What?! I actually saw the Sage of Six Paths coming over for a visit?!
Uzumaki Naruto felt that he must have been overwhelmed by the sweet burden these past few days, leading to insufficient blood supply to his brain and causing him to have extremely absurd hallucinations.
The Sage of Six Paths was floating right in front of his newlywed home, just like a neighbor, and even seemed to be trying to chat in a "modern way"?!
But reason quickly returned, refuting the conjecture; his body was no longer mortal. Having completely absorbed and fused with the power of Otsutsuki Urashiki, his life level and physical strength had already stabilized at a genuine " Six Paths level."
Let alone being newlyweds, even after months of continuous intense activity, it's absolutely impossible to hallucinate due to mere physical fatigue!
The presence outside the door is real.
Those iconic horns symbolizing the bloodline of the Otsutsuki, that simple and ancient white robe, and the six striking black Tomoe patterns on the chest.
A pair of Rinnegan, and that naturally levitating posture... he looks exactly like the Sage of Six Paths.
"Hmm..." The Sage of Six Paths outside the door seemed to interpret Naruto's brief moment of stunned silence and intense inner turmoil as confusion. "It seems you're still quite surprised by the way I appeared and my opening remarks?"
"Could there be some deviation or error in my understanding and attempt to apply the current modes of dialogue and social etiquette? I've referenced mainstream communication models from the past fifty years... but I didn't expect that even on my first attempt, it would be so challenging."
"Huh? No, no, no," Naruto finally found his voice, "I know what you're saying, I understand you perfectly!"
"It's just... it's just that your sudden... uh, visit itself is really... beyond my expectations."
"Oh, really?" The Sage of Sage of Six Paths ' voice relaxed somewhat. "Then let's maintain this connection. Please take care of me in the rest of the conversation."
He then gave a formal self-introduction. "I am Hagoromo Otsutsuki. I was once known as the 'Founder of the Ninjutsu Sect,' or commonly referred to as the ' Sage of Six Paths.'"
"I am not a physical entity, but an aggregate of the chakra will left behind from the past, an embodiment of peace and order."
"Oh... oh!" Naruto quickly stepped aside to make Gate of Opening. "Then... please come in first. It's not very convenient to talk at the door."
He simply couldn't imagine the sight of the Sage of Six Paths ' chakra avatar floating around his front door, possibly seen by passing neighbors or patrolling Ninja.
"Well then, I'll take my leave." The Sage of Six Paths, Hagoromo, accepted the invitation naturally and floated lightly into the entrance hall.
Naruto closed the door and led the unexpected guest to the living room, trying to sort out the situation.
Black Zetsu is dead, completely annihilated by the [ Rasengan: Sun Core], leaving not even a trace.
The schemers who attempted to resurrect Kaguya Otsutsuki have been annihilated. Kaguya herself is still sealed in the moon, and without Black Zetsu as the "key" and a specific executor, breaking the seal is impossible.
So, at this particular moment, why did the Sage of Six Paths suddenly "visit" in the form of a chakra avatar? It couldn't possibly be to congratulate him on his marriage, or simply to "see" how this Asura reincarnation was doing, could it?
"That look is so familiar."
The Sage of Six Paths looked at the Uchiha Satsuki, his voice tinged with a faint sigh, "Although you are not 'him' himself, the power and chakra he left behind always seem to choose to reincarnate into something with a similar soul wavelength..."
"Well, although I've gradually come to accept and understand the fact that Indra's chakra chose a woman as its vessel in this generation through observation, seeing Asura and Indra's chakra in this way... still surprised this old guy quite a bit, you could say it was a pleasant surprise."
Satsuki stood warily in place, her once again cool and aloof black eyes fixed on the strange old man before her who was rambling on and on, speaking in a way that was hard to understand, and who called himself the Sage of Sage of Six Paths.
The Sage of Six Paths? Are you kidding me! That's a figure from mythology! How could he suddenly appear in my and Naruto's house?!
Because there were outsiders present, especially such an "unidentified and unpredictable" "suspicious person," all the gentleness, shyness, and dependence on Satsuki's face vanished instantly, and she reverted to the cold and aloof Uchiha Satsuki in front of outsiders.
She turned slightly to the side, subtly shielding Naruto in a protective stance, even though she knew Naruto's strength far surpassed her own.
The Sage of Six Paths ignored Satsuki's hostility and continued speaking in his calm and direct tone.
"It seems that the current reincarnation of Asura Chakra... namely Uzumaki Naruto —has not yet told you the complete truth about your bloodline and chakra reincarnation as he knows it. So, let me say a few words first."
The Sage of Six Paths continued to gaze at Satsuki.
"You, Uchiha Satsuki, are the reincarnation vessel of my eldest son, Indra, in this life."
"What?"
Satsuki blurted out instinctively, her face filled with utter bewilderment. Indra? The Sage of Sage of Six Paths' son? A chakra reincarnation?
These words, when put together, seem so jarring and incomprehensible in light of her real-life experiences.
Seeing Satsuki's completely clueless expression, the Sage of Six Paths smiled helplessly, while his feelings of emotion spanning a thousand years grew even deeper.
Of course, in the strictest sense, Satsuki is not a direct reincarnation of Indra's soul.
He was a descendant of the Uchiha Clan, who carried the bloodline of Hagoromo Otsutsuki.
However, that special chakra, which roams the world and represents the power and destiny of " Indra," has, in this generation, attached itself to her and recognized her as its "manifestation" after a thousand years of wandering and choices.
This in itself... is something that has never happened before.
For millennia, the chakra reincarnations of Asura and Indra, due to the mutual attraction and opposition of their inherent powers, have invariably appeared as enemies and rivals, enacting one tragic scene of fratricide after another on the stage of history.
They fought and killed each other, twisting the Bonds of blood into hatred. As a father, Hagoromo's will constantly hoped that the two forces, originating from the same source, could reconcile, truly understand each other, and achieve reconciliation.
However, he never imagined that this reconciliation, longed for for a thousand years, would be achieved in such a... "simple" way?
Is it simply because this generation's Indra's Chakra chose a woman as its reincarnation?
However, his initiative to overcome obstacles and publicly "visit" in this way today is not merely to express his gratitude for this unexpected "reconciliation." He has something more important to do.
His gaze finally settled on Uzumaki Naruto, and his feelings of gratitude were now tinged with relief and a sense of accomplishment.
One of the reincarnations of his youngest son Asura Chakra, has finally... completely surpassed him.
It wasn't just a matter of surpassing him in terms of power, but also in terms of his ideas, actions, and influence on the world order. He successfully thwarted his mother Kaguya's plot to resurrect herself and dismantled a deception that spanned a thousand years.
Hagoromo came today for two reasons: first, to express his gratitude to Naruto for completely eliminating the ultimate threat that his mother Kaguya might have posed; and second, because he felt it necessary to pass on some of what he had left behind to this "junior" who had truly grown up and was now capable of shouldering even greater responsibilities.
(It's going to be a million-word book analysis, so I'm looking for a more literary title! What names do you, dear readers, think would be good?)