Chapter 305: Madara Uchiha
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"Dialogue"
'Thoughts'
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Chapter 305: Madara Uchiha
Zetsu bowed politely. "Of course, Lord Madara. And explain I will. But if I may… how have you managed to return to life?"
"I was brought back by a young man with silver hair. He used a forbidden jutsu from Konoha." Madara managed to find his old stone seat and rested on it.
"Ah… that was probably Kabuto. The successor of Orochimaru," Zetsu said.
"Orochimaru?" He did recall a young boy with that name.
"Indeed. The Snake Sage had become well known for his mastery of that particular jutsu, and Kabuto was his spy in Konoha, as well as his best student," Zetsu explained.
"Then Orochimaru and his student have much to answer to me… how dare they bring me back to life in order to use me as a puppet." Madara was brimming with rage. He was the legendary Madara Uchiha, not just some tool to use for war.
"I'm afraid that won't be possible. You see… Orochimaru is dead. And from what I have heard, so is Kabuto. As well as the entire army they brought to destroy Konoha."
"What?! That army was going to Konoha?!" He was now regretting leaving in such a rush instead of trying to gain more information.
"Yes, it was an army composed of the combined forces of the Cloud and Rock villages, as well as several minor ones. I believe around forty thousand strong, and that included two Kages and two Jinchurikis. " Zetsu said.
"That's a mighty force indeed. How did Konoha manage to survive such an attack? Has the village grown so much in strength during my absence?" Madara couldn't imagine how that would be possible. It had not been that long since he died, and he used to keep himself well informed, even if he rarely left this cave during his latest years of life.
"The village's strength has not grown that much. In fact, their current Hokage may be the weakest one they ever had, at least when it comes to combat. But they do have one incredible ninja in their ranks. This ninja was the one who destroyed the entire army by himself… in less than one hour."
Madara stared at Zetsu like he had gone insane. "Zetsu…"
"This is the truth, Lord Madara. I would not jest about these things… you know me better."
"Who is this ninja? Did Hashirama come back to life as well?" Madara didn't really think that his old friend could have done something like that, but no other person came to mind.
"Naruto Uzumaki. He is the son of the Fourth Hokage and Kushina Uzumaki, the previous container of the Kyubi," Zetsu simply said, although he knew that further explanation was going to be necessary.
"The son of the Fourth?... but he would be just a boy." Madara had a very hard time believing any of this.
"Eighteen years old. He was born shortly before Obito attempted to wrest control of the Nine-Tailed Beast. That plan was a failure for the most part. But we did manage to get something out of it at least."
Madara glared at Zetsu. Things had been moving much faster than he had initially predicted. "Tell me everything that I have missed, and start from the beginning…it seems like I have much to learn about current events."
"As you wish, Lord Madara. I will regale you with the full story. And it is a good thing you are already seated because it is a long one." Zetsu would spend the next hours telling Madara everything that had been going on since the day Naruto was born, until today.
All the important events of the last eighteen years.
Madara listened to the report, and by the end of it, the sun had begun to go down and the cave had grown too dark to see anything.
He stood up from his chair and used a bit of chakra to light all of the torches in the chamber before sitting back down.
It took him several more minutes to process everything he had heard.
"We lost seven out of the nine Bijuus, most of the members of Akatsuki are dead, and the Rinnegan is currently in the hands of our enemies." Madara's Sharingan reacted to his anger and frustration. "How can you fail so miserably?!" His fist smashed the stone chair beneath him.
"Lord Mada—"
"And where is Obito?! I want to see him now."
"I beg of you to calm down, Lord Madara. Not everything is lost. We may still have a way to complete our plan."
"Is that so?" Madara raised an eyebrow.
"I will explain my idea, but first we must leave this place. It is not safe to remain here any longer," Zetsu said.
"Why not? This cave is one of the most secure places on the continent. That's why I made my hideout here," Madara said.
"I'm afraid that is not the case anymore. Naruto Uzumaki knows about it… I have seen his clones scout this area. Eventually, they found the cave, but by then I had already taken away all the most important objects stored in here," Zetsu said.
"Mmm… so that's why it all felt so different and most of my things are missing. But how could this Naruto find the location of my cave? Who betrayed us?"
"There is only one person who could have given him that information… and that would be Nagato. Before his death, he must have revealed this to him," Zetsu concluded.
After all, other than the two present, the only other person who knew about this cave was Obito, and he was unable to betray Madara because of the mark that had been placed on him.
"Nagato…" Madara glared at Zetsu. "I only entrusted my Rinnegan to that boy for one reason… you and Obito were supposed to keep him under control. You have failed in your task."
"I will do what I can to redeem myself from my failures, Lord Madara. I promise you that. But now we must take our leave."
"Very well… and where are we going?" Madara asked.
Zetsu smiled. "Our organization has a new hideout. The remaining members are waiting there. Once we arrive, we can begin working on our plan to counterattack. Now that Lord Madara is with us, we may have a chance for victory."
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