Faced with Sage of Six Paths Brothers's appearance of a worldview that was severely impacted, unable to speak, and at a loss, Naruto Uzumaki seemed much calmer.
After all, he has experienced a lot. Although he is not an old bandage, he can still cope with some situations.
He didn't seem to see the other party's wonderful expression, nor did he care about the extremely weird atmosphere at the scene. He just waved his hand casually in the direction of Hagoromo Otsutsuki, as if to say hello, and as if to interrupt the question or lecture that the other party might be brewing.
"Okay, let's put aside the pleasantries and family ethics drama for now."
Naruto's tone returned to his usual calm and direct tone, and he looked sharply at Sage of Six Paths, "Sage of Six Paths, I finally see you in person today."
He paused and asked a question that seemed to have nothing to do with the current situation, but that had been lingering in his mind for a long time:
"First Hokage Hashirama Senju, Second Tobirama Senju, and I, Parents...Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki, as well as the other resurrected Konoha Ninja, were they all 'taken away' by you?"
Naruto had previously thought about Shinobi World who could take away First's souls after they were resurrected.
After thinking about it, Sage of Six Paths is like cultivating immortals.
For others, summoning souls either comes at a cost or is very difficult.
In the original timeline Fourth Shinobi World War, Sage of Six Paths summoned the souls of the previous generations of shadows with a wave of his hand and gave them to Naruto Sasuke to charge Chakra.
Sage of Six Paths After hearing this, his expression returned to its former calmness and majesty, as if the shock and confusion just now were just an illusion. He nodded slowly and did not deny:
"It's me."
His voice was calm and full of power, echoing in the empty Lunar Core Space, "The dead should not affect the world of the living, and the living should not play with the souls of the dead."
He glanced at Naruto and added, "Especially Hashirama Senju, he had a brief communication with me.
I promised him that when Shinobi World truly achieves long-term peace and unity, and when the fate of Indra and Asura is truly broken, I will release their souls to Shinobi World and let them witness the world they are fighting for in their own way."
Hagoromo's words carry a kind of transcendent certainty, as if everything is under control, as if he is not interfering, but performing some higher-level "guarding" and "guiding" duties.
Naruto listened quietly, with no expression on his face, but his Blue Eyes eyes were getting deeper and deeper, as if they could see through all appearances.
When Hagoromo finished speaking and looked into Naruto's eyes that seemed to be able to penetrate people's hearts, the corner of Naruto's mouth suddenly raised a very faint arc, with a bit of amusement and distrust.
"The dead should not affect the world of the living."
Naruto slowly repeated Hagoromo's words, his tone was calm, but like a sharp knife, he gently opened the seemingly sacred veil.
Where is this old man... a liar?
Naruto complained secretly in his heart, and a strong sense of absurdity surged into his heart.
In the original timeline, Fourth Shinobi World War was fighting in chaos, and the Impure World Reincarnation army created by Obito Uchiha and Madara Uchiha turned the entire Shinobi World upside down.
How many strong men who had died long ago were forced to return to the battlefield to fight with the living.
That scene can be called "the underworld versus the underworld".
At that time, where were you, Sage of Six Paths, who claims to maintain the order of life and death and protect Pure Land's peace?
Did you come out to stop it?
Did you come out to take back those desecrated souls and beat the person who cast Impure World Reincarnation to death?
No.
You didn't give your power to me and Sasuke until the last moment, euphemistically calling it 'test' and 'choice', and let us 'survivors' clean up the mess.
It's better now. Tell me seriously here about "the dead should not affect the world of the living"?
Damn you...
In Naruto's view, this is simply full of double standards.
Naruto also has double standards. He must not treat his enemies and his partners the same way.
Treating people you have a good relationship with is definitely much better than treating strangers.
This is human nature.
People's love for others has a level of love, which can be divided into closeness and distance.
Sage of Six Paths's "management" of Pure Land is based on his personal will.
For Naruto and Orochimaru, the method of reviving Impure World Reincarnation plus Living Corpse Reincarnation was studied and Sage of Six Paths was directly banned.
But when some people abuse Impure World Reincarnation on a large scale and seriously disturb the boundary between life and death, he can "stand aside" until the situation gets out of hand, then come out to clean up the mess, or cultivate a new savior.
This attitude of "being superior" and "interfering as necessary" made Naruto feel instinctively disgusted and wary.
He doesn't like being treated as a pawn, nor does he like this kind of arrangement that seems to be compassionate but is actually full of calculations.
Of course, Naruto did not say these words directly.
He just looked at Sage of Six Paths with that half-smiling look, conveying silent doubts and distrust in the silence.
Sage of Six Paths also seemed to understand something from Naruto's eyes. His Rinnegan Rinnegan was not shaken by Naruto's doubts. He just looked back calmly, as if to say: There is a deeper meaning in this than you can fully understand. What I did has its own reason.
For a moment, the atmosphere between the two became subtle and tense again.
In the cuff, the dark and sticky mass of Yin-Yang Release life form with only two mung bean-sized light spots as its "eyes" - Black Zetsu, has a panoramic view of the strange and tense confrontation with the outside world.. Although it appears to be flattering and "filial" most of the time, as a product of Kaguya's will and the mastermind behind the plan that has been lurking for thousands of years, its instinct to observe words and analyze situations has long been engraved in its "bone marrow".
Its two small mung bean-like eyes moved rapidly, quickly analyzing the situation on the field:
The mother had just escaped from trouble, and her strength was far from restored. The Rinne Sharingan on her forehead was only in prototype form, and she lacked Ten-Tails and Tailed Beast Chakra, so her strength was greatly reduced.
Although brothers Hagoromo and Hamura are just souls, their auras are profound, and together they are no match for the weak mother at the moment.
They obviously came with bad intentions, and their intention was probably to re-seal or at least suppress the mother.
Naruto Uzumaki, this young but unfathomable Sixth Hokage is the biggest variable.
More importantly, there is obviously some kind of mutual distrust and even potential conflict between him and Sage of Six Paths.
The conversation just now, as well as Naruto's unabashed questioning look, all illustrate this point.
Opportunity!
Black Zetsu was ecstatic.
What it fears most is that Naruto and Sage of Six Paths Brothers join forces to deal with the mother, and the mother will really be doomed as soon as she comes out of the seal.
But now it seems that Naruto seems to be more neutral.
Maybe even because of the conflict with Hagoromo, he is leaning towards his mother?
He must be won over!
At least, let him remain neutral, or become a force to contain brother Hagoromo.
Having made up his mind, Black Zetsu immediately and carefully began to tease Kaguya:
"Mother...Mother!"
Its voice was urgent and coaxing, "Look, this Naruto Uzumaki, he obviously doesn't get along with that unfilial son Hagoromo."
The atmosphere between the two of them is on the verge of breaking out!"
It observed Kaguya's reaction and continued, "Hagoromo and Hamura must be here for you today.
In your current state, one against two, I'm afraid... the situation is not good."
"We must get Naruto Uzumaki's help!"
Black Zetsu's voice was resolute, "Even if we just ask him to remain neutral, or hold Hagoromo down.
Otherwise...Mother, you finally escaped from the seal today, are you willing... to be sealed back by those two traitors just after you came out?
Then our thousands of years of waiting and hard work will be in vain!"