# E468 - The Successor
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**[00:12] ---**
I will now name
the successor to Ninshu.
**[00:18] ---**
The one who shall take over
Ninshu will be…
**[00:25] ---**
Ashura!
**[00:31] ---**
L-Lord Hagoromo!
**[00:33] ---**
Why?!
**[00:34] ---**
I have nowhere near the skills for
Ninshu that Elder Brother has!
**[00:36] ---**
The difference is immeasurable!
**[00:37] ---**
I've made my decision.
**[00:40] ---**
Please tell me why you were
dissatisfied with me.
**[00:45] ---**
I received word that the village
I had left you in charge of
**[00:48] ---**
is near destruction.
**[00:51] ---**
What? How?!
**[00:53] ---**
You didn't forcibly use
the Divine Tree to…
**[00:56] ---**
Do I look like a fool?
**[01:01] ---**
Tell me what you did.
**[01:03] ---**
I did the same thing Ashura did.
**[01:06] ---**
I gave the people the water
they desired…
**[01:09] ---**
and dealt with the Divine Tree.
**[01:11] ---**
The only difference was that…
**[01:13] ---**
I did it alone.
**[01:16] ---**
And that drastically affected the result.
**[01:20] ---**
After you left,
**[01:21] ---**
the villagers fought over water rights
and ended up destroying themselves.
**[01:26] ---**
Happiness obtained with
the easy way never lasts long.
**[01:31] ---**
But Ashura labored alongside
the people to open up a path.
**[01:35] ---**
Hard-earned happiness
is difficult to destroy.
**[01:42] ---**
Indra, you have a wonderful power
known as the Sharingan.
**[01:47] ---**
Ashura has matured,
but still lacks in power.
**[01:51] ---**
Lend him your power going forward
and support the growth of Ninshu.
**[02:15] ---**
Elder Brother…
**[03:47] ---**
*The Successor*
**[03:59] ---**
Why?
**[04:01] ---**
Why didn't he choose me?
**[04:04] ---**
Exactly!
**[04:05] ---**
The one with power rules the world!
That's just common sense!
**[04:08] ---**
Indra has the power
to decide everything!
**[04:12] ---**
Let's appeal to
Lord Hagoromo again.
**[04:15] ---**
We'll support you!
**[04:18] ---**
Thanks, both of you.
**[04:21] ---**
No need for thanks.
We just want to support you.
**[04:25] ---**
Yes, just tell us anything
that you want us to do!
**[04:29] ---**
Really?
**[04:36] ---**
This is amazing!
**[04:39] ---**
I've never seen such a feast!
**[04:41] ---**
Today is the auspicious day
the successor of Ninshu was chosen!
**[04:45] ---**
Everyone, eat and enjoy
to your heart's content!
**[04:49] ---**
Let's eat, everyone!
**[05:01] ---**
I think we came at a bad time.
**[05:05] ---**
Don't worry about it.
**[05:09] ---**
To be honest, I'm relieved.
**[05:12] ---**
That Ashura was chosen
to be the successor.
**[05:15] ---**
Ashura's big brother is smart
and he's a genius with Ninshu,
**[05:20] ---**
but there's a coldness to him.
**[05:23] ---**
If he was named successor,
I think we'd all be scared of him.
**[05:29] ---**
I see.
**[05:31] ---**
But Ashura understands a person's pain.
**[05:35] ---**
He's a bit dense, but this last journey
really matured him.
**[05:40] ---**
Enough to make *you*
fall in love with him
**[05:42] ---**
and follow him all the way here.
**[05:43] ---**
W-What're you saying?!
**[05:45] ---**
You're blushing.
**[05:47] ---**
You idiot!
**[05:48] ---**
Ouch!
**[05:50] ---**
Really…
**[05:52] ---**
Hey, where is Ashura anyway?
**[06:08] ---**
Ashura…
**[06:13] ---**
You're not satisfied?
**[06:15] ---**
Yes.
**[06:18] ---**
Indra has changed…
**[06:21] ---**
It's because of the Sharingan.
**[06:23] ---**
Sharingan?
**[06:25] ---**
Everyone who sees Sharingan is
overwhelmed by its power.
**[06:30] ---**
And that happened
way before Indra realized it.
**[06:35] ---**
That's how powerful
Indra's Sharingan is.
**[06:42] ---**
That power stopped Indra from
understanding how others feel…
**[06:47] ---**
And in the end, it closed his heart.
**[06:53] ---**
But you are different.
**[06:57] ---**
You understand the human heart.
**[07:00] ---**
That is why you enhanced
Ninshu with love.
**[07:03] ---**
And that nurtured trust among people,
created bonds and friendship.
**[07:08] ---**
Friendship?
**[07:10] ---**
A bond is only created after
sharing hardship together.
**[07:16] ---**
A bond overflows with love
and compassion.
**[07:19] ---**
As long as there are bonds,
Ninshu will not be used for evil.
**[07:24] ---**
However, power without bonds will
bring about calamity in the world.
**[07:31] ---**
Ashura…
**[07:33] ---**
Join forces with your brother and
spread the bonds of Ninshu.
**[07:40] ---**
Father…
**[07:42] ---**
From this moment onward,
I entrust my power to you.
**[07:50] ---**
Ashura!
**[07:52] ---**
Where did he go?
**[08:04] ---**
What is that?!
**[08:24] ---**
W-What is it?
**[08:32] ---**
Kanna! Are you all right?
**[08:34] ---**
Yes…
**[08:36] ---**
What just happened?
**[08:46] ---**
Elder Brother!
**[08:52] ---**
Indra…
**[08:54] ---**
What is the meaning of this?
**[08:56] ---**
Why?
**[08:57] ---**
Why didn't you choose me
as your successor?
**[09:01] ---**
It isn't power that
controls Ninshu, but love.
**[09:04] ---**
That is what I have decided.
**[09:06] ---**
Love?
There is no need for love!
**[09:09] ---**
During my journey,
**[09:11] ---**
like Ashura,
I searched for the villagers' pain.
**[09:16] ---**
But ultimately, the villagers
ended up relying on my power.
**[09:21] ---**
The weak revered me as their king
and wanted my power.
**[09:25] ---**
Ashura was lacking.
**[09:27] ---**
That is why he found it necessary
to get the cooperation of others.
**[09:32] ---**
But I'm different!
**[09:34] ---**
I don't need the help of the weak.
**[09:37] ---**
I can use my power
and I can establish total order!
**[09:42] ---**
A world completely
devoid of conflict!
**[09:46] ---**
That's just like my mother, Kaguya…
**[09:49] ---**
Especially those with power,
must never forget the human heart.
**[09:56] ---**
People cannot progress
as swiftly as you can.
**[09:59] ---**
Those who cannot walk
at the same pace
**[10:02] ---**
can only fear power
that has no bond.
**[10:05] ---**
People will not support
governance through fear.
**[10:09] ---**
Then I shall force them to obey.
**[10:12] ---**
Please stop, Elder Brother!
**[10:14] ---**
You would have given
your life to protect me.
**[10:16] ---**
That's how kind you once were!
**[10:18] ---**
Ashura…
I am no longer that man.
**[10:23] ---**
I cannot return to being him.
**[10:26] ---**
Indra…
**[10:27] ---**
Your eyes!
**[10:32] ---**
*We just want to support you.*
**[10:35] ---**
*Yes, just tell us anything*
*that you want us to do!*
**[10:38] ---**
*Really?*
*Thank you, both of you.*
**[10:50] ---**
*Indra… Why?!*
**[10:56] ---**
*Forgive me…*
**[11:04] ---**
*Whenever I lose the ones*
*closest and dear to me…*
**[11:07] ---**
*my Sharingan evolves.*
**[11:14] ---**
Indra!
So you've stooped that low…
**[11:17] ---**
Please stop!
I don't want to fight you, Elder Brother!
**[11:21] ---**
Oh…fight me?
**[11:24] ---**
You've become quite brave, Ashura!
**[11:27] ---**
You really think
you can take me on?
**[11:49] ---**
What?!
**[12:09] ---**
A-Amazing!
**[12:10] ---**
That's the result of his training!
**[12:32] ---**
You've become quite brave, Ashura!
**[12:35] ---**
But it's not enough to beat me!
**[13:04] ---**
Here I come.
**[13:13] ---**
*This* is power!
**[13:39] ---**
Ashura?!
**[14:07] ---**
Father!
Everyone!
**[14:09] ---**
Everyone!
Join forces!
**[14:19] ---**
You have the audacity
to point your blade at me?
**[14:33] ---**
The powerless can band together,
but it means nothing.
**[14:39] ---**
Father, let me perform the last rites
for your fragile ideals!
**[14:47] ---**
It's over!
**[14:48] ---**
Elder Brother!
**[15:09] ---**
This is…
**[15:10] ---**
The power of the Six Paths!
**[15:13] ---**
You inherited it?
**[15:16] ---**
Ridiculous!
**[15:29] ---**
Everyone, lend Ashura your power!
**[15:56] ---**
Father!
**[15:57] ---**
Ashura, chakra is a power that
can link the hearts of many!
**[16:05] ---**
Everyone!
**[16:12] ---**
*I feel it…I can feel…*
*everyone's…*
**[16:15] ---**
…power!
**[16:25] ---**
What?!
**[16:39] ---**
What is this?
**[16:43] ---**
Elder Brother!
**[16:45] ---**
Ashura!
**[16:50] ---**
This is…
**[16:51] ---**
…the power of our bond!
**[17:15] ---**
Elder Brother!
**[17:16] ---**
Stay away!
**[17:21] ---**
Ashura…
**[17:23] ---**
I will never…
**[17:26] ---**
acknowledge Ninshu…or you!
**[17:33] ---**
Elder Brother…
**[17:37] ---**
*Soon after that,*
**[17:38] ---**
*I heard rumors that Indra established*
*a sect of Ninjutsu that idealized power.*
**[17:45] ---**
*I recorded the misfortune that*
*the Sharingan brings about*
**[17:47] ---**
*in the stone tablet.*
**[17:49] ---**
*However, Zetsu took advantage of it*
**[17:52] ---**
*and seems to have*
*been a total waste.*
**[18:00] ---**
Ashura…
**[18:01] ---**
It seems my time in this world
is coming to an end.
**[18:06] ---**
Father!
**[18:07] ---**
- Father!
- Grandpa!
**[18:11] ---**
I was not able to guide
this world well…
**[18:17] ---**
That's not true!
**[18:18] ---**
We'll pass on your will to many,
many people through Ninshu, Father!
**[18:23] ---**
But I leave behind some who will not…
**[18:28] ---**
Indra came by last night.
**[18:42] ---**
*Is that you, Indra?*
**[18:48] ---**
*Have you come to kill me?*
**[18:52] ---**
*There's no need for me*
*to do that anymore.*
**[18:55] ---**
*I came here*
**[18:56] ---**
*to end the future*
*of this hell disguised as Ninshu.*
**[19:01] ---**
*You have always feared*
*the power of my grandmother.*
**[19:05] ---**
*And instead of trying to*
*understand this enormous power,*
**[19:09] ---**
*you merely ran from it…*
**[19:11] ---**
*using love and bonds as a shield.*
**[19:15] ---**
*Your selfish misconception*
*will mar the future of Ninshu*
**[19:19] ---**
*with wars and calamities.*
**[19:22] ---**
*Until I destroy Ashura*
*and his brethren,*
**[19:25] ---**
*and wipe out Ninshu from*
*the face of this world,*
**[19:28] ---**
*I have no intention of*
*ever stopping my fight.*
**[19:31] ---**
*Until I accomplish this,*
**[19:34] ---**
*my soul will reincarnate and fight,*
*however long it takes!*
**[19:45] ---**
Forgive me.
**[19:47] ---**
Father, please be at peace.
**[19:50] ---**
If Elder Brother's soul will reincarnate
over and over again, so shall mine.
**[19:58] ---**
Ashura…
I entrust the future of this world…
**[20:01] ---**
…to you and your descendants…
**[20:07] ---**
Father!
**[20:08] ---**
Lord Hagoromo!
**[20:09] ---**
- Father!
- Grandpa!
**[20:14] ---**
*And as Indra warned,*
**[20:17] ---**
*the battle between them waged on,*
**[20:20] ---**
*never-ending,*
*over and over again.*
**[20:27] ---**
*These battles took the lives of many*
*comrades and kin on both sides.*
**[20:31] ---**
*Hate begat hate,*
*and it reached a point of no return.*
**[20:36] ---**
*The fighting continued even after*
*Ashura and Indra died*
**[20:40] ---**
*to the numerous reincarnates*
*of their souls.*
**[20:45] ---**
*To you, Senju Hashirama,*
*and Madara Uchiha…*
**[20:50] ---**
*and now, to Naruto Uzumaki*
*and Sasuke Uchiha.*
**[20:56] ---**
Everyone…
**[20:58] ---**
You must do everything in your power
to save Naruto and Sasuke.
**[21:01] ---**
I have implicit faith
**[21:04] ---**
that these two will find
the true solution
**[21:08] ---**
to this fate of the shinobi
that has continued for so long.
**[22:49] ---**
There's only one S-rank mission
that we can do, ya know?
**[22:53] ---**
Nothing good happened
and we messed up before,
**[22:56] ---**
but it's a mission
that only we can do!
**[22:58] ---**
This is getting interesting…
**[23:01] ---**
I'm getting kind of excited for this!
**[23:05] ---**
Next time on Naruto Shippuden:
"A Special Mission"
**[23:09] ---**
All right!
Let's begin the mission!
**[23:12] ---**
A SPECIAL MISSION
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Tune in again!