The moment Hinata approached, it slowly opened. Inside was pitch-black.
No one knew what it was.
But at that moment, a figure suddenly emerged from a crack somewhere.
He had two horns on his head and wore a white robe. There were six black magatama-like patterns on his chest, a red spiral emblem on his back, and three rows of magatama below it, three in each row.
He exuded immense majesty, yet his expression at that moment did not suit him at all.
Others might have doubted and guessed, but Hinata knew. He was the so-called Sage of Six Paths.
She ignored him. When she had received the final mission, she had vaguely sensed that she would encounter the Sage of Six Paths.
Otsutsuki Hagoromo. From his expression, Hinata knew what he wanted to say, but she ignored him.
Instead, she flew straight inside.
As for what would happen in the end, she believed the final mission would surely provide a reasonable answer.
At Mount Myōboku, the Great Toad Sage, who had once been worshipped like a sage, suddenly opened his eyes.
He spoke thoughtfully. "Has fate been broken at this moment? Then no matter what choice you make, we will no longer need to struggle so hard."
In Ryūchi Cave, the White Snake Sage raised herself upright, flicked her tongue, then spoke to Tagorihime, Ichikishimahime, and Tagitsuhime, who seemed to have arrived after hearing the news. "The ancient shackles have loosened. It is time for us to lay down what we have carried."
In Shikkotsu Forest, an unimaginably enormous Katsuyu also seemed to stir.
When she opened her eyes, she seemed to see a distant land.
Then she spoke as well. "These were never burdens we should have carried. After bearing them for so many years, someone has finally