Chapter 372: This World is Wrong
In front of the towering Divine Tree, a white figure descended from the sky.
Naruto looked up, recognizing the familiar Six Paths white robe, and his heart sank to the bottom.
Another Six Paths level fighter!
It was no surprise; this figure was likely the final victor of this world.
The newly appeared Six Paths level individual glanced at Naruto, a look of surprise appearing on his face:
"Unexpectedly, another world's Naruto has arrived here. Is it the power of the Dragon Vein?"
After Naruto, Kaguya Otsutsuki, and others arrived in this world, the master of the Divine Tree, whose influence spread across the entire planet, had already known everything.
Although things had happened rather suddenly, letting these familiar people from another world witness the peaceful new world he created with his own hands wasn't a bad experience.
With this thought in mind, the newcomer spoke proudly to Naruto:
"How is it, Naruto? This peaceful new world is pretty good, right?"
Naruto didn't recognize this guy before him, but it was clear that the Naruto of this world had dealt with him a lot, as they seemed quite familiar with each other.
Upon hearing this, Naruto clenched his fists and angrily responded:
"Pretty good? Falsehood is always false! This so-called peace is nothing more than your delusion!"
Upon hearing Naruto's answer, the newcomer's eyes briefly flashed with a sharp light before he thought of something and shook his head:
"A delusion of one person? This is not just my idea."
"I almost forgot, you just arrived in this world and only saw a small part of it."
"Now, let me show you the truth of this world."
As he finished speaking, Naruto saw the white sleeves flash before his eyes. He had no time to react before he was lifted into the air, speeding towards the distance.
Naruto struggled in vain and could only shout in confusion, "Wait! Where are you taking me? And who are you anyway?"
"You don't recognize me?" came a surprised voice from behind.
"Why should I recognize you?" Naruto retorted confidently.
"..."
There was a long silence from behind.
After a while, the person spoke again, "I am Uchiha Obito."
"Uchiha Obito? Never heard of you!"
Naruto shook his head vigorously, but then suddenly paused.
Wait.
He seemed to have heard this name somewhere before.
"Uchiha Obito? What a surprise," Hagoromo Gengetsu remarked, retracting his hand from another person's head.
Through his investigation, he had already understood the truth of this world.
Overall, the timeline here didn't differ much from the normal Naruto world.
The real change occurred during the Fourth Shinobi World War.
The resolute Uchiha Obito became the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, defeated the Allied Shinobi Forces, Uchiha Madara, and other disruptors, and successfully initiated the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
Although Black Zetsu attempted to betray him, Kaguya Otsutsuki still tried to erode Obito's body and mind.
However!
In terms of determination, especially after overcoming Naruto's persuasion, no one in the Shinobi world could match Uchiha Obito.
Ultimately.
In the long battle of wills, Uchiha Obito gained the upper hand, suppressed Kaguya Otsutsuki, regained control of his body, and became the ruler of this world.
"Interesting."
As the ordinary person, who had just had their memory searched, left in a daze, Hagoromo Gengetsu looked at the small town and the Divine Tree's branches on the outskirts, a smile playing at his lips.
"I thought Kaguya had successfully broken free, but it turns out she was trapped by Uchiha Obito again." The world he now saw was precisely one created according to Uchiha Obito's blueprint.
Although he understood the truth behind the Infinite Tsukuyomi, Uchiha Obito had not abandoned his original plan.
Now, most of the world's population was dreaming under the Divine Tree, immersed in the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
Notably, this was a choice they had all made voluntarily.
The world was too painful; how could it compare to the blissful illusion where they were the protagonists?
Most people are ordinary. Even if they knew the Infinite Tsukuyomi was false, how many could resist its temptation?
After his victory, Uchiha Obito gave the Shinobi world two choices: enter the illusionary dreamland or live in the real world and continue the human race.
Of course, this choice didn't include the stubborn members of the Allied Shinobi Forces.
Initially, only a few were willing to enter the dreamland.
As time passed, Uchiha Obito, who did not intend to turn people into White Zetsu soldiers, allowed some who were under the illusion to return for a while before re-entering the dreamland.
During this period, as these people vividly described how wonderful the dreamland was, more and more people chose to enter it.
The world became much quieter.
This is human nature.
If given a choice, people always seek pleasure and are inherently lazy.
As a result, Uchiha Obito, to prevent the extinction of the human race, had to issue a new directive: entry into the dreamland was limited to those who contributed to the continuation of humanity, such as having children or farming.
Thus, Hagoromo Gengetsu saw that in the small town, some people were diligent, striving to earn priority to enter the Infinite Tsukuyomi, while others were lazy, still reminiscing about the illusion and indifferent to when they would re-enter it.
But one thing was certain, there could be no fighting or killing.
Doing so would not only result in severe punishment but also the loss of the privilege to enter the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
For those who had spent most of their lives in the dreamland and were now accustomed to it, this was undoubtedly the most terrifying thing.
For this reason, the world now had achieved a level of peace not seen in a thousand years. Everyone was harmonious; there wasn't even a hint of argument, as if living in an ideal world from ancient writings.
Hagoromo Gengetsu looked at everything before him and shook his head.
Peace? An ideal world?
Beneath the surface, he saw a bizarre, hopeless, and gradually dying world.
The greatest driver of human progress is ambition.
To Hagoromo Gengetsu, the people of this world seemed like addicts who had reached the terminal stage, unable to stop.
Whether diligent or lazy, everything they did was for another taste of the illusion.
A group of humans addicted to illusions.
A world that had become a stagnant pool.
In Hagoromo Gengetsu's eyes, it was heading towards death.
Peace?
It was just a cover-up.
Similarly, as Naruto was forcibly taken along, after seeing the state of this world, he couldn't articulate profound philosophies like Hagoromo Gengetsu.
But from what he saw along the way, he knew deep down that something was very wrong.
When they had seen enough, and Uchiha Obito asked for his thoughts, Naruto answered seriously:
"This world is wrong!"