Fabricated Dirt on the Sage of Six Paths

"This is it!"

After going about twenty meters into the cave, Jiraiya pointed to a stone wall and said, "Hinata, look, this is an ancient inscription!"

Hinata turned her head to look.

Ninja Academy no longer teach ancient scripts, but Hinata did learn some at the Hyuga Clan.

Jiraiya, a commoner ninja with no background, certainly wouldn't understand ancient script. However, having traveled extensively for many years, he was quite knowledgeable and recognized some characters, though he didn't understand their meaning when put together.

Hinata took out her notebook to take notes and translate them.

Jiraiya looked over curiously.

Noticing Jiraiya actions, Hinata flipped to the page in her notebook that recorded Jiraiya's name. It said that "Jiraiya -Lord Jiraiya, one of the legendary Legendary Sannin Great Toad Sage of Mount Myōboku, owes Hinata two large meals and hasn't paid them back."

Besides that, there's Jiraiya's dark history.

For example, Jiraiya once tried to peep at Hinata was bathing but failed, and he also tried to get Hinata drunk with malicious intent but failed.

Aside from some true stories, there are also some that Hinata herself made up in her mind.

It was specifically noted above that Hinata was only twelve years old at the time!

Jiraiya was sweating profusely. If this little notebook were to fall into the hands of someone in the future, his lifelong reputation Lord Jiraiya would be ruined.

Hinata looked up at Jiraiya with a cold smile. Jiraiya awkwardly looked away, whistling as if he knew nothing.

Hmph! This little notebook contains a lot of Konoha Ninja's dark history.

Hinata will settle accounts with them all one day.

Hinata wrote down the ancient characters on the stone wall and analyzed, "Judging from the appearance of this stone wall, it seems to be quite old!"

Jiraiya and said, "Yes!"

"Hinata, do you know what's written on it?"

Hinata nodded and said "Mm," then explained, "It contains some information about the Sage of Six Paths..."

Hinata could finish speaking, Jiraiya exclaimed in surprise, "The Sage of Six Paths?!"

Hinata glanced at Jiraiya with surprise Jiraiya asked curiously, "What's wrong? Is something the problem?"

Jiraiya shook his head and said, "I never imagined that the Sage of Six Paths actually existed. I always thought it was just a legend..."

"That doesn't seem right."

Hinata was a little curious when she heard this. Jiraiya met the Toad Sage of Mount Myōboku, so he should know about the Sage of Six Paths, right?

Although the Toad Sage is so old that he has difficulty speaking, there should be records about the Sage of Six Paths on Mount Myōboku!

Perhaps Jiraiya was trying to hide something!

Jiraiya turned to Hinata and asked curiously, "What's wrong? What did you notice?"

Hinata shook her head and said, "It's nothing!"

Naruto asked with a pained expression, "Who exactly is the Sage of Six Paths?"

No one paid him any attention, Jiraiya asked, "Hinata, what exactly is recorded on it?"

Hinata explained, "It's roughly about how the Sage of Six Paths founded the Ninshu, then married and had two sons— Indra and Asura. Ultimately, the Sage of Six Paths chose Asura as the successor of the Ninshu, and after the Sage of Six Paths died, Indra and Asura had a great war."

"It records that Indra was abandoned by the Sage of Six Paths's practices..."

Jiraiya and asked, "Do you object to some of the Sage of Six Paths' practices?"

What did the Sage of Six Paths do?

Hinata shook her head and said, "It's not recorded here, so I don't know either!"

After a moment of contemplation, Jiraiya spoke, "The Natural Energy ahead is even more chaotic, Naruto, you..."

Naruto said with a determined expression, "I want to keep going!"

Even a fool would realize by now that this ruin was extraordinary.

Hinata looked at Jiraiya and said, "I can also take care of Naruto!"

Jiraiya pondered, "Then let's go deeper and see what's going on here!"

The path inside the cave was like a giant maze, and with the Byakugan's keen perception, Hinata and her two companions continued to venture deeper.

After going hundreds of meters deeper, a deep pit several hundred meters in diameter appeared before Hinata and her companions. At the deepest part of the pit was scorching magma, and the sweltering air in the airtight environment made it hard for Hinata and her companions to breathe.

Hinata warned, "Be careful, there's poison in the air!"

As she spoke, Hinata took out three antidote pills from her ninja tool pouch, ate one herself, and gave one to Naruto and Jiraiya.

Although there were no traps or mechanisms in the cave, it was filled with chaotic and violent Natural Energy, making it impossible for any ninja who had not practiced Senjutsu to step inside.

Moreover, the air in this lava field contains toxins. Jiraiya a ninja of Jiraiya's caliber would be affected by the toxins if he rashly entered, even if he didn't die from the Natural Energy.

Jiraiya glanced around a few times, then asked in confusion, "That's it? That's it?"

Hinata also somewhat puzzled.

Black Zetsu went through all that trouble, all mysterious and shrouded in secrecy, and all he ended up with was a vague written record?

Naruto Hinata. She had been helping Naruto resist the Natural Energy, which had also reduced the impact on Jiraiya.

Since Black Zetsu set up this scheme using Natural Energy, could Black Zetsu's methods also be based on Natural Energy?

Thinking of this, Hinata gave up resisting.

Chaotic Natural Energy invaded Hinata, Naruto, and Jiraiya's bodies in an instant. Jiraiya did not enter Sage Mode and was obviously unable to resist this energy.

"This is..."

In a wooden house, the Sage of Six Paths sat at the head of the table, while Asura and Indra knelt below.

Indra looked agitated and was arguing with the Sage of Six Paths about something.

Although the Sage of Six Paths remained calm, Asura glared angrily at Indra and was arguing fiercely with Indra.

Judging from the images, the Sage of Sage of Six Paths' eyes are clearly Rinnegan, while Asura's body doesn't show anything special, but Indra's eyes are scarlet Mangekyō Sharingan.

"This is Genjutsu!"

Hinata immediately realized that this was Genjutsu caused by the invasion of Natural Energy into the body, resulting in chaos of Chakra within the body.

"This is Black Zetsu's setup? It's way too simple!"

Hinata thought that if she could detect that it was Genjutsu, then Jiraiya certainly could too!

Hinata didn't rush to break the Genjutsu, but instead used the Dojutsu power of her Byakugan to glance at Naruto and Jiraiya.

Naruto, of course, foolishly fell for the Genjutsu, but Jiraiya also failed to break Genjutsu. Through her Byakugan's perception, Hinata discovered that Jiraiya's Chakra was in a very chaotic state.

Did Jiraiya want to see the contents of the Genjutsu, or was he unable to break the Genjutsu?

Hinata is currently unknown.

"Why did you do this..."

A voice suddenly appeared in the Genjutsu; it was Indra's voice.

Indra glared at the Sage of Six Paths and roared, "Father, you sealed away Grandmother, and even Uncle has left you. What is the purpose of all this?"

"Even if you obtain the Ten-Tails, you will not gain immortality... After you die, the Ten-Tails will become the source of chaos in this world."

Asura roared, "Brother, Father did this for the sake of the Ninshu!"

"As long as the Ten-Tails is split into Nine Tailed Beasts, they will be unable to cause damage to the world. You and I have the ability to stop the Tailed Beasts!"