"May I ask why?"
The smile on Hagoromo Otsutsuki's face froze.
He truly had not expected Imu to refuse this request.
Because in his view, it would benefit both sides without any drawbacks.
With large-scale intermarriage and reproduction between the two sides, the Sea Star People would gain the aptitude to cultivate Chakra, while the people of the Shinobi World would gain stronger constitutions.
So where was the problem?
Hagoromo Otsutsuki truly could not understand.
Imu naturally noticed his expression and sighed inwardly. The ignorant truly knew no fear.
Hagoromo Otsutsuki had been born in the Shinobi World, so his understanding of Otsutsuki Civilization was far inferior to that of Imu, a transmigrator.
Naturally, he did not know what an 'Otsutsuki God' was.
Nor did Imu know what Hagoromo's mood or expression would be if he learned these secrets.
Well, why not?
Imu's thoughts shifted. He sensed an opportunity here.
"Would you be willing to follow Mu to another world?"
Hagoromo Otsutsuki was somewhat puzzled by this seemingly unrelated question, but he had no choice but to consider it seriously.
In the end, he answered that he was willing.
Though doing so carried considerable risk, his sharp Sixth Sense was reminding him that he should agree.
The Shinobi World had already joined the World Government, and this Lord Imu's avatar seemed to have no reason to harm him.
Besides, he was not weak himself.
Seeing this, Imu nodded in satisfaction before reminding him, "Do not resist."
As soon as the words fell, a mass of blue light blossomed.
The next second, the two figures high in the sky vanished without a trace.
Not long after.
Imu and Hagoromo Otsutsuki appeared simultaneously above the sea of clouds surrounding Heavenly Gate Sacred Island in the Teigu World.
The environment here did not