[Comprehensive] How to kill a rabid dog gently

Hashirama came out of the inner room with heavy steps, Quanna and Tomona looked at him almost at the same time, only Madara turned a deaf ear to him.

"Sorry, Cheng's situation is already..." Hashirama said with difficulty, "I can't do anything more."

The light in Quan Nai's eyes dimmed until it finally went out.

He got up and walked towards the room where Cheng was, passing Hashirama without saying a word.

Hashirama could clearly see the grief from Toikama, but Toikama stayed where he was, motionless.

"Taijian, you..."

"do not talk."

He said indifferently.

"Stop it, brother."

"Cheng."

Senna called out warmly.

"Quanna?"

Cheng opened his eyes, raised his hand, and tried hard to hold him, but Quanna still pampered her as before, complied with Cheng's wishes, and clasped her fingers tightly.

"Ah, great, Quanna is indeed still here."

She gave a faint smile.

"Is it because we spent too much time apart before? I always cherish the time we spend together."

"Me too, Cheng." He whispered, "Do you still remember, I promise you every time that I will come back safely."

"I remember that you have fulfilled the agreement well every time."

Cheng's voice was soft.

"But Quanna, no matter how grateful I am for the promises that brought you back, after all, the past cannot be lost..."

"Cheng, they are not in the past."

He said.

"You may have misunderstood... the one who really needs commitment is me."

"Kaleidoscopic Sharingan... According to rumors, it is an eye from the abyss—everyone who has these eyes must have seen hellish scenes."

"Cheng, the agreement with you brings me back to the world time and time again, because I know that you are still waiting for me here."

"But...if you're not there anymore."

"Quanna..."

"Where am I going back to?"

Quanna finally said that sentence.

"Cheng, why wasn't I the one who died at that time?"

Cheng squeezed his hand tightly, but Quanna let go of Cheng slowly.

"It doesn't matter anymore."

He planted a kiss on her forehead.

"I'll be back soon, this is the last time, Cheng..."

"Wait for me."

"Feijian, draw your sword."

When Quanna's knife pointed at Tomona, everyone present was not really surprised.

Hashirama seemed to want to say something, but in the end he just sighed deeply.

Spotted said.

"Quinai."

"I won't look back." He said, "Brother, you should be the person who can understand me best."

Just like what he said, everyone in Bambi clearly understood his determination.

So, Madara no longer obstructed it.

"Tobima, this duel can only be stopped by the death of one side."

Quanna said to him calmly.

"There's always going to be a fight like this between us."

— "So, what's your response?"

Tobima glanced at Cheng's direction, the closed door blocked his gaze.

As long as he walked over and opened the door, he would be able to meet her again.

But no.

It can no longer be done.

Tomona raised her head, and responded to Quanna with the sound of the sword being unsheathed.

"as you wish."

"Wait a moment."

Tomama looked back at Hashirama who suddenly called out.

"Brother, this is an inevitable battle."

"...Maybe so." He said, "I just want to be the arbiter who witnesses the outcome."

——This is also for the child's last wish.

"Don't worry, I am well aware of the fact that my life is running out."

Hashirama lowered his head slowly.

"...I'm too incompetent."

"It's never your fault, please don't blame yourself."

Cheng shook his head at Hashirama.

"I think even Madara doesn't have illusions anymore."

"...Miss Cheng." He asked in a deep voice, "I always thought that I understood Madara...but at this moment, I really can't imagine how he feels."

He was silent for a while before continuing.

"Maybe... I dare not imagine."

Cheng listened quietly.

"To what extent has his world collapsed? Whether his ideals have been completely destroyed by such a cruel reality, I don't know... Sorry, Miss Cheng, even at this time, I still don't The pure heart wants to heal you."

He said.

"I'm just afraid that after you die, everything will be irreparable."

Hearing Hashirama's words, Cheng laughed instead.

"I, although it's not that I'm not afraid of death..."

"But what I'm more worried about is that the sum of my death, my arrival, and the things I have brought to the people I care about in the end is still just pain."

Cheng suddenly said.

"Feijian, he probably won't come to see me again." She showed a little lonely expression, "It's a pity that I can't take the initiative to see him now."

"It would be nice if we didn't meet each other in the first place... that's the saddest thing."

"So, let's take it as the fulfillment of my last wish..."

——"Hashirama-sama, can you promise me one thing?"

Indeed, as they say, this is an inevitable battle.

With both sides showing no scruples, the battle situation was extremely fierce, and anyone could tell that both sides had gone all out, fighting with the goal of taking the other's life.

Quan Nai and Fei Jian's sword skills are comparable, and the two also understand that only this way of fighting cannot tell the difference between victory and defeat, so Quan Nai opened the kaleidoscope at the beginning of the battle, and Fei Jian did not hide his own secrets anymore. The meaning of all kinds of ninjutsu mastered.

From the outset, the battle was the pinnacle of skilful surprise and reconnaissance, with an intensity and speed unparalleled in this world.

Tobima once again used Flying Thunder God. Quan Nai, who had been prepared for this, accurately grasped his foothold. The secret passage in Tobima was not good. Although he hurriedly took precautions, he was still chopped off his left arm.

In this way, Tobuma finally confirmed that Flying Thunder God could no longer be the key blow to change the situation of the battle.

However, this does not mean that he will lose.

In fact, not only Toikama, but Quanna has already noticed that the victory or defeat has been quietly doomed.

That's right...I'm afraid, Quanna already knew it when she launched the challenge.

The fight was bound to be long and hard for both sides, and his eyes couldn't last much longer.

The double pupils that were once invincible on the battlefield will become Quanna's flaw, and his defeat will only be a matter of time.

Still, he had to start the fight.

Its meaning has long been far beyond revenge.

Quanna thought that if one had to go back to the beginning of the distortion, the place where his and her paths began to deviate would probably be in the rain where the death fight between him and Tobira took place.

The battle at this moment is Quan Nai's revision of fate.

Therefore, when the vision began to blur, the sword fell out of his hand with an unexpected blow, and the weapon in Tomona fell to his neck, Quanna couldn't help but think this way in his heart.

That's it.

Cheng heard very light footsteps, and she knew it was Madara who came.

"Cheng."

Madara sat beside her, watching her eyes.

"Now, how does it feel?" Madara asked, "Still in pain and fear?"

Cheng didn't answer, just looked at him quietly.

"It doesn't matter, Cheng, there is nothing to worry about anymore," he said. "A new world will come—a perfect world where there will be absolutely no pain and no regrets, and everyone's wishes will be fulfilled."

"Madara, have you decided yet?"

Cheng asked softly.

"Have you confirmed that the illusion created by the Eye of the Moon is the best destination in the world?"

"So you also saw it on that stone tablet..."

Madara laughed, her eyes filled with pain and madness at the same time.

"Cheng, what do you want me to do?"

His question didn't seem to really point to the girl in front of him.

"I know, you want me to let go of my hatred and continue the alliance as if nothing had happened—Cheng, you want me to completely forget about your death."

— "Why do you think I can do it?"

"You see, things are always like this, even you and I have never understood each other."

"This time, I will not grant your wish."

He said.

"What I want to achieve is my wish."

"...That's right."

Cheng was silent for a while because of his words, and then spoke softly.

"At this point, I can't stop you...so, Madara, at least in the end, tell me your wish."

She closed her eyes and said slowly.

"What is your ideal world like, and what were you and Quanna doing at that time... Please tell me."

"..."

Madara's eyelids drooped, and his gaze gradually became calm.

"Not only me, or Quanna." He said, "You will also exist in this world."

"This is a world where there are no losers, and even the smallest wish will come true in Infinite Monthly Reading."

"But why do you say I'll be there too?"

"Cheng, you are loved by many people...you exist in their dreams."

Ban said.

"Different from the desperate reality, even if it is a fantasy, there will be a reflection of your happiness."

Cheng smiled lightly.

At this moment, she mentioned another matter.

"Madara, I still remember that day, the sound of the wind that came with you...you left the fox mask there."

Madara didn't even have time to reveal a surprised expression.

she said to him.

——"Madara, you love me, don't you?"

He still remembers the mask.

But after that, he didn't recall that kiss again.

At this moment, when he no longer needs to restrain himself... The memory has become too sharp.

It was so sharp that every scene at that time made him drip with blood.

"……Yes."

For a long time, he replied.

"Cheng, you are my dream."

"Let's do it, Thousand Hands."

However, the knife holder stood there for a long time.

"What are you thinking, Tobima?!" Quan Nai almost became angry, "Do you want to insult this battle?"

"Wait a minute, Senna."

At this moment, Hashirama came between them.

"I don't want to intervene in your decision, but I have something to convey to you first."

"I do not……"

——"It's Cheng."

Hashirama said.

"Cheng asked me to convey it. So, please listen to it before making a decision."

Quanna fell silent, so Hashirama continued talking.

"Cheng said that she has never regretted her decision..."

……

Quanna, how can I express my thoughts to you.

I've actually been thinking, how nice that I was there at that time.

It's great that you survived.

Seeing you in such pain, I really can't express my feelings in front of you.

But, no matter how many times I make the same decision.

I am sorry.

It's not just because of my selfish thoughts, but because of my meddling in your life and what I'm going to say to you next.

Quanna, if you are still concerned about the fact that I died for you...

Just please live on.

Please take all that is left of me.

People I haven't saved, things I haven't done yet.

Take my life on my shoulders, and go to a place far away that I can't reach.

Quanna.

Please see for me, the future that I can no longer see.

……

"Because of Madara's absence, I became the person who became the first generation of Hokage without being elected. There was a faint voice of dissatisfaction among the Uchiha clan..."

"'Then let Quanna be the second Hokage,' she said to me."

Hashirama raised her head, unable to bear to look at Quanna's expression.

"Cheng said, 'If it's Quanna, she will definitely live up to anyone's expectations.'"

Finally, Hashirama said.

"That's all."

"How do you choose, Senna?"

"..."

Quan Nai trembled, and he knelt down slowly as if he had been drained of strength.

"Is this what you expect from me?"

He whispered, tears welling from his eyes, falling heavily into the dust.

"How cruel are you going to be..."

The sound between the doors resounded indifferently along with the sound of sheathing.

"I won't kill you."

Senna raised her head abruptly.

"The so-called dignity of the decisive battle, or any other glory, I don't need these things."

As he spoke, the sadness and contempt in his eyes were intertwined.

"Uchiha Izumi, she has always been a cruel person."

"But even so, I still love her."

Therefore, whether it is her tenderness or cruelty, I will accept it completely.

Even because of my love for her, I am so sleepy and my feet are deep in the mud.

Even, even this love itself has become a crime that must be borne.

I will do my best to understand her better than anyone else, and to maintain everything she expects.

"...That's all."

"yes."

Her sigh was like morning mist, carrying thin and transparent sorrow.

"Finally, Madara, can you hug me again..."

Cheng said, trying to lift his body, but was quickly pressed into his arms.

"It's been hard work all along."

She smiled lightly, wrapping her arms around his shoulders.

"Hey, Madara, look at me."

He complied with Cheng's wishes and looked at her face... Caught off guard, Madara bumped into a pair of red eyes.

This is... pupil technique? !

"Cheng, what did you do—"

"It is rumored that there is a kind of ninjutsu that can control people's will... Izanami's jutsu."

Seeing the sudden change in Madara's expression, Cheng continued to speak.

"...However, forcibly changing a person's will is absolutely unforgivable to me, so I asked you to give up the Moon Eye and the like...don't worry, I didn't do that kind of thing."

——"I just made a little bit of trouble in your expectations."

"Madara, please take my eyes."

Cheng said.

"Regardless of whether you plan to implement the Moon Eye Project, the Eternal Kaleidoscope is a must, isn't it?"

"Cheng, what on earth are you..."

"When the Eye of the Moon is successfully implemented, my Izanami Art will be triggered at the same time at the moment you launch the Infinite Moon Reading to the whole world."

she says.

"Its content is to make everyone who is caught up in monthly reading forget about me—forget the existence of 'Cheng' and all the traces that this name has left in this world."

Madara looked at her deeply, almost screaming with frenzied grief.

"why."

"Because I don't want to be there."

Cheng replied.

"Madara, I don't want to appear in a stagnant dream."

"I don't mind turning into ashes or dust, because that way, a part of me will still flow with time and accompany the world to move on."

"There are indeed too many shortcomings in this world. Maybe what you said is right, it will never usher in a truly perfect day."

"However, there is no defect that cannot be made up... The old incompleteness will gradually disappear under people's efforts, and then new incompleteness will appear, and it will go on like this—"

"In my opinion, constantly challenging such a destiny is what is called human beings, and the courage that only human beings possess."

Her voice weakened little by little, and Madara found out in a panic that the girl in his arms didn't even have the strength to hug him.

"Madara, do you still trust me now?"

she asked, her voice choked up a little.

"You, who should not be bound by anything, should be much freer than you are now... If there is something that restrains your steps, I think it must be gentleness."

Madara hugged her body tightly, as if doing so would keep her from leaving.

"Stop talking...Cheng..."

"I don't want you to be trapped in a stagnant and narrow world... But in the end, it's just my self-satisfaction."

"Just at least, before implementing the Eye of the Moon, learn a little more about this world... Madara."

Her breath became weaker.

"I am here."

"It's not as incurable as you might imagine."

——"Because, I, who became your family, have always been very happy."

……

She stopped speaking.

Her eyes were closed, as if in a peaceful dream.

"Cheng."

I almost forgot that this world once brought you to me.

"Cheng."

So one last time, I promise you.

"Cheng... from now on..."

Where am I going to find you?

He suddenly felt a sense of emptiness, and in this hollowed out heart, even the transmission of pain became slow.

Uchiha Madara suddenly realized, but this kind of experience is called loss.

Overwhelming loneliness engulfed him, and he curled up like a drowning man.

"Cheng...don't go..."

"Cheng..."

Cheng.