The Impure World, a world where living Physical Bodies exist.
The Pure Land, a world where the Souls of the dead reside.
In the gap between the Impure World and the Pure Land, a figure's eyes flashed with a hint of confusion.
This figure is the subject of various legends in the Ninja World: Creator God, Ancestor of Ninja, creator of Chakra, founder of Ninshu Sect, Six Paths Sage.
So many titles all point to one person, simply because different legends in different regions have different names for him; he is Otsutsuki Hagoromo.
His most widely known title is the Six Paths Sage.
His confusion was simple: his work, which had continued for a millennium, suddenly underwent an unexpected change.
The speed had increased, at an abnormal rate.
This was a situation that had never occurred in a thousand years.
Ninja provide their physical and mental energy to the Six Paths Sage to convert into Chakra, and the Six Paths Sage then leases a portion of it out.
In times of peace, the population increases, and Chakra production grows steadily, but this stability doesn't apply at critical moments.
Whenever such a time comes, a slight emotional agitation through Chakra can cause conflict, followed by large-scale skirmishes.
During battle, Ninja will push themselves, sacrificing their lifespan for power, causing the Chakra they produce to surge dramatically, clearing obstacles for the Six Paths Sage.
The Ninja World thus enters an endless cycle of peace, war, and peace.
Black Zetsu, a guy who just hides around and uses flowery words, couldn't possibly keep the Ninja World in the quagmire of war for a thousand years.
No one wants to live well, and humans can't stay immature for a thousand years.
Black Zetsu couldn't influence everyone, but the Six Paths Sage could.
Otsutsuki Hagoromo, revered as the Six Paths Sage, lived among humans for a long time before abandoning his Physical Body.
Through the Chakra connection, the Six Paths Sage had a thorough understanding of human nature.
Evil, greed, kindness, restraint...
Humans are a contradictory complex, and the only species that will kill each other for all sorts of inexplicable reasons.
This is good!
Without needing to exert too much power, a little guidance can make the human world move according to his will.
The Six Paths Sage saw a broad path. After discerning human nature, he divided the Tailed Beasts and extensively spread Chakra.
All preparations were complete, and the work began.
After nearly a millennium of effort, on the eve of success, the Six Paths Sage discovered that the final obstacle was beyond imagination.
Even for this worst-case scenario, the Six Paths Sage had already prepared a backup plan a thousand years ago.
Ashura and Indra, he could influence them to the maximum extent.
The strongest Ashura and Indra in a millennium were born.
Thus, the Sengoku period ended, and the Ninja Village era arrived.
The population and number of Ninja during peacetime far exceeded any era in the past millennium.
The intensity of war also surpassed any moment in the past millennium.
After three Great Ninja Wars.
The obstacle was easily overcome.
Ahead, a clear path!
The Six Paths Sage, fully dedicated to the final sprint, found his speed had increased.
Even if it was just a tiny bit faster, perhaps less than one ten-thousandth, it had indeed sped up.
This is not normal!
The first thing he did was check his old mother's Seal, finding no abnormalities.
The second step was to check the status of Ashura and Indra.
It was indeed abnormal.
Indra's Chakra had begun to intertwine with Ashura's Chakra.
Upon further investigation, the Six Paths Sage discovered the reason.
Naruto, wearing a hood, walked cautiously through Konoha. He was going to pick up his pre-ordered dinner.
After receiving the packaged dinner from the shop owner, Naruto breathed a sigh of relief.
After carefully observing his surroundings, Naruto quickly walked towards the inn.
He couldn't stay at home anymore!
As the inn's entrance came into view, the tension in Naruto's heart largely subsided, and his vigilance also decreased.
Just then, a hint of excitement flashed in a pair of red eyes on a branch above his head.
"Ah! Sasuke, I'm going to kill you!"
From his perception, the Six Paths Sage clearly detected Sasuke successfully ambushing and then sucking Naruto's blood.
Sasuke was growing rapidly.
The Six Paths Sage naturally noticed the abnormality of this generation's Indra after observing the entire process.
But because of this, the Six Paths Sage confirmed that the anomaly had nothing to do with his two sons.
The Six Paths Sage then remembered a certain Ninja he had occasionally discovered who he couldn't see through; he could clearly sense his Chakra, but there was always a shroud of mist over him.
After that time, the Six Paths Sage tampered a bit with Tomoki's Chakra. Although he was his descendant, he was not his son, so the influence could only be described as neither big nor small.
Connecting to the Chakra network again, the Six Paths Sage found that he could no longer perceive Tomoki.
Dead?
Impossible, he wasn't in the Pure Land either!
Sealed?
The Six Paths Sage couldn't be sure.
Having lost his target, the Six Paths Sage could only begin a thorough, systematic investigation.
At the same time, he diverted a portion of his attention to observe where the change was occurring.
The two parts, one after the other, found results almost simultaneously.
First, the Six Paths Sage realized his previous conclusion was wrong: the speed had not increased, but rather slowed down, just a tiny bit.
The reason he felt the speed had increased was because the finish line had gotten closer!
And at the same time, the Six Paths Sage also found Tomoki, through the only researcher who had not yet been transformed.
He also discovered the dozen or so people who were being transformed, and what they were experiencing.
What kind of behavior is this from Tomoki?
This is stealing the peach, this is snatching the cake!
Although it was only a few crumbs, the Six Paths Sage could not tolerate it; he made the cake, and it should all belong to him.
The Six Paths Sage could not leave; giving up the entire cake for a few crumbs was not advisable.
However, Tomoki's actions indirectly created space for the Six Paths Sage, gaining him a little time to act personally.
The God of the Ninja World has descended!
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