"Someone you trust?"
Otsutsuki Kaguya hesitated for a moment, recalling the third son who had been diligently working for her revival. Her gaze softened with warmth as she said awkwardly:
"I have someone. Although I believe individual strength is important, the power of everyone united is also extremely important..."
Aomi nodded knowingly, smiling inwardly.
Pretending to be the Six Paths Sage, aren't you?
A witch who wanted to annihilate the world and turn humans into White Zetsu weapons was even discussing mutual understanding with him.
Aomi understood Kaguya's approach...
In front of Aomi, Kaguya was playing the role of the Six Paths Sage.
With her quick thinking, she couldn't come up with anything better in a short time, so she forcefully reiterated the verbal philosophy of the Six Paths Sage, hoping to sound more credible...
"Tell me about your stories with the Six Paths Sage, Otsutsuki Isshiki, and your clan..." Aomi said softly.
Kaguya nodded, having anticipated this.
Using her power, Aomi sensed the presence of Isshiki, Hagoromo, and Hamura, so he's surely curious and puzzled about this.
It's necessary to talk about this...
But Kaguya hadn't yet decided what she could say and what she couldn't.
Aomi gently patted Kaguya, meeting her wandering gaze, and said earnestly:
"Only by knowing more information can I think of better ways to help you and everyone else through tough times..."
Kaguya met Aomi's gaze and saw genuine concern in those black eyes, which stirred something in her heart.
Perhaps...
Telling Aomi some things isn't a big deal?
"I've already taken on Hamura's identity and can gradually win Aomi to my side. Although he's a mortal, he can reach a level close to the Otsutsuki through his talent, even capable of summoning me from the Moon and sealing me again..."
"If I tell him about the crisis of the Otsutsuki Clan, maybe he can help me find a better solution... Giving him this information might also help further gain his trust."
Kaguya quickly ran through this logic in her mind and found no problem with it.
So, Kaguya began to narrate the intelligence about the Otsutsuki Clan, inserting a few of her own additions...
"I hail from the Otsutsuki Clan, a race that travels through the cosmos, planting Divine Trees to absorb planetary energy and produce Chakra Fruits, continually strengthening themselves..."
"I come from a branch family. Though my talent and bloodline are excellent, my intellect and combat skills were rated inferior, thus marked as a branch family, and relegated as tools used by the main family to hasten the ripening of the Divine Trees."
"I didn't want to rebel initially, but upon arriving on this planet, I discovered its uniqueness..."
"The natural energy on this planet is exceedingly abundant, so abundant that if I seize the Chakra Fruit here, I could turn the tables on my main family, Otsutsuki Isshiki, who seeks to sacrifice me..."
Aomi furrowed his brow slightly:
"Then after killing Isshiki, wouldn't you become akin to a Traitorous Ninja? Won't your clan seek retribution against you?"
Kaguya felt embarrassed inside.
At that time, she hadn't considered much, just wanted to avoid being fed to the Divine Tree by Isshiki, and acted impulsively.
Only later was she panic-stricken, unable to decide alone, and in her breakdown, she self-divided into two consciousness beings—namely, the Six Paths Sage and Otsutsuki Hamura.
But is this something she could say?
After saying it, wouldn't Aomi see her as just a foolish woman...
This wouldn't do!
Quickly contemplating how to explain, in a flash, she remembered intel heard in the clan...
The Otsutsuki Clan, despite being powerful, are not the overlords of the cosmos. Many planets remain beyond their reach.
Besides those planets protected by strong beings, there's one type extremely special...
Indeed fitting the Ninja World's characteristics, especially in line with the Six Paths Sage's constant talk of mutual understanding, matching perfectly!
"The clan will seek retribution against me, but this planet has one extremely important trait—it's highly likely to awaken Gaia Consciousness! That's why I have been advocating mutual understanding among people..."
Kaguya tried hard to recall the intel in her mind, speaking slowly:
"The so-called Gaia Consciousness is when a planet's organic life forms collectively generate similar consciousness or emotions, there's a chance to awaken the planet's core power, letting the most recognized individual among the collective become the planet's Guardian..."
"I created those two sons intending to have them spread the philosophy of mutual understanding in the Ninja World, concentrating everyone's emotions and consciousness on me, achieving a high degree of unity, allowing me to be the representative of Gaia Consciousness and defend the planet from the upcoming Invaders..."
"But that rebellious son, Hagoromo, believed human hearts are unreliable and mutual understanding impossible!"
"Furthermore, he coveted my power, collaborated with Hamura to ambush me, tearing away the Ten-tails from the Divine Tree, even created the Moon to seal me within it, trying to violently extract the power from the entire planet!"
"Fortunately... Indra and Asura did the right thing and stopped him..."