When Uchiha Arata heard Tsunade's words, he did not refute her. Instead, he calmly asked, "Tsunade, do you know why I have no interest in the position of Hokage?"
Tsunade rolled her eyes and replied, "How would I know? Aren't all you Uchiha a bunch of lunatics? The stronger the Sharingan, the worse the mental illness. It's normal for your thinking to be completely different from ordinary people."
Arata knew that Tsunade was still resentful about being controlled. He raised his hand and lightly knocked her on the head twice, then said calmly, "Not all Uchiha are crazy. I'm not interested in the Hokage position because I have far more important things to pursue."
Tsunade clutched her head in pain and glared at him, unable to retaliate.
Hearing his words, she snorted. "Hokage is already one of the most powerful positions in the ninja world.
You would be the leader of Konoha, the strongest ninja village. What could possibly be more important than that? Don't tell me you want to unify the entire ninja world."
Arata gazed toward the distant horizon where sea and sky met, slowly revealing the ambition he had long buried deep within his heart.
"My goal is far greater," he said softly. "I want to stand at the very top of the world. I want to become a god .... free from birth, aging, sickness, and death.
I want endless life, eternal existence, and to become the only god in this world."
Tsunade stared at him in disbelief, her mouth slightly open. She looked at Arata as if she were staring at a madman.
She had always believed that someone who had reached his level of strength must possess absolute clarity and rational thinking.
Yet the greatest lunatic she had ever seen now stood right before her.
"You're insane," she muttered.
Arata saw her expression and smiled faintly. He had expected this reaction.
To ordinary people, his ambitions were simply incomprehensible.
One step ahead made a genius.
Two steps ahead made a leader.
Ten steps ahead made a madman.
No one could understand him. No one could walk beside him toward the future he envisioned.
Arata raised his hand and gently patted Tsunade's head. With her youthful appearance, the gesture did not feel strange at all.
"I know," he said softly. "Once I say this, you'll think I'm completely crazy. But that's the price of knowing too much."
As he spoke, Arata activated his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
The scarlet tomoe rotated slowly, forming mesmerizing patterns that seemed capable of drawing one's soul inward.
He pointed at his Sharingan and said, "My eyes awakened a special pupil technique. It cannot be used at will, nor can I control it. It cannot kill enemies, nor defend my body. Its name is Space-Time Gap."
"It activates randomly and allows me to see fragments of the future. What I witness is uncontrollable, disordered, and incomplete .... but real."
Tsunade wanted to refute him. It sounded absurd.
Yet she hesitated.
What benefit was there in lying to her? She was already completely under his control. Whether life or death, everything about her belonged to him now.
Lies were meaningless.
Seeing her silence, Arata placed his hand on her shoulder and said gently, "Don't resist. I'll let you see some of what I've seen."
As he finished speaking, his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan activated again.
"Genjutsu ... Instant Space."
In an instant, Tsunade's consciousness was pulled into a massive illusion realm constructed by Arata.
They stood suspended in the void as scenes unfolded one after another like an endless cinematic sequence.
They witnessed Uchiha Shisui's death.
They saw the night of the Uchiha clan massacre.
They watched Orochimaru launch the Konoha Crush plan, the Third Hokage falling in battle.
They saw Jiraiya infiltrate Amegakure and perish under Pain's hands.
They witnessed Pain's Six Paths descend upon Konoha, flattening the village into ruins.
Arata allowed Tsunade to absorb only part of the future fragments .... enough to shake her soul.
When they finally exited the illusion, Tsunade stood frozen in place, her breathing uneven.
Even with her experience and resilience, what she had witnessed was far too shocking.
After a long while, she finally clenched her fists and said angrily, "Damn Orochimaru!
How dare he defile the dead and disturb the rest of my grandfather and granduncle!"
She cared little about the Third Hokage's death, but Orochimaru's use of Edo Tensei to manipulate Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama crossed her absolute bottom line.
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