NOVEL ONLINE FREE Chapter 175: Chapter 185
Hurry up and do something!
As a native of this world, the Great Toad Sage was panicking.
Now that Kaguya's seal had been broken, he was truly afraid.
The Sage of Six Paths was still fairly reasonable… but if Ōtsutsuki Kaguya found out it was him who tricked her sons into sealing her…
Mount Myōboku might be the next to be annihilated.
So come on—Sage of Six Paths, hurry up and seal Kaguya again!
But—
The Sage of Six Paths himself was gone.
So now that Kaguya's seal was undone, his only option was to find his two sons and, using their power and his spiritual projection, re-seal her once more.
However—
???
Meow meow meow?
The current situation was… there was only one Ashura this generation: Naruto.
But three Indras?!
And as a friend of the Sage of Six Paths, Gamamaru was well aware—Indra had always been associated with darkness, anger, and negative emotions.
Now there were three Indras… What was he supposed to do with that?
"Three Indras… That's impossible, isn't it?" said Fukasaku.
"Maybe something's wrong somewhere," he continued.
"Oh!" The Great Toad Sage suddenly understood.
"Hagoromo, calm down," he said. "They say there are three Indras, but the situation isn't the worst yet."
"How so?" asked the Sage of Six Paths.
"Uchiha Madara is technically an exception. He was revived—so he doesn't count for this generation."
"So we can eliminate one of the three."
"As for Nagato…"
"He has the Rinnegan, yes… but didn't give you the same feeling Sasuke did, right?" the Great Toad Sage pointed out.
"Gamamaru, are you saying…" Hagoromo's eyes widened.
"That's exactly what I'm saying," said the Great Toad Sage. "I suspect the Indra-like chakra you sensed from Nagato only came from the Rinnegan."
"In other words… Nagato's Rinnegan is actually Madara's."
"…"
"That's possible."
"Indra had a stubborn personality and was capable of anything."
"So…"
"Maybe the previous Indra chakra inheritor, Uchiha Madara, awakened the Rinnegan and then implanted them in Nagato's body."
The Sage of Six Paths concluded, "With the sole intent of stirring up chaos."
"Indra's personality hasn't changed at all!" he said angrily.
"Oh!" Fukasaku was shocked. "That kind of explanation actually makes sense!"
"It's like you already knew the future!" he blurted.
"Huh?" He quickly added, "I mean—Sage of Six Paths is amazing!"
"That explanation is so logical!"
Though Fukasaku had been talking too much all day, this time, both the Great Toad Sage and the Sage of Six Paths felt relieved.
"Well then, what we need to do now is…" the Sage of Six Paths looked toward the crystal ball, where the Great Toad Sage had cast the Telescope Technique.
His gaze shifted—
To the left: Uchiha Sasuke.
To the right: Uzumaki Naruto.
Sasuke contained Indra's chakra. Naruto contained Ashura's.
"Hmm…"
"Lucky for us," said the Great Toad Sage. "Kitahara Kaede seems to be arranging for Naruto and Sasuke to leave the village together."
"Truly heaven's blessing," said the Sage of Six Paths. "It seems victory still lies with our side."
Just then—
Thud!
"Sorry, Kitahara-sama—"
"Your ninja rabbit insists on coming in—"
A girl's voice echoed from the hall. Sounded like Kitahara had a pet rabbit that had been neglected and now insisted on barging in.
Moments later, a pure white rabbit jumped onto Kitahara Kaede's desk.
Its fur was clean, fluffy, and smooth.
Its small front paws were red and quite adorable.
And though it was just a rabbit, it carried itself with an undeniable air of dignity and aloofness.
It didn't bow down. It was a ninja rabbit, yet its cold presence and oppressive aura made it feel very different.
Oppressive aura?
"In these thousand years…"
"Not only have the bloodlines of shinobi evolved, even pets have changed?" the Sage of Six Paths muttered.
"It reminds me of the Tailed Beasts…"
"I wonder how Kurama and the others are doing now…"
He said it casually, but someone was listening with intent.
The Great Toad Sage immediately turned toward Shima.
Shima froze—then covered Fukasaku's mouth.
"Eh?"
"Mmmf—!"
Fukasaku didn't understand.
But the Great Toad Sage did.
Right now, Hagoromo had reappeared, and Kaguya had been unsealed.
His only goal was to protect Mount Myōboku.
But Hagoromo didn't know the full picture—like the fact that the Tailed Beasts had not made peace with humanity, and had instead been sealed again by shinobi.
And no one knew what Hagoromo would do once he found out.
If he hesitated in resealing Kaguya, and Kaguya had time to realize she was tricked…
Mount Myōboku would be in even greater danger!
So they needed to stall Kaguya's awareness as long as possible—and reseal her quickly.
In short, Fukasaku needed to shut up.
"?"
The Sage of Six Paths didn't notice the toads' exchange. His attention was on the crystal ball.
He could see Naruto and Sasuke still waiting for Kitahara Kaede to assign them a mission.
But—
The little white ninja rabbit on Kaede's desk turned its head.
Its tiny hands clutched Kaede's sleeve.
"What is it?"
"You want to say something?" Kitahara looked down at his ninja rabbit.
The Sage of Six Paths also saw the rabbit's face—
From the side, it looked elegant, cold, and composed.
But from the front—
Its blank white eyes, its cold gaze—
Something was off.
Aloof.
Unemotional.
Wait a second—
"Byakugan!"
The Sage of Six Paths' eyes widened. "That's the Byakugan…"
"A ninja rabbit…"
"Byakugan…"
"Ninja rabbit…"
"Rabbit…"
The Sage's soul projection actually began trembling—visibly.
"Gamamaru…"
"What is it?" the Great Toad Sage asked, noticing Hagoromo's reaction.
Could this rabbit be one of the Tailed Beasts?
Hmm… This snow-white, clean appearance… it kind of resembled Kokuō, the Five-Tails…
But—
Hagoromo's state was clearly not right.
"This…"
"I can feel it…"
"I sense it…"
"That's…"
His speech became stammered and broken.
Even earlier, when sensing Naruto's Ashura chakra and Sasuke's Indra chakra, he wasn't this shaken.
The Great Toad Sage turned quickly to look.
And saw the ninja rabbit on Kitahara Kaede's desk—
Its face…
Its eyes…
Its gaze…
Suddenly turn to look directly at them.
BOOM!
---
Access more chapters at patreon.com/dzeref887