Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-32186285-20180807172737/@comment-734582-20180807202629

JOA20 wrote: Madara still needed to go into hiding, since he didn't know how long it'd take to awaken the Rinnegan after taking Hashirama's cells into his body. Hashirama was his greatest threat. If he had won the fight, he wouldn't have needed to fear anyone. He could then go and hide in the comforting knowledge that anyone that came knocking would be dead.