"That's right. Any peace created under those circumstances is false."
Faced with Lin Guang and Naruto Uzumaki's objections, Deva Path Pain continued his argument. "Humans aren't such intelligent creatures. Going this far won't allow me to create peace."
"And eventually, after several decades, that pain will heal, its deterrent effect will weaken, and people will start wars again. This time, they will use the Tailed Beast Weapon themselves, experience true pain once more, and then welcome another temporary peace.
"In this endless river of chained hatred, what matters more than pain is bringing forth temporary peace. That is my wish."
Hearing Deva Path Pain's words, Lin Guang suddenly laughed.
"Heh, haven't you noticed a fatal flaw in your approach?"
Deva Path Pain gave Lin Guang a puzzled look.
Lin Guang walked toward Pain step by step and said, "You've accounted for human weakness, but you've underestimated human ambition. According to you, the Tailed Beast Weapon will eventually be created, but there are plenty of ambitious people who covet that power. Countless people will inevitably fight to seize such a weapon."
As he walked and spoke, Lin Guang's eyes changed into the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
Snowflakes fell around them, and the scenes Lin Guang described appeared.
"And after seeing you use the Tailed Beast Weapon to destroy an entire nation in one strike, people will become even more desperate to obtain such a weapon. Unless you wipe out everyone in this world. Then, with not a single person left, you'll have what you call 'peace.'"
As Lin Guang finished speaking, the snowflakes gathered into the form of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and a single Tailed Beast Bomb destroyed a nation outright. Every civilian's eyes were filled with fear and terror.
Yet in some dark corners, certain ambitious people