After several infusions of energy from the Divine Tree, the chakra content within Ryun's Kamui dimension had become extremely dense. The power of the Ten-Tails had even begun to reach a state of vaporization.
However, the consecutive energy outputs had made the Divine Tree somewhat irritable. Nagato could even sense its displeasure.
A thousand years ago, when it was still the Divine Tree, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki would offer humans and other living beings as sacrificial offerings for it to devour every now and then. But now, this 'new master' controlling it continuously demanded chakra from it without giving any sacrifices in return. This led to it developing feelings of dissatisfaction.
Learning this situation from Nagato, Ryun could only quit while he was ahead, temporarily giving up the idea of extracting more chakra from the Ten-Tails.
After making his Kamui dimension suitable for training, Ryun returned home and explained to his wife and child that he would enter the alternate dimension to continue his secluded cultivation.
Kushina understood what her man wanted. Although she did not want to be separated from her husband for a long time, she also knew Ryun would not rest until he awakened the Rinnegan. So, in the end, she agreed with her man's idea.
After that, Ryun paid no attention to worldly affairs, devoting himself entirely to pursuing the power that would allow him to advance further.
Time flew by, and another two years passed.
Konoha Village.
"Naruto, Sasuke, your training has been very diligent these past few years. I have nothing left to teach you. Today will be our final meeting."
In a dreamlike alternate dimension, the Sage of Six Paths was making his final farewell to the reincarnations of his two sons.
"What. Old man, what do you mean by that. Are you leaving." Naruto hurriedly asked.
Hearing this, Sasuke, standing to the side, also frowned.
"Yes. I am already dead. If not for the appearance of the Divine Tree and our mother being on the verge of breaking the seal, I would not have returned to the human world to teach you." The Sage of Six Paths said with a sighing laugh.
He had already told them the secrets about the Divine Tree and their mother, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki. Both had promised the Sage they would stop Uchiha Ryun and prevent him from using the Divine Tree's power to bring chaos to the ninja world.
Initially, Sasuke was very conflicted about this because he was unwilling to oppose Uncle Ryun. Even after learning about Uncle Ryun's evil purposes and insane ambitions, he still hesitated to easily agree to the Sage's request.
Until one day, Shimura Danzo from the village found Sasuke. Danzo asked him if he wanted to join the 'Root' organization, and also revealed a 'secret' to him.
This secret was that Uchiha Itachi was personally killed by Uchiha Ryun.
When Sasuke first heard this 'false information', he was extremely agitated and did not trust Shimura Danzo.
But after returning home, the more he thought about it, the more plausible it seemed. Because that Uncle Ryun had not returned his brother's body to him. Ryun only said that the subsequent battles were too intense, and his brother's body was either buried or accidentally destroyed. In short, it was a story of no remains left.
Hearing this news at the time had saddened Sasuke for a long time. Now, combining it with Danzo's words, it seemed possible his brother did not commit suicide. Perhaps Uchiha Ryun, afraid that he and his mother would discover the 'truth' from the body, deliberately fabricated the suicide lie.
Uchiha Ryun's act of keeping Itachi's body made Sasuke suspicious. Thus, the previously conflicted Sasuke quickly joined the Sage of Six Paths' faction, officially placing himself in opposition to Ryun.
"Before I leave, I wish to entrust my power to you."
"Extend your dominant hands."
Hearing this, Naruto and Sasuke were visibly stunned for a moment, but ultimately, they both extended their palms towards the Sage of Six Paths.
"Once, I entrusted everything to my younger brother, Asura, but failed to properly acknowledge my elder brother, Indra, thus sowing the seeds of future calamity. This time, I will divide my power in two and entrust it to you both equally."
As he spoke, the Sage of Six Paths reached out and pressed his palms against theirs.
"From now on, what you two choose to do, and what outcome awaits, will depend entirely on yourselves."
Hearing this, Naruto and Sasuke instinctively glanced at each other.
In this life, although they still often clashed, in their hearts, they had already come to regard each other as brothers.
Through years of training, they had each awakened the powers of Indra and Asura.
After a period of transferring power, the Sage of Six Paths left Yin and Yang marks on their hands respectively.
"My power, the power of Asura and Indra, plus your own inherent power. With this, you should be able to stop those ambitious individuals and guide the world back to peace and stability."
In the Sage of Six Paths' view, his two sons would still be the saviors of this world.
Looking at the marks on their palms, Naruto and Sasuke could also feel the incredible, vast power within their bodies.
"Farewell, my children."
After saying these words, the Sage of Six Paths quietly dissolved into points of starlight.
"Hey."
"Wait."
Naruto and Sasuke did not even have time to say their goodbyes before the kind old man, who had been with them for four years, completely vanished.
They knew his final words were directed at Indra and Asura, but they didn't dwell on it too much.
As the Sage of Six Paths departed, both woke up from their dream.
Within the Uchiha clan compound, Sasuke fell into a long silence, staring at the moon-shaped mark on his palm.
The next morning, Sasuke asked his mother for his father's eyes.
He only said that his father's eyes could allow his own eyes to evolve, not daring to reveal what he intended to do after obtaining the new eyes.
Mikoto, though not understanding her son's thoughts, did not him from seeking greater power.
Otogakure.
A relatively remote special area.
"I didn't expect you would dare to appear before me again."
Inside a building, Nagato looked coldly at the White Zetsu standing before him.
"Nagato, Madara wishes to meet with you alone again. In the cave west of the village." The White Zetsu relayed this information.
"What Madara. It's that guy, Uchiha Obito, again." Nagato's aura suddenly flared out, and the White Zetsu was instantly sent flying by an invisible force, crashing hard.
"Yes. Uchiha Obito wants to see you." The White Zetsu struggled to speak from the ground.
"That bastard. Since he insists on seeing me, I'll grant his wish."
Remembering how Uchiha Obito had deceived him for years made him furious. Originally, Nagato had no intention of paying any attention to that clown, but the other party still persistently wanted to meet him.
If Uchiha Obito wanted to die, then Nagato would simply oblige him.
At this moment, he truly felt killing intent towards Uchiha Obito and intended to make a clean break from that part of his past.
(PS: Originally, I considered having Mikoto's eyes go to Sasuke, but then I remembered that dead guy Fugaku, so the author regretfully had to let Mikoto-chan off the hook...
Another point, I really can't watch Boruto, so at most I'll only include some of the Ōtsutsuki characters from it. Any Ōtsutsuki appearing later in this book will have no connection to Boruto...
Of course, this book won't even have minor characters like Boruto... Everyone knows Boruto isn't hype, but this book will definitely be hype later on...
The Fourth Great Ninja War is about to start.)
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