"Calling the names of the Nine-Headed Beast and playing with them—the Blue-Eyed Youth."
Recalling Gamamaru's prophecy of the "Child of Destiny," the Six Paths Sage swept his gaze over the two before him, his aged face full of melancholy.
One had black hair and black eyes, the other black hair and red eyes. Neither had blue eyes.
If he had to force a connection between them and the prophecy, then perhaps—
These two had called the names of the nine tailed beasts and had indeed played with them.
If getting beaten up counted as playing.
After a long silence.
The Six Paths Sage sighed again. "Fate has finally unfolded in a way This Old One never anticipated."
"What fate?" Hashirama Senju pressed.
"The fate of saving the world!" The Six Paths Sage looked at them mournfully and did not hide anything. He directly told them of the conflict between Indra and Asura, the truth behind the Infinite Tsukuyomi, and the existence of his mother, Kaguya.
After learning the whole truth, Uchiha Madara's body swayed sharply twice before quickly returning to calm.
After realizing there might be something wrong with the stone tablet, he had already anticipated that there was something wrong with the Infinite Tsukuyomi. But he had not expected the problem to be this serious, nor that it would involve the Six Paths Sage's mother.
"Have I been used?"
Uchiha Madara looked into the darkness above, his gaze seeming to pierce through countless obstacles toward the moon hanging in the sky.
That had been his dream all along.
At the same time.
Hashirama Senju, who had gradually accepted the truth, also regained his composure. But when he thought of Uchiha Madara, who had spent his entire life plotting for this, he could not help but sigh inwardly.
Madara was