Houka looked at the bewildered, helpless expressions on Tsunade, Ōnoki, and the others, and silently sighed.
Sure enough, being one step ahead made you a genius; being a hundred steps ahead made you a monster.
He glanced at Minato Namikaze, who was currently lowering his head in thought.
Houka had previously told Minato Namikaze about the legend of the Sage of Six Paths, so Minato could easily understand what he meant.
"Houka, are you saying that Zetsu is a pawn of the mother whom the Sage of Six Paths and his brother sealed away long ago?" Minato Namikaze found it somewhat unbelievable. "But the Sage of Six Paths' legend dates back a thousand years. Did Zetsu really live for a thousand years?"
Houka shrugged. "That isn't strange. The Great Toad Sage of Mount Myōboku, the White Snake Sage of Ryūchi Cave, and the Katsuyu Sage of Shikkotsu Forest all have lifespans of a thousand years. They should be from the same era as the Sage of Six Paths."
"Houka, Lord Hokage, very little of the Sage of Six Paths' legend has been passed down in the shinobi world. What exactly do you know?" Ōnoki pressed.
Minato Namikaze glanced at Houka. Seeing him nod, he told them the story of Kaguya Otsutsuki, the Sage of Six Paths, and his brother—their love, hatred, and deadly conflict.
"Could something like that really be possible?"
After a long while, the story ended. Temari was the first to lose it. She rushed straight out of the intelligence room and looked up at the dim moon in the night sky. "Aliens really exist? The moon was artificially made... a sealing jutsu? And inside it is the Ten-Tails' shell? Are you kidding me?!"
"Houka, why do you know these things?!"
The Fourth Raikage could no longer spare