Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-33953813-20171226015659/@comment-734582-20180102212006

Namikazenaruto9 wrote: Sorry I feel like you are trying to divert the point I am trying to drive home. I am talking about the scenario where Obito successfully casts IT while Madara waits on the other side. "Waits on the other side"? What do you mean, that madara is still dead? I thought we were talking about Edo Madara, who already took measures against obito in the Manga.

Madara told Hashirama about the plan so that he could counter it. Once Obito is down and out, he thanks Naruto and co for weakening him so he doesn't have to do it himself. However, he also quickly obtains sage mode (since that allows him to damage Obito) and wrecks the Alliance with ease. This implies that he did indeed have the power to take down Obito himself, though he obviously didn't like the risk. Note that Madara seems bound by Hashirama's torii, yet when resurrected he loses his Rinnegan and still wrecks the Torii as if they weren't there. So it's implied Madara simply was misleading his enemies. Namikazenaruto9 wrote: And I doubt Zetsu would help madara considering how he back stabbed Madara. He helped resurrect Madara, both as an Edo and as a Rinne Tensei.