While Uchiha Hikari's worldview was being shattered, the scene in the distance changed, and a blue, complete Susano'o stood in the distance, drawing her attention.
"Is this the battle that broke them apart?"
Uchiha Hikari breathed a slight sigh of relief.
If it was a battle, nothing strange would appear.
"Hashirama!"
"Madara!"
The two men in the distance began passionately shouting each other's names.
Susano'o executed a sword slash, shearing off the tops of all the surrounding mountains.
The controlled Nine-Tails fired a Tailed Beast Ball, destroying forests and cutting off rivers.
Seeing this, Uchiha Hikari had to admit that either of these two was far more powerful than her.
They should be the weapons capable of changing wars, yet everything was completely different for her. Was it just because they were both sons of their respective clan leaders?
Or was it... that they changed their destiny with power?
[When the mountain peaks have no edges~ When the river no longer flows—]
[When time stops, and day and night are indistinguishable, when all things in heaven and earth turn to nothingness~]
[I still cannot part with you, cannot part with you~ Your tenderness is my greatest hope in this life~]
"?"
Uchiha Hikari was full of questions.
—Where was that music coming from?
"In this battle, Uchiha Madara was defeated. Senju Hashirama, for the sake of the Village, sacrificed his small family for the greater good.
He later died of prolonged depression after personally killing his beloved, his heart filled with unresolved sorrow."
Bai Mo explained as the scene shifted to the Valley of the End, where two stone statues stood on either side of the waterfall.
"These are the statues erected by later generations to commemorate this ill-fated couple. The two 'bow to each other as husband and wife,' and beside them is a timeless poem written by a scholar of that era—
—'When mountains have no ridges, and heaven and earth unite, only then dare I part with you.'"
"..."
Uchiha Hikari's mouth was slightly agape, staring blankly into the distance.
Bai Mo's words didn't sound false, especially that poem; it certainly wasn't something an ordinary person could write, so it couldn't be fabricated.
Moreover, for a place like the Valley of the End, she could go there herself to see if it existed, so he had no reason to lie to her.
Bai Mo, however, indicated... that on his way back to Amegakure after the Chūnin Exams, he passed by the Valley of the End and helped engrave this poem on the statues.
No need to thank him.
"After this battle, the Nine-Tails, which could have been easily captured by Senju Hashirama with just one Wood Release hand, was forcefully sealed inside his wife's body under the fabricated charge of 'your power is too great.'
According to little-known unofficial histories, it was actually because the Nine-Tails had once been controlled by Uchiha Madara and armored by Susano'o.
By sealing the Nine-Tails inside his wife, Senju Hashirama felt a closeness to Uchiha Madara every time he was intimate with his wife, allowing him to recall their past."
"However, as time passed and the powerful Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara successively died, the highest power level in the Shinobi World was no longer so absurd.
Thus, this 'excuse' of sealing Tailed Beasts into bodies to create Jinchūriki truly became the most important combat power for various Shinobi Villages. Jinchūriki were treated as weapons of war.
The one with dark circles under his eyes earlier, he didn't lie to you; he is the Ichibi Jinchūriki, abused by his own father since childhood to make him forget his emotions.
Compared to you, he has fortunate aspects and unfortunate aspects.
The unfortunate part is that while you at least have warm memories with your father and mother, his memories of his father are pure pain and torment.
The fortunate part is that he met a man named Uzumaki Naruto and found someone who could fill the void in his heart.
And there are nine Jinchūriki like him in total.
The nine Tailed Beasts were not captured in your era, but you must have heard of them, right?"
After Bai Mo finished speaking, he looked at Uchiha Hikari, whose eyes were filled with confusion.
She no longer doubted that Gaara and the Jinchūriki were weapons like her, and that she had someone who shared her plight.
Hikari's brain's CPU was now completely occupied by something else.
Not long ago, Uchiha Hikari's understanding of this aspect was still the beautiful memories of "Dad and Mom" in her mind.
Hmm.
In her memories, Dad was male, and Mom was female.
Don't ask why this needs to be emphasized.
Her worldview was shattered.
"Everyone lived within the Shinobi World system created by Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama, and more or less, they were influenced by the two of them.
Konoha's Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama, in order to erase this inglorious history and uphold the Village's reputation, implemented a series of reforms.
Among them, it was stipulated that shinobi teams should ideally be three-person teams, two males and one female.
The ostensible reason was to make female shinobi a harmonizing agent for male shinobi, allowing for better teamwork.
But according to insiders, the female shinobi were actually there to prevent outsiders from noticing the emotional bond between the two male shinobi.
After this, countless ill-fated couples, ill-fated braised chicken, ill-fated spicy chicken, ill-fated salted duck, ill-fated roast duck, ill-fated roast goose, ill-fated fried chicken leg, ill-fated finger-licking original recipe chicken emerged..."
Bai Mo continued his narration.
Concurrently, the visuals in the Tsukuyomi Space illustrated Bai Mo's story.
Tsunade, Jiraiya, Orochimaru's team.
Rin, Kakashi, Obito's team.
Sarada, Mitsuki, Boruto's team... "...What exactly do you want me to do?"
Uchiha Hikari began to feel a little scared.
Initially, after being unsealed and before understanding the changes in the Shinobi World, she was full of hatred and wanted to destroy the Shinobi World.
Now it was different.
She felt that looking at this Shinobi World one more time would give her a sty.
She still wanted to destroy it, but the current Shinobi World was like a person who had just crawled out of a cesspit; she felt dirty just thinking about hitting it.
"Hikari, you are too kind. Actually, with your power, if you don't obey the Uchiha Clan's orders, setting aside changing the world, at least living freely is not a problem.
What do I want?
I hope you can assist us in changing this Shinobi World together.
To make this Shinobi World no longer have Jinchūriki, no longer have weapons like you, and no longer require anyone to erase emotions.
Most importantly—we are creating a new Shinobi World as heterosexuals.
We are bound to sweep the old Shinobi World created by Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama into the dust of history!"
"Of course, if you don't want to help, that's fine too. As I just said, with your ability, living freely on your own is not a problem.
If you don't want to help, you can just watch us and enjoy the changes we bring."
"No."
The Tsukuyomi Space had already dissipated.
Uchiha Hikari shook her head and looked up at Bai Mo. "I can help."
For her, ending the world created by the Uchiha and Senju Clans that she detested, and also ending the world created by the ill-fated couples that gave her goosebumps, was undoubtedly excellent.
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