Kamui Dimension.
The Box of Ultimate Bliss spun continuously.
Black-and-red light spilled from the Box of Ultimate Bliss. At last, the crying face on its surface opened.
A final wisp of smoke drifted out, taking the shape of Zero-Tails.
Clearly, it did not matter if the Zero-Tails outside died, because he had long since fused with the Box of Ultimate Bliss.
He could revive and be reborn very quickly.
Obito stood to the side with his arms folded. "So you're also the Sage of Six Paths."
Zero-Tails paused, seemingly sorting through his previous memories.
Then he said, "When I was separated, I wasn't yet the Sage of Six Paths."
Obito asked with an unreadable expression, "Why did Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki remove you?"
Zero-Tails's form twisted, then transformed into Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki's appearance from his youth.
"Since you know, I'll tell you from the beginning."
Obito nodded slightly. He was curious about those events from the past as well.
"You already know that the Eye of the Moon Plan was Black Zetsu's plan to revive Kaguya."
Obito gestured for Zero-Tails to continue.
Zero-Tails, in young Hagoromo's form, sighed. "But you don't know how Hamura and I came to be, do you?"
Obito considered it. "The blessings and prayers of the people?"
Zero-Tails, in young Hagoromo's form, shook his head. "The God Tree's fruit contained too much energy. Mother couldn't digest it, and that was how we came to be."
"But another will also intervened in our birth."
Obito listened with only partial understanding. "What will?"
A thoughtful look passed through Zero-Tails's eyes.
"I don't know what it was, but it was a sphere."
"A sphere?" Obito was completely dumbfounded now.
"What is a sphere?"
Zero-Tails, in young Hagoromo's form, looked contemplative.
"It was very likely the collective consciousness of this planet, because everything