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Nanchuan You did not have much confidence in his own talent.

Ordinary Sage Mode was one thing. There had been many examples of people mastering it, both in the past and in the future; the only difference was how completely they mastered it.

But Six Paths Sage Mode was different. Aside from the Sage of Six Paths himself, only Naruto Uzumaki had ever learned it.

Even Naruto Uzumaki, the protagonist, had not learned Six Paths Sage Mode through his own abilities, but through the Sage of Six Paths imparting his power to him.

Under such circumstances, Nanchuan You naturally could not hope for too much.

So he did not give it much thought and went straight to find the Toad Sage, intending to obtain a genuine sage inheritance.

The Toad Sage readily agreed.

He treated Nanchuan You with great respect and did not refuse any of his requests, agreeing to them all directly.

In truth, there was nothing to refuse.

Both Hagoromo and Hamura had learned the orthodox Sage Mode.

Even if the Toad Sage refused to provide it, Chen Ziming could still obtain it through Hagoromo and Hamura.

It was no big deal.

Asking him now was less a negotiation than a gesture of courtesy.

After their conversation ended, Nanchuan You invited the Toad Sage to rest and formally entertained him.

The Toad Sage was somewhat flattered by the reception.

Though the hospitality appeared ordinary, its significance was anything but.

Given Nanchuan You's status, he could represent the entire Land of Ancestors, even the whole human world.

When Nanchuan You personally received the Toad Sage in the name of the King of the Land of Ancestors, it meant that the human world had accepted the Mount Myōboku faction.

The meaning behind this was naturally far from ordinary.

In the past, although some called the Mount Myōboku faction a sacred land, more people still regarded them as monsters, believing they were no different from other monsters.

But after today, Mount Myōboku's title as a sacred land would clearly be firmly established.

The Toad Sage understood this as well, which was why he was so flattered.

After entertaining the Toad Sage, Nanchuan You returned to the palace and went to see Kaguya.

Ever since her battle with Hagoromo and Hamura that day, she had returned to the palace as agreed.

"Still haven't figured it out?"

Returning to the palace where Kaguya was staying, Nanchuan You looked at her standing alone ahead of him, and his expression softened.

In the secluded garden, Kaguya stood alone. At that moment, she looked like a lofty goddess, uniquely breathtaking and deeply unforgettable.

She stood there as though she had been waiting for a long time.

Only when she sensed Nanchuan You's arrival did she quietly turn around, her gaze falling upon him.

Nanchuan You stepped forward, pulled her into his arms, and spoke softly. "I'm leaving..."

As his words fell, Kaguya's body seemed to tremble, and an unspoken feeling rose between them.

Kaguya looked at Nanchuan You before her, her eyes filled with deep reluctance.

For her, it was a feeling difficult to describe.

Ever since she had descended into this world from beyond the heavens, she had always been with Nanchuan You. They had never been apart in all these decades.

Now that Nanchuan You was about to leave, her emotions became complicated at once, and she did not know what to say.

An ordinary person would likely have shown some sort of reaction at a time like this.

But she was Kaguya, after all. She said nothing and merely looked quietly at Nanchuan You.

"Can't you stay?"

After a long while, she finally spoke. "I don't want you to leave."

"That won't work."

Nanchuan You smiled. "There are still things I need to do. I have no choice but to leave first."

"Then can you take me with you?"

Kaguya spoke. "I'll go with you."

Though the palace before them was dazzling and magnificent, without Nanchuan You, someone close to her, it would be as though it had lost its soul.

As for the Hagoromo Brothers, when they had taken the initiative to attack her before, they had already broken her heart.

"I can't take you with me."

Nanchuan You looked at Kaguya with apology in his eyes. "But I promise you, I'll come back quickly. I won't be gone for too long."

"Believe me. One day, I will come back for you."

"For you, that day may not be too far away."

For his original body to travel between worlds and return to this world again, the points required would undoubtedly be enormous.

Nanchuan You did not know how long it would take him to gather enough, but as long as he took things slowly, he would eventually manage it.

After all, as the one waiting, Kaguya's lifespan was nearly limitless.

As long as the two of them were willing to keep drawing closer, there would come a day when they truly met again.

Kaguya said nothing, only sorrow showing in her eyes.

Facing Nanchuan You, she said nothing more. She merely nodded silently and fell quiet.

Over the following period, Nanchuan You completely let go of everything in his hands and transferred the authority of the Land of Ancestors to Hagoromo and Hamura.

As for himself, he accompanied Kaguya as they traveled throughout the world.

Of course, it was not just the two of them. They also brought along two children.

They were Indra and Asura.

Because of their earlier confrontation, the mother-son relationship between the Hagoromo Brothers and Kaguya would still need a long time to mend.

But Indra and Asura were still young. Taking advantage of their childhood to nurture the bond between grandmother and grandsons was not a bad idea.

The facts proved that, compared with Hagoromo and Hamura as they were now, Kaguya had a somewhat better impression of the Indra brothers.

Thanks to Nanchuan You's efforts, they got along quite pleasantly.

However, happy times were always short-lived.

Before they knew it, several months had passed.

When the prompt on the panel before him reached the number fifty years, Nanchuan You knew his time had come.

"I'm leaving."

He murmured softly, smiling at Kaguya before him.

The next moment, the world before his eyes seemed to change.

The world's colors were stripped away inch by inch, turning into black and white.

Nanchuan You's essence was drawn out, leaving this body and vanishing. It crossed the boundaries between worlds and returned once more to his original body.

When he opened his eyes again, he was no longer in the familiar palace, but somewhere else.

A dilapidated house came into view, giving Nanchuan You a feeling both familiar and strange.

This was his home in Konoha.

"I'm back..."

Standing where he was, Nanchuan You let out a soft sigh.

An inexplicable sense of weakness washed over him.

After leaving his previous body, he felt unbearably weak.

That was only natural.

No matter how poor his previous body had been, it had still been an adult's body. Moreover, it had been nourished by Otsutsuki Kaguya's Karma, so its physical condition was far from weak.

But his original body was merely that of an ordinary child under seven years old. It was only normal for it to be frail.

Of course, that was not the most important thing right now.

"Let me see what I gained from this trip..."

He sighed inwardly and lowered his head to look ahead.