On the other side, after Jiraiya left, the Great Toad Sage nodded humbly to Gawain.
Then, he lowered himself as much as possible and whispered to Gawain.
"I'm sorry, sir, I, the little toad, was powerless to stop what happened back then."
After you left, initially, everything went according to your plan.
The ninja army you and the goddess trained has been waging war against the entire world. Ninety-nine percent of the world's small countries have lost their countries and territories under the invasion of the ninja army.
However, as more and more blood was spilled by the ninja army during this process, Hagoromo and Lord Hamura expressed considerable reluctance.
Of course, with your orders in place, Lord Hagoromo and Lord Hamura would not disobey them. They simply slowed down the process of the Land of Fire unifying the world due to their reluctance.
They always feel guilty for a long time because of the destruction of one country before they can muster the energy to continue attacking the next country.
However, this slowdown sent an unclear signal to the outside world, increasing the determination of other countries to resist. They thought that the Land of Fire and the Ninja Army had developed internal problems after continuous fighting.
Meanwhile, the increasingly slow progress made the goddess more and more irritable.
In the immediate aftermath of your departure, the goddess continued to live a simple and ordinary life, enjoying the care and companionship of her sons.
But the longer you were gone, the more her longing for you consumed the Saintess's heart. She was tormented by that longing... and gradually went mad with love.
The slowdown in the war's progress and Lady Hagoromo's compassion made Lady Goddess increasingly agitated.
Gradually, thirty years after you left, the goddess could no longer bear it.
So, the goddess desperately longed for your return and chanted your name. Using your desire for a Chakra Fruit of her own as her reason, she replanted that tree, which is the Ten-Tails.
The goddess lost patience with the Shinobi World beneath her feet. At that time, all she wanted was to plant another Chakra Fruit for you. Perhaps if you sensed the appearance of that Devil Fruit, you would be willing to return to her side...
At this point, the Great Toad Sage paused for a moment, giving Gawain some time to think.
The toad's words made Gawain look up.
So that's how it is, Kaguya.
After I left, even someone as serene as you could become restless with longing?
Thinking about it, that makes sense.
Throughout the countless years of the Ōtsutsuki Clan, your family members have never given you any joy or ease; they have only given you the fate of having to die for the main family.
Only after I came into your life did a little happiness appear.
But after you die, there will be no one in this world who can understand you anymore.
Even our children, if they could completely replace each other, wouldn't they no longer be defined as children?
At the same time, the Great Toad Sage continued speaking to Gawain.
"The goddess's choice to plant the Divine Tree thoroughly ignited the dissatisfaction in the hearts of Hagoromo and Hamura."
The mere act of slaughtering the weak and annexing small nations under their father's orders had already exhausted them both.
It is only the ideal of unification and your promise of a peaceful future after unification that have kept them moving forward.
But the Chakra Fruit and unifying the world are completely different things. The latter, even if it involves countless killings along the way, will eventually bring peace to the Shinobi World.
But the former, if it succeeds, it could truly cause devastation to the Shinobi World, leaving no trace of its inhabitants!
Therefore, Hagoromo and Hamura made their final decision. Although the younger ones and the old folks from Ryūchi Cave, along with Katsuyu, tried to persuade Hagoromo and Hamura to some extent.
But we are, after all, merely Lady Hagoromo's summoned beasts; we cannot persuade Lady Hagoromo.
After that, the war between you... your son and your lover began.
Lord Hagoromo and Lord Hamura fought against the Goddess for nine days and nine nights; the battle even shattered half the continent and the moon in the sky.
Finally, I'm very sorry, Gawain.
Your wife has been imprisoned on the moon by Lord Hagoromo and Lord Hamura, and has been unable to escape for a long time.
Lord Hamura also led his family to move to the moon to keep watch over and accompany Lady Goddess.
Lady Hagoromo, having reshaped the Shinobi World's continental shelf, further promoted ninjutsu and the philosophy of Ninjutsu within the Shinobi World.
During this process, your Sun Tzu, Lord Indra and Ashura, were born."
At this point, the toad paused and pondered for a moment; the ancient stories were scenes he hadn't encountered in a long time.
But he didn't want to mislead Gawain at this moment, so he had to try hard to recall the details from his memory.
In particular, he is Hagoromo's summoned beast, but not Ashura's or Indra's summoned beast.
Therefore, his knowledge of the two children's situation came mostly from hearsay and gathering clues.
Gawain let the toad think until it had almost finished recalling the information, and then he continued speaking to Gawain.
"There were various explanations in the Shinobi World for the conflict between Indra and Ashura, but the most important one was probably the order you left for Lady Goddess and Lord Hagoromo and Hamura."
After receiving the orders you left behind, Lord Indra fully agrees with your judgment, believing that power is the means to achieve everything, and that unification is the true way to bring peace.
Lord Ashura did not inherit your ambitions, but instead inherited all the kindness within you and Lord Hagoromo.
Lord Ashura prefers to guide human actions through his own. He believes that as long as the method is reasonable, power can become the key to maintaining world peace, allowing people to live together stably like in the Eden, even if they are torn apart.
Under these two philosophies, Lord Indra and Lord Ashura engaged in a fierce war. The battle had no clear victor, but in the end, Lord Hagoromo chose Ashura to inherit the position of Ninja Sect.
And this...
This made Lord Indra feel abandoned, so he launched an eternal challenge against his brother Ashura.
No matter how time passes or how the world changes, Indra will emerge from the cycle of reincarnation, continue to challenge Ashura's position as the leader of the ninja sect, and attempt to continue the orders you left behind to unify the Shinobi World.
Ashura, however, deeply loved his brother. Therefore, whenever Indra was reincarnated, he would follow him back from the Pure Land to continue spending time with his brother...
Even now, more than a thousand years later, although ninjas have become the mainstream of the world and have replaced samurai as the actual controllers of daimyo.
But the previous generation of Indra and Ashura were Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju, the founders of Hidden Leaf Village.
The brothers continued to compete over their differing ideals of unification and peace until Madara Uchiha was killed by Hashirama Senju at the Valley of the End.
Of course, Lord Dragon King, Lord Indra did not lose in that battle, but lived long after Lord Ashura's death.
If you had returned a few years earlier, you might have seen the previous Indra and led him into battle again...
As soon as he finished speaking, the Great Toad Sage let out a long sigh of relief, and Gawain finally understood what had happened in the past through his explanation.
Ultimately, it's all the fault of my own actions.
His arrival brought Kaguya, a girl who had never experienced the warmth of love, enough joy.
Kaguya didn't notice the change while he was still with her, but after he left, the feeling of losing him immediately overwhelmed her with a great deal of sadness and pain, even though she hadn't yet reached the Kaguya phase of her relationship.
In particular, he left in a way that made him think he would come back in a few decades.
Although he didn't know when he traveled back in time, he speculated that, considering Ashura and Indra were the most important protagonists in Naruto, he might have traveled back around the time of their birth.
That is indeed a possibility, but clearly, the possibility is too small.
After waiting for decades, Kaguya finally realized that she had not returned as promised.
Kaguya could no longer suppress her disappointment.
At that time, Kaguya was like a child who had lost something, desperately trying to get it back.
When someone thinks like this in a relationship, she has clearly lost completely.
Kaguya began to ponder why she had left her, and then she began to think about how she could win her back.
Therefore, Kaguya finally set her sights on the Chakra Fruit.
Perhaps at that time, he had already become a scumbag in Kaguya's eyes.
Kaguya wasn't a bad woman; she was a simp who was completely controlled by a bad man.
After much deliberation, Kaguya concluded that perhaps her departure was because she had obtained the seed of chakra from her.
If they want me to come over, then the bait has to be made even more elaborate.
Therefore, Kaguya plans to plant trees!
This tree planting may not necessarily be for the purpose of collecting weapons to fight against the Ōtsutsuki Main Family.
Having mastered Haki and other power systems, Kaguya's strength is such that she could easily defeat a dozen or more opponents.
That should be enough to deal with the Ōtsutsuki Main Family for now.
So, she really wanted to lure him back to the Shinobi World by planting trees...
She felt that as long as she could grow new Chakra Fruit, she would be hooked like a fish taking the bait.
But to his surprise, his tree-planting plan was stopped by her two sons before it even began.
Having been away for so long, I still don't know what Hagoromo and Hamura's attitude towards me. Maybe they also see me as a scumbag father?
In short, the two sons continued their confrontation with their mother and even locked her up...
So...
Gawain couldn't help but look up at the moon in the sky.
Where can Kaguya see herself?
If not, then after I release Kaguya...
Will Kaguya pounce on me and give me a good beating?
But no matter what, my wife must be rescued. Kaguya, may you spend your last lonely days on the moon.
It won't be long before I bring you back myself!
However, before bringing Kaguya...
I should first completely unify the Shinobi World beneath my feet!
Having made up his mind, Gawain raised his hand and gently patted the Great Toad Sage's skin.
"I understand, Gamamaru. You've really had a tough time these past few years."
After I left back then, I was entangled in some things, so much so that I have been unable to return for thousands of years.
Fortunately, I eventually returned to the Shinobi World, so I can handle the rest myself.
Hagoromo is in the Pure Land right now, so he should be able to see me.
Haha, he can see me but he's unwilling to stand up and talk to me. It seems I'm not a good father in my Pops's eyes.
However, in my eyes, a son who imprisoned his mother is not a good son either.
Son... he's really grown up. He thinks he's all grown up now, so he doesn't want to listen to his parents anymore!
At this point, Gawain raised his hand and stretched it out, his hand reaching directly into the void.
A moment later, he withdrew his hand, still clutching a scroll.
"Let me see how this Impure World Reincarnation works."
"Yes, the forbidden scroll does indeed contain the Impure World Reincarnation. In a sense, geniuses like Tobirama, who are not reincarnated, are the true geniuses."
After a quick glance, Gawain roughly understood the principle of the Impure World Reincarnation, so he casually returned the scroll.
Then he patted the big toad.
"Go back to your Mount Myōboku. We don't need you here for now. I'll take care of things from now on."
If my past self were to step forward and unify the Shinobi World, Hagoromo and Hamura might very well stand up against me, and I don't want to put on such a bizarre father-son showdown at home.
Therefore, let me use the orthodox methods of the Shinobi World today, as the Hokage of Konoha, to reunify the world.
Hagoromo, you must be watching over your Pops from the Pure Land right now.
So, what is it that's stopping you, making you afraid to show yourself before me?
Could it be that I, your Pops, accidentally altered the course of this world, causing Jigen to die too young, and as a result, that guy controlled the Pure Land and has been fighting you Pure Land ever since? Are you so busy that you don't even want to stand up and exchange a few pleasantries with your Pops?
"Hagoromo, you really... have disappointed your Pops!!!"
At this point, Gawain casually flicked his wrist, sending the Great Toad Sage back to where he started.
Before the Great Toad Sage could finish his last words, Gawain sent him away.
Looking around at the environment of Miaomu Mountain, the Great Toad Sage sighed softly.
Fukasaku and Shima, who seemed to have little presence in him, couldn't help but ask the Great Toad Sage a question.
"Ancestor, that person seems a bit angry. Could he... be about to unleash a new wave of bloodshed in the Shinobi World?"
"Ha, even if he wanted to, who could stop him?"
Back then, he had already far surpassed the limits that Ashura and Indra could achieve.
As for now, a thousand years have passed, and even my eyes, which can vaguely see through Lord Hagoromo, cannot see through Lord Gawain's power at all."
At this point, the Great Toad Sage paused slightly, then looked around with his failing old eyes.
"Hey, who are you two? Who's standing on me?"
Get down, get down quickly, the ancestor wants to sleep.
Oh, it's Fukasaku and Sesame!
Stop making a fuss, child, get off Grandpa.
Grandpa... is sleepy...
"Asleep..."
Seeing the toad sage immediately fall back into a dazed state, Fukasaku and Shima vaguely understood something.
This is what the toads of Mount Myōboku can do.
I guess the only options left are to pretend to be deaf and dumb or play dumb...
Our ancestors were so wise!!!