Hearing Junlin's words, Uchiha Itachi turned to him and said solemnly, "Junlin, thank you, but you'd better stay out of this."
Junlin wanted to say something, but ultimately fell silent.
The instant Madara Uchiha appeared, radiating murderous intent, Junlin had already begun looking for a way to notify Yanbai.
This was a feud between members of the older generation. Junlin was their junior, and his abilities were nowhere near enough to stand against Madara Uchiha as he was now. He really should not get involved.
His childhood experiences allowed Junlin to assess the situation quickly.
If Junlin failed to take the hint and intervened now, he might succeed in driving a wedge between Yanbai and Madara Uchiha, but what would that accomplish beyond disgusting Madara Uchiha?
It would only get him killed faster, without accomplishing anything at all.
Madara Uchiha ignored Junlin. Looking at Uchiha Itachi, he continued, "Including you, there were originally five Retainers in your cohort. You should be perfectly clear on that."
Beneath the curtain of silence, Uchiha Itachi's brow furrowed deeply.
"The first Retainer wasn't you. It was Shisui Uchiha, who belonged to your cohort."
"Yanbai took Shisui Uchiha in as a Retainer to save him from being murdered by the Will of the World."
"Yanbai sent Shisui Uchiha to a world 'without rules.' The subsystem Yanbai gave him failed to protect him, and he was forced to become Yanbai's nephew."
"Judging by that history, the simplified subsystems built on the foundation of Yanbai's system aren't safe. They can only provide you with a few basic functions."
"After that, you and two other Retainers became Yanbai's Retainers for various reasons."
"You and the female Retainer formed deep bonds with Yanbai because of your profound feelings for him. The other me, in an Impure World Reincarnation body,