The Sage of Six Paths' True Purpose

"It's you!"

The Nine-Tails inside the iron cage instantly stood up, its fur standing on end, baring its teeth as it stared at the Sage of Six Paths outside the cage, a complex expression in its crimson eyes.

In a sense, the Sage of Six Paths can be considered the father of the Nine-Tails. Without the Sage of Six Paths, there would be no Nine Tailed Beasts, and the Nine-Tails would not have possessed an independent personality and self.

This is why Nine-Tails) has a very special feeling towards the Sage of Six Paths.

"Uh, you two know each other?"

Naruto scratched his head, looking somewhat dazed.

The Sage of Sage of Six Paths looked calmly at Naruto, sighed softly, and slowly said, "Naruto!"

Naruto asked, bewildered, "Right, right, how did you get here?"

"Well!"

With another sigh, the Sage of Six Paths turned his gaze to Nine-Tails, saying in a complicated tone, "Kurama, it's been a long time!"

"Nine, Kurama?"

Naruto looked up at Nine-Tails and said with some surprise, "So your name is Kurama? That's a strange name!"

"Shut up!" Nine-Tails glared at Naruto.

The Sage of Six Paths sighed softly, momentarily at a loss for words.

The Sage of Six Paths has come to see Naruto!

They also came to see the Nine-Tails!

This might be the last time he saw Nine-Tails).

More than a thousand years ago, the Sage of Six Paths created the Nine Tailed Beasts. Perhaps it was just something he did casually, with the aim of preventing the Chakra of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path from returning to its original form.

But more than a thousand years have passed since then.

The moment Kaguya resurrected meant that the Nine Tailed Beasts had reached the end of their lives.

This feeling is very unpleasant.

It's like watching the life you created heading towards its destined end.

But the Sage of Six Paths was powerless to help.

Although half of the Nine-Tails is currently inside Naruto is the last Jinchuriki of the Nine-Tails. The moment Naruto dies, it means that the Nine-Tails must also return to Kaguya's body.

Can we say Kaguya was wrong?

Cannot!

Because the Nine-Tails was originally a part of Kaguya.

But Nine-Tails isn't wrong either!

Although it was separated from the Ten-Tails, the Ten-Tails has no intelligence, no personality, and no self.

But the Nine-Tails is a free being.

"Alas! The destiny of a thousand years, in the end, cannot be escaped!"

The Sage of Six Paths sighed and asked, "Kurama, do you blame me for creating you?"

The Sage of Six Paths didn't know if the Nine Tailed Beasts had lived happily for the past thousand years, amidst war, the covetousness and pursuit of ninjas, being regarded as demons by humans, and being sealed within Jinchuriki...

This is how the Nine Tailed Beasts have lived for the past thousand years.

Now they are facing death!

Nine-Tails scoffed. "Humans are always prone to sentimentality, even you, Sage of Six Paths!"

Nine-Tails didn't say much.

In fact, from the day it stopped paying attention to Naruto, it had already seen through many things and accepted its fate.

Although the Jinchuriki is a cage for the Tailed Beasts, the Nine-Tails has seen quite a lot during the years it was inside the Jinchuriki.

Mito, Kushina, Naruto ...

They will all die, but they lived out the value of their lives.

The Nine-Tails is not afraid of death, but it regrets that it has not been able to find its own value for more than a thousand years and does not understand the meaning of its life.

When living is merely for the sake of living, it's no different from being dead.

The Sage of Six Paths closed his eyes slightly; he could understand what Nine-Tails was thinking at that moment.

With the Sage of Six Paths' power, he actually had many ways to keep himself alive, and even now, he could still revive himself.

But so what?

This era no longer belongs to him. What difference does it make whether he is alive or dead? It's just that the world he lives in is different.

Perhaps this is the curse of immortality!

Thinking about this, the Sage of Six Paths' gaze towards Naruto gradually became complicated. He didn't know whether coming to find Naruto was the right or wrong thing to do.

Even the wisest sage cannot foresee the future.

"Naruto!"

However, since he was already there, the Sage of Six Paths wanted to give Naruto the right to choose.

"Hinata and Sasuke will soon be leaving this world!"

"Leave, leave!?"

Naruto looked completely bewildered. "What do you mean by leaving this world? You mean... they're not going to die, are they?"

The Sage of Six Paths really wanted to roll his Byakugan.

Unfortunately, he can't!

"This world is vast, Naruto!"

The Sage of Six Paths gave Naruto a lesson on the vastness of the universe and the legendary Otsutsuki clan.

"The Otsutsuki clan has discovered this planet, and they are very likely to invade it in the near future and destroy the entire Shinobi World."

"The only way to stop them is to become strong as quickly as possible."

The Sage of Six Paths looked at Naruto and said earnestly, "The human body has its limits. Once you reach your limit, no matter how hard you train, your strength will not improve."

This is a limitation on lifespan, and also a limitation on aging.

"Only the power of the God Tree can break through the limits of humanity and make you stronger as quickly as possible."

Naruto's expression gradually turned serious.

"So, Hinata, Sasuke, and that Kaguya are going to enter that universe you mentioned to find the God Tree and increase their strength?"

Although Naruto is a bit silly, he will never be foolish when he needs to be shrewd.

Although the Sage of Six Paths said a lot, Naruto had already understood the general idea.

"Humans cannot survive in space; there is no air, no food..."

"The only way to enter the universe is to possess Sage Body."

At this point, the Sage of Six Paths became serious.

"It's impossible for you to do it now; you must accept my power..."

After saying that, the Sage of Six Paths calmly extended his right hand.

This was a decision made by the Sage of Six Paths after much deliberation: to transfer a portion of his power to Naruto, allowing Naruto to enter the universe with Hinata and Kaguya.

In fact Hinata and Kaguya didn't really need Naruto's power. In fact, if Sasuke hadn't been so persistent in wanting to come along, Hinata wouldn't have even brought Sasuke.

However, the Sage of Six Paths had another concern.

As an ancient monster who has lived for over a thousand years, the Sage of Six Paths knows the consequences of allowing someone to stand at the peak, and also understands the feeling of loneliness when one is alone.

Now Hinata and Kaguya have the Otsutsuki clan as an enemy, and another goal to strive for.

But what if this goal is no longer there?

When the Otsutsuki clan was defeated, and when Hinata and Kaguya stood at the pinnacle of the universe, could two tigers still share one mountain?

If not, then the final outcome will inevitably be a fight between two tigers.

Compared to Kaguya, the Sage of Six Paths was actually more willing to believe Hinata, who was born into a happy family.

Although Hinata kept talking about his bad deeds behind his back.

Even the Sage of Six Paths heard that Hinata had already written him into textbooks as a major villain!

The Sage of Six Paths: (╯‵□′)╯┻━┻

Naruto and Sasuke could potentially serve as a force to help Hinata counter Kaguya Otsutsuki at the last moment.

This is what the Sage of Six Paths was thinking.