Having lived through countless ages, he had always believed that his mother Kaguya's fear back then had been nothing more than dread of the Otsutsuki who might arrive from the stars.
Only after watching the story on the Sky Screen did he finally understand: Isshiki had been right there all along, hiding in the shinobi world!
From beginning to end, a second Otsutsuki monster had lurked beneath the surface of the shinobi world!
"So that was it... That was the real reason Mother lived her entire life in fear."
Hagoromo's heart grew unbearably heavy.
Back then, he had exhausted every ounce of his strength and every trump card he possessed just to barely seal Kaguya.
He knew the full extent of Kaguya's power. He had ways to counter her and methods to seal her.
But Ōtsutsuki Isshiki was an utterly unknown Otsutsuki-one he had never fought, knew nothing about, and whose reserves of power were unfathomable!
He did not know the limits of Isshiki's strength, his abilities, or even his goals.
Against Kaguya, whom he understood, he could handle things with confidence.
Against the unknown Isshiki, he was helpless.
At that moment, even the Sage of Six Paths, who presided over the Pure Land and had long since become detached from worldly affairs, could not help being overwhelmed by worry. A profound sense of helplessness welled up within him.
An unknown enemy was always the most frightening.
As every side wrestled with turbulent emotions and private thoughts, the images on the Sky Screen high above shifted rapidly once more, continuing the story.
Having taken the form of Black Zetsu, Hara pushed her ability to remain hidden to its absolute limit.
With White Zetsu's omnipresent clone network and her own unparalleled concealment methods, nowhere in the entire shinobi world could