Chapter 481: Ban Daye, the Selflessly Altruistic

"Kid, what you're doing is meaningless."

Madara Uchiha silently withdrew the Kage, and just watched Lian Ye constantly darting across the Battlefield.

He thought to himself that this kid really is not very sharp.

"With your strength you can't stop me from achieving my ideal; why do you still oppose me?"

Facing the Flying Thunder God Technique invented by Qianshou Feijian, Madara Uchiha truly had no good way to deal with it.

As long as Lian Ye keeps buying time, eventually his condition will decline.

There's no helping it; age means his condition can't match his younger days.

By then, offense and defense will shift.

Given that kid's temperament, he'll surely opt for a heavy strike...

Madara Uchiha could only, before his condition seriously wanes, persuade Lian Ye to hurry back to Konoha Village.

Stop wasting time here.

"Lord Ban, I've said, your plan has huge holes; its truth or falsehood is still unknown!"

Lian Ye's voice came from all directions; he dared not linger in one spot, lest an unseen Kage ambush him.

At that moment he didn't know that Ban had already withdrawn the Kage.

In fact, Lian Ye originally intended to tell Madara Uchiha directly that the Moon's Eye plan was a conspiracy orchestrated by Heijue.

But given Ban Daye's stubborn nature, he would certainly not believe such an outrageous claim.

So he could only switch to a more compromise method.

Unfortunately, that method also didn't yield much effect.

For Madara Uchiha, the Moon's Eye plan is the ideal he's upheld all these years.

If someone told him his ideal was false, no one would be willing to believe it.

As for truth or falsehood? We'll only know after seeing it!

Lian Ye knew very clearly that Ban Daye now resembled a gambler who has lost his red eyes; unless he loses everything, he won't stop.

And achieving the Moon's Eye plan is his final stake.

Against the stubborn Madara Uchiha, Lian Ye has no good solution.

He can only defeat him first, then bring him back to the Village.

"Kid, go back, don't try to persuade me," Madara Uchiha said gravely, "Regardless of whether the content on the Stone Tablet is true, I will give it a try."

"You know, the Moon's Eye has been the ideal I've upheld for years..."

Lian Ye: "..."

He gave up; after all that talk, nothing got through.

He truly has no move left.

Damn, the naive Ban Daye really was duped and crippled by the inherently evil Heijue.

Damned Heijue, never let me see you!

Otherwise it'll die, die, die!

Actually, Lian Ye can understand Madara Uchiha's approach; it's merely a gambler putting all hope on a single hand.

Then he goes all‑in, hoping for that moment of success.

Lian Ye wasn't using the Flying Thunder God for high‑speed evasion; he could see that Ban Daye no longer desired to fight.

"Lord Ban, do you truly think trapping everyone in a Genjutsu World will achieve Ninja World Peace?"

He stared at Madara Uchiha's Rinnegan, trying to read even a hint of emotion.

Unfortunately, there was none.

Those eyes were only calm, with no other feeling.

"The real world is too painful; what's wrong with a Genjutsu World?" Madara Uchiha said expressionlessly.

As long as everyone falls into a beautiful Genjutsu World, the Ninja World will have no more war, pain, or death.

Is there any problem with that?

He doesn't understand why Hashirama and Lian Ye both reject his plan.

He can only say the two are accustomed to comfortable lives, only knowing the gentle haven of Konoha, completely forgetting the suffering of others in the Ninja World.

Senju Hashirama's peace is selfish!

It only temporarily places Konoha Village's people in a peaceful world, whereas his plan differs from Hashirama's.

The Moon's Eye plan is selfless; it can let everyone in the Ninja World live the happy life they've long dreamed of.

"Lord Ban, how about this: I'll cast a Genjutsu on you, letting you spend the rest of your life in a happy Genjutsu World, okay?"

Seeing the persuasion fail, Lian Ye could only adopt another method.

Since the problem can't be solved, he'll eliminate the one who raised it.

As long that Ban Daye enters a Genjutsu World to spend his remaining days, the Ninja World crisis can be resolved without a single soldier.

I'm practically a genius!

Unfortunately, Madara Uchiha doesn't accept it.

"It's too selfish for just me to enjoy a beautiful life; I want everyone in the Ninja World to share that happiness!"

Lian Ye: "..."

What a fellow, really a fellow!

When did Ban Daye become so selflessly altruistic?!

Facing the impenetrable Ban Daye, Lian Ye truly has no move left.

He can't win in a fight, nor can he win in words.

Are we supposed to just let Madara Uchiha carry out the "Moon's Eye" World Destruction Plan?

If that were really the case, he'd be hung on a tree and wrapped into a mummy in an instant, then spend the rest of his life happily within the Infinite Moon Reading.

Tsk, thinking it over, it actually sounds pretty good!

Hold on… that's not right!

Lian Ye hurriedly shook his head, discarding the unrealistic notion from his mind.

He doesn't believe the Infinite Moon Reading can last a lifetime; perhaps after a few days he'd be assimilated by the Divine Tree into a Bai Jue, and then die inexplicably.

It should be noted that the current Bai Jue were formed from people who, thousands of years ago, were hung on a tree by Kaguya Otsutsuki.

A flesh-and-blood person became a weapon devoid of emotion and pain.

The very existence of the Bai Jue is precisely Kaguya Otsutsuki's army used to counter the potentially arriving Otsutsuki Clan.

The reality is certainly not as wonderful as described!

Lian Ye seemed to have found a breakthrough, looked at Madara Uchiha, and suddenly posed a question.

"Lord Ban, do you know how the Bai Jue were formed?"

Madara Uchiha didn't understand why Lian Ye was asking, but he patiently explained.

"The Bai Jue are— I cultivated them by combining Hashirama's cells with an Outsider Demon Statue. Any problem with that?"

The Bai Jue are creatures he personally oversaw creating, so he naturally knows the entire process…

"Lord Ban, you were half right!"

Lian Ye pointed at the densely packed Bai Jue around them and asked curiously.

"Think carefully first—did you really create that many Bai Jue?"

Madara Uchiha looked at the densely packed Bai Jue surrounding the base and was suddenly stunned.

Indeed, did he really create that many Bai Jue?

The number of Bai Jue before his eyes already far exceeds the total he had created at the time.

Ban did not continuously create Bai Jue; he stopped once a certain amount was reached.

Then where did these extra Bai Jue come from now?!

"Kid, do you know something?"

Madara Uchiha looked at Lian Ye and asked the question lingering in his mind.

Since the kid brought it up voluntarily, he must have uncovered a hidden secret.

"Lord Ban, this matter involves the 'Moon's Eye' plan…"

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ps: Tomorrow I can finally rest for a day; then I'll write three chapters, ke ke ke…