"What exactly is going on?"
While Obito and the others were suffering, Madara's expression was also not looking good at this moment. He didn't feel much facing the five Hokage, but Black Zetsu's sudden appearance immediately made him realize something was wrong.
"Didn't you go to get the Sage of Six Paths's younger brother's relic? Did something go wrong?"
"Something did go wrong, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki kid found me."
Black Zetsu was incredibly annoyed, he hadn't expected to encounter such bad luck.
"But I've already found the item. I just temporarily gave it to that Orochimaru's mole in Konoha. I don't think there should be a big problem."
"Orochimaru's mole in Konoha?"
Madara's face was somewhat grim. He had been thinking of using his battle to attract the attention of others, to create space for Black Zetsu. But in the end, this guy was still discovered, which made him a bit irritable.
"What happened over there, Naruto?"
As Madara was in a bad mood, Minato couldn't help but ask.
"You just said you discovered Madara's conspiracy?"
"That's right."
Naruto nodded seriously, and his words drew everyone's attention.
"I found that black guy searching for something within the Hyuga clan, so I attacked. But he can split, his white half is locked in the village by me, with my mom guarding it, and this guy ran here."
"Hyuga? Searching?"
Naruto's words made everyone present raise an eyebrow. Suddenly, they all realized something.
"Could it be that the Hyuga also have a relic?"
Thinking of this, their faces all showed expressions of disbelief.
It was undeniable that the Hyuga were very important to Konoha. The Byakugan's reconnaissance ability allowed everyone to better grasp the battlefield situation. However, the assistance provided by the Byakugan in combat was a different matter.
It might perhaps remarkably effective for low-level ninja. But once it reached a higher level, such as the current battle, it didn't matter much for the Hyuga.
Could such a Hyuga clan also be descendants of the Sage of Six Paths?
"Madara, what exactly is your goal?"
Hashirama took a deep breath, remembering the Senju clan's relic that had been stolen from him.
"Also, you stole our relic, what is your purpose?"
"That is, of course, to create a world of peace."
Madara clenched his fists. Even when surrounded by five people, he showed no fear whatsoever.
"Hashirama, have you never thought that the system you created, the world you built, is worse than you imagined?"
"War, lies, various struggles for profit—these are all manifestations of the world you created."
"I told you back then, either pacify the entire Ninja World, or the entire Ninja World will never have any peace in the future."
"But your narrow-mindedness prevented you from seeing the future, and everything turned out as I predicted. After your death, the entire Ninja World erupted into unimaginable wars."
"Now, I am merely setting things right, I want to restore peace to this ugly world."
Madara's words were passionate and inspiring.
He never denied having done countless dark deeds. Even this Fourth Great Ninja War was a result of his indulgence, but his heart always yearned for peace. He had always been fighting for the peace his heart desired.
Madara's words left everyone present somewhat silent, especially Sasuke and Naruto, who both looked at Madara with strange expressions.
"No wonder…"
After a long while, Sasuke finally couldn't help but speak.
"Takemi said that the Sage of Six Paths favored Indra, so Asura…"
"You shut up."
But before he could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by Tobirama.
"That's just speculation, stop talking nonsense!"
"Oh? Takemi said that?"
Madara raised an eyebrow, and he sneered.
"That's not surprising at all, after all, the Uchiha inherited something incredible."
"…"
Black Zetsu blinked, where did this rumor come from?
"And, Madara, do you really think what you're doing is right?"
Just as Black Zetsu was confused, Tobirama spoke with a cold face.
"You are simply an ignorant idiot. You completely misunderstand everything currently happening."
"Oh?"
Madara's sneer intensified, and he crossed his arms, looking indifferently at Tobirama.
"Do you, such a shameless and despicable fellow, even have the right to speak here?"
"Hmph, that's why I say you are a hopeless fellow."
Tobirama also showed a slight cold sneer.
He looked at Madara indifferently and said coldly, "Do you really think everything my big brother did was wrong? Have you never considered one thing?"
"Why did war continue for a thousand years? Why didn't the Sage of Six Paths stop the war between Indra and Asura back then?"
"Why, even with the Ōtsutsuki descending, are you still so naive, still so hopelessly foolish?"
Facing Tobirama's three consecutive questions, Madara raised an eyebrow.
For a moment he didn't know how to answer, and Black Zetsu pursed his lips, all of this was because of him!
But the next moment, both he and Madara instantly widened their eyes, and Tobirama's voice quietly fell.
"Because all of this was the Sage of Six Paths's plan."
"…"
For a moment, Madara and Black Zetsu both felt a little dazed. They thought they had misheard, or that Tobirama had gone mad.
But seeing that Hashirama had not spoken to refute, Madara fell silent at this moment.
And Black Zetsu was even more confused, could there be some misunderstanding here?
Black Zetsu was very confused right now. Of course, after the confusion, there was also some astonishment because in his opinion, everything in the Ninja World today was clearly caused by him.
The hatred between Indra and Asura, the war between the Uchiha and the Senju, all of this was orchestrated by him, he was the mastermind.
Although he disdained his two brothers, because it was these two bastards who sealed his mother, everything that's happening now was his doing.
It was him!
These were all his efforts to rescue his mother, so how did it become his big brother's credit now?
"Are you out of your mind?"
Madara had a strange expression, he didn't know if Tobirama had gone crazy.
Even more unbelievable was that Hashirama was so calm, as if he was tacitly agreeing with his despicable and shameless younger brother's words. This left Madara completely bewildered, and at the same time, he couldn't help but feel a little curious.
Could there really be some hidden secret here?
Naruto, Sasuke, and Minato also looked bewildered, they didn't know about these things. At most, they had only heard Takemi mention something about the Sage of Six Paths favoring the Uchiha ancestor, they knew nothing else. Now, suddenly hearing this explosive information, they also had strange expressions and couldn't help but look at Tobirama.
"Hmph, that's why I said you're a hopeless idiot. You don't understand the Sage of Six Paths's painstaking efforts at all."
Tobirama snorted coldly and spoke disdainfully to Madara.
He was absolutely thrilled right now. He already disliked Madara, and now that he had this opportunity to verbally attack him, he certainly wouldn't let it go.
Of course, he also had to cover up the change that Takemi had created, where the Sage of Six Paths preferred Indra, this was something he couldn't accept.
"It's incredible that you could be so stupid. With so many things happening now, have you still not understood the Sage of Six Paths's painstaking efforts?"
"Hmph, what exactly do you want to say?"
Madara was extremely annoyed, but for a moment, he didn't know what to say.
Tobirama didn't let him off, saying with a face full of mockery, "I ask you, if the Sage of Six Paths wanted to stop this millennium-long war from breaking out, did he truly have no way?"
"Stop? The struggle between Indra and Asura?"
"Exactly. I don't know the source of the war, but if he wanted to stop it, with the Sage of Six Paths's great power, would it be difficult?"