Hmph. "Oh my god, oh my god!"
"How is the Sage of Six Paths still alive?! We're doomed, we're doomed!"
Inside Gaara's sealed space, the miniature Shukaku stretched both arms above his head.
Like a crazed Patamon, he ran around, shouting at the top of his lungs.
"S-Sage of Six Paths?! Who's that? Shukaku, have you been seeing another man behind my back?!"
At that moment, Gaara's head was buzzing, and his thoughts were a complete mess.
He could clearly see Shukaku leaping around inside his Consciousness Space like a cat with its tail stepped on, making a huge fuss.
But what Shukaku said left him confused.
Sage of Six Paths... an old man?!
Wasn't having a young boy like him enough? Shukaku had to go after an old man too?
When had Shukaku developed such unusual tastes?
"Idiot! What are you thinking?" Sensing Gaara's thoughts, Shukaku leaped around even more frantically in the Consciousness Space. "The Sage of Six Paths is the one who created us tailed beasts. He's the legendary sage of the Shinobi World—the real deal!"
The creator of the tailed beasts!
At those words, even Gaara's dark circles seemed to fade a little.
He'd wondered who this Sage of Six Paths was. Perhaps he came from the village, or maybe from the desert!
But he'd never imagined that he was the progenitor of sages from a thousand years ago—or perhaps from countless years ago!
But... Gaara was even more confused now!
"At this point, someone who existed a thousand years ago should be nothing but dust and bones, right? Could you be mistaken?"
The moment he heard "mistaken," Shukaku's raspy voice turned shrill. "I could be mistaken?! Listen, brat, I'm telling you, that's the exact same scent!"
"It's a little faint... but, but, but it's definitely