Madara fell silent. If he could, he would naturally want to kill Kazuki.
However, the other party possessed the Flying Thunder God Technique, and if he wasn't careful, he could easily let the other party escape, and then the news that he was still alive would be exposed, which would definitely not be a good thing for his plan.
As for using people the other party cared about to threaten him?
Madara understood the Uchiha, but if something really happened and Kazuki awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan, wouldn't that be even more troublesome?
The current Madara did not have the Rinnegan.
Of course, he was unwilling to admit that he was afraid of Kazuki. It was mainly because his condition was not very good, somewhat similar to Mito. He had the strength for one battle, but after that battle, he would probably be almost done for.
He would not gamble on the life force within the Gedo statue to keep him alive indefinitely.
After a long hesitation, he finally spoke, "Find a way to make the other villages send troops against Konoha, especially Kirigakure. They don't need to fight amongst themselves anymore. Just have them attack Konoha, no matter the cost."
"Even if we can't weaken Kazuki personally, we must weaken Konoha's overall strength."
Actually, Madara wanted to have the Jinchuriki of the other villages control their Tailed Beasts to deal with Kazuki, but doing so would be somewhat putting the cart before the horse.
They would need to collect Tailed Beasts in the future to implement the Infinite Tsukuyomi plan. If those Jinchuriki became stronger, it would not be a good thing for their plan, unless he died and was then resurrected by Nagato through the Rinnegan.
But now Nagato could not use Rinne Tensei, and the power required to resurrect him was not small.
Madara even suspected that Nagato would not be able to resurrect him unless he became the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki or possessed a large amount of Ten-Tails Chakra.
The difference in difficulty between resurrecting an ordinary person and resurrecting Madara was not small.
In the future Fourth Great Ninja War, when Madara was first resurrected by Edo Tensei, he initially thought he was truly revived and said that Nagato had grown.
But he quickly noticed his condition. After that, he did not let Obito directly perform Rinne Tensei on him. Instead, he had Obito become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki first, seemingly not worried at all that Obito would cast him aside and perform the Infinite Tsukuyomi himself.
Only after Obito failed did Madara have Black Zetsu control Obito to perform Rinne Tensei on him.
Even if Obito was in a normal state, he probably wouldn't have been able to resurrect Madara, and Nagato was no exception.
And Madara after activating the Rinnegan was considered the strongest below the Six Paths, even a half-step Six Paths level. He probably needed Ten-Tails Chakra to be completely resurrected.
He hadn't found a proxy yet, so for both public and private reasons, Madara did not want to die.
"Yes." Black Zetsu agreed without hesitation.
"Also, try to find a way to escalate the conflict between Konoha and the Uchiha." Madara added after a long pause.
Originally, he did not want to harm the Uchiha clan. After all, Izuna, before his death, wanted him to protect the Uchiha clan.
Even after the Uchiha clan later betrayed him and became dogs with broken spines, Madara never thought of dealing with the Uchiha clan.
That was the clan he had fought for half his life, how could he easily abandon it?
In fact, if the Uchiha clan hadn't all betrayed him, and if anyone had been willing to leave Konoha with him, he would not have risked everything on the Infinite Tsukuyomi plan. He might have attacked another village, established his own village, and then tried to find other paths to peace.
He had foreseen that after his and Hashirama's deaths, the Ninja World would fall into chaos and war would resume, and facts proved this to be true.
Madara had always wanted to bring peace to the Ninja World, but reality didn't allow it.
Finally, he lost hope in the Ninja World and placed his hope in the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
But now, with the appearance of a freak like Kazuki, and that despicable scoundrel Tobirama extending his hand into the Uchiha clan, Madara had no choice but to do something.
"Okay." Black Zetsu thought for a moment and agreed.
Now that Mito was still alive, it was inconvenient for them to enter Konoha, but it wasn't impossible to do other things.
On the other side, inside the Hokage Office, Hiruzen had already put on his armor. Danzo, Homura, and Koharu were all waiting there.
"Monkey, it's not time for you to go to the battlefield yet. Don't forget about Tobirama-sensei's instructions."
Koharu reminded Hiruzen, "Konoha, as it is now, cannot withstand the turmoil it went through back then."
It was unclear whether Koharu was preventing Hiruzen from going to the battlefield for her own benefit or for the overall benefit of Konoha.
Ultimately, their interests came from Hiruzen. Once something happened to Hiruzen, their Hokage faction could very likely face problems, or even collapse.
At that time, what would happen to them and the clans behind them?
Hiruzen frowned. He had gone to the battlefield during the previous war, but now that he was Hokage, he was subjected to various restrictions, which made him very dissatisfied.
Thinking of Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru, who were currently facing Hanzo, made him even more anxious and irritated.
Aside from Tsunade, Jiraiya and Orochimaru were different in Hiruzen's heart, he treated them like his own sons.
Now that his sons were in trouble, how could he, as their father, stand by and do nothing?
"I'll go to the Land of Rain for you." After a moment of hesitation, Danzo spoke.
If he could save those three, he would not only gain immense prestige but also the friendship of Tsunade and the others. For him, it was all beneficial with no harm.
Moreover, the Wood Release plan had encountered some difficulties recently, and he wanted to invite Orochimaru to join.
Of course, deep down, he also had some appreciation for their talents.
"You..." Hiruzen looked at Danzo with suspicion.
Didn't he know Danzo's capabilities? If he encountered Hanzo, wouldn't he be beaten badly?
"Tsunade wants to reverse summon Kazuki to the Land of Rain? What do you think about this?" Homura asked, gazing at Hiruzen.