"Naruto, wake up. Naruto, wake up..."
"Hmm?"
Naruto woke clutching his head. The moment he opened his eyes,
he saw a long-haired, white-bearded old man gazing at him kindly.
He jolted in surprise.
He looked around wildly. "Huh? Where am I? Wasn't I with everyone?"
"Where did they go?!"
"Grandpa, who are you?"
"How did I get here..."
The White-Bearded Old Man stared at little Naruto, at a loss for words. He had plenty to complain about, but no idea where to begin.
He really couldn't put his troubles into words...
Indra's Chakra and Asura Chakra had achieved an unprecedented harmony in this lifetime...
Granted, they were still young, so it was too early to tell much.
Well... Naruto and Sasuke were both good kids, anyway.
Kaguya Ōtsutsuki had revived, just as he had anticipated when he left his contingency behind. She had even cast Infinite Tsukuyomi.
Excellent.
Everything had gone according to plan!
The conditions he had set to activate the Chakra he left in the Shinobi World had come together perfectly...
But—
Could someone tell him what was going on with the person fighting Kaguya Ōtsutsuki outside?
And another thing.
The Previous Indra and Asura had somehow come back to life?
More absurdly, the Current Asura and Indra were still children!
What kind of joke was this?!
"..."
Hagoromo Otsutsuki gazed helplessly at Naruto, who couldn't settle down long enough to listen. "Little Guy, hear me out."
"Oh." Naruto scratched his head. "Grandpa, who are you? Where are we?"
"..."
Hagoromo Otsutsuki's smile grew warmer as he patiently repeated, "Little Guy... listen to me."
"Oh..."
Naruto stopped asking questions.
Hagoromo watched him in silence. He opened his mouth and tried several ways to begin, only to reject each one.
The problem was simple.
He seriously doubted Naruto and