Madara didn't believe in the whole soulmate thing. The whole warring states period was enough to keep him busy so why should he spend his barely existing free time to find his soulmate?

Sure just like everybody he had a red string tied around his pinky finger, yet he never had bothered to search for his soulmate...

And now? Now… he was on the floor badly wounded always on the edge to pass out again due to the blood loss. NOW he was rethinking his choices..