It was precisely because of the Sage of Six Paths' terrifying strength that Gen had kept himself hidden and endured ever since the Warring States Period.
Because he understood, he remained cautious.
Those fools who started shouting about unifying the world the moment they gained a little strength were always slapped to death first.
With Gen's strength back then, he could have swept through the Ninja World, but to the Sage brothers, he was merely a junior who had just reached their level. If not for the vast crystal-wall barrier separating them, killing Gen would not have taken much effort.
The gap between them was like that between the Fourth Kazekage and Senju Tobirama. Both were Kage Level, yet the difference in strength was immeasurable.
That was why every move Gen had made over the years revolved around one core principle: strengthen his own side while weakening the enemy.
If Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama had not held Otsutsuki Hamura back today, then under the Sage brothers' joint assault, even with this newly unfolded New World, Gen would not have stood the slightest chance.
Even now, across all three battlefields, he was being suppressed everywhere. This was already the result of years of planning. One could only imagine how miserably he would have died if he had emerged back then as the only Six Paths Level ninja.
In truth, if the story had not already reached its end, and if not for the shadow cast by that initial system mission, he would have preferred to keep enduring and accumulating strength.
Compared to gambling everything on a risky fight, he preferred the absolute crushing force that came once his own power had reached its peak.
But there was no such option as "if" in this world. Since Gen had chosen to