"Hahahahaha... he believed it! That idiot Hashirama believed it!
Hehehehehe... cast off the limbs..."
Watching Madara Uchiha in the distance, his face twisted with madness, Hashirama was completely dumbfounded. When had he learned to deceive people?
Madara Uchiha paid no attention to any of that. He shot toward the battlefield like a bolt of lightning. With space sealed, he could only fly there.
"Stop!"
Asura suddenly appeared, blocking Madara Uchiha's path. Madara Uchiha glanced back at Hashirama, who was rapidly catching up. His eyes darted around, then he pressed his palms together and instantly activated Perfect Susanoo.
The Susanoo, over a hundred meters tall, swung its sword with all its might. Sword energy flew out, cutting a distant mountain clean in half.
Facing an enemy like this, Asura dared not let his guard down at all. Vast chakra surged from his body, and a gigantic statue of the thousand-armed Guanyin rose from the ground.
"Sage Art, Wood Release: True Thousand Hands!"
Countless fists thundered down. Perfect Susanoo did not hold out long before it was destroyed. When the dust cleared, Madara Uchiha lay on the ground, his eyes vacant.
"Madara!"
His face full of anxiety, Hashirama used the Body Flicker Technique to reach Madara's side:
"Madara, how are you?"
"Hashirama! It seems I've failed again. Is Infinite Tsukuyomi really unworkable?"
"Madara, leave it to future generations! We're already dead. Stop thinking about everything in the world of the living."
"Pfft..."
Madara Uchiha spat out a mouthful of blood, his breathing faint:
"Perhaps you're right. Overwhelming military strength can't bring peace, and neither can genjutsu like Infinite Tsukuyomi."
"Kid, peace can only be achieved when everyone helps one another. Chakra is a tool for connecting people's spirits, not a tool of war. You took the wrong path from the very beginning."