NARUTO: THE UNDYING SAGE

"How many years have you walked the shinobi world? I have endured since the age when Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki first spread chakra and founded what would later become the precursor to ninshū." "I witnessed the era when Kaguya Ōtsutsuki ruled as the progenitor of chakra. I saw the Sage of Six Paths bring order to that power, guiding humanity through ninshū rather than conflict. I remained as his sons, Indra and Asura, turned his teachings into a cycle of hatred that would echo through generations..." "Across the rise and fall of clans, the birth of hidden villages, and the endless wars that followed, I have watched the shinobi world struggle and repeat its own history." "Though I rarely interfere, my existence has long since been reduced to whispers—distorted into legend, myth, and forgotten warnings." "Time cuts down prodigies and legends alike—Hashirama, Madara, even those who seemed closest to divinity. But I… I stand outside that current. I seek not to be remembered—I seek to rival time itself." "I am the one who has seen the truth behind every era of the shinobi world… an existence that should not persist." "An immortal." —————— "Let me see… how old were you when you first stepped onto the battlefield as a shinobi?" "Oh? Already over a hundred years? Impressive—for someone bound by the limits of a human lifespan." "I'll give you a reference… so you can begin to grasp the gap between us." "My age in the shinobi world is… 5000 years!!!"