Because Renya's recovery ability was too strong, in less than a week the three fatal wounds caused by kunai had mostly healed.
Sometimes, having recovery that's too strong is a kind of trouble too!
Renya lay on a chair basking in the sun, enjoying these last peaceful days.
Uchiha Madara knew his injuries were healed, and tomorrow they would continue capturing the tailed beasts.
Facing several thousand ninja from the allied forces at the same time—was that a joke?
The only option was to drag things out into an ultra-long war of attrition.
In any case, Madara wanting to see the Six-Tails jinchūriki within a month was basically an impossible task.
Unless he didn't care about the consumption of ocular power and directly activated Susanoo to charge into the battlefield.
That would give it a decent chance of success.
But obviously, Renya couldn't possibly use the Mangekyō Sharingan without restraint.
These eyes had to be saved to deal with Madara-sama; they couldn't be wasted on small fry.
...
The next day.
"You can go bring back the Six-Tails jinchūriki now."
Uchiha Madara stared straight at Renya and said in a deep voice.
Letting this brat rest for an entire week already counted as benevolence and righteousness.
He hoped the brat had learned his lesson from last time and would successfully bring back the Six-Tails jinchūriki.
"Madara-sama, the ninja allied forces are numerous. Relying on me alone…"
Renya hesitated a little. He truly wasn't lying. According to reports from the White Zetsu monitoring Kirigakure, the ninja allied forces had already expanded to several thousand people.
The Five Great Nations were determined not to let them take away the Six-Tails.
"You have only twenty days. After twenty days, I want to see the Six-Tails."
Uchiha Madara ignored Renya's excuse and directly issued a death order.
Did he really think Madara didn't know why the ninja allied forces had expanded?
This brat had actually leaked the reason they were capturing the tailed beasts.
Such clumsy little tricks—he couldn't even be bothered to expose them…
"The ninja allied forces are nothing but a mob of rabble. I believe with your abilities, you can infiltrate them and bring out the Six-Tails jinchūriki!"
Uchiha Madara had already learned from Tobi about Renya swaggering right up to the camp entrance.
This brat was obviously doing it on purpose.
But he didn't care anymore.
This was the last chance. If after twenty days Renya still hadn't captured a tailed beast, then he would personally take action.
Uchiha Madara didn't want to waste time on such trivial matters.
Although he was old now, he had been using the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to slow his aging. He wasn't yet at the point of being completely useless!
The reason he hadn't acted personally all this time was simply because he wanted to know Renya's true purpose.
He couldn't understand why Renya was helping him capture tailed beasts while at the same time creating difficulties for himself.
So he wanted to see what medicine this guy was selling in his gourd—and why he was doing this…
Regarding Uchiha Madara's words, Renya was already too tired to complain.
Madara really thought too highly of him.
Sending him alone to face several thousand ninja from the allied forces—don't joke around.
"If there's nothing else, you can go capture the tailed beast."
Uchiha Madara looked at the silent Renya and waved his hand impatiently.
If this brat had time to daydream, he might as well go capture the tailed beast.
That way he wouldn't fail the mission when time ran out.
"Understood, Madara-sama."
Seeing this, Renya could only leave and head toward Kirigakure.
"Renya-sama, wait for me!"
Seeing Renya leave, Tobi hurriedly followed after him.
...
As Renya departed, the underground space once again became quiet.
Uchiha Madara lowered his head, looking at his withered palm. The hair on his forehead obscured his face, making it impossible to see his current expression.
He subconsciously clenched his fist, and cracking sounds rang out as his joints rubbed together.
"My power is slipping away…"
He had to admit that his current condition had declined severely, already less than half of his peak state.
If Renya still couldn't capture a tailed beast within a month, then he would have no choice but to act personally.
Otherwise, the longer it dragged on, the more his power would leak away.
In this situation, even using the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path could only slow the rate of aging.
Ever since awakening the Rinnegan, he could feel his power slipping away even faster than before.
That was why he summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to maintain his life…
"Brat, the time left for us isn't much."
Uchiha Madara looked in the direction Renya had left and murmured to himself.
Although he didn't know what Renya was really thinking, he didn't care. He only wanted to collect the nine tailed beasts in the shortest possible time.
Just collecting the Six-Tails alone was already fraught with difficulty, let alone the Nine-Tails inside Uzumaki Mito.
Perhaps that Renya simply didn't want to lay a hand on Uzumaki Mito, and that was why he was deliberately delaying the capture of the Six-Tails.
If so, it all made sense.
But it didn't matter. He would personally capture the Nine-Tails!
For the sake of peace in the ninja world, some people's sacrifices were necessary. Even if it was Hashirama's wife, he would show no mercy.
Let alone Hashirama's wife—before the ideal of peace in the ninja world, even Hashirama himself could be discarded!
...
Renya, having left the underground space, had no idea what Madara-sama was thinking.
Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to laugh anymore.
"Renya-sama, can we really capture the Six-Tails jinchūriki?"
Tobi asked worriedly.
It had once infiltrated the ninja allied forces' camp and knew very well just how difficult it was.
Even if they truly managed to sneak in, the slightest disturbance would attract patrolling ninja.
At that point, they would still have to face being surrounded and attacked…
In its view, the difficulty of this mission truly exceeded expectations and wasn't as simple as before.
But if they couldn't capture a tailed beast, Madara-sama wouldn't be able to realize the "Eye of the Moon" plan.
He would definitely fly into a rage!
"I'm not sure."
Renya shook his head and didn't tell the truth.
In fact, as long as he infiltrated the camp and then directly used Flying Thunder God to transfer the Six-Tails jinchūriki, it would be enough.
But he obviously couldn't do that and could only adopt other methods.
The goal was to stall for time.
"Renya-sama, you absolutely must complete the mission!"
Tobi said expectantly.
"Otherwise Madara-sama will be extremely angry…"
"I'll try. The outcome is hard to say."
Renya replied perfunctorily.
He hadn't expected even a single White Zetsu to be so loyal. Madara really did have quite a bit of personal charisma.
Along the way, Renya chatted with Tobi off and on, and before long they arrived in the Land of Water.
After a week, he once again set foot on this land.
"Renya-sama, let's discuss a battle plan!"
Tobi suddenly said.
It really didn't want Renya to be like last time—having no plan at all and just swaggering right up to the camp entrance.
Wasn't that just asking to get beaten up?
No wonder the mission failed!
Tobi felt that before starting this mission, there needed to be a thorough plan.
Only then could the chances of success be increased.
"A plan?"
Renya looked at Tobi in confusion and asked doubtfully.
"Does capturing a tailed beast really require discussing a plan?"
Tobi:
"…"