"So, you want to ask this old man something, Asura of this generation... no, Namikaze Naruto?"
After lightly tapping the ground with the wooden staff in his hand, Hamura Otsutsuki looked at Naruto calmly.
"I have only two questions. First, are you and the Sage of Six Paths—that is, Otsutsuki Hagoromo—really dead? If not, then the two of you could be considered the people who set everything in motion. What attitude do you have toward the world as it is now? Second, is Kaguya Otsutsuki truly impossible to kill, leaving sealing as the only option?"
Naruto looked straight at Hamura Otsutsuki. These questions were not only sincere, but also concealed another kind of test. Between his past life and his present one, between the ideals of the past and the needs of the present, Naruto wanted to know whether, after thousands of years, the Otsutsuki brothers—especially Otsutsuki Hagoromo—had changed their minds. His second question, about killing or sealing Kaguya Otsutsuki, was also raised with practical considerations in mind.
Because no one could be sure.
Black Zetsu might have another way to forcibly summon a near-complete Ten-Tails.
Ultimately, using the Infinite Tsukuyomi to break the seal the Sage of Six Paths had placed long ago and release Kaguya Otsutsuki was only one method, not the only one. From Naruto's perspective, since Kaguya Otsutsuki was sealed inside the moon, there was also the possibility of freeing her by acting directly on the moon itself.
It was simply a possibility the original story had never mentioned.
But Naruto couldn't afford to ignore it.
He had brought up Kaguya Otsutsuki because he wanted to get information he might not know from Hamura, the Rabbit Goddess's own son.
It would help him prepare more backup plans.
"It seems you really do know a great deal,