"Oh... I forgot you have no concept of gods. Let me put it this way: back then, there was only one person capable of doing what only a god could do—the Sage of Six Paths."
Seeing the confusion on their faces, Uchiha Nobuhiko seemed to recall something and added that.
Six Paths... Sage? The Sage of Six Paths!
Upon hearing those words, the two seemed to snap awake from a dream, uncontrollable shock appearing on their faces.
"The Sage of Six Paths... really existed? He wasn't just a legend?"
Then, almost instinctively, Baki spoke in a daze.
So it could now be confirmed that the Sage of Six Paths had truly existed?
Kabuto Yakushi, meanwhile, wore a grave expression. Apart from his initial shock, he had calmed down now. Not only had he calmed down, but a faint joy had even risen in his heart.
It was the sort of joy one felt when an experiment succeeded, or when one uncovered some new secret.
Unlike Baki, who had been born in a major ninja village, Kabuto Yakushi was not a combatant like him and placed greater emphasis on experimental knowledge. Naturally, he was far more willing to believe that the Sage of Six Paths had existed.
Or rather, Kabuto Yakushi had vaguely begun to sense that the Sage of Six Paths' existence was real.
As for Baki, it was not surprising that he did not believe in the Sage of Six Paths. After all, the changing of ninja generations was usually accompanied by bloodshed and darkness, and the cycles were extremely short. Perhaps a thousand years ago, or even a hundred years ago, everyone had still believed in the Sage of Six Paths. But after the constant baptism of war, such orally passed-down legends, with no written records preserved, could