Just as Naruto and Kaguya were about to leave the brothers Hagoromo and Hamura on the sidelines of their conversation, a voice laden with unmistakable displeasure and warning splashed over them like cold water.
"Have you two forgotten about us?"
The speaker was Hamura Otsutsuki.
His brows were tightly knit, his displeasure plain.
He and his older brother Hagoromo had sent projections of their souls here to deal with the worst-case scenario-their mother Kaguya breaking free-and were prepared to seal her again if necessary.
Instead, they had arrived ready for battle, only to first witness the baffling spectacle of their mother "hiding someone under her skirt" and interacting with Naruto Uzumaki, then watch the two begin discussing "freedom" and "cooperation" as if no one else were present, as though the brothers were merely two irrelevant pieces of scenery.
Being so thoroughly ignored left Hamura distinctly annoyed.
Had he not clearly remembered how, only a short while ago, while their mother was still sealed inside the moon, Naruto Uzumaki had beaten Otohime Otsutsuki within an inch of her life and displayed unmistakable hostility, Hamura would have suspected that this reincarnation of Asura had lost his mind-or simply intended to betray the shinobi and join the Otsutsuki.
Although the Sage of Six Paths said nothing, his Rinnegan revealed deep concern and scrutiny.
The situation before him had strayed completely beyond his expectations.
Naruto Uzumaki's stance was ambiguous, and their mother Kaguya seemed interested in joining forces with him...
That left him somewhat on the back foot.
After all, Naruto Uzumaki's Flying Thunder God made his ability to escape second to none, and he also possessed a Rinnegan-a red six-tomoe Rinnegan, at that.
Yet before Hagoromo could work out how to break this bizarre stalemate and regain control of the conversation, Naruto Uzumaki's