As time passed, Houka's consciousness gradually began to blur, and darkness slowly enveloped his mind.
But in his groggy state, Houka seemed to see an old man sitting cross-legged atop the crown of a great tree, cultivating in the darkness!
With the old man's appearance, a glimmer of light finally emerged in the dark world. Houka looked around and discovered that this was actually a vast forest. A cool breeze brushed past him, carrying the fresh scent of green grass.
For some inexplicable reason, Houka felt a chill as well. It was like drinking a cup of iced tea on a summer day—the bone-deep cold made goosebumps rise all over his body!
'The Sage of Six Paths?'
As Houka "looked" at the old man before him, whose eyes were tightly shut and who sat so still he seemed capable of nothing but breathing, a trace of delight slowly welled up in his heart.
When Naruto had been on the brink of death, the Sage of Six Paths had appeared in his spiritual world.
In the original story, when Uchiha Sasuke had been on the brink of death, the Sage of Six Paths had also appeared in his spiritual world.
And now, after he had transplanted Naruto's cells and suffered a massive adverse reaction, the Sage of Six Paths had appeared in his spiritual world as well. What did that mean?
It meant that he, too, was very likely a Child of Destiny!
Though the Sage of Six Paths refused to admit it, his body was being awfully honest!
But the Sage of Six Paths seemed to have only two sons. Whose reincarnation was he, then?
Could it be that the Sage of Six Paths had an illegitimate son?
Hehehe...
Within his spiritual world, Houka was starting to lose control of