"By now, you've experienced enough pain, haven't you?"
"Then enjoy the happiness I'm bringing you!"
"Within the God Tree's illusionary world, everyone will have a different beautiful dream."
"There, each of you will remain in the world you most wish to be in."
"This is my ideal world."
Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at Yamakimine before him, the corners of his mouth lifting slightly. He then waved his right hand, and Tenka Uzumaki and the others had their chakra sealed as well, suspended from the God Tree within the office.
"Is this your ideal world?"
"Your ideal world is one where you rule over a world devoid of human presence?"
"Where everyone remains trapped in their own fantasies?"
Yamakimine frowned tightly as he watched Tenka Uzumaki and the others get suspended from the God Tree one after another.
"The Ninja World was wrong from the very beginning."
"Although Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha quelled the chaotic age, theirs was still a world controlled through overwhelming force."
"Once something happened to them, the world would descend into chaos once more."
"They were like the saviors of this world, yet in the end, they still could not resist the suffering of birth, aging, illness, and death."
"Everyone dies eventually. Who could predict the future?"
"But now, everything has come to an end."
"I am the savior of this world. This is the correct choice."
"I was able to make use of everything available to me. While you knew nothing, I had already taken control of most of Konoha's power."
"And I even became the Ten-Tails' jinchuriki. I have to say, I'm very grateful to my brother, Senju Fujima."
"The Ten-Tails he gave me—I like it very much."
Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at Yamakimine, the corners of his mouth curving upward as a trace of amusement