"Between Life and Death..."
Tobirama Senju's expression changed as a question suddenly occurred to him. "What kind of place is Between Life and Death? Could the souls of the dead go somewhere other than returning to the Pure Land or being swallowed by the Reaper?"
"Between Life and Death is the gap between the Netherworld and the living world."
Shirou Emiya watched Tobirama Senju and continued softly, "Within that region, souls cannot find release because they harbor obsessions they cannot resolve. It is an existence even more desolate than the Netherworld Pure Land..."
"..."
Tobirama Senju frowned and sank into thought.
As the developer of the Impure World Reincarnation, Tobirama Senju vaguely understood the difference between the gap between life and death and the Netherworld Pure Land. He understood what it meant for a soul to lose its way and be unable to find release.
It seemed...
Only the Pure Land was the final destination of the dead.
Between Life and Death was a place worse than the Pure Land.
If a dead person's soul could not let go of its obsession, it was like the most basic human desire going unfulfilled, like a body forever trapped in hunger. Being in Between Life and Death had to be agonizing, didn't it?
That should be a region even his Impure World Reincarnation could not reach, because the technique could only summon the souls of the dead from the Netherworld.
"Between Life and Death..."
Shirou Emiya's gaze fell upon Hashirama Senju's face as he brought up the truly important point. "It is also the space where the Sage of Six Paths resides."
"If I could meet the Sage of Six Paths, that would certainly be interesting..."
A smile appeared on Hashirama Senju's face. Without caring whether his soul might lose its way,