Chapter 1069

"Believe it or not, it's up to you. I have collaborated with many people, such as Nagato, such as Obito. When I collaborated with Nagato, I was very curious about one thing: why was his Rinnegan severely rejecting his body? As a member of the Uzumaki clan, Nagato was actually being severely drained by his own Rinnegan, and the Uzumaki clan doesn't seem to be able to awaken the Rinnegan. This is very unreasonable."

Su Xiao lit a cigarette. He knew too many secrets, so many that he could unravel Madara's entire plan.

"Now that I see your eyes, I seem to know what's going on."

"Oh? You've studied Nagato's Rinnegan?"

Madara's expression wasn't very good, because Nagato's Rinnegan was his own Rinnegan.

"Nagato came to me when his time was running out. I used Hashirama cells to help him extend his life. Unexpectedly, his severely drained body didn't reject the Hashirama cells at all, and even developed a resistance to the erosion of the Hashirama cells."

Madara was somewhat shocked to hear this. He really wanted to know how his eyes were doing now; if something went wrong with those eyes, it would be an unacceptable loss for him.

"Compared to Nagato's abnormal physical condition, I'm actually more curious about one thing."

"..."

Madara stared at Su Xiao, waiting for Su Xiao's follow-up.

"Through multiple contacts with Obito, I sensed a seal on his heart. I originally wouldn't have been able to discover that seal, but I had seen a similar seal near Nagato's heart, so I caught the subtle, almost imperceptible fluctuations of that thing. This is very interesting. These two seals make me wonder if someone has already arranged all of this long ago."

Su Xiao was gradually revealing the intelligence he knew to Madara. The reason was simple: the best collaborator right now wasn't Obito, because Obito had been a pawn from beginning to end—Madara's pawn. When Madara abandoned this pawn, Su Xiao would very likely be affected.

Madara's current strength was indeed very strong, but it hadn't reached a level that Su Xiao couldn't confront. Su Xiao wanted to determine one thing: whether he could reach a consensus with Madara.

If they could reach one, there would be a chance for the third stage of the 'Large-Scale Plot Event' to develop into the strongest Madara. By then, there would basically be no role for that woman, Kaguya Otsutsuki.

What Madara didn't know was that this was a chance for him to turn the tables. Of course, this was also a chance for Su Xiao to reap a huge amount of benefits. If he could reach a cooperative relationship with Madara, he could participate in the Fourth Shinobi World War from start to finish.

The Fourth Shinobi World War wasn't long. Progressing to now, it had already exceeded 40% completion. The only major events left were Obito becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, then being controlled by Black Zetsu, thereby resurrecting Madara, and Madara becoming the new Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.

After Madara became the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, he was sneak-attacked by Black Zetsu and became the sacrifice for resurrecting Kaguya Otsutsuki.

And now, whether Madara would be sneak-attacked depended entirely on the result of his negotiation with Su Xiao. Other contractors also knew these plot points, but they couldn't reach Madara. The most critical point was that Su Xiao was meeting Madara in the capacity of a war initiator, and he was a veteran-level figure in the Akatsuki organization, participating in the plans of Nagato, Obito, and others throughout the entire process.

"Kid."

Madara's ten fingers curled, and killing intent rose in his eyes.

"Seriously consider what you say next, if you want to turn into a meatball."

Su Xiao looked at Madara with a smile. The ball he spoke of was the appearance Madara had when he was devoured by Kaguya Otsutsuki—a black and white meatball.

"A ball?"

Madara, of course, didn't know his future fate, and Su Xiao was also gambling—gambling that he could reach a consensus with Madara. If he couldn't reach a consensus with Madara, then his participation in the subsequent war would be meaningless; no, it should be said that it would bring a fatal disaster.

Whether Kaguya Otsutsuki was resurrected or the Allied Shinobi Forces won, Su Xiao would end up with no good outcome. Su Xiao chose this way to negotiate with Madara because he could return to the Reincarnation Paradise at any time. If the negotiation failed, the most he would do was retreat immediately and then return to the Reincarnation Paradise, which greatly reduced the risk.

Moreover, 80% or more of all the information Su Xiao provided to Madara were events he had experienced, all of which had traces to follow. He wasn't being prophetic; he was combining known intelligence with events he had personally experienced to negotiate with Madara.

For example, capturing the Tailed Beasts, attacking Konoha with Nagato, assassinating the Kage at the Five Kage Summit, starting the war, etc. —these were all things Su Xiao had done.

And in Su Xiao's view, Kaguya Otsutsuki was simply losing face for a final big boss. Apart from her powerful abilities, her combat experience was simply a mess.

When she was in her complete form, she was actually beaten away by Naruto in half-Six Paths mode. What a laughable thing this was. Overall, Kaguya Otsutsuki was just a somewhat lonely beautiful young woman, and because she had been sealed in the moon for too long, she was a bit slow.

Su Xiao doubted whether Kaguya Otsutsuki's combat experience was even as strong as a Chunin's.

Madara, the Dragon-Proud, was different. Although this guy was very arrogant, if he obtained that kind of power from Kaguya Otsutsuki, he would definitely be able to hang Naruto and Sasuke up and whip them. This guy had spent most of his life in war, and his combat experience and combat IQ completely crushed Kaguya Otsutsuki.

"If both sides can reach a negotiation that satisfies the other, you will never regret collaborating with me. When Nagato collaborated with me, I helped him extend his life and helped him level Konoha. When Obito collaborated with me, I helped her start the Fourth Shinobi World War. You can go ask Obito and Nagato about these two things yourself."

Su Xiao needed a reliable collaborator now, and Obito hadn't been very reliable from the start. During battles, he was basically in a bystander state, using Su Xiao as manual labor. Su Xiao had long noticed this, but he ignored Obito's way of doing things because after the war started, this pawn, Obito, would complete his mission.

It was obvious that Madara was the one playing the game, but behind him, there was still a manipulator, and that manipulator was Black Zetsu. Su Xiao would never consider collaborating with Black Zetsu; that was even more treacherous than collaborating with Obito.

"Fine, collaborating with you doesn't seem to be a loss for me."

Madara didn't understand Su Xiao, but he could see that Su Xiao's combat power wasn't weak.

Hearing this from Madara, the smile on Su Xiao's face gradually disappeared.

"Are you sure... you want to collaborate with me with this attitude? I'm not threatening you, but you need to consider it clearly."

The reason Su Xiao's attitude changed so drastically was that Madara was too insincere. If both sides wanted to collaborate, they first had to determine each other's goals.

Madara didn't know Su Xiao's goal at all, yet he collaborated with Su Xiao without thinking. The meaning behind this was obvious: Madara wanted to use Su Xiao as a pawn.

"Unfortunately, you've lost this opportunity. Of course, when you regret it, perhaps there will be no chance left."

Su Xiao threw away the cigarette butt in his hand and turned to walk out of the forest with Bubu Wang and Amu.

Madara watched Su Xiao's back, and for some reason, an ominous premonition suddenly appeared in his heart.

"Wait."

Madara spoke, yet Su Xiao didn't pay any attention to him at all.

"What... is your goal?"

Hearing this from Madara, Su Xiao's footsteps paused.

"I want... a part of the fruit that grows on that tree."

"Fruit?!"

Madara couldn't remain calm this time.

"What do you know?"

"I know many things."

"Impossible."

Madara clearly didn't believe it.

"You underestimate a ninja named Orochimaru. Through scientific research, he has discovered too many things, including the origin of ninjas and the origin of chakra. Science is not something to be underestimated."

Su Xiao revealed too many things to Madara. Fortunately, Su Xiao's strength was sufficient, but he knew what the consequences would be for revealing the original work to plot characters, so he needed a scapegoat.

May I ask, is there anyone else in the Naruto World more suitable to be a scapegoat than Orochimaru? This guy researches everything and is interested in everything; he is simply a natural-born scapegoat.

So far, Su Xiao had dumped the blame on Orochimaru many times, yet Orochimaru had no complaints because he was in a state of feigned death. However, calculating the time, Orochimaru should have already been resurrected.

The great scientist Orochimaru didn't know yet that a huge scapegoat pot was about to be dumped on his head. As for whether he would be crushed to death by this pot, it would depend on his survival ability.

If Orochimaru knew what Su Xiao was about to say, he would definitely drop everything in his hands, rush over at full speed, try every possible way to kill Su Xiao, and tell Madara that those things really had nothing to do with him.