"What do you mean by that?!"
Uchiha Madara looked at Renya with a dark expression, unable to understand why this kid was dragging the "Eye of the Moon" plan into this.
He wanted to see exactly how this kid would explain the connection between the extra White Zetsu and the "Eye of the Moon" plan.
In theory, there shouldn't be any connection at all.
"Madara-sama, do you know how people in the ninja world enter the illusionary world after casting Infinite Tsukuyomi?"
Renya didn't explain immediately, instead throwing out another question.
Uchiha Madara didn't speak. In fact, he didn't know the specific details either.
He only knew that by collecting the nine tailed beasts to revive the Ten-Tails, then becoming the Ten-Tails' jinchūriki, awakening the legendary Rinnegan with nine tomoe, and projecting the Rinnegan's ocular power onto the moon, one could cast Infinite Tsukuyomi and plunge the entire world into illusion.
As for how people entered the illusionary world, the specifics were unknown.
After a moment of silence, he looked at Renya and asked the doubt in his heart.
"What exactly do you know?"
Uchiha Madara felt that this kid seemed to know something he himself had never learned.
That feeling of things slipping out of control made him uncomfortable.
"I'll tell you. Infinite Tsukuyomi can indeed allow people to briefly enter the illusionary world, but as time goes on, the bodies of those affected will undergo other changes."
Renya had no intention of continuing to tease and spoke what he knew.
"What changes?" Uchiha Madara asked subconsciously.
The way this kid spoke made it sound as if he really knew.
"The bodies of those affected will eventually turn into White Zetsu..."
Uchiha Madara: "???"
His first reaction was confusion, followed immediately by anger at being toyed with.
This kid spouted nonsense all day long—there were barely any truthful words coming out of his mouth.
As expected of someone raised from childhood by that Senju Tobirama fellow.
Just to persuade him to abandon the "Eye of the Moon" plan, he'd fabricate any excuse imaginable!
If he hadn't personally witnessed the entire process of White Zetsu being created, he might have almost believed it.
"That's enough. Do you really think I'm that easy to fool?!"
Uchiha Madara coldly interrupted him, his tone growing increasingly hostile.
"This has nothing to do with you anymore. Get back to Konoha and scram!"
If he hadn't spent over ten years with Renya and judged him to be no great threat, he would have killed him long ago.
If this kid didn't get the hint and leave soon, he really might lose control and start hitting someone.
Renya: "???"
No, seriously—why does no one believe the truth when it's spoken?
After lying for half a lifetime, he finally told a genuine truth, and no one believed him.
He didn't even know what to say anymore.
"Madara-sama, heaven and earth as my witness, I'm not fooling you!" Renya pointed at the White Zetsu watching from afar and argued, "Infinite Tsukuyomi really does turn those affected into White Zetsu!"
"Look at them—dumb as bricks, with nothing but empty shells, lacking any thoughts or emotions!"
"They only know how to mechanically obey orders. Isn't that exactly what it looks like when someone loses their soul?"
Tobi and countless White Zetsu: "..."
Renya-sama really—those words are so harsh, and we're still standing right here.
Hearing Renya's explanation, Uchiha Madara was taken aback.
He subconsciously looked at the White Zetsu standing there and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
Reason told him that what Renya said seemed to make sense, but the ideal he had upheld for so long couldn't possibly be abandoned because of a few words.
"Nonsense. Don't think you can fool me!"
Uchiha Madara's gaze became firm again, still refusing to accept Renya's explanation.
The truth of Infinite Tsukuyomi would only be known on the day the "Eye of the Moon" plan was fully realized.
Even if what Renya said was correct, and those trapped in the illusionary world would turn into White Zetsu...
At the very least, they would have lived happy, fulfilling lives in the illusionary world, rather than barely surviving in this false reality!
Besides, time in the illusionary world wasn't synchronized with the real world.
Even if only a few days passed in reality, they might have already lived out an entire happy lifetime in the illusionary world.
Even if they truly turned into White Zetsu, there would be no great regret.
Clearly, Renya's approach had no effect whatsoever on the obstinate Madara-sama.
Uchiha Madara was impervious to both soft and hard tactics, determined to carry out the plan.
No matter what was said, it was useless. As expected, obsessive Uchiha clan members were the most terrifying!
He finally understood how Senju Tobirama felt when dealing with Uchiha Madara.
Truly too dangerous.
"Whether you're lying or not, I will personally carry out the 'Eye of the Moon' plan!"
Uchiha Madara said in a low voice.
"As for whether your words are true or false, I'll verify them myself when the time comes!"
"You can get lost now."
Renya was about to continue using talk-no-jutsu to persuade him when he saw Uchiha Madara suddenly raise his hand.
"Shinra Tensei!"
Because the two were so close, Renya didn't even have time to react before a massive repulsive force blasted him away.
He crashed through several trees before the repulsion finally dissipated.
"Madara-sama, I really didn't lie to you!"
By the time Renya climbed up from the ground, Uchiha Madara was already nowhere to be seen.
Plans couldn't keep up with changes. Madara-sama was completely unreceptive, utterly different from the ending Renya had imagined all these years.
He couldn't win in a fight, and persuasion yielded no results.
All that could be said was that Madara had been completely led astray by Black Zetsu.
Black Zetsu, born evil—don't ever let me run into you!
With no options left, someone could only vent his anger on the never-once-appearing Black Zetsu.
Little did he know, the White Zetsu responsible for surveillance had already reported everything that happened here to Black Zetsu.
...
In an underground cave somewhere in the ninja world.
"Is the cook really that smart?!"
Black Zetsu was extremely shocked by White Zetsu's report.
To actually see through the flaws of the "Eye of the Moon" plan and the reason White Zetsu existed—by its impression, the cook wasn't that smart!
It was hard to connect that cook who did nothing but bask in the sun all day with the person who discovered the flaws in the "Eye of the Moon" plan.
Honestly, it felt somewhat unreal.
Black Zetsu didn't particularly care that Renya had discovered the truth. It was very skilled at grasping human nature.
Even if Uchiha Madara realized that the "Eye of the Moon" plan seemed to have problems, he would definitely not choose to abandon it.
Even if he had to grit his teeth, he would still realize his ideal.
Because the only path laid out before him was the "Eye of the Moon" plan.
Unless he was made to abandon the ideal he had upheld all along, it was absolutely impossible for him to give up the "Eye of the Moon" plan.
It was precisely because of this mindset that he was so thoroughly manipulated by Black Zetsu.
"Now that the cook and Madara have parted ways, Madara should go capture the tailed beasts on his own..."
With Uchiha Madara's current strength, dealing with the Allied Shinobi Forces would be effortless.
The day of Mother's revival was drawing ever closer.
"Mother, just wait a little longer. I'll be able to save you very soon!"
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