Poseidon, the Sea Emperor, raised his trident and charged at Uchiha Madara!
Uchiha Madara suddenly pulled something from his robes:
"What? This is... Siren Sorrento's flute!"
Uchiha Madara closed his eyes, put the flute to his lips, and began to play:
Eternally benevolent Poseidon, gentle and beautiful master of the sea.
Every fish is Your servant, every seahorse Your attendant.
Every sea turtle is Your guard, every dragon Your mount.
Great and sacred Poseidon...
You will never wage war, for You are a benevolent emperor.
When Poseidon heard this song, a tune so familiar to him, a faint pain suddenly flared in his mind!
"Ahhhhh! Stop! I don't want to hear this song again!"
No one had expected that such a tranquil and peaceful melody would cause Poseidon such agony! The benevolence he had once possessed was now nowhere to be found. The lyrics sang that he would never wage war, never hate, and never destroy life...
Yet Poseidon had failed to uphold every single thing the song praised!
That was precisely why he was in such pain!
Poseidon had always been praised by the melody of Siren Sorrento's flute! He understood the meaning behind Siren Sorrento's praise!
But he could not do it. He could not do it. He could not do it!
Like an elementary school student unable to finish his homework, he felt sorrow over his own helplessness!
He grieved over the change in his own nature! He had once told his Sea Warriors that as long as everyone lived happily in this undersea world, everything would continue forever, and they would remain happy forever...
But as his power grew, Poseidon became increasingly unwilling to remain confined to the undersea world! He developed an immense yearning for the surface world where the goddess Athena resided!
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