Before Yu, the vision ended there...
Youtan Poluo spoke through Tongtong's mouth. "What happened afterward, your daughter asked me not to let you see. I honored her wishes."
She turned to look at the block of ice. "But seeing her frozen like this, you should understand her choice..."
Yu collapsed onto the ground, his eyes filled with endless anguish. "How could this happen? My daughter actually had to face such a cruel choice..."
Tongtong said, "Only a future where you survived could truly protect the people she cared about. She believed that, suppressing her own feelings and heart as she completed the task I gave her..."
"While I'm at it, I might as well tell you: the task she completed was precisely the test that the 'future' me gave you before. And you chose to resist, so I killed you."
"My original intention was to turn you into a loyal killing machine—one that killed everyone I told you to kill, nothing more."
"Her appearance changed my mind. So, along this similar course of time, I set a completely new test. I used Senju Ling'er's reincarnation to test whether you could retain your true self!"
Yu was stunned. "The one you used to test my daughter was Senju Ling'er's reincarnation?!"
Senju Ling'er... perhaps many people no longer remembered her.
She was Tobirama's cousin and childhood sweetheart. The two had been very close, with every hope of becoming husband and wife.
But later, Ling'er died in the chaos of war. Tobirama severed his ties of affection and devoted himself completely to the whirlpool of troubled times, dedicating his entire life to the Senju Clan and Konoha.
Had Ling'er not died, Tobirama would likely have long been surrounded by children and grandchildren, rather than dying without leaving behind even a son or daughter.