"So, old man Six Paths, why did you keep me here? Once I get back, I'll listen to you. I absolutely won't capture any Tailed Beasts, absolutely won't try to obtain the Rinnegan, and absolutely won't become an Ōtsutsuki Clan member! Hurry up and let me go back! I need to get home for dinner!"
As if he had sensed the familiar feeling of being fated to become a wage slave, Neji uneasily kept shifting his posture.
"Don't be so impatient. Your existence is rather special. That is why I kept you here. Some things have already had their price set by fate. There is no way for you to avoid them!"
The Sage of Six Paths found Neji's clumsy excuse somewhat amusing.
"Special?!"
Neji's heart skipped a beat. He felt as though he were about to be dragged into a colossal vortex, and instinctively began resisting. "Old man Six Paths, my abilities are limited, so don't come looking for me! I can't do it, really!"
"Hehehe... I wasn't the one who found you. You found me. You took the initiative to appear within our sight. Or rather, fate pushed you here. After all these years, I have never seen a soul from another world travel through time and space again. More importantly, you possess Uniqueness!"
The Sage of Six Paths' words immediately brought something to Neji's mind: the Primordial Bagua Diagram.
That was his greatest secret, an even deeper secret than his transmigration. Yet now, it seemed it had long since been exposed.
"Uniqueness! The qualification to transcend the multiverse and attain eternal, unfettered freedom and boundless ease!"
A blazing light suddenly flashed through the old man Six Paths' eyes!
Neji was startled and instinctively began circulating his Inner Qi.
"There is no need for that! I already said