After leaving Third's House, Naruto went to look for Sakura.
Kurenai Yuhi was not taken to Kusagakure by Shikaku at that time, and the village needed protection.
Not to mention Lao Ma and Kurenai Yuhi, even Ino-Shika-Cho separated.
Choza is with Shikaku, and Inoichi stays in the village.
Because Inoichi is afraid of someone stealing his home, he now has two classes carrying the information Sensing.
If nothing else happens, Lao Ma should have gone to Sunagakure by now.
Now Konoha has transferred most of Ninja out. After First also left, Second Hokage became the head of security. In addition to being the principal, Kai was also the head of security.
Hatake Sakumo and Jiraiya each led three teams to find out information about Land of Water and Land of Lightning, and they had just returned before Naruto came back.
Originally, Raikage knew that Naruto was the son of Minato and wanted to go to Land of Earth to elbow Naruto, but the vanguard force led by him and Killer B was stopped by the teams of Jiraiya and Sakumo.
In other words, the next target is Kumogakure from Land of Lightning.
The difficulty of Land of Water's copy is too low. After Naruto has had enough rest, first elbow Raikage and then move on to Land of Water's side.
A piece of Dusky Space between existence and nothingness.
There is no concept of up, down, left, or right here, and there is no real sense of the passage of time. There is only an endless expanse of color that seems to be filled with solidified dusk.
In the center of this strange Alternate Dimension, an old man is "sitting" cross-legged in the air.
He was wearing a simple white robe and had a clear Red Sun Mark on his forehead.
His face is old and kind, and his long beard hangs down from his chest, giving him a sense of tranquility and majesty that has accumulated over countless years.
On his legs lay a completely black Black Staff.
With both hands, firmly grasp Black Staff about three-fifths of the way.
The old man closed his eyes, as if he had fallen into Eternity's meditation, and seemed to be watching something quietly.
Directly opposite him, the space fluctuated slightly, and a figure "appeared" there in a daze. It was Hashirama Senju.
Hashirama looked around, confusion written on his face.
He remembered that he should have been planting trees with Naruto's Wood Clone near the border of Land of Wind.
Why did you arrive at this strange place in the blink of an eye?
"Where... is this?"
Hashirama scratched his head. He tried Sensing Chakra and the surrounding environment, but found that everything here was completely different from the reality he knew.
There is no earth, no sky, no breath of life, and even the flow of Chakra is extremely obscure, as if blocked by this dim "air".
What's even more strange is that he found that although he had a clear consciousness and could think and move, his body... seemed not to be an entity, but more like a pure energy or spiritual condensation.
At this moment, the old man in white robe sitting cross-legged in the air slowly opened his eyes.
It was a pair of Purple Eyes eyes that were like the deepest starry sky and seemed to be able to see through the past and the future.
In the pupils, circles of mysterious ripples spread.
It is Rinnegan!
The old man's eyes fell calmly on Hashirama.
When he spoke, his voice was old and deep.
"You... are the reincarnation of Asura from the previous life."
"Huh?"
Hashirama Hearing this, the innocence and confusion on his face were instantly wiped away, replaced by one of extreme alertness and seriousness.
The aura on his body suddenly changed. Although he was insubstantial at the moment, the sense of calmness and coercion that belonged to "God of Shinobi" and had gone through countless bloody battles was still naturally revealed.
"Although I don't know what you mean by 'the reincarnation of Asura in the previous life'..."
Hashirama's voice deepened, and he looked directly into the old man's eyes sharply,
"But... those eyes of yours are 'Rinnegan'?"
He recognized the legendary Dōjutsu characteristics and became more vigilant.
Anyone with Rinnegan is a strong man with earth-shattering power, and the old man in front of him gave him a feeling far more... than Nagato or the Urashiki Otsutsuki he met before...
It is unfathomable, as if it is integrated with this strange Alternate Dimension.
"Yes."
The old man admitted frankly, his tone neither happy nor sad.
"My name is Hagoromo Otsutsuki. In the legends of your future generations, I will be called...Sage of Six Paths."
Sage of Six Paths!
This name exploded in Hashirama's heart like thunder.
Even though he was as calm as he was, he felt an incredible shock at this moment.
Sage of Six Paths is an existence that only exists in mythology and Ancient Text records!
He actually... really exists.
And it appeared in front of him at this moment.
"Six Paths... immortal?"
Hashirama murmured repeatedly, and the vigilance in his heart instantly rose to the highest point.
He forced himself to calm down and asked in a deep voice, "Then... where is this place? What is the purpose of bringing me here?"
Sage of Six Paths looked at him calmly and said slowly, "I took your soul... temporarily away from Mortal World and brought it back to the edge of 'Pure Land'.
This is the twilight zone between the living and the dead, and it's also the place where I can have a direct conversation with you."
"Pure Land?"
Hashirama's eyes instantly became fierce, and the originally peaceful aura around him suddenly became dangerous, and a powerful and invisible wave of Chakra began to gather and explode!
"You killed me?"
There was cold anger in his voice.
If the opponent is really the legendary Sage of Six Paths, it does not seem strange to have such means, but this does not mean that Hashirama will sit still and wait for death.
Even when facing an immortal, he still has the courage to fight!
"I won't kill you."
Sage of Six Paths shook his head, his tone still calm, as if Hashirama's faint burst of Chakra had no impact on him.
"You are a dead person. The dead soul of Mortal World was forcibly recalled by someone using the name Forbidden Jutsu'Impure World Reincarnation'. You obtained a suitable body and regained life.
I'm just temporarily pulling your soul here and want to have a chat with you."
Hearing that he only wanted to chat with himself, Hashirama's tense nerves relaxed a little, but his vigilance did not disappear.
The other party can easily separate his soul from Reanimated Body and bring it here. This ability is far beyond his understanding.
"What do you want to talk about?"
Hashirama asked, he didn't think that this legendary ancestor came to him just to make things happen.
Sage of Six Paths's eyes became profound. He stared at Hashirama, slowly opened his mouth, and asked a question that surprised Hashirama:
"Do you know the life experience of Naruto Uzumaki?"
Hashirama was slightly startled.
Naruto's life experience?
What kind of problem is this?
Regarding the origin of Naruto, Hashirama thinks that he still knows.
"He is the son of Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki."
Hashirama gave the answer.
This is known to all Konoha after Chunin Ninja Exams.
However, Sage of Six Paths shook his head slightly and rejected Hashirama's answer.
"No."
Sage of Six Paths's voice carries a calmness that understands the truth,
"He is a Wandering Soul from 'Beyond the Heavens', not a native of this world."