The stage for the celebration had been set, and the leaders and Kage of every ninja nation had arrived at their embassies in Konoha.
They waited for the Sage Jutsu site's official completion.
The Sage Jutsu training course built around the God Tree had drawn the attention of countless people throughout the Shinobi World.
The mere title of sage was enough to drive people mad.
Not to mention the various Sage Arts that could be used by mastering and controlling Natural Energy in conjunction with chakra.
With the two Hokage returning, Tobirama was finally able to free himself from the burdens of government affairs.
He led the Shinobi World's most luxurious research team to study a Sage Jutsu mode suited to ninjas and develop compatible Sage Arts.
The Ninja Chronicles, reprinted four times, had spread through Ninja Academies across every nation with the combined efforts of the ninja countries.
Ninjas were not butchers who wielded great power and started wars. Beyond assisting with production, they also needed to learn from history.
They needed to understand, and even remember, the various ninja clans that had perished over a thousand years of slaughter, along with their corresponding histories.
Secrets that had previously circulated only among the upper ranks now spread far and wide throughout the Shinobi World.
Very soon, old tales concerning the Otsutsuki clan sparked widespread discussion throughout the Shinobi World.
It turned out that before the Sage of Six Paths' Ninjutsu Sect, there had existed an even more unusual era.
Only then did the ninjas realize that their ancestors had actually been aliens.
And—
the ancestor sealed within the moon, quite possibly the remnant in Konoha's crooked-necked tree, might still be watching the Shinobi World every day.
And Kaguya Otsutsuki was not the only one.
Why?
Because there were other