Naruto: Help Madara rejuvenate and launch a counterattack on Konoha

Madara suddenly realized: "You mean, it was the slug sage of Shikkotsu Forest who told you that the Eye of the Moon Project was Kaguya's way of turning humans into White Zetsu."

Hashirama nodded: "The Slug Sage doesn't lie, Madara. You've really been deceived. The Eye of the Moon Plan is a hoax that will destroy humanity!"

"Hahaha--"

Madara suddenly burst into laughter at Hashirama.

Hashirama asked, puzzled, "Madara, what are you laughing at?"

Madara stopped smiling and looked at Hashirama: "Hashirama, everyone dies. It's not just when you get old that you die; you can die at any time."

"I have said that everything in reality is a lie and a deception. What I want to do is to pull all mankind into a dream, and let their souls and minds enter a paradise where time is infinitely extended."

Sarutobi Sasuke exclaimed in horror, "Madara, you wouldn't care even if everyone in the ninja world died?"

Madara explained, "After the Eye of the Moon Plan is implemented, all of humanity will enter a world of illusion and never wake up. Wouldn't that be the same as death?"

Everyone suddenly realized, "That's right, if all of humanity enters a dream from which they will never wake up, isn't that the same as dying?"

Hashirama roared at Madara, "Madara, do you really want the ninja world to have no future?"

Ban laughed and said, "The future? Tell me what the future is? No matter what, humanity will never stop fighting."

"We are currently fighting the Fourth Shinobi World War, and there will be a Fifth, a Sixth—"

"With the accumulation of hatred from generation to generation, one day, a ninjutsu powerful enough to destroy the ninja world will be born."

With a loud bang, the ninja world was destroyed.

"Hashirama, is this the future you wanted?"

Hashirama retorted, "No, Madara, don't be so distrustful of the future of our descendants. They will create a better world than we have."

"Look at your grandson, Liaowu. Don't you believe he can do even better than you?"

"..."

Everyone fell silent for a moment, which was unusual for them.

Then they all looked towards the other side of the battlefield, where Liao Wu activated Susanoo and was searching for Tobirama, Danzo, and the others.

"Danzo, you son of a bitch, come out here right now!"

"Let me tell you, I have mastered the Impure World Reincarnation technique."

"If you keep hiding on the ground, I'll go to your Shimura family's ancestral land, dig up your mother's remains, and make her film porn."

"..."

Madara looked at Hashirama, as if silently asking whether it was really a good idea to entrust the ninja world to someone like him.

Hashirama smiled somewhat awkwardly: "Sorry, I gave the wrong example. That brat Ryou is the kind of Uchiha that Tobirama was talking about—one who is inherently evil."

"But Madara, do you mean to kill all of humanity?"

Ban shook his head: "No, I never intended to kill anyone. I just wanted everyone to stop the weariness of reality and enter a dream where everyone can find fulfillment."

Madara pointed to Hashirama as an example: "In the genjutsu world, Mito will be resurrected, and your son, daughter-in-law, and grandson Nawaki will all live happily with you."

"Hashirama, you won't die so soon. You will see your village prosper and your children no longer forced to the battlefield by adults."

"Hashirama, don't you yearn for such a world?"

Madara would listen attentively to Hashirama's words, and Hashirama would listen attentively to Madara's words.

He smiled at the world Madara described: "Madara, you've forgotten one thing, and that is that you will not leave Konoha."

"Together we will watch Konoha, which we have built, grow into a towering tree."

"In that world, Izuna won't die, our little brother won't die, and maybe you'll be the First Hokage, leading the village to prosperity."

Madara smiled the same way Hashirama did: "Yes, what a wonderful world."

The next second, Madara unleashed a powerful aura: "Then why are you here to stop my world, to stop Izuna and my brothers from existing?!"

Madara's Susanoo swung its sixty-meter-long cleaver, aiming for the head of the wooden doll Luo Huan.

The wooden dwarf arhat on the pillar used the wooden dragon on its shoulder as a weapon and swung it out to block Madara's greatsword.

Hashirama roared, "Madara, I've made myself clear enough! Do you really want to see everyone turn into White Zetsu?"

Madara, not to be outdone, roared back: "Hashirama, so what if you've become a White Zetsu? At least you're still alive."

"The illusionary world of Infinite Tsukuyomi stretches the time scale to its maximum. In reality, only a few seconds have passed, but in the world of Infinite Tsukuyomi, a lifetime may have passed."

"By the time they completely transform into White Zetsu, who knows how many generations they'll have been reincarnated?"

Hashirama roared, "No, this is meaningless! It's ultimately just a fabricated world you're manipulating!"

"What illusion? In this world, the weak have no right to decide their own survival. People are born unequal and are destined to be manipulated for their entire lives."

"So what if it's manipulation? At least I'm helping everyone achieve happiness."

"Hashirama, you are standing against the people; you are hindering their happiness!"

"No, Madara, your world has no meaning."

Black Zetsu breathed a sigh of relief.

I almost went into hiding.

If we lose Madara, this important piece, then Black Zetsu—

Black actually has a backup piece, namely Liao Wu.

Liao Wu is even more ruthless than Ban; he is pure evil.

When the time comes, I'll tell him about my mother's unparalleled beauty. Given his wickedness and lust, he'll definitely find a way to possess her.

Although there's some green screen involved, we'll try anything to rescue Mother.

Seduction is an option too!

Fortunately, Madara has completely lost hope in reality. Even if everyone in the entire ninja world were to die, Madara would still applaud.

Because there are no people, there will be no fighting.

The deeper reason is actually the influence of the chakra of Indra and Asura.

They have been fighting for thousands of years, with each generation of reincarnated beings either fighting to the death or perishing together.

This conflict is like a curse of destiny. If the ninja world wants to achieve peace, it must first allow the chakra of Indra and Ashura to resolve their thousand-year-old fate of fighting.

This is also the theme of Naruto.

But how easy is it to resolve?

In the original story, Naruto and Sasuke joined forces to defeat Kaguya in the Fourth Shinobi World War, but Sasuke launched a new battle.

If Naruto doesn't stop him, Sasuke will kill the Five Kage, abolish the Five Great Ninja Villages, and establish a unified ninja world.

The same applies to Madara and Hashirama now. The conflict rooted in their hearts is not whether the Eye of the Moon Plan is a conspiracy.

Rather, it is the fateful opposition within their souls.

Even without the Eye of the Moon plan, Madara would have found a way to refute Hashirama.

If Hashirama opposes me, then it proves I'm right!

If Hashirama agrees, then I have made a mistake.

Just like the village of Konoha they jointly established, Madara dragged the Uchiha clan into it.

From then on, he was determined to go against Hashirama.

Someone like Ban needs a good slap on the back before he realizes his mistake.