand.
Both grandmother and grandson looked agitated, yet their words sounded as soft and lingering as lovers' murmurs.
The strange contradiction between what he saw and heard made Madara Uchiha deeply uncomfortable.
Madara Uchiha could not tell whether Yanbai and the Old Woman were arguing or having a friendly conversation.
Madara Uchiha tried to decipher their language, only to discover that Yanbai and the Old Woman seemed to change languages frequently. They had used at least ten different linguistic systems...
Madara Uchiha felt as though he were watching a mime show he could not understand.
Had he not habitually kept his face expressionless, Madara Uchiha would have lost his composure long ago. But what could he do?
She was Yanbai's Old Grandmother. He was merely an outsider.
Yanbai said something else, and the Old Woman suddenly looked delighted.
Though he had no idea what had happened, Madara Uchiha felt that Yanbai had managed to soothe the terrifying Old Woman.
For some reason, the scene felt familiar to Madara Uchiha. The displeased Old Woman looked just like him when he had been furious before.
Yanbai seemed to convey some information to the Old Woman through a dōjutsu, leaving her looking thoroughly satisfied.
Suddenly, with a tender expression,