"A thousand years ago, I founded the Ninja Sect... and was later known as the Sage of Six Paths..."
"Ano-sata, Sasuke is still waiting for me to help him. Old Man Sage of Six Paths, can you hurry up!"
Naruto showed disdain. He had already heard all this from Lin Yu-sensei. The old man who sold cheats should just give him the cheats and be done with it. All this boasting about his past achievements at his age was hardly dignified.
Naruto had been tricked. Sasuke had conned him into listening to Otsutsuki Hagoromo recount the history of the ninja world. Not only Naruto, but Itachi had also been tricked by Shisui. And Hagoromo, who hadn't finished spewing his arrogant words, had also been conveniently brought along.
He knew that the descendants of Indra were cold and emotionless. Since that was the case, the enthusiastic, sunny, and cheerful descendant of Asura should be able to listen to his boasting for a while, right?
Otsutsuki Hagoromo had thought so. But seeing Naruto complaining in front of him, Hagoromo realized he was wrong. The ninja world had changed too quickly, so quickly that he no longer recognized it.
Otsutsuki Hagoromo was in a daze. His chakra flowed throughout the ninja world, but his consciousness was unclear. He only awoke when his mother, Otsutsuki Kaguya, broke free from her seal. But the developments seemed to have exceeded his expectations.
His mother, that woman obsessed with power... seemed to have... gotten a boyfriend.
Using the popular internet slang of the ninja world today, that's how it should be said.
Otsutsuki Hagoromo was bewildered. Even being called the Sage of Six Paths by later generations, he couldn't immediately accept that he would have an additional... father... a thousand years later?
Otsutsuki Hagoromo shook his head, dismissing such absurd thoughts. Fortunately, he was already dead. Otherwise, to put it in today's terms, it would be a complete social death!
Hagoromo breathed a sigh of relief, feeling fortunate for the first time that he had died long ago. Dying was the best!
"Hey! Old Man Sage of Six Paths, what are you spacing out for? There's a war going on outside!"
Naruto scowled. If it weren't for the cheat that Lin Yu-sensei mentioned not being in his hands yet, he would have called him a stinky old man a few times!
Itachi maintained his expressionless face, feeling indifferent to this legendary Sage of Six Paths. All he wanted now was to gain greater power and reclaim what was lost.
Whatever Brother Shisui had, he wanted too!
Otsutsuki Hagoromo sighed, "Are all young people nowadays so impatient?"
Regardless of the reason, these young people before him were fighting to protect the ninja world. As the founder of the Ninja Sect, how could he stand by and do nothing?
"Extend your hand."
Naruto, half-doubting, extended his right hand. A sun-like mark was placed in his palm by Hagoromo.
"Remember, you must unite Yin and Yang to unleash its full potential..."
"Stop rambling! I already know that! Old man, we'll meet again if fate allows!"
Seeing that the cheat was in hand, Naruto waved at Otsutsuki Hagoromo with a bright smile, "We will definitely win!"
Watching their figures gradually disappear before him, Otsutsuki Hagoromo's tense face broke into a smile.
"Let's hope so..."
...
The scene refocused on the battlefield. After tricking Naruto into going to Hagoromo, Sasuke was left to face three Otsutsuki high-ranking members alone. Fortunately, Obito arrived in time, but their situation was still not ideal.
Although both Sasuke and Obito had received the Sage of Six Paths' gift and awakened their Rinnegan, with Sasuke even awakening the Six-Tomoe Rinnegan, relying solely on the Rinnegan only brought them to par with the Otsutsuki members in terms of dojutsu.
With just the Rinnegan, they couldn't crush their opponents and were still at a disadvantage.
The Otsutsuki high-ranking members were not inexperienced chicks like Kaguya. Each of them had conquered countless planets. Although they had almost always overwhelmed their opponents in terms of power, they had also gone through countless battles to reach their high-ranking positions.
The three Otsutsuki had different dojutsu abilities, and for a time, Obito and Sasuke were extremely passive.
"We must separate them and defeat them one by one!"
When it came to combat, ninjas of the ninja world were never short of improvisational ability. This was the most basic skill for a ninja, a mandatory course in their training!
"Heheheh, you have nowhere to run."
An Otsutsuki high-ranking member with an orange Rinnegan extended his palm, and a yellow barrier enveloped them, isolating them from the outside.
Obito's Rinnegan flickered. Just as he was about to use Kamui to escape the barrier, the two Otsutsuki in the sky descended rapidly and engaged them in close-quarters combat, giving Obito no chance.
Although they didn't know the purpose of this yellow barrier, being trapped and waiting for death was not the style of Obito and Sasuke.
"Kamui!"
Space was distorted, and a gap instantly appeared in the yellow barrier. Having awakened his Rinnegan, Obito's ability to distort space with Kamui had greatly increased.
"Clown!"
The Otsutsuki with the orange Rinnegan's eyes narrowed. He waved his hand and repaired the yellow barrier. He hadn't expected Obito to be able to break his cage. This ant had to die first.
As the battle continued, Obito and Sasuke discovered something was wrong.
"This barrier is absorbing chakra!"
Not only that, but the link between the Greel crystal fragments and the source of life seemed to have become negligible, and the effect of chakra transmission had been greatly reduced.
If this continued, they were doomed to lose!
"You noticed? But it's too late!"
After reinforcing the barrier, the third Otsutsuki high-ranking member also joined the fight. They were in no hurry. As long as the barrier absorbed all the chakra from these two, they would be like fish out of water, easily killed.
"I'll break the barrier, you go out first!"
Obito knew about Sasuke's Rinnegan ability. With Sasuke's Amenotejikara, he could teleport out the moment the barrier was broken, and then break the barrier from the outside!
"You think you can succeed!"
Several black rods shot out from tricky angles towards Obito's back. Just as Obito was about to phase through, his body trembled, and he heard a familiar voice.
"Kamui!"
A vortex appeared beside him, the black rods were distorted by space, and Kakashi, wearing a tattered green vest, jumped out of the vortex. In his eyes, a pair of Mangekyo Sharingan glowed scarlet and demonic.
"Kakashi, you..."
"Obito, don't forget, back in the Ninja Academy, you were no match for me."
Obito smiled, as if returning to his former self, and showed a sunny smile, "Kakashi, let's fight side by side this time!"
Kakashi shrugged and said with a hint of nonchalance, "Don't slow me down, Obito."
The two stood side by side, their eyes both possessing the power of Kamui.
"Dual Kamui!"
A large opening was instantly distorted in the yellow barrier. A piece of rubble fell, and Sasuke had already disappeared.
This was the true power of Dual Kamui!
...
In another space, the battle between Lin Yu and the ancient Otsutsuki ancestor was much more intense than expected. This was largely thanks to Lin Yu's maximum survival abilities; otherwise, he would have already reported to the Pure Land.
They had fought their way from Kaguya'sinesis through the dimensions to the extra-dimensional space of Otsutsuki Isshiki. After all, Lin Yu didn't care if Isshiki's extra-dimensional space was damaged, but Kaguya'sinesis was another matter.
The ancient Otsutsuki ancestor stood in the sky, his expression indifferent. As the battle had progressed to this point, he knew that killing Lin Yu would be a troublesome task, and the situation of the battle outside did not seem to be entirely in his favor.
The development of events seemed to have taken an unpredictable turn for the worse. But it didn't matter; everything would come to an end.
The ancient Otsutsuki ancestor tore open another space, pointed to the scene within, and chuckled,
"This should be your trump card, shouldn't it? Or perhaps, the unique characteristic of this planet!"