Fallen into the Abyss

Pain.

It hurt so much.

How painful.

All around was a dark abyss, as if he had fallen into the deep sea. The faint sound of bursting bubbles echoed distantly in his ears.

His soul seemed to have left his body, floating weightlessly in the air. Someone whispered softly beside his ear, but he could not make out the words. Only a deep, seemingly endless pain echoed through his entire being.

Am I dead?

Where is this place?

"There are unsatisfactory things everywhere in this world."

Ninjas slaughtered one another on the battlefield, fighting without end. As blades swung, blood bloomed like flowers.

On the burning battlefield, corpse after corpse collapsed limply by the roadside. From the Rain Country to Konoha, the shouts of battle rang out.

"Only gloom, pain, and loneliness permeate reality."

Crimson insects roared past. Explosions blossomed like sparks, sending one figure after another flying into the air. They crashed to the ground with agonized screams, then struggled to crawl across the bloodstained earth.

"Everything in this world is the same."

In an underground shelter beneath the village, the hiding women, children, and elderly clasped their hands tightly. Gravel fell from the ceiling overhead. Listening to the tremors that occasionally rumbled in the distance, accompanied by the cries of children, they silently prayed for their families' safety.

"Where there is light, darkness will follow."

In a town shrouded in endless rain, an orphan who had stolen food ran desperately as the stall owner chased after him.

"As long as the concept of a victor exists."

"There must be losers."

A humanoid figure as enormous as a mountain looked down upon the earth. Beneath the colossal shadow, its eyes revealed a chilling killing intent.

"This reality is hell!"

The Tailed Beast screamed and struggled as it was slowly