Feast of Avici, Thunder and Rain

Great Yamato Toyo-Akitsu, that familiar world of eternal sunset.

After recuperating here for several days, Yu had recovered from his weakness.

After Madara woke up, he remained by Hashirama's bedside. The trauma Hashirama had suffered in the Infinite Tsukuyomi was too severe, and he needed more time to recover.

Walking together across the wilderness, Ubiji looked at the broken horn atop Yu's head and asked, "Won't the broken horn grow back?"

Yu shook his head firmly. "No. I'll remember this humiliation until I kill those two bastards. This broken horn will never grow back!"

Ubiji nodded and said nothing more.

The two arrived beneath the tree where they had first met.

Yu turned around and asked, "Senior, what exactly is Yama's true intent?"

Ubiji smiled faintly, swept his robes aside, and sat down on the ground. "Before we discuss that, tell me your thoughts about this trip to Hell."

Yu sat down beside him and gazed at the unchanging sunset over the western mountains. He said wistfully, "It was incredibly dangerous... My escape from death was purely due to luck. But afterward, I kept feeling that something was off. I couldn't help wondering whether my survival really was just luck."

Ubiji said with satisfaction, "So you noticed."

Yu looked at Ubiji's profile. "Then... it was true?"

Ubiji nodded. "Yes. Yama's incarnation held back. He deliberately created a 'weakness' that never truly existed, testing whether you could discover it and leaving you time to escape... If you failed to get away during that time, he would have erased you without mercy. If you succeeded, it meant you had passed his test."

Ubiji added, "Actually, that test should have been stricter... But I think the words you used to question Yama's incarnation earned you some points. They were clearly deeply disrespectful... That