Hashirama Senju fell silent at those words, the sorrow in his eyes growing even deeper.
"Huff... huff... Hashirama..." Uchiha Madara suddenly seemed to have a final burst of vitality. He raised his head and looked at Hashirama Senju.
A heart-stirring smile appeared on his face.
"I caused you trouble."
Uchiha Madara forced out a smile. He had been wrong. Originally, he had wanted to create an era of peace together with Hashirama.
But because he had pursued power too obsessively, and because he had been misled by the Uchiha Clan's stone tablet altered by Black Zetsu, everything that followed had happened.
Hashirama Senju abruptly lowered his head, a shadow falling over his feet. "B-but I still won't agree with your idea of peace. The peace I believe in..."
Uchiha Madara looked at Hashirama Senju and spoke with difficulty. Then, using the last of his strength, he suddenly turned to look at Qi Da You Yu, who was watching from afar. "An incredible man... Qi Da You Yu."
Uchiha Madara smiled.
This was the peace he had longed for.
Unfortunately, he was not Saiki Yuu. His hands suddenly dropped.
His presence rapidly faded away.
Hashirama Senju stared blankly at Uchiha Madara, whose presence had vanished and whose life had completely faded. After a long while, he gently laid Madara's body on the ground, his expression complicated. "Yuu, I have a request."
Hashirama Senju looked at Yuu and spoke somewhat hesitantly.
"I refuse."
Under Hashirama Senju's bewildered gaze, Yuu gave a faint smile. Hashirama Senju's mouth twitched. He had not even said it yet!
At least hear him out, wouldn't you?!
"Where you want to bury him is none of my business. I'm not the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces."
Yuu left the somewhat desolate Hashirama Senju with only his back.