"Then where is this 'route' you remember-or rather, the entrance mentioned in those ancient legends?"
Naruto eagerly pressed for the crucial information.
Asura's consciousness paused, as though he were retrieving more specific fragments of memory:
"According to those ancient legends..."
"The Pure Land is believed to be part of the 'Land of Yomi,' or closely adjacent to it. That is the realm of the dead."
"And the boundary connecting the living world to the Land of Yomi was called 'Yomotsu Hirasaka' in ancient songs and ritual texts."
"Later, as time passed, many places in the shinobi world were renamed. The boundary between life and death came to be called 'Iwaya Slope,' located within the ancient land of 'Izumo.'"
"Izumo... Iwaya Slope..."
Naruto quickly sifted through his knowledge of the shinobi world's history and geography.
Izumo had existed before the Warring States Period, but its borders and precise location had become obscure through the many changes of history.
Asura knew nothing more.
There was nothing Naruto could do. Pressing him further would accomplish nothing.
If he wanted to fight the Sage of Six Paths, going in without reaching the Six Paths level himself would be nothing short of offering himself up for slaughter.
This was not something he could rush.
Naruto soon gathered Konoha's remaining senior leaders and everyone whose relatives had been resurrected. Even the Third was brought out temporarily.
There was no helping it. Although the Third had lost his former ambition, he was still one of Konoha's strongest fighters.
They were short-handed everywhere, and the old man was delighted to hear that they had work for him.
But once everyone had gathered, they discovered that Might Duy, Nawaki, and Mikoto were still there.
Fugaku had been taken away, yet Mikoto was still here?
The Sage of Six Paths