"What did you say?!" Madara flew into a rage, murderous intent surging in his eyes. "An insolent whelp like you dares spout such nonsense-"
"Nonsense?"
Liuyu cut him off, the mockery at the corners of his mouth growing more pronounced.
"Was I wrong?"
"You think the 'Infinite Tsukuyomi' you read about on the Uchiha Stone Tablet is the answer to saving the world?"
"You think gathering the Nine Tailed Beasts, awakening the Ten-Tails, and casting Infinite Tsukuyomi
will create a dream world of eternal peace?"
"You think you're fulfilling the Uchiha Clan's long-cherished wish, accomplishing a feat even Senju Hashirama failed to achieve?"
With every sentence, Liuyu took another step forward.
His voice was quiet, but every word cut like a blade, slicing through the defenses Madara had built from a lifetime of conviction.
"How laughable."
"That tablet was tampered with long ago."
"This so-called 'Infinite Tsukuyomi' is no world-saving technique."
"It's a seal!"
"It's the ultimate weapon, one that turns every living being in the Shinobi World into a weapon of war like White Zetsu!"
"And awakening it, casting it, requires a pair of Rinnegan as a sacrifice and a vessel filled with hatred as a catalyst."
"You, Uchiha Madara, were destined to be someone else's chosen sacrifice and puppet from the moment you read that tablet."
"Your life, your schemes, your Eye of the Moon..."
Liuyu stopped several meters from Madara and leaned forward slightly. His unfathomable black eyes stared straight into Madara's Rinnegan, which had contracted sharply in shock and fury.
He spoke each word like a final judgment:
"Were all nothing but a joke."
"A lie written on a stone tablet, one that deceived you your entire life..."
"A monstrous lie."
"No... impossible!" Madara growled, his body trembling with agitation.
"The Sage of Six Paths left