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"Do you truly believe this is the right path?"
The figure speaking before Madara was a pale, hazy phantom. Its form was slender, the silhouette of its hair somewhat similar to Naruto's—but this was absolutely not Naruto.
Furthermore, Madara was one hundred percent certain of one thing… at no point in his entire previous life had he ever met the person before him!
Therefore… he had only one, perfectly human thought: "Who are you?!"
The phantom didn't beat around the bush, admitting openly. "Ah, forgot to introduce myself. I'm Asura!!"
Asura… Could it be?
Madara was well-read and knowledgeable, having studied the history surrounding the birth of the Six Paths' ninja creed and the century that followed!
Otherwise, how would even Obito have known… that the grudge between the Senju and Uchiha began with the conflict between Asura and Indra?
Naruto-Madara was fully on guard, his voice booming. "You are Asura? The son of the Sage of Six Paths, a man who died nearly a millennium ago. Why do you appear before me now?!"
Before him, Asura's phantom glanced left and right, examining his own form.
"Honestly, this is the first time I've encountered this situation too. I reincarnate using chakra as a vessel, following the law of karma. My 'consciousness' was worn away through each cycle of rebirth, leaving only the faintest trace of 'awareness' as a trigger point for the 'transmigration.' So why? Why has my consciousness awoken now??"
Asura's illusory fingers fiddled with the lock of hair dancing like a small flame on his forehead, his demeanor unserious yet his thoughts deadly serious.
"This guy… what is he babbling about?"
Naruto-Madara's brow furrowed tighter, his eyes growing more impatient. If not for caution toward the 'unknown,' he would have already attacked!
"Oh… That must be it!!"
Asura smacked his forehead in sudden realization!
"I get it now!! So that's how it is!!!"
He looked at Naruto-Madara.
"Sorry… I really am encountering this for the first time, so it took me a moment to piece it together. Anyway, I'll just state the conclusion directly!"
"The prerequisite for my consciousness to reawaken requires a specific hidden condition to be triggered. Based on the facts, this hidden condition likely requires 'my current-generation transmigrant' and 'the previous-generation transmigrant of my elder brother' to have their 'soul and chakra organically combine.' Only then could the seed of consciousness within my residual awareness take root and sprout anew!!"
Naruto-Madara could no longer suppress his rage!!
"So, from the very beginning, what the hell have you been talking about…!!!"
BOOM…!!!
The Susano'o's greatsword came crashing down!!!
WHOOSH…!!
The waterfall, along with the mountain rock, was split asunder… but the phantom before him remained completely unscathed, as if the blade had passed right through it!
Asura chuckled. "No need for violence. I can explain it to you slowly, Uchiha Madara. The child you are currently possessing is me, Ōtsutsuki Asura, the transmigrant of this generation. And you, Uchiha Madara, are the previous-generation transmigrant of my elder brother, Ōtsutsuki Indra…"
Naruto-Madara stated, "A transmigrant…? I never knew I was any transmigrant!!"
Asura smiled. "And that's precisely what makes you most remarkable. Not knowing the truth, you stubbornly relied on sheer fighting spirit and meticulous planning to achieve an ambition none of Indra's past transmigrants could realize—the Rinnegan!"
"..." Naruto-Madara's gaze darkened.
Asura continued smiling. "Relax. Only my consciousness has awakened. My chakra accompanies Naruto, and it accompanies you. I can't do anything to you, and you can't get rid of me either. I've appeared before you simply to have a heart-to-heart talk."
Naruto-Madara said coldly, "I don't care about any Indra or any transmigrant. I am Uchiha Madara. Through my own power and will, the only shinobi of later eras worthy of standing alongside the Sage of Six Paths!"
Asura: "Alright, alright, I won't deny your achievements, or your peerlessly arrogant aura. But I must remind you—I've seen that pitch-black fellow before. Over a thousand years ago."
Naruto-Madara: "You mean Black Zetsu?"
Asura: "I don't know its name. But I know it's probably not as simple as being 'your will.'"
Naruto-Madara adopted a haughty posture. "Hmph! Such a trivial matter doesn't require your reminder! I will settle accounts with Black Zetsu myself!"
Asura: "Then release your younger brother. The sea of suffering has no shore; turn back and you'll find the bank!"
Naruto-Madara: "I don't need you telling me what to do either! I only require you to answer one thing. You say I am the previous-generation transmigrant of Indra. Then, who is the current-generation transmigrant of Indra?"
This guy says he doesn't care, but he's burning with curiosity inside.
Asura internally quipped with his usual goofy humor, but his expression remained profound and inscrutable. "As for who… you should already have an idea, don't you?"
Naruto-Madara's eyes sharpened.
"Sasuke… So it's him. No wonder, from the moment I laid eyes on him, I felt a sense of destined connection, something waking within me!"
Asura rubbed his chin. "Though, it really is strange. That child called Sasuke, as my brother's transmigrant, carries no sense of 'karmic burden' at all!"
Naruto-Madara frowned. "Karmic burden?"
Asura: "My elder brother and I fought for a lifetime. After death, our unresolved obsessions did not dissipate. Our fates entangled, generating powerful 'karmic burden'! This burden propelled our conflict through successive reincarnations. And each cycle of rebirth was also a partial release of that karmic burden!"
"To be honest, after generation upon generation, a millennium of this struggle, the karmic burden has been released to the point where almost nothing remains!"
"But from Sasuke, I feel no trace of any karmic burden at all. Has he unilaterally erased it? It gives me a strange feeling, like gears failing to mesh properly!"
"Ah, something must have happened to that kid. What could it be? If my elder brother could also awaken within him, perhaps we might learn the answer."
In the midst of his murmured thoughts, Asura looked back at Naruto-Madara.
"Anyway, abandon the plan you intend to carry out now! The Infinite Tsukuyomi is an evil technique from my grandmother's era. I can tell you responsibly—it will not bring people happiness!"
Naruto-Madara cut him off coldly. "Enough with the fearmongering. That is the decree left upon the Uchiha Stone Tablet by your father, the Sage of Six Paths! As the inheritor of the ninja creed, how can you not know such common sense?!"
Asura thought seriously for a moment. "That… I genuinely do not know. Hmm. After all, I don't possess ocular powers and couldn't decipher the exact contents. But I possess perceptual abilities. At the very least, I can confirm that when I saw that stone tablet while alive, there was nothing about it that struck me as unusual…"
Bzzzt…!!!
At that moment… Asura's form began to flicker, growing more translucent.
"It seems our heart-to-heart must end here for now. That fellow is returning. Its Yin-Yang Release can interfere with my consciousness in this state. In any case, regarding the matter of that stone tablet, someone with vision like yours will discern the truth for himself. Of course… that's provided you can set aside your 'arrogance,' your 'stubbornness,' your 'fragile pride'!"
Leaving behind this meaningful warning, Asura's form dissipated into motes of light and vanished.
"..." Naruto-Madara's gaze turned deep and contemplative, shifting to look behind him.
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