I Understood Long Ago

Master Jigen was a monk with a very kind and benevolent appearance.

Or rather, in a place like Konoha, if you looked even slightly vicious, there was no way you could spread your Buddhist teachings.

Before this, Yuya had always kept his distance from Buddhism and all the other religions in the Land of Fire. They could come to Konoha, but they could not proselytize.

Therefore, when Yuya proactively invited him to Konoha to spread his teachings this time, Jigen had no reason to refuse.

Of course, Jigen—or rather, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki within Jigen—had considered whether this might be a trap.

But after careful thought, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki concluded that his disguise was flawless. Ever since Yuya became the Third Hokage, he had kept an extremely low profile. The Kara organization he had established was still only at the stage of cultivating members; they had no intention of causing trouble at all.

There was no reason for the people of Konoha to have discovered his existence.

Besides, if he missed this opportunity, who knew how long he would have to wait before he could spread what he had learned again.

Jigen was a powerhouse who had cultivated for over a thousand years.

However, the only reason he had lived for nearly a millennium was because he had been chosen by Ōtsutsuki Isshiki—or rather, because Ōtsutsuki Isshiki had no choice but to choose him and make him a Karma. That was how he had survived until now.

Over the centuries, Jigen had witnessed wars of every scale. Thus, he held Yuya in great respect.

Without Yuya, there was no way the Shinobi World could have been as peaceful as it was now.

Although he had lived several centuries longer than Yuya, the truth was that he had never succeeded in stopping people from