Wait... what is Emiya Shirou even saying? What am I even doing? Why did I believe he had learned to lie!
Hidden underground, Black Zetsu heard the conversation and felt like its brain was about to go crazy.
What does "I don't know how to lie, please forgive me if I say something wrong" mean?
To say such a thing proactively, isn't that clearly telling Madara that he's about to start lying?
How can this gain Madara's trust!
Madara's expression was faintly strange.
Was Emiya Shirou speaking human language? This great figure from the ancient era actually wants to deceive me with a lie?
What a clumsy lie!
"Lord Emiya," Madara's face turned slightly ugly. He thought Shirou was playing with him, but when he saw his sincere face, he suddenly remembered the village he had been in and immediately found the source of his desire to lie.
"Hmph. If I'm not mistaken, it must be Senju Tobirama who told you that you could use lies to deceive me when you met me, is that right?"
"Uh... no," Shirou hesitated and told the truth.
"Hmph, it must be him!" Madara was even more certain and sneered nonstop. "That despicable villain Senju Tobirama is as insidious as ever."
"Alright," Shirou could only sigh helplessly, seemingly lamenting his inability to salvage Tobirama's reputation. He had no choice but to continue. "Tobirama once mentioned that you were looking for me because you wanted me to help you heal that blind eye."
A look of shock appeared in Madara's pupils.
No wonder! No wonder Tobirama would shamelessly induce such a great figure to lie!
Madara suddenly realized the terrifying value of Shirou. His hand subconsciously caressed his own blind eye. He could actually heal it! This was the price for using Izanagi. He had never expected this eye to be able to see again. If Shirou could help him, he would have enough power to start a new struggle with Hashirama!
"Lord Emiya," Madara pushed aside his messy long hair, revealing the grayish-white eye. "Can you really heal this blind eye?"
"Uh..." Shirou hesitated again, as if caught in some kind of stalemate. "Should I be able to heal it... or not be able to heal it?"
Madara's heart grew even more furious.
A great medical ninja... could he not know his own medical skills?
This hesitant talk must be the work of that despicable villain Tobirama!
Fortunately, this great figure was not good at lying. His lies were full of loopholes. Madara's mood was both joyful and angry. He knew Shirou could definitely heal his eye. To have this eye see the light again was a huge and unexpected joy.
"This... can be done!" A wicked smile appeared on the corner of Madara's mouth. "Lord Emiya, you don't have to listen to Tobirama's lies. That despicable and insidious villain used a dangerous forbidden jutsu to disturb your soul's peace and induced and deceived you to hide things and lie to your own patient, desecrating your noble character."
"Do you still think his words are correct?"
Shirou sighed in his heart. From one of Madara's adjectives, he deeply felt his hostility towards Tobirama. He was helpless against this slander. Anyone could testify, these were all Madara's own conjectures.
He himself had not mentioned Tobirama once.
He had even taken the initiative to defend him, but Madara simply refused to believe it.
"Forget it. I can help you treat that eye," Shirou could only give up. "But I hope you can promise one thing. Don't be like what Tobirama told me, and start a new conflict in the ninja world after you regain your power."
"It really was him!" Madara's hatred for Tobirama grew even stronger.
However, he also knew Shirou's style of doing things. He had no intention of starting a new war and even smiled lightly. "Don't worry, if my eye can be healed, I will only use this power to achieve true peace."
"I hope you won't deceive me." Shirou nodded and carefully examined Madara's blind eye. In one sentence, he revealed the reason for its blindness. "This is... permanent blindness of the Sharingan? You used a strange jutsu that requires the Sharingan as a price?"
"That's right," Madara didn't doubt that he could see through his use of Izanagi. He had faintly come to believe in Shirou's omnipotence in medical arts.
"Theoretically, I do have a way to heal it," Shirou frowned, seemingly in a predicament. "If it were in the ancient era, I could use Yin Power to forcibly enhance its visual prowess. This method would allow it to regain its sight."
"Oh, right, speaking of which, it's really strange. Healing Senju Hashirama requires Yang Power, which is the ultimate of Yang-nature chakra; healing your eye requires Yin Power, which is the ultimate of Yin-nature chakra."
"Yang Power? Yin Power?" Madara's heart suddenly leaped. He remembered his original intention for coming to see Shirou. He remembered the words on that stone tablet.
Wait, that is to say, our Uchiha clan's Mangekyo Sharingan still has the possibility of enhancing its visual prowess.
This statement undoubtedly corresponded to the content of the stone tablet. The power of positive and negative... Countless thoughts surged in his mind. He really came to the right place!
This medical ninja had revealed countless pieces of information with a single casual sentence, allowing many of his inner thoughts to be suddenly enlightened.
"But I can't do it in my current state," Shirou shook his head, shattering Madara's fantasy with one sentence. "In this Impure World Reincarnation state, I cannot use the ultimate Yin Power."
Madara's face immediately darkened.
"However, no need to worry," Shirou's words made Madara's heart tense up again. His gaze became exceptionally sharp, as if it could see through everything inside Madara's body. "This blind eye has recently been affected by a powerful chakra. Under the nourishment of this chakra, it will gradually recover and regain its visual prowess."
Madara's expression slowly changed.
The other party... saw through it.
As expected of a great figure from the ancient era. He could even see something like him obtaining Hashirama's chakra in such a short time.
"Not only that," Shirou continued, his voice gradually lowering, as if telling a story that immersed Madara's mind. "When it regains its sight, the visual prowess of your eye will also become more powerful. This pair of eyes will, in the leap of its visual prowess, become a pair of eyes that can communicate between life and death."
"In the ancient era, this kind of eye once appeared on a person who is revered as a god by the ninjas of your era. I once obtained that pair of eyes. That pair of eyes fused all chakra nature transformations and contained the power of all things in nature..."
Madara's pupils suddenly widened.
Shinra Banshō! This is the power of Shinra Banshō recorded on the Uchiha clan's stone tablet!
At this moment, the problem that had troubled him was answered. He already knew what it meant.
"The name of that kind of eye is," Shirou's gaze seemed to be able to see the past through Madara's eyes, and also seemed to be able to see the future that was slowly emerging amidst conspiracy and deception, "Rinnegan."