Seeing that both Indra and Uchiha Izuna had become Ten Tails Jinchūriki, even the likes of Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo, Six Paths Naruto, Ōtsutsuki Hamura, and Rinnegan Sasuke barely had time to register their shock—
Before them stood four beings of unmatched power.
Two Six Paths Madaras. One Six Paths Indra. One Six Paths Izuna.
And then—
"Reverse Infinite Tsukuyomi!!" x4
The four Ten Tails Jinchūriki formed hand seals simultaneously, raising their eyes to the blood-red moon.
Zheng—!
In an instant, the Nine Magatama Samsara Sharingan on each of their foreheads released a surge of infinite pupil power, flowing upward into the sky.
The blood-red moon began to glow ominously, magnifying and spreading the light of their combined dojutsu across the entire world.
"Heh… Looks like the game is finally reaching its end."
Not far from the battlefield, Leo, who had been sitting calmly atop a massive flat rock, smiled faintly and stood up, brushing dust off his robes.
And indeed, as if in response—
The next second, countless ninjas of the Allied Shinobi Forces, who had only recently broken free from the original Infinite Tsukuyomi, were once again ensnared.
Their eyes rippled with Rinnegan patterns.
One by one, they collapsed into the illusion world.
Simultaneously, roots of the original God Tree surged from the ground, wrapping around the bodies of the dreamers. Each ninja was cocooned into a mummified pose and hoisted onto the sacred tree once more.
They were trapped again—deep in a beautiful but false dream.
The world was sinking.
But—
Not everyone was caught.
Kakashi, Tsunade-hime, Senju Hashirama, Ōnoki, Terumi Mei, and several others who had inherited fragments of the Sage of Six Paths' power remained standing.
They were immune.
Looking at the scene unfolding before him, Six Paths Naruto clenched his fists.
"Madara! The sacred tree's roots will turn everyone in the Infinite Tsukuyomi into White Zetsu! Do you truly want to destroy this world?!"
At this, one of the Six Paths Madaras—the one from the space-time rift—responded coldly:
"Don't be mistaken. What we have released is not the same as the original."
"It's the Reverse Infinite Tsukuyomi," added the native-world Madara, stepping forward with a wild grin. "Simply put... we've flipped the programming."
"Instead of absorbing the chakra of those trapped, the God Tree now draws energy from the earth and air, converting it into nourishment."
"Those in the Reverse Infinite Tsukuyomi will not die. They will not become White Zetsu."
"They will live forever—in a dream without pain, war, or loss. A dream without death."
Madara's eyes gleamed with manic conviction as he raised his Six Paths Staff and pointed toward the last group of resisters.
"You should enter this beautiful dream too."
"Think about it—no more war, no more death, no more sorrow."
"And I—Madara—will bear the eternal solitude alone. I will stay awake… and protect this perfect world."
Everyone fell silent for a moment.
His voice, filled with madness yet layered with genuine longing, echoed like a prayer over the battlefield.
The Ōtsutsuki brothers, Naruto, Sasuke, Kakashi, Tsunade, and others stared at him, stunned.
Even Hashirama was shaken. There was a flicker of inexplicable sorrow in his eyes.
"Madara… You've gone mad," he said softly. "But those words… I don't know whether to oppose you or mourn for you."
Naruto stepped forward.
"No matter how perfect a dream is, it's still a dream."
"It's not real!"
"Is that so?" Madara (from the time-space world) questioned, his three eyes narrowing with eerie calm.
"What is false… and what is real?"
"How do you decide? What makes your reality more valid than a dream?"
He stepped forward.
"How do you know the world you're standing in right now is real?"
"How do you know—" he pointed sharply "—you're not already trapped in Infinite Tsukuyomi?"
Naruto was momentarily speechless.
Madara's words were like daggers—sharp and existential.
"This is pointless," said Hagoromo, trying to reason. "Peace should be real—not fabricated in illusions."
But—
"Father," said Indra, his voice chilling, "I don't want you to join the Infinite Tsukuyomi."
"Because I want to kill you myself."
"Indra…" Hagoromo's expression was one of heartbreak.
"Brother, we must stop them," Hamura said urgently.
"Yes. Let's defeat them and save the trapped shinobi!" yelled Raikage A, punching his fist into his palm.
"I'd rather get married in real life," Terumi Mei added with a wry smile. "Not in a dream."
The idea of living in an eternally perfect illusion was horrifying.
But as the opposition rallied—
"Hmph," spat one Madara.
"You choose death over peace?" the other growled.
"Very well."
"Then die."
The four Ten Tails Jinchūriki prepared to strike.
Their combined chakra began to surge—mountains trembled.
But just then—
Tap. Tap. Tap.
Light footsteps echoed from behind the four gods of war.
They turned their heads—each of them already sensing who it was.
As expected...
Leo stepped forward calmly, hands in his pockets, his eyes filled with an unreadable light.
"So… he's finally moving?" murmured Naruto.
Everyone on both sides—enemy and ally—stared at Leo, breath caught in their throats.
He walked slowly but deliberately into the center of the four giants.
To everyone's surprise—
The two Madaras, Indra, and Izuna all instinctively shifted to make space.
They left the C-position—the center—for Leo.
He stopped.
The wind stirred the hem of his cloak.
The battlefield froze.
Then, he spoke—calm, cold, and casual:
"Next…"
"Change people."
A wicked grin crept onto his face.
Suddenly—
Cough—
A dark aura erupted around him.
On Leo's outer robe, the black magatama Six Paths symbols appeared—on his sleeves, his collar, his back.
Nine Truth-Seeking Balls floated behind him.
In his hand appeared a new Six Paths Staff—sleek, obsidian, and radiant with divine energy.
Then—
Zheng——!
On his forehead appeared a brand new Sharingan.
But it wasn't like the others.
It was a Nine-Golden-Magatama Samsara Sharingan, shimmering with a celestial gold sheen.
And—
His dual Six-Tomoe Rinnegan morphed into stunning Nine-Magatama Rinne-Sharingan, a kaleidoscopic blend of azure, violet, and gold.
The transformation shook the heavens.
The very air warped around him.
Everyone—Naruto, Sasuke, Hagoromo, Hamura, Hashirama, and even the Madara twins—stared at Leo in awe.
He had changed everything.
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