Uchiha Madara truly did not expect it.
After he had grown so old, Uchiha Obito, a descendant from who knows how many generations later, could actually recognize him...
This was thanks to Uchiha Setsuna's education.
At this moment, Uchiha Obito's mind was rapidly spinning, recalling the last fragments he could remember—
Running into the Third Tsuchikage Onoki, fleeing frantically, yet still being sealed in the ground by Onoki…
At this point, Uchiha Obito's memory faded away.
Like being cast into cement, under high pressure, he instantly lost consciousness.
Even if Onoki didn't use Dust Release to break him down into atoms, Uchiha Obito would have died within minutes…
A ninja's body, whether they have a single Tomoe or the Mangekyo Sharingan, is this fragile if not specially trained or modified.
"A spirit longing for peace?"
Uchiha Obito mumbled Uchiha's words in confusion, wanting to sit up to have a proper conversation, only to find that he had only one arm left, and his lower body couldn't move.
"H-how did I end up like this?!"
Uchiha Obito's Three-Tomoe Sharingan appeared instantly, panic swirling in his eyes, and he could only turn his head towards Uchiha Madara, pleading:
"What exactly happened? Can you tell me?"
Uchiha Madara nodded slightly and said in a deep voice, "You are a lucky brat. I picked you up on the shattered battlefield, and it can be considered that you have been spared a life..."
"Thank you!"
Uchiha Obito was abruptly shocked, breaking into Uchiha Madara's words with gratitude, hurriedly asking, "So how did the war end? Did Konoha achieve victory in the end?"
There was another question Uchiha Obito wanted to ask but could not bring himself to ask Uchiha Madara.
Is Rin still alive?
This question lingered in Uchiha Obito's heart, leaving him restless…
But that is the Third Tsuchikage Onoki!
Based on the battle situation at the time, the strength of Hidden Rock was already beyond what the village could withstand, leaving such a gap in high-level forces that Onoki had spare energy to find an ordinary Konoha ninja like him…
"Many people died."
Uchiha Madara succinctly said:
"That's what war is like, and that's what this Ninja World is like. Even if some people survive this time, they will still die in the future, trapped in the vortex of hatred, unable to extricate themselves, only to fall into suffering."
Uchiha Obito tried to leap up but fell to the ground from the bed.
Having lost limbs, he could only crawl on the ground with difficulty: "I have to go back, I have to go back to save Rin!"
In the underground, Zetsu silently watched this scene, its gaze complicated.
For some reason, a strange sense of deja vu welled up in its heart—
Uchiha Obito, much like itself, was always struggling to revive and save someone in his heart, without regard for his own strength or the obstacles before him, just going all out.
"In your current state, what can you accomplish?"
Uchiha Madara coldly watched Uchiha Obito crawling on the ground and said softly, "I saved your life, don't you think about repaying me first?"
Uchiha Obito turned his head, looking up at the legendary figure of the Uchiha Clan and the Ninja World from the ground, nodded forcefully: "You saved me, I will find a way to repay you."
Uchiha Madara stared at Uchiha Obito, a cold smile appearing on his face.
In Uchiha Obito's gaze, he could only see a slight trace of gratitude.
Clearly, upon recognizing him as Uchiha Madara, his wariness was already very strong.
"An ungrateful wolf with white eyes, but I am the hunter." Uchiha Madara said this in his heart, making a very accurate assessment of Uchiha Obito.
"There's no need for thanks..."
Uchiha Madara sat on the chair, looking at Uchiha Obito, arms crossed:
"The reason I saved you is because I saw your foolishness and boldness in wanting to save your comrade, reminding me of the time when I still had fantasies about this Ninja World."
"Uchiha Obito, I have found a way to bring peace to this world, to eliminate all war and suffering. I want you to be my spokesman, inherit my legacy, and become the Savior."
Uchiha Obito lay on the ground, listening to Uchiha Madara's words, dumbfounded.
Uchiha Madara's stories he had heard many times from Uchiha Setsuna, knowing he was a decisive, cold, and powerful predecessor—a man known as Asura within the Uchiha...
But, looking at Uchiha Madara at this moment, Uchiha Obito only felt this was like a senile old man, daydreaming!
Did the First Hokage beat him silly? Is that why he hid away in a cave, not showing himself, and only now that he's about to die, sought out a clansman to rant?
"First, comply with him, survive first..."
Uchiha Obito assumed a listening posture, the image of Aomi surfacing in his mind.
If it were Aomi in this situation, what would he do?
Thinking of Aomi, Uchiha Obito felt an inexplicable calmness, his thoughts starting to work rationally.
Since Uchiha Madara saved him and said he wants him to be a Savior, surely he wouldn't leave him as a cripple, right?
To restore his body's deficiencies first with his power and then return to the village would be the smartest thing to do!
Although meeting Uchiha Madara was incredible, Uchiha Obito believed Aomi would trust him…