The Considerate Gamamaru

"Near Rōran, the Dragon Vein ruins..."

"You should be quite familiar with that place."

Uchiha Ensei spoke casually. Long ago, he had obtained the Nine-Tails' ability to sense good and evil, as well as the Uzumaki Clan's Mind's Eye of the Kagura.

So under normal circumstances, he did not care whether others lied to him. In any case, he could tell truth from falsehood.

At the mention of the Rōran Ruins, Gamamaru's expression changed slightly, but it quickly returned to normal.

Gamamaru did not actually know much about what had happened a thousand years ago.

After all, he had merely been a little toad back then, while the outside world had long since fallen under Kaguya Otsutsuki's rule.

Being able to defeat Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki had already been a remarkable feat for Gamamaru. He truly had no time to concern himself with anything else.

And after Kaguya Otsutsuki was sealed away...

Cruelly enough, Kaguya Otsutsuki's disappearance did not calm the Natural Energy. The so-called final legacy of the Toad Kingdom could only survive in another form.

That was today's... Mount Myoboku.

"The Dragon Vein... I can't believe you actually dared to set your sights on that thing."

"The power of time is the strongest power in the world. You were truly fortunate to return alive."

Gamamaru spoke with some emotion, as though he knew a great deal.

Uchiha Ensei pondered for a moment before speaking calmly.

"I never encountered the power of time. I seized a second Ten-Tails from another member of the Ōtsutsuki Clan."

"Then, using that Ten-Tails, I drained the Dragon Vein of its energy."

"By now, the Dragon Vein should have hidden itself. Even with my power, I can only detect the faintest trace of it."

Upon first hearing the words Ōtsutsuki Clan, Gamamaru did