Time rewound to several hours earlier.
After Naruto and Sasuke were killed by Madara Uchiha, their consciousnesses drifted into a special space through a haze.
This was neither of their own consciousness spaces, but a place even they themselves had never known existed.
Of course, Naruto and Sasuke had each been pulled into separate special spaces.
When they came to their senses, an old man dressed quite similarly to Madara Uchiha appeared before them.
This old man was naturally the Sage of Six Paths.
In the two special spaces, a Sage of Six Paths sat cross-legged and floated in midair before Naruto and Sasuke respectively.
To accomplish such a thing with nothing but a soul, the Sage of Six Paths was definitely no ordinary person!
Because the Sage of Six Paths dressed far too similarly to Madara Uchiha,
Naruto and Sasuke had been extremely wary of him at first.
Perhaps there was also a generational gap in communication due to the vast distance between their eras.
At the beginning, they could not understand a single thing the Sage of Six Paths was saying!
How should they put it? They recognized every word the Sage of Six Paths said, but once those words formed a complete sentence, Naruto and Sasuke could no longer understand them.
This method of communication left even the Sage of Six Paths mentally exhausted.
Thus, although he did not want to do so, he still scanned part of Naruto and Sasuke's memories, learning from their minds how people in the modern Ninja World communicated.
"Can you understand me when I speak like this now?"
The Sage of Six Paths looked at Naruto and asked.
"Mm-hm, no problem now."
Having finally understood a complete sentence from this strange old man, Naruto hurriedly nodded.
Sasuke on the other side