"Nara clan head, where did that old man go?"
Renya had just returned from the front lines and realized he didn't see Senju Tobirama anywhere.
Where did that old bastard suddenly disappear to?
"Renya, the Second-sama has returned to the village," Nara Mikage explained.
As he spoke, he carefully observed Renya's every move and didn't find any problems.
Renya didn't seem to show any signs of mental illness.
"So that's how it is." Renya suddenly understood.
No idea what that old bastard suddenly ran to the battlefield for. It's good that he went back now.
At least he won't be hanging around the tents every day, making Renya not even dare to go see Madara-sama.
Since the man was gone, he could finally go explain the situation to Madara-sama.
These past few days, Madara-sama had sent White Zetsu to look for him more than once.
It was just that with Senju Tobirama present, he couldn't find any excuse to go.
"I'll go take a look around and will be back soon."
Renya greeted Nara Mikage and then turned around and left the tent.
Madara-sama, I'm coming to see you!
...
Dozens of meters underground.
"You finally came."
Uchiha Madara opened his eyes and looked at Renya, who had appeared at some unknown moment before him.
This kid had made him wait several days.
"Sorry, Madara-sama." Renya scratched his head and explained. "That old man came to the battlefield these past few days, so I didn't have a chance to come see you."
It wasn't that he didn't want to come. It was just that Senju Tobirama was there.
He believed Madara could understand his difficulties.
Uchiha Madara naturally knew about this matter and didn't blame Renya.
"It's almost been a month."
"Why haven't I seen the Eight-Tails jinchūriki appear before me yet?"
Since the war began a month ago, Renya had only captured the Four-Tails and hadn't seen any other tailed beasts since.
He had reason to suspect that Renya was deliberately stalling for time!
And what he lacked the most right now was time.
If circumstances allowed, he would have personally gone to capture the tailed beasts himself.
"Madara-sama, you're wronging me!" Renya hurriedly began to complain. "There's been no news of the Eight-Tails jinchūriki on the battlefield at all. It seems he hasn't been deployed…"
He was telling the truth. Kumogakure didn't seem to have any intention of using the Eight-Tails.
Last time, even the Second Raikage personally showed up, yet Blue B still didn't appear.
Even if Renya wanted to capture the Eight-Tails, he was powerless…
It wasn't that he wanted to slack off on purpose. He really hadn't encountered the Eight-Tails jinchūriki.
Otherwise, he would have captured Blue B no matter what.
Uchiha Madara quietly watched Renya's performance and didn't interrupt.
Only after Renya finished complaining did he slowly speak.
"What you said is correct. The Eight-Tails jinchūriki has been staying in the Kumogakure camp and hasn't come out."
"But…" His tone shifted, becoming unquestionable.
"Can't you personally go to the Kumogakure base and snatch the Eight-Tails back?"
Clearly, Madara had already thought of a solution for him.
Renya: "???"
Go to the Kumogakure camp to capture the Eight-Tails jinchūriki?!
Was Madara deliberately sending him to his death?!
You had to know that there were at least several thousand ninja in the Kumogakure camp. Charging in would be nothing short of suicide.
With just his Mangekyō Sharingan, he simply couldn't handle that kind of situation.
"Madara-sama, are you serious?" Renya asked with a strange expression.
There was no expression on Uchiha Madara's face as he said in a deep voice,
"I never joke."
"I'll give you three days. I want to see the Eight-Tails before my eyes!"
He needed to gather all nine tailed beasts in the shortest possible time. There could be no more delays.
It was just an Eight-Tails.
He believed this kid could get it. Sometimes, pressure could turn into motivation.
He couldn't let this kid sleep in the camp every day.
Since the Eight-Tails wasn't willing to come out, then let Renya go find it himself!
Seeing this, Renya knew he couldn't refuse Madara-sama's order and could only agree helplessly.
Capturing the Eight-Tails jinchūriki in the Kumogakure camp.
The difficulty of this mission was far too high.
"They can provide you with information on the Eight-Tails jinchūriki and will await your orders at any time."
As Uchiha Madara spoke, several White Zetsu silently surfaced from the ground.
"I understand, Madara-sama." Renya was truly out of options now.
Had Madara even considered whether he could complete this mission?
"Remember… the time left for us is not much."
Before Renya left, Uchiha Madara closed his eyes and said softly.
He felt this body of his gradually moving toward old age, and his heart grew increasingly anxious.
In a few more years, he wouldn't be able to personally carry out the "Eye of the Moon" plan anymore.
He hoped Renya could collect all nine tailed beasts within a year.
As long as he became the Ten-Tails jinchūriki, he could completely realize the ideal of peace in the ninja world.
Regarding the Ten-Tails, he had never mentioned it to anyone.
Including Renya.
He had only told Renya that the nine tailed beasts were the key to realizing the "Eye of the Moon" plan!
As for how it would be carried out, only he knew.
Uchiha Madara never relied on others. The only one he always believed in was himself.
Anyone could betray him—except himself…
Once, he trusted Hashirama completely, but later discovered he had been deceived.
From that point on, he never trusted anyone again.
Unless it truly came to a last resort, he would only deceive a chess piece to carry out the next step of the plan.
And that chess piece would never be Renya!
Uchiha Madara felt that Renya was different from other Uchiha clansmen. People like this were often hard to control and could easily cause things to deviate from the original plan.
Once, he truly acknowledged Renya from the bottom of his heart, but as time passed, he gradually began to guard against him.
This kid wasn't sincere and definitely had other schemes.
Madara couldn't place all his hopes on Renya. If one day Renya betrayed him, then the "Eye of the Moon" plan would be impossible to realize.
No one knew how long it took before Uchiha Madara slowly opened his eyes.
"Go monitor the Uchiha clan of Konoha."
He needed to secretly select another chess piece behind Renya's back. Even if Renya truly betrayed him,
there would still be someone to inherit his will!
"Yes, Madara-sama!"
Countless White Zetsu dove into the ground and rushed toward Konoha Village.
...
After leaving the underground base, Renya couldn't help feeling somewhat melancholic.
Madara wanted him to capture the Eight-Tails jinchūriki.
It seemed he really couldn't wait any longer.
He originally thought he could use this to delay for a year or two, but now it seemed impossible.
In this war, two tailed beasts were destined to be captured.
"Forget it, it's just an Eight-Tails jinchūriki, isn't it?"
Previously, he simply didn't want to capture it and had been deliberately stalling.
Now that Madara had given a death order, he could only go and bring the Eight-Tails back.
Of course, he couldn't make it look too easy.
Otherwise, Madara would immediately have him go capture the tailed beasts of other villages.
What Renya could do now was delay the completion of gathering the nine tailed beasts as much as possible.
Until Madara's body weakened.
At that time, he could strike with full force and shatter his dream of peace!
Tsk tsk, just thinking about it was exciting!
By then, he could even openly inherit Madara-sama's legacy.
He'd treat it as a reward for informing him of the truth.