"What did you say?" Naruto's voice suddenly rose, stripped of the Nine-Tails' aged tone. It was Naruto's own consciousness speaking.
The moment he heard "Byakugan girl," he thought of Hinata.
[Don't act rashly, Naruto.] The Nine-Tails' voice sounded at just the right moment, stopping Naruto's anger. [Get more information first. If it really is Hinata, it won't be too late to rush over and rescue her.]
Under the Nine-Tails' persuasion, Naruto calmed down again and let the Nine-Tails take the lead.
"When were you attacked? Which way did Indra's people go?" the Nine-Tails asked gravely.
The high-ranking samurai replied, "Yesterday. The one leading them was a disciple of the Sage of Six Paths from back then, named Poluo. A few of my men and I barely managed to escape."
"Poluo..." The Nine-Tails frowned. The name seemed vaguely familiar, but too much time had passed for him to remember clearly. He only recalled that there seemed to have been someone like that; beyond that, he could remember nothing at all.
Yet the fact that the Nine-Tails still remembered his name after a thousand years was proof enough that he was no ordinary person.
Back then, the Sage of Six Paths founded the Shinobi Sect and spread the true meaning of chakra, intending to bring peace to the world.
Within the Shinobi Sect were many first-generation shinobi who trained under him. Of course... they were not called shinobi at the time. Most people called them monks, but because they differed greatly from ordinary monks, people gradually began referring to them as members of the Shinobi Sect.
It could be said that while the Sage of Six Paths was still alive, the Shinobi Sect truly brought peace to everyone. His disciples were dispatched to various places to spread the use of chakra, and