"Could only unification bring peace?"
Young Madara fell into thought.
Watching young Madara ponder, Tetsuya spoke.
"How about this? Didn't you want to know what the Shinobi World on our side was like? I'll show you."
"You're taking me there?"
"Of course not. Didn't I already explain? If I leave this Shinobi World too, the synchronization between the two worlds' passage of time will break. Then there's no telling what time it'll be when we return."
Tetsuya activated his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and addressed young Madara.
"Come on, don't resist. I'll use genjutsu to show you the future without our interference first."
Young Madara looked at Tetsuya's eyes in surprise.
"The Sharingan? Are you an Uchiha too?"
"Who said only you Uchiha could possess the Sharingan? Just watch. You'll find the answers to everything you want to know in the genjutsu."
"Understood."
Young Madara stopped resisting, allowing Tetsuya to cast the genjutsu and draw him into its world.
"Where are we?"
When young Madara came to his senses, he found himself above a village.
Tetsuya floated beside him.
"This is Konoha, the shinobi village you founded with Hashirama Senju.
"But in our Shinobi World, Hashirama Senju won your final battle."
As he spoke, Tetsuya pointed toward Kage Rock. Young Madara recognized that massive rock.
He and Hashirama had often played nearby as children.
"Let's see where fate would take you and Hashirama without our interference."
Tetsuya began speeding up the scenes within the genjutsu, but thanks to its effects, Madara could easily understand everything happening in the village.
He watched from the village's founding: the choice of Hokage, Tobirama's rejection. Madara realized that people could never be completely honest with one another or trust each other fully.
Eventually, Madara discovered the secret on the Uchiha clan's stone tablet. Tetsuya also