” Let me introduce myself once again…I am Hakuromo, I am a body that has already died in the past…Only Chakra has wandered this world, crossed generations, and watched the end of the race…It is said that he is the founder of the race and is a sage of the Six Paths.”
“The first to make ninjutsu…”
“It’s not ninjutsu, it’s race. My race is for creating hope. It shouldn’t be confused with the ninjutsu that created war…!”
Sasuke quietly looked at the Six Paths and opened his mouth.
“Then why did you come to me? Is it related to the Asura… who I just mentioned?”
“That’s right. You’re keeping your cool in this situation more than I thought.”
“Honestly, if possible, I want to go to reality right now. But I decided that it was just as important that you talked to me at this timing.”
“It’s true. But before that, there’s something I must tell you.”
“story..?”
“About my mother and two sons…”
When the Six Masters lightly touched the flooded floor with their cane, the surface of the water spread and a woman appeared.
“My mother, Kaguya Otsutsuki, came to this land from afar. She came to bear the fruit of the Divine Beast. It is the chakra fruit of the giant tree you saw in this war.”
“Fruit?”
“Kaguya ate the fruit and gained strength to rule this land.”
“Is that the first chakra and ninjutsu?”
“Yes, people called my mother a rabbit goddess, so they worshiped and feared her. Later, Kaguya gave birth to two Ii. One of them is me.”
It seemed to show the memories of the Six Masters on the surface of the water. Sasuke stared at the surface of the water and focused on the story of the Six Paths.
“My brother and I fought against the ten tails, the incarnation of a divine beast, and sealed them to ourselves in order to reap the sins left by our mother. Years passed and I also had two children. My older brother Indra named my younger brother Ashura and taught me the race.”
“…”
“However, the older brother, Indra, was superior. The younger brother, Asura, was inferior. That is why Indra did everything on his own and thought that only strength made everything possible. On the contrary, Asura was not good at anything from a young age and could not do anything by himself. “
“…”
“Even so, Asura did not give up, and through his own efforts and the cooperation of others, he managed to get his physical chakra to bloom and gain power comparable to that of his older brother. I realized that the reason I was able to become stronger was because I cooperated with others.”
When the sage of the Six Paths touched the surface of the water again, the figure of Asura appeared like a shadow at Sasuke’s feet. And behind Asura, there were many of his allies.
“I saw a new possibility in Asura’s life. I distributed the ten beauty within me and gave each one a name. I believed that the connection between others through cooperation is the true power.”
“Cooperation…”
“So I made Asura the guardian of the race to lead everyone. I thought that Indra would also cooperate with his brother. But Indra did not acknowledge it. And from that point on, a long-term war began.”
Asura and Indra were seen fighting on the surface of the water. Sasuke looked at the figure quietly and suddenly noticed that the form of this fight and the techniques were the same as himself and Naruto. Asura compares Naruto to Indra’s own technique.
“…no way”
“Did you notice? Yes. The chakra of the two did not disappear even after their bodies disappeared, and they reincarnated over time. Many times…”
“Is that what a former life means?”
“Yes, it is you”
As the surface of the water spread, the asura began to appear again like a shadow beneath Sasuke’s feet. Sasuke saw that and was convinced that he was Asura’s Phantom.
“Then you must already know who Indra’s reincarnation is…”
Sasuke thinks of the time he had a brief fight with Naruto under the bridge, and recalls the sense of incongruity he felt at that time.
“Naruto…”
“That’s the correct answer. No, it would be more correct to say that it was now.”
“What do you mean?”
“Naruto is no longer Indra’s reincarnation”
Sasuke’s expression darkened when he remembered that Naruto was dead. The sage saw Sasuke’s expression and realized what he was thinking.
“Surely the child is dead. But that’s not what I meant.”
The six-way sage slowly raised his hand and pointed at Sasuke’s back. When Sasuke looked back, he saw Indra as a shadow, just like Asura.
“Indra…?”
“Sasuke, you are both Asura’s reincarnation and Indra’s reincarnation.”
“Wait…how could that be?”
“To conclude, the fight between the brothers is over. Sasuke, thanks to you.”
“…?”
Once again, the surface of the water spread, revealing the figures of Naruto and Sasuke. And after Naruto, there was Asura, and after Sasuke, there was Indra.
“Originally, Naruto should have had Asura and you had Indra’s chakra. However, Madara, who was the reincarnation of Indra of the previous generation, pursued power and fused Asura’s chakra and Indra’s chakra into one.”
“Yoon Hoi-an…”
“Yes, at the same time as opening the Reincarnation Eye, fate was reversed. Two things changed greatly as a result. Originally, all the reincarnations of the brothers were male. However, because of a momentary twist Madara made, Naruto was born as a female.”
“Is that… a big problem?”
“Asura’s chakra is close to yang, and Indra’s chakra is close to yin. And males have a positive chakra and females have a strong negative chakra. In other words, Naruto, who became a woman, has a negative chakra, Indra.”
“…”
“However, even though they are of the same negative chakra, Indra’s chakra is special. It is distinctly different from the female negative chakra. Eventually, that chakra caused more and more opposition to Naruto as time passed.”
‘ I… Is it dead… ‘
Naruto couldn’t see, but he felt as if he was sinking into the water. The more he sank, the darker his consciousness became. Naruto decided to let go of the ceremony without any resistance.
‘Now… I’m so… tired… I’d rather… ‘
I’ve tried a lot, but nothing has changed in the end. It was just a stupid and useless struggle. It was wrong to be born in the first place. Just as my consciousness was about to put those thoughts into complete darkness for the last time, I heard someone’s voice quietly but surely.
“Rise… child of the bowl”
“…!”
Naruto opened his eyes in surprise. Then she looked at the man in front of her. He was wearing a mantle of the six swords and had a staff made of old swords. Naruto looked at him for a long time, then opened his mouth, remembering that Black Zetsu had pierced his chest.
“Sure… I should have died… Am I alive…?”
“I’m sorry, Child of the Bowl, you have already lost your life.”
“…Then, where is this place?”
“This is the boundary between life and death… It is the place where the souls of the dead pass before they can rest eternally.”
“…”
“Simply put, this is the ‘Moon'”
The old man swung his staff once, and the surroundings brightened, showing that this was the inside of the moon. Naruto looks around, then fixes his gaze on the old man again and asks a question.
“Who are you?”
“My name is Hamura Otsutsuki, and I fought against the Ten Tails with my older brother Hagoromo Otsutsuki and sealed my mother…another six swords. To be exact, I am the Six Swordsman of the Moon.”
“Six degrees…seonin…”
“I have to tell you the story first… about my mother, Kaguya Otsutsuki, and the ten tails…”
Hamura told Naruto the story of Kaguya and the ten tails, of his older brother, Hagoromo, and of his older brother’s sons, Asura and Indra. Naruto quietly listened to the story and asked a question.
“You…were you not on the ground?”
“Yes, I was fighting with my older brother, and my mother’s consciousness flowed into me. Because of that, I felt that my mother was constantly trembling with fear. That she was trying to protect us in her own way…”
“…”
“I couldn’t hate my mother. Even if her way was wrong. That’s why I thought I would destroy the ground like my mother this time. So, I left the ground to my brother and went up to the moon to seal the outer shell of the ten tails. “
“moon…”
“And from here, we watch over the earth and manage the dead souls. Even if the body dies, only the chakra remains here.”
“But…why do you…”
Hamura showed Indra’s appearance as expected to Naruto’s question.
“As I just told you, you are the reincarnation of Indra. However, due to various problems, a reaction eventually occurred and Indra’s chakra fell from you.”
“A reaction…?”
“Yeah, that’s literally the equivalent of a curse…”
“What do you mean by curse?”
“You must have already felt that curse…in your life…”
“…”
When Naruto hears that, his expression darkens as he recalls the things that happened to him, calling him a monster, despising and harassing him.
“I see…”
“…”
“So…now I’m tired. I want to stop now.”
“Are you serious?”
“…Now I don’t want to be in pain.”
“I’ll ask you again. Are you serious?”
“…”
Naruto’s eyes widened at Hamura’s question. Hamura looks at Naruto like that and opens his mouth while showing the image of Sasuke.
“I will answer that question later. First of all, there are two main reasons why I called you.
“….Happiness?”
“I also had two children. A daughter and a son. Later, the daughter created the Namikaze Clan… and the son created the Hyuga Clan.”
“…”
“Naruto, my descendant. I hope you find happiness.”
Naruto couldn’t say anything at Hamura’s words. To be honest, Naruto wanted to find happiness. But everything is already too late.
“I can’t be happy…because I’m a monster. And I’m dead…”
“Surely you are dead. But there is still hope.”
“…?”
“With Indra’s chakra and Asura’s chakra… Sasuke Uchiha, I bet anything on that child”
“Sasuke… hope…?”
“All I can do for you is… this is the only thing…”
Hamura reached out to Naruto and pulled something out of Naruto. Hamura extinguished the alien thing made of black smoke on the spot.
“There is no curse now. All that remains is…to wait for hope…”
“…”
“I’ll ask you one last time. Do you really want to give up anything?”
“I…”
Naruto suddenly noticed that he was crying. And I thought while thinking of Sasuke. If…if there is really hope… I said.
“I can be happy… can I…?”
“Isn’t there any reason not to?”
Then, Naruto noticed that his body started to sink again. Hamura sees that and opens his mouth.
“No matter how much I am, it’s hard to keep holding on to the dead souls. Now Sasuke has to defeat the enemies in time.”
When Hamura waved his hand, the figure of Black Zetsu, who took Naruto’s body, appeared. Black Zetsu was moving to seal the attempted criminals on the horse.
“Hope…please… ”
“… if”
“…”
“If…if Sasuke can do it, will I be able to survive?”
“To be honest, it’s impossible in the first place. Black Zetsu has already taken your body and soul powers, so it’s hard to revive them even with Reincarnation Art.”
“…”
“However”
Hamura swung his staff, and a thin line appeared on Naruto’s chest. The line extended all the way to the sky. Naruto noticed that the thin line was the palm’s chakra.
“This… then…”
Naruto remembered fighting Killer Bee to capture Palmi. During the fight, Killer Bee noticed that Naruto wasn’t fighting seriously and stopped the fight. And he gave him some of Palmy’s chakra in return for letting him go out of town.
“Palmi’s chakra…”
“The palm chakra has a special power. Do you know the technique of alternating legs?”
In response to Hamura’s question, Naruto remembered that the arm and leg he had given him in place of him had turned into Killer Bee’s form.
“The Palmyx Juryuk gave you the chakra of your leg alter ego. As time passed, that chakra gradually changed into a different form.”
“A different form…?”
“It’s the form that connects the soul and the body…”
“Body and soul…Didn’t Black Zetsu take them?”
“Yeah, that’s right…then you here right now…what are you?”
“…!”
Naruto looked at his hand for a moment, then at the thin line on his chest. And while thinking about the leg alter ego, I suddenly noticed something.
“I am…a part of my soul…like my leg alter ego?”
“That’s correct. In other words, you have a chance to live again. Thanks to you, I can also talk to you… I’m very lucky.”
“…”
“Now all that’s left is to wait for that child to succeed”
As Hamura finished speaking, Naruto began to sink even lower. Hamura looked at it without saying anything and muttered.
“As soon as possible…”
On the other hand, Sasuke heard an explanation about Naruto’s curse and how to survive from the Six Paths. When Sasuke heard those words, he clenched his fists and shouted.
“What is that…! That means… I… Naruto because of me!!”
“It’s not your fault that Indra’s chakra went to you.”
“When the hell did that chakra come to me?”
In response to Sasuke’s question, the Six Pathsman showed a certain scene through the surface of the water again. That scene was when Niruto and Sasuke met under the bridge and clashed with each other’s Naseon-hwan and Chidori.
“This…?”
“At this time, you and Naruto’s image world were connected for a while. At that time, the chakra was moved…”
“How is that possible…”
“That story…”
“Enough of the story! You know, if you’re late, you can’t save Naruto!”
“Don’t worry, time here runs much slower than it actually is. And you should listen to this story. It’s also the way to bring Naruto back.”
“…!”
Sasuke’s eyes changed when he heard that it was a way to revive Naruto.
“You probably remember the story of how I created a new race.”
“…Are they people with chakra?”
“Yes, now ninjas use chakra for ninjutsu, but originally chakra was not for that purpose.”
“…?”
“I said that I saw new possibilities in Asura’s life and cooperation. So I tried to understand each other by connecting our hearts through chakra.”
“Connecting hearts…”
“Yes, but as time passed, the essence was forgotten and ninjutsu was created to pursue only one’s own interests.”
“In other words… Anyone can know each other’s mind through chakra if they put their mind to it?”
“Haven’t you experienced this before?”