There was a moment of stagnation in the fierce exchange.
It wasn't exhaustion or tactical adjustments, but Sage of Six Paths took the lead in inserting a seemingly innocuous sentence during the mad attack, but in fact it spoke directly to people's hearts.
His voice, with a kind of loneliness and scrutiny after many vicissitudes of life, clearly reached Naruto's ears:
"Have you truly integrated into this world now that you are lonely?"
This is tactical rhetoric, intended to shake Naruto on a spiritual level.
However, today's Naruto Uzumaki can be called a top-notch cash recharge, lonely?
Doesn't exist.
After hearing these words, Naruto's movement of Truth-Seeking Orb Staff in his hand did not lag at all. Instead, a confident and warm smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and his counterattack words were faster than his movements:
"Compared to me who is liked by Girl, has unconditional support from friends, and is cared for again by Parents..."
Naruto looked directly at Sage of Six Paths's pair of deep Rinnegan, and asked with a hint of unquestionable rhetoric in his tone:
"Sage of Six Paths You are the lonelier one, right?"
This sentence, like a precise key, opens up the past that has been sealed in Sage of Six Paths's long life and is unwilling to be mentioned easily.
His first love, the woman who once made his heart ripple, died under the will of his mother Kaguya, and was designated as God Tree's Sacrifice to be sacrificed...
It was a tragedy that ended without any resolution and was even tinged with betrayal and bloodshed.
The death of first love was a trigger, which directly led to the break between Hagoromo and his mother Kaguya, starting the mother-son battle that shocked the world.
After sealing his mother, he separated from his younger brother Hamura. One stayed behind, Shinobi World, while the other went to the moon to guard the seal.
Later, his own two sons.
Asura and Indra, brothers are at war with each other because of their different ideas, and they fight endlessly.
Even after their deaths, their Chakras are still entangled and reincarnated, allowing the bloodline battle to continue for thousands of years...
Throughout Sage of Six Paths's life, family, love, and brotherhood seemed to be accompanied by separation, betrayal, fighting, and long loneliness. He had the power to create something new, but it always seemed difficult to grasp the most ordinary and warm emotional ties.
In contrast, Naruto.
He has the love and support of Girl such as Hinata Hyuga, Ino Yamanaka, Uchiha Hikari; and the trust and help of his peers such as Sasuke Uchiha, Shikamaru Nara, Choji Akimichi, Kiba Inuzuka, Shino Aburame.
There is also the unreserved love of mother Kushina Uzumaki and father Minato Namikaze, and even the care of Mito Uzumaki as an elder...
He is no longer the lonely child hiding in the shadows, longing for recognition from others.
His side was filled with love and bonds, and his heart was extremely rich and powerful because of it.
Sage of Six Paths's tactical rhetoric was easily bounced back by Naruto's comparison that was sharper and closer to the facts.
Faced with Naruto's direct question, Sage of Six Paths was silent for a moment. An extremely complicated emotion flashed through Rinnegan, but he did not respond directly. He cleverly changed the topic and responded to the question with another question:
"So do you really like those Girl?"
This question seems to question the purity of Naruto's feelings.
Immediately afterwards, Sage of Six Paths moved his lips slightly and used some kind of Yin Release Secret Technique to send a sharper, more private inquiry that pointed to Naruto's biggest secret directly into the depths of Naruto's mind, ensuring that only the two of them could "hear" it:
"You have the soul of an adult in your thirties..."
"Will you really fall in love with Girl who is in his early teens?"
Traveler.
Sage of Six Paths, actually knew the secret that Naruto came from another world!
Moreover, he seemed to know that Naruto was already quite mature mentally when he traveled through time.
Naruto was twenty-one years old when he died, and now he has the mental age of thirty-five.
This secret is known to very few people in the entire Shinobi World.
He raised this question now with a more sinister intention.
It not only questions Naruto's attitude towards feelings, but also interrogates Naruto's identity and moral boundaries as a time traveler, trying to fundamentally shake Naruto's belief in integrating into this world and triggering his inner conflicts and self-doubt.
However, in the face of this sharp question that touched his soul, the expression on Naruto's face instantly changed from the serious counterattack before to one of almost rogue-like calmness and indifference.
The education I received in my previous life was applicable to the society of my previous life, and this life is far from the stable society of my previous life.
Naruto didn't even respond with Secret Technique. Instead, he spoke directly with a loud and confident voice:
"Hey, old man, I am actually fourteen years old in this body.
Youthful, energetic, and passionate."
He pointed at his face and patted his chest:
"A fourteen-year-old sunshine Young Naruto falls in love with Girl, who is also fourteen years old, lively, cute or gentle and kind..."
Naruto spread his hands with an expression that said: What's wrong with this?
"Isn't this a matter of course and very reasonable?"
He completely avoided the issue of soul age, firmly grasping the biological age and current identity, and easily resolved Sage of Six Paths's heart-wrenching questions into the invisible.
The subtext is: I am now Naruto Uzumaki, a fourteen-year-old Ninja. My feelings are based on this identity and experience and have nothing to do with others.
This way of coping was obviously beyond Sage of Six Paths's expectations.
I saw the muscles on Sage of Six Paths's face, which had always been calm and full of majesty, seemed to twitch imperceptibly, and then darkened visibly to the naked eye.
I originally thought that Kid was a shameless one, but I didn't expect that she was also a lolita control!
After two seconds of silence, Sage of Six Paths squeezed out a cold word from between his teeth, with a hint of danger in his voice:
"I think, next time you use Lightning Release, I need to give you more power."
Obviously, verbal attacks on the spiritual level are ineffective against Kid, who is inexperienced and has a thick skin comparable to Truth-Seeking Orb.
Sage of Six Paths decided to return to the most primitive way and use more powerful power to "educate" him.
As soon as he finished speaking, the Purple Eyes Chakra around Sage of Six Paths suddenly became violent, and dangerous lightning began to jump on Amenonuhoko.
"Come on! Who is afraid of whom!"
Naruto also showed no sign of weakness. Black Staff in his hand was shining with golden light, and Lightning Release Chakra also began to condense.
Hehe, I grew up with those Girl, what's bothering you?
Fourteen years old is no longer a lolita. I, Naruto Uzumaki, am not a lolita control at all and I am not afraid of electricity!
What if Sweet and Adorable and Blueberry Cupcake are the same and Little Hanabi also likes me?
Anyway, it has nothing to do with you Six Paths Laoden.