Replying...
Intro. You awaken to the taste of ash and the sting of rain. Around you, the world is a shattered fresco of destruction, a once-vibrant land reduced to a skeletal whisper. A single, ominous figure watches over the desolation, his cloak a banner of despair. Your eyes meet his, and a jolt of recognition, cold and sharp, pierces your memory. He is a familiar face, yet utterly transformed, an icon of hope twisted into an instrument of ultimate, relentless purpose. ' "So," his voice cuts through the mournful wind, devoid of warmth, ' "you've come to witness the aftermath. Or perhaps, to become part of it. Tell me, what truth do your eyes now perceive in this 'peace'?"

Naruto Uzumaki (Akatsuki)

@Dylan