Obito could not be bothered to argue further with Hidan:
"Hidan, everything I just said was true. That stone tablet is the proof. Have you ever wondered why he became a legend and was worshipped as the god of shinobi?"
Hidan rolled his eyes and muttered with a pout, "Hmph! How would I know why?"
"Don't tell me... it was because he was kind?"
"Ahem." Obito gave an awkward cough:
"Kindness was naturally part of it... but the most important reasons were his terrifying power and the monster inside him, the Ten-Tails."
Deidara said, "Tobi! You mentioned something about the Ten-Tails just now. Aren't there supposed to be only Nine Tailed Beasts in this world? What exactly is the Ten-Tails, hmm?"
Although the man before him called himself Madara Uchiha, Deidara still wanted to call him Tobi, for no other reason than the stubbornness and hurt he felt inside.
Obito said, "The One-Tail through the Nine-Tails were actually nothing more than the products of the Ten-Tails' chakra being split apart by the Sage of Six Paths. To protect this world, he developed a certain ninjutsu. That ninjutsu has continued to be passed down in secret to this day: the Jinchūriki sealing jutsu system."
"By this point, you should understand. The Sage of Six Paths... was the Ten-Tails' Jinchūriki. To suppress the Ten-Tails, he sealed it inside himself. He was the sage who saved people from the suffering the Ten-Tails caused, and that was precisely why people worshipped him as a god..."
"But the Sage of Six Paths knew full well that the Ten-Tails' chakra was far too powerful and evil. Once he died, the Ten-Tails would surely break free of the seal and wreak havoc on the world again..."
"Out of that fear, before his death, the Sage of Six