In front of the Divine Tree that pierced straight into the sky—
A white figure descended from the heavens.
Naruto looked up and, upon seeing the familiar Six Paths white robe, his heart sank into the abyss.
Another Six Paths-level being!
As expected, this person was likely the final victor of this world.
The newly arrived Six Paths-level figure glanced at Naruto, a hint of surprise flashing across his face:
"Never thought the Naruto from another world would arrive here. The power of the Dragon Vein, huh?"
When Naruto, Kaguya, and the others arrived in this world, the master of the Divine Tree—whose roots stretched across the entire planet—had already sensed everything.
Though it all happened rather abruptly...
He thought that letting these familiar figures from another world witness the peaceful, love-filled new world he had created could be quite an interesting experience.
With that in mind, the newcomer looked at Naruto with pride and said:
"Well, Naruto? Isn't this peaceful new world pretty nice?"
Naruto didn't recognize the man in front of him.
But clearly, this world's version of himself had interacted with him quite a lot—they seemed very familiar.
Hearing those words, Naruto clenched his fists and growled in anger:
"Pretty nice? A lie will always be a lie! So-called peace... is nothing more than one man's delusion!"
At that response, the man's eyes briefly sharpened, but then he shook his head as if remembering something:
"A delusion of one man? No, this isn't just my idea."
"Almost forgot, you just arrived in this world and only saw a tiny piece of it."
"Come. Let me show you the truth of this world."
With those words—
All Naruto saw was a flash of the white sleeve before him. Before he could react, his whole body was lifted into the air and shot off toward the distant horizon.
Unable to resist, Naruto shouted in confusion, "Wait! Where are you taking me?! And who the hell are you, anyway?!"
"You don't know who I am?" the voice behind him sounded surprised.
"Why would I?" Naruto shot back firmly.
"..."
There was a heavy silence behind him.
After a pause, the voice spoke again, "I am Obito."
"Obito? Never heard of you!"
Naruto shook his head hard, then suddenly froze.
Wait a minute...
That name—it sounded familiar.
"Obito? That's unexpected,"
A surprised voice rang out as Hagoromo Gensou withdrew his hand from the head of another ordinary person.
Through his investigation, he had already learned the truth of this world.
The overall historical timeline wasn't all that different from the original Naruto world.
The major deviation happened during the Fourth Great Ninja War.
In this world, the determined Obito became the Jinchūriki of the Ten Tails, defeated the Allied Shinobi Forces and troublemakers like Madara, and successfully cast Infinite Tsukuyomi.
Even though Black Zetsu tried to backstab him and Kaguya attempted to corrode both his body and mind—
Still!
In terms of unwavering will—especially a will that even Naruto's talk-no-jutsu couldn't shake—no one in the shinobi world could compare to Obito.
In the end—
After a long battle of wills, Obito triumphed, suppressed Kaguya, regained control of his body, and became the master of this world.
"How interesting."
Letting the memory-searched ordinary person wander off in confusion, Gensou looked at the small town and the Divine Tree branches surrounding it, a faint smile tugging at his lips.
"I thought Kaguya had broken free... turns out she ended up imprisoned again—by Obito, no less."
The world before him was one built upon Obito's blueprint.
Even after uncovering the truth behind Infinite Tsukuyomi, Obito hadn't abandoned his plan.
Now, most of the world's population slumbered under the Divine Tree, dreaming blissfully within the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
It's worth noting—this was the people's own choice.
The world was too painful. Who wouldn't prefer a dream where they were the main character?
The majority of people were just ordinary beings. Even if they knew the dream was fake, how many could resist the temptation?
After his victory, Obito gave the world two choices: enter the dream world, or live in reality and focus on continuing the species.
Naturally, this didn't apply to stubborn remnants of the Allied Forces.
In the beginning, only a few were willing to enter the dream.
As time passed, Obito—who didn't want to turn people into White Zetsu weapons—allowed some dreamers to return and rest before re-entering.
Because these people vividly described how wonderful the dream world was, more and more followed.
The world suddenly became much quieter.
Such is human nature.
Given the choice, people seek pleasure and cling to laziness.
Eventually, to prevent the extinction of the human race, Obito had to issue new rules: access to the dream was limited. Only those who contributed—like bearing children or farming—would get priority access.
That's why, in the town Gensou observed, some worked diligently just to get ahead in the queue to enter Infinite Tsukuyomi. Others lazed around, still basking in the dream's afterglow—they didn't care if the wait was long.
But there was one absolute rule: no fighting or killing.
Such behavior would bring harsh punishment and immediate disqualification from the dream.
And for a generation who'd spent most of their lives addicted to illusion, losing that right was the most terrifying thing imaginable.
Because of this, the world had achieved a level of peace unseen in millennia. Everyone was polite, calm, and friendly—as if living in an ideal utopia described by ancient philosophers.
Looking at all of this, Gensou slowly shook his head.
Peace? A utopia?
Peel away the surface, and what he saw was an eerie, stagnant world with no future and no hope.
The engine of human progress had always been ambition.
But in this world, everyone felt to Gensou like end-stage addicts—unable to stop.
Diligent or lazy, everything they did was just for another hit of the illusion.
A society addicted to a genjutsu.
A world that had become a stagnant pool of dead water.
In Gensou's eyes, it was already walking toward death.
Peace?
Just a fig leaf.
Coincidentally—
Naruto, who was dragged all around, also witnessed the state of the world firsthand.
Though he hadn't read as many books as Gensou and couldn't speak in lofty ideals...
He clearly felt a deep, uncomfortable feeling the entire way.
Once they were done touring and Obito asked for his opinion—
Naruto gave a very serious answer:
"This world is wrong!"
(End of Chapter)
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