Hinata: We Must Learn the Truth

"But even so, what can we do?"

Indra glared at the Sage of Six Paths and questioned him with dissatisfaction, "Father! You sealed your mother away to gain immortality, and my uncle left you because of it, but what did you gain in the end?"

"You not only gained nothing, but you lost everything because of it!"

Asura scolded, "Brother! How dare you speak to Father like that?"

"Everything Father did was for the Ninshu, for the sake of true peace in this world!"

The Sage of Six Paths finally spoke, "Whether the past was right or wrong, it's all in the past. Indra, we should look to the future!"

"Snort!"

Indra seemed too lazy to listen to the Sage of Six Paths' explanation, and with a cold snort, he stormed out.

What followed was the Sage of Six Paths gradually aging until his death. Before he died, he divided a mass of chakra into Nine Tailed Beasts.

As Indra had predicted, the Nine Tailed Beasts brought unprecedented disaster to the world.

Asura was busy rescuing people everywhere, while Indra discovered something even more secret at this time.

It turns out that there are even more powerful enemies outside the Ninja World.

There was no sound at this point, Hinata could only see a few images flashing by rapidly.

Until the final battle between Asura and Indra.

Indra looked at Asura and shouted, "Asura! Look at this world now! It's nothing like what we wanted back then. Hatred has been born among ninjas, and the future of this world will be plunged into endless war."

"Asura! Wake up!"

Asura stubbornly declared, "I will stop all of this from happening. Even if I cannot stop it, someone else in the future will be able to!"

Indra angrily said, "You are just as stubborn as your father! The development of the Ninshu is a mistake. The ninjas will be led astray by their power. What they need is unified management and a sound system."

"Asura, let's join forces! Let's unify the world together and establish a reasonable system!"

Upon hearing this, Asura flew into a rage and said, "Brother! I have been investigating you all these years. You betrayed Father, you want to resurrect Grandmother, and you want to use Grandmother's power to steal this world."

"You're the one who's truly gone astray, and I will definitely stop you!"

Indra roared, "What do you know?"

"You should know very well about the origins of our clan. Beyond this world, there exist even more powerful enemies, and Grandmother did this to fight against those enemies..."

"No one but Grandmother can rival them! They will descend upon this world in a thousand years!"

Asura's face was contorted with rage as he coldly looked at Indra and said, "These are nothing but lies told by my grandmother to deceive the world. There is no such enemy at all!"

What followed was a great battle between Asura and Indra, which resulted in Indra's death and Asura's serious injuries.

This cave is where Indra ultimately met his demise.

Hinata has seen all of this.

Black Zetsu's plan was still feasible; through the conflict between Asura and Indra, the story of Kaguya Otsutsuki was introduced.

Moreover, such ambiguous stories are more likely to entice people to investigate further until they discover the fabricated historical truth.

People may not easily believe certain things, but if it is the 'truth' that they discover through their own efforts, they will believe it unconditionally.

The history of the Ninja World itself was fabricated by Black Zetsu. With just a few minor alterations, Black Zetsu could easily turn it into the real history.

The Sage of Six Paths sealed his mother away because he coveted the power of immortality, but Indra discovered the truth and wanted to stop it.

However, Asura inherited the will of the Sage of Six Paths, stubbornly believing that those were nothing but lies told by his grandmother to deceive the world, and firmly believing that the development of the Ninshu was correct.

Although Indra possesses the Sharingan of the Uchiha clan, Indra, Jiraiya experienced the darkness of the Ninja World, might choose to believe the idea that 'Ninshu is wrong'.

Inside the mountain, the chaotic Natural Energy still existed, but Hinata, Naruto, Jiraiya had already broken free from the Genjutsu.

Jiraiya's gaze deepened, and he said in a complex tone, "I didn't expect this..."

"..."

"This is where my brother Indra was buried, which is why there is such a vast amount of Natural Energy here. Because Indra's will exists within this Natural Energy, we are able to see all of this!"

Naruto looked up at Jiraiya, and even the usually carefree Naruto lost his smile at this moment.

"Pervy Sage, is all of this true?"

Jiraiya slowly shook his head and said calmly, "Let's go outside first and talk about it then!"

After leaving the cave, Jiraiya found an inn in a nearby town.

After sending the Wind God and Thunder God to rest, Hinata, Naruto, Jiraiya gathered together to discuss what they had seen that day.

Jiraiya sat cross-legged on the floor, his face grave, and said, "From the Genjutsu in the cave, we can roughly glean a few key points!"

"The origins of the Sage of Six Paths, the power of immortality, the conflict between Indra and Asura, and enemies from beyond this world!"

After a pause, Jiraiya continued his analysis, "The origins of the Sage of Six Paths may be linked to enemies from outside the world, which is information we cannot yet understand!"

"And the 'power of immortality' that Indra mentioned probably refers to the Ten-Tails."

"Before his death, the Sage of Six Paths split the Ten-Tails into Nine Tailed Beasts, which is the origin of the Tailed Beasts... The Tailed Beasts have existed for many years, so it is indeed somewhat reasonable to say that they are 'immortal'."

At this point, Jiraiya turned to Hinata and said in a deep voice, "And we can confirm that right now!"

Hinata nodded.

"Byakugan!"

Using the Dojutsu power of her Byakugan, Hinata pretended to communicate with Nine-Tails, and then explained to Jiraiya, "Nine-Tails has admitted that the Ten-Tails does exist, and the Nine Tailed Beasts do indeed come from the Ten-Tails."

"However, the Nine-Tails was created by the Sage of Six Paths, so it has a lot of affection for Sage of Six Paths."

"As for the Ninshu..."

Whether the existence of the Ninshu is justified is a topic Jiraiya deliberately avoided, because he himself was a ninja and a member of the Ninshu.

To deny the Ninshu is to deny oneself.

Hinata continued, "Whether the system of Ninshu is correct has been a topic of discussion in the Shinobi World for a thousand years."

"But the founding of Konoha by the First Hokage did bring peace to the Land of Fire. If the world could be unified... perhaps the world would also find peace because of it!"

Jiraiya frowned and said in a deep voice, "Hinata, your idea is extremely dangerous!"

Hinata retorted, "Pervy Sage, your thoughts are just like Asura's!"

Jiraiya fell silent upon hearing this.

In the previous Genjutsu, Jiraiya adopted Indra's perspective and indeed believed that Indra's ideas were more reasonable.

However, in reality, when Hinata brought up Indra's idea, Jiraiya instinctively wanted to refute it.

Hinata astutely pointed out, "Pervy Sage, don't let the rules of the world influence your judgment, and don't let yourself be brainwashed by certain things!"

"We need to know the truth! (Serious face)"