"Naruto, you should rest too." Hinata spoke somewhat sheepishly.
She did not want to be a burden, but in this situation, it seemed she truly could not be of much help to Naruto.
The two found a place to sit and rest briefly. Taking the opportunity, Naruto asked, "Hinata, have you heard anything about Kakashi-sensei and Ino?"
Hinata shook her head. "No. When I woke up, I was alone in the wilderness. Not long after that, I ran into a group of samurai. Later, a group of shinobi defeated them, and I ended up in those shinobi's hands.
They seemed to be saying they wanted to use me to threaten the Hyuga Clan... Are there Hyuga here too? Come to think of it, Naruto, do you know where we are?"
Faced with Hinata's question, Naruto gave a wry smile. "You might not believe this, but it's the truth. We traveled through time. This is the ancient era from a thousand years ago—the era of the Shinobi Sect founded by the Sage of Six Paths."
"What!" Hinata cried out, her eyes widening instinctively. "The Sage of Six Paths... but wasn't he just a legend?"
Naruto could only smile bitterly. "Sometimes, legends aren't necessarily untrue. And our luck is pretty bad—the Sage of Six Paths has already passed away. His two sons, Indra and Asura, are at war now. If the old man Sage of Six Paths were still alive, we could ask him for help. Given the kind of person he was, he would definitely have a way to send us back."
Hinata asked in confusion, "Naruto, you knew the Sage of Six Paths?"
Thinking of their meeting within his soul long ago, Naruto curled his lip. "You could say we met. He was a rigid old man, but he seemed