"Impossible!"
Urashiki refused outright. "Uchiha Hikari and I cannot possibly stay in the same shinobi world. Stop dreaming."
"Then find a way to send Uchiha Hikari away!"
"Boruto Uzumaki has the thing that travels through spacetime! Bring it and Uchiha Hikari here, and I'll send them away immediately."
"..."
Madara Uchiha felt exhausted. He couldn't beat Uchiha Hikari, so how was he supposed to capture her?
Nagato spoke softly. "Madara Uchiha, I think you should just return to the Pure Land! There's no way I'll resurrect you, and you might not even be able to beat me.
"Your plan has already fallen apart completely. Our ideals are the same anyway, so I'll fulfill them for you."
Madara Uchiha glanced at Nagato, saw that his hair was so red it was almost purple, and felt even more exhausted. How had the shinobi world become like this? Every last one of them was absurdly powerful.
"Brat, those eyes of yours are mine!"
"You gave them to me before you died. What? You want to take back something you gave away? Have you no shame?
"I've already shown you enough respect by not coming after you to avenge my parents. Don't throw it back in my face. Believe me, I'll get Karin to seal...
"Oh no! I left Karin in the Land of Lightning. That bastard Orochimaru wouldn't try anything, would he?"
Konan's expression changed. "Urashiki, hurry and take us to Karin. I'll teach you how to understand Emptiness!"
"Brat, I'm willing to make that trade with you."
Madara Uchiha sat at the cave entrance, gazing down at the Land of Rain as he sank into thought. The shinobi world's situation was even worse than he had imagined. His plan needed to change.
*Perhaps I don't need to revive the Ten-Tails. I just