"You used knowledge from another world to construct rules."
"You turned the arbitrary connections of primal chakra into an orderly protocol. You used a Firewall to block malicious intent from others, permission management to define boundaries, and encryption to protect privacy. More importantly—"
The old man paused, a nostalgic glimmer flashing through his eyes.
"You allowed people to retain the right to choose even while connected. They could choose to connect at any time, or disconnect at any time. In my era, that was something I had never imagined."
Hiroki did not respond immediately.
He knew full well that the Sage of Six Paths had not brought him here merely to praise him. He tried to find the part he needed within the Sage of Six Paths' words.
His mind raced, and his programmer's instincts made him begin sorting through the chain of logic.
The Sage of Six Paths had said that he had "failed."
Considering what the Sage of Six Paths had done in the original work, he was probably referring to connecting people to one another.
From his memories of the original work, the Sage of Six Paths had attempted to make people understand each other through chakra, thereby achieving peace. But later, divisions emerged, along with the love-hate conflict between Asura and Indra—
Thus came the Sage's Body and the Sage's Eyes.
After that, the Shinobi World fell into a thousand years of warfare, until Senju Hashirama single-handedly ended the Warring States Period of endless conflict and brought about a brief peace.
Not only had chakra failed to bring understanding, it had instead become a tool of war.
"So—" Hiroki raised his head and looked directly at the Sage of Six Paths. "You brought me here just to say all this?
To tell me that what I