Once Uzumaki Gamu's Chidori pierced Kaguya Jun's body, lightning coursed through him, destroying his tissues. If the hashirama cells hadn't been keeping him alive, he would already have breathed his last!
With only his mouth still able to move, Kaguya Jun could do nothing but speak... He couldn't very well die without getting a word in, could he?
Kaguya Jun asked weakly, "Why... Why can I never catch up to you?"
"...You're still obsessing over that at the end of your life? Fine, I'll explain!" Uzumaki Gamu told Kaguya Jun. This guy had gone through all the stages: don't mock a poor young man, don't mock a poor middle-aged man, don't mock a poor old man, and respect the dead. Though he'd skipped straight to the last one before even reaching middle age. Since he was practically dead already, Uzumaki Gamu might as well chat with him!
So Uzumaki Gamu continued, "Honestly, I don't understand why you want to catch up to me."
Kaguya Jun answered, "For revenge!"
"Wasn't your family's tragedy entirely your own doing? Don't get angry, it's the truth... Think about what started our conflict. You insisted on fighting to prove yourself. Then why did the hatred escalate? Your father wanted to make your clan the greatest in the Land of Fire, and he staked his life on that battle. He succeeded, but he died too. You couldn't accept it, so you wanted revenge. And then? Your revenge failed, you hated me even more, and your attempts grew more and more crazed... Until you ended up like this."
Kaguya Jun gritted his teeth. "Are you saying we Kaguya brought everything that happened to me upon ourselves?"
"Exactly... Imagine if your family hadn't chased that pointless number-one spot. Would any of this have happened?" Uzumaki Gamu continued, "Everyone