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Kakashi remained silent.

"Love is a complicated thing."

The Sage of Six Paths wore an extremely conflicted expression. "I loved both of my sons, and they loved and respected me deeply. But when I entrusted everything to the younger brother, Ashura, the elder brother, Indra, began to hate both Ashura and me. Love became hatred, and that hatred was incredibly powerful."

"Shiraishi Yoshijo, what you said earlier was right. Sasuke became this way because he lacked love. Though you and Sasuke are quite alike, you are far too greedy for love."

"Greedy for love?" Shiraishi Yoshijo retorted. "Everyone has the right to pursue happiness and love. What's wrong with being a little greedy? Would anyone ever complain that they had too much love?"

"That's not what I mean. The love you pursue has already changed. It is merely your one-sided, rotting desire. True love can bring a happy smile from the bottom of one's heart—not only to oneself, but to the people around them as well. Shiraishi Yoshijo, do the people around you wear smiles like that?"

"That doesn't matter. As long as I feel happy, that's enough. People are selfish. Even you have to admit that, Sage of Six Paths. Forget it. There's no point talking when we don't see eye to eye. Sage of Six Paths, if I help Sasuke deal with Naruto, will you make a move against me?"

To be honest, Shiraishi Yoshijo really had considered killing Naruto, because he also found the Five Kage rather troublesome.

It was just the Sage of Six Paths' attitude...

He certainly did not believe that the Sage of Six Paths lacked the power to act, or was unable to do so.

Sure enough, a subtle fluctuation of Chakra appeared around the Sage of Six Paths. Though it vanished quickly,