In another dimension, at the ruins of Atlantis.
Tetsuhiro was trying to find a way to save Dartz when the light around him dimmed. Only then did he notice that dark clouds had covered the entire sky.
The ground began to shake without pause.
"Give up. Just as you said, the Orichalcos has consumed me completely. There's no escaping now." Dartz's eyes were filled with despair as he stared blankly at his surroundings.
"This place holds my memories of the past. Ten thousand years have passed, yet I've never been able to forget them-my father, my sister, my queen, and my people."
"Cut the crap. As long as there's hope, anything is possible!" Tetsuhiro entered Sage Mode and pressed the yang power in the center of his right palm against Dartz.
Pure, vast life energy poured steadily into Dartz's body, slowing the encroaching ice.
"See? It's working! Didn't you say you wanted to see what the future held? Don't you want to find out whether war and destruction will still plague the world under my rule?"
"You... I'm your enemy! Why would you do this? I'm not worth it."
"Friend or enemy, it doesn't matter. I just don't think killing each other solves anything."
"I really don't know whether to call you naive or magnanimous. Unfortunately, no amount of effort will help. I actually died long ago. Whether the god wins or loses, I'll disappear."
"Stop wasting your strength..." The moment he finished speaking, an enormous serpent's head burst through the ground beneath them!
"Watch out!" Tetsuhiro grabbed Dartz's hand and teleported to Madara's side.
"I told you I'd save you!"
"Who are you saving? Whose severed arm is that?" Madara asked in a strange tone.
"What severed arm?" Only then did Tetsuhiro realize he was holding a severed arm.