"Because those details aren't that important. Anyway, Boruto paid a huge price, and with Naruto and Sasuke both having lost their power, the entire shinobi world was dealing with the mess the Ōtsutsuki had left behind. Somewhere along the way, someone reached for the power left behind by the Ōtsutsuki Clan...
Then one day, the Five Great Nations and the ninja villages suddenly discovered that quite a few Ninja had started acting strangely and worshipping someone they called 'God,' saying things like he was about to be resurrected and they needed to offer a fruit as a sacrifice."
"An anomaly?"
"The shinobi world's order had changed by then, but the Five Kage still managed to keep things under control for the time being and immediately captured those people. Sure enough, traces of a Divine Art were detected in them. Their memories and thoughts had been completely overwritten. Their heads were filled with nothing but that 'God of Ōtsutsuki.'"
"You mean the Ōtsutsuki Clan has a god? Was he your enemy?"
Minato asked.
"No. For a very long time, our enemies were those Ninja whose memories had been altered. They even included several Kage and ordinary people from the Five Great Nations..."
"A Divine Art could affect that many people? Who was behind it?"
But Shukaku shook his head. "I don't know."
"Huh?"
Everyone froze.
"Because that's where my memories end..."
Shukaku said it plainly.
"Are you kidding?"
"I'm not kidding. Those are my last memories of being able to move freely in the shinobi world..." Shukaku countered earnestly. "Because the next time I regained consciousness, I was already inside Himawari."
"You have no idea. That Divine Art seemed designed to counter us. I don't even know when my consciousness was altered. Luckily, they caught it early. Otherwise..."
A look of