Chapter 478: Full Disclosure

Madara Uchiha's face turned ashen, and he looked at Lian Ye with displeasure.

"If you don't approve the 'Moon's Eye' plan, you can go back to Konoha right now!"

The ideal he has always upheld cannot tolerate anyone raising objections.

As for whether the 'Moon's Eye' plan is genuine, only the day it is realized in person will reveal the truth.

Until then, no one may question the plan's authenticity!

Including Lian Ye.

Madara Uchiha can turn a blind eye to Lian Ye's slack behavior, but he will never allow Lian Ye to doubt the 'Moon's Eye' plan.

With differing paths, they cannot conspire together; the two must go their separate ways.

He originally thought Lian Ye, like him, wanted to change the decaying Ninja World, but now it seems Lian Ye is no different from Hashirama.

He only knows to stay in Konoha Village, perched like a frog in a well, utterly unable to grasp the meaning of the 'Moon's Eye' plan.

Never mind, they will soon witness that day's arrival anyway.

Madara Uchiha doesn't want to waste more words with this kid.

"Since you don't approve the 'Moon's Eye' plan, our cooperation ends here."

He stared at Lian Ye expressionlessly, his tone devoid of any feeling.

"Lord Ban, are you really being obstinate?"

Lian Ye met Madara Uchiha's gaze directly, without the slightest thought of retreat.

He has endured for decades, waiting for today!

No matter what, by any means, he must persuade Lord Ban to abandon the 'Moon's Eye' plan!

"Kid, do you know who you're talking to?"

Madara Uchiha squinted his eyes, his hands gripping the stone chair's armrests tightly.

This kid actually dares to speak to me in that tone; it seems that after decades of not acting, he has forgotten how terrifying I am.

If Lian Ye dares to speak insolently again, he wouldn't mind giving him a taste of hardship.

"Lord Ban, you're old."

Facing Madara Uchiha's blunt threat, Lian Ye showed little reaction, instead breaking into a smile.

The implication was that…

"Old fool, you're well past your prime; you can't truly think you're still at your peak, can you?"

In fact, that's exactly what he thought.

"So this is the confidence behind your open defiance of me?" Madara Uchiha said coldly, "You don't think that just because I'm older, I can be ignored, do you?"

"I suppose so, Lord Ban."

Lian Ye waved his hand nonchalantly and outlined his plans over the years.

"My plan is to persuade you to abandon this unrealistic scheme and honestly return with me to Konoha to retire."

Lian Ye's plan has never changed; he simply doesn't want to see Lord Ban being duped by Heijue.

Rather than waste time on a meaningless scheme, he'd rather return peacefully to the village to retire.

"So you had a plot all along," Madara Uchiha realized.

He had always claimed he couldn't see what this kid wanted, but it turns out he wants to stop the realization of the 'Moon's Eye' plan.

No wonder he's a product of Qianshou Feijian's teachings.

"Lord Ban, I don't want you to keep making mistakes."

Lian Ye placed his right hand on the hilt, his voice chilling a few degrees.

"If you persist in your obstinacy, don't blame me for being unkind."

Clearly his Mouth Ninjutsu is no match for Naruto Uzumaki, and words alone will hardly make Lord Ban abandon the plan.

Some fists and kicks will be needed in between.

"Interesting, you want to force me to submit with force?"

Madara Uchiha saw this and suddenly laughed.

He hadn't expected the kid to actually try to strike him; even Hashirama wouldn't dare entertain such a thought.

Yet Lian Ye, failing to persuade, resorted to using force.

Madara Uchiha suddenly withdrew his smile, his pair of Rinnegan staring intently at Lian Ye.

"Kid, I'll give you one more chance: roll back to Konoha immediately and stop provoking me."

Though Lian Ye, ignorant of his own limits, dared to provoke him, he still chose to give the kid a chance.

As long as he obediently leaves, he'll consider the matter never happened.

But clearly, Lian Ye didn't listen at all.

"Lord Ban, I told you you must not keep making mistake after mistake."

Lian Ye ignored Madara Uchiha's well‑meaning warning and repeated what he had said earlier.

He thought Madara Uchiha didn't act directly because his condition had seriously declined, leaving only persuasion to make him leave.

To that, how could Lian Ye possibly let him have his way?

"Kid, I've already given you a chance."

Madara Uchiha slowly rose from the stone chair, his voice devoid of any feeling.

If Hashirama were here, he would certainly see that Madara is truly angry.

And very angry!

As he moved, the Chakra Transmission Tube linking his back to the Outsider Demon Statue snapped taut, emitting an overburdened "creak" as if it might break at any moment.

Madara Uchiha, whose body had been hunched for years, habitually leaned forward slightly, then took a step forward.

"Too bad, you didn't cherish it."

As he took that step, he suddenly straightened his back.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The Chakra Transmission Tube connecting his back to the Outsider Demon Statue snapped root after root!

A powerful sense of oppression instantly spread, instantly filling the entire Underground Space.

No longer relying on external things to sustain his life, Madara Uchiha, with a formidable bearing, stood again before Lian Ye.

He slightly moved his neck, the joints clicking crisply. His gaze fell again on Lian Ye, now bearing the cold of one who looks down on ants.

"Since that's the case, I'll let you experience personally what it costs to anger me, Madara Uchiha... what price must be paid!"

Had this kid not misread the situation, things would never have come to this point.

Lian Ye felt Madara Uchiha's current state, his mouth corner twitching slightly.

Careless, the seventy‑year‑old Ban Daye still retained his charm.

Had he known it would be like this, waiting a year or two before laying cards out wouldn't have been too late.

But once the bow is drawn, there's no arrow to turn back; he could only grit his teeth and go forward.

"My apologies, Lord Ban."

Before the words finished, Lian Ye's figure turned into a afterimage, the Tachi at his waist instantly unsheathed.

The sharp blade tip thrust straight at Madara Uchiha's throat.

At the same time, the Three Tomoe Sharingan in his eyes spun rapidly, merging and gradually evolving into the Kaleidoscope Sharingan pattern.

Preemptive strike, without the slightest hesitation.

His opponent is Madara Uchiha, not the lowly ninjas of the Ninja Alliance, so he will certainly give his all.

Facing this sudden attack, Madara Uchiha merely turned his head and dodged.

"Too slow."

The two seemed to have returned to the time years ago when they sparred in a cave; the scene now was almost identical to then...

Only this time, they both went all out.

While dodging the attack, Madara Uchiha slammed a fierce fist at Lian Ye's chest.

Lian Ye hurriedly stepped back, evading the fierce strike.

Madara Uchiha, seeing this, slowly released his fist, his gaunt five fingers spreading, aiming at Lian Ye.

"Universal Pull!"