Hamura fell silent, and the silence made Naruto grumble inwardly.
Could Hagoromo Otsutsuki really know nothing about Shibai Otsutsuki? But judging by Hamura's portrayal in the original story, he really had seemed like a harmless old man.
He could clearly have enjoyed an immensely long lifespan, or at worst used Karma to reincarnate and achieve a form of immortality.
Yet Hagoromo Otsutsuki had chosen not to use Karma to take over his descendants' bodies. Instead, he had willingly died after his flesh decayed, leaving his soul to wander the moon.
After pondering for a moment, Naruto took the initiative. "Ancestor Hamura, I may not be especially capable, but if you're in trouble, you can tell me about it. I'll see if there's anything I can do."
Hamura's eyes lit up at those words, and he began recounting events from a very, very long time ago.
A thousand years ago, he had led his clansmen to the moon in order to guard their sealed mother, Kaguya Otsutsuki, while also watching over the ninja world from the moon.
But several hundred years after his death, his will had been misinterpreted by his descendants as a command to purify the ninja world.
In recent decades, the disappearance of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path had intensified his descendants' suspicions. These lunar Otsutsuki intended to use the Tenseigan to manipulate meteors and destroy civilization in the ninja world.
Naruto naturally knew this history as well, but he still asked, "So, Ancestor Hamura, you want me to stop the lunar Hyuga from carrying out their plan to destroy the ninja world?"
Hamura nodded, then continued, "If possible, I would also like to ask you to retrieve the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. Leaving such a thing in the ninja world is far too