If Tobirama Senju had died, would all this trouble have been avoided?
But when Madara Uchiha thought of the cruel yet compassionate Sage of Six Paths, he could only sigh.
If Hashirama Senju and I had truly joined forces and unified the Shinobi World, would the Sage of Six Paths have stood by?
Something would likely have driven him and Hashirama apart again. The united nation they built would then have fallen to pieces, whether because of their split or their deaths.
After all, the Sage of Six Paths wanted to put the Shinobi World through trials. How could he allow it to remain at peace?
He might have allowed a decade or so of peace, giving everyone time to recover and grow. But decades of peace? That might have been good for civilians and ordinary Ninja, but not for the Shinobi World as a whole.
The Sage of Six Paths needed more fuel to restore the entire Shinobi World.
It was cruel, but for the sake of the Shinobi World's future, it was worth it.
Even Madara, who had been used, could do nothing but wait for those damned Ōtsutsuki to arrive and then strike them with overwhelming force.
Besides, the Sage of Six Paths might not have been stirring up wars at all. Perhaps everything had simply taken its natural course.
The conflict between Asura and Indra seemed irreconcilable.
As for Asura and Indra themselves, they were probably in the Pure Land by now.
Had they made peace with each other?
But that had nothing to do with Madara anymore. He was merely the reincarnation of Indra's Chakra, not Indra himself.
There was a fundamental difference between the two.
Madara Uchiha had never been Indra.
And he would grow stronger than Indra.
Of that, Madara was certain.
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