Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-36649908-20180820043658/@comment-174887-20180827082723

Thekillman wrote: Terryc250 wrote: What doesn't make sense is - Where the fuck was he during the war then? He probably gambled on the Alliance winning. Keep in mind that the whole "kabuto joins Obito" thing happened at the very start of the war and balanced it considerably in their favor. Madara being revived was another major threat that could not have been predicted. And finally, it's only thanks to those Edo Tensei that the Juubi was revived at all. And even then, Madara was revived thanks to Obito, something that wasn't predicted either. Meaning, most of the spots were more firepower was needed, were spots that couldn't have been predicted beforehand, thereby making any outside interference (e.g. from Kara) not a thing.

Prior to the war, the fight was in favor of the Alliance. It only lasted 2 days, so if Jigen was busy with other things and wasn't an omniscient being predicting all the ways the fight would go sour, he might not have noticed there was a war at all.

Why gamble? Six Path Naruto/Sasuke were super powerful, enough to defeat Juubi Madara. If there was a guy who could single handedly defeat standard Madara, and Hashirama (probably at the same time) lurking around, you would think he would've somehow been known even somewhat. You don't became a great powerful shinobi just sittin in your room. And if you're that powerful, people will know of you, even some. Pain was a mysterious figure, and even people knew of him. All the Akatsuki members were heard of. It just seems a bit silly to just randomly add in a guy and have him be as powerful as Naruto.