Yanbai looked at Madara Uchiha, his eyes devoid of emotion. "I promised Older Brother, and I have to keep that promise. Madara, you should know... after all these decades, I'm tired..."
Madara Uchiha turned his face away and said softly, "Let me perform the Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique."
Yanbai parted his lips, but Madara Uchiha continued, "Then you can perform One's Own Life Reincarnation."
"Huh?" Yanbai looked at Madara Uchiha in surprise.
"Yanbai, you aren't 'Madara Uchiha.'" Madara Uchiha looked at him solemnly. "Speaking for the Madara Uchihas of countless parallel shinobi worlds, I can tell you with absolute certainty that you aren't 'Madara Uchiha.'"
Yanbai stared at Madara Uchiha, at a loss for how to respond.
"It's an honor to be the 'template for a god's past-life memories,' but we're not the same person, after all. Even the Madara Uchihas of countless worlds are independent individuals, not one and the same person."
Madara Uchiha continued:
"Likewise, I'm different from the thousands upon thousands of Madara Uchihas you've met. We're all independent individuals."
"I'm grateful you came. Because of your compassion, I escaped the fate of wandering alone, desolate and without anyone to rely on. Compared to all those thousands of Madara Uchihas, I've been far more fortunate."
"Though my life has been full of hardships, looking back, I was still very happy. My only regret is that I never got to marry you."
"But however much I want to be with you forever, I don't want to gamble on the future at the risk of becoming what Uchiha Itachi is now."
"Too much is as bad as too little. Quit while you're ahead. You taught me both of those things."
"What I want is to leave the stage at my happiest moment and sleep forever with