Madara Uchiha and Yanbai both knew the "major events of the original fate."
Thus, Madara Uchiha knew when he was originally supposed to die, and who the next inheritors of Asura chakra and Indra's chakra would be.
Now, this world had changed because of Yanbai's arrival.
Madara Uchiha had grown stronger, but also more uneasy.
Madara Uchiha was unsure whether he could live longer. He no longer wanted to endure that loneliness.
It was also today that Yanbai came to a profound realization.
Every version of Madara Uchiha was, in fact, lonely.
Having inherited Indra's chakra, Madara Uchiha was influenced by Indra's personality to some extent.
Madara Uchiha was lonely by nature, but he did not enjoy loneliness. Rather, he had no choice, and he did not know how to stop being lonely.
Madara Uchiha did not want to connect deeply with others, nor did he want to compromise himself to accommodate them.
Being alone was far simpler than navigating relationships.
Yanbai understood all the important characters in this world's story, including Madara Uchiha.
Because they had spent so much time together in their early years, Yanbai could always soothe Madara Uchiha in just the right way, something no one else could do.
The longer they spent together, the more deeply Madara Uchiha came to depend on Yanbai.
Originally, Madara Uchiha had been the only person in his inner world. Now, however, Yanbai filled it completely. To Madara, losing Yanbai was like losing the entire world.
Perhaps this no longer had anything to do with love.
Because of his own actions in their early years, Yanbai had anticipated this outcome. So, in the days ahead in this version of the world, he would find ways to treat Madara well.
Since Madara Uchiha had explicitly asked him not to use the