The images on the Sky Screen slowly shifted, revealing the full devastation of the ancient land after the war.
The great battle had only just ended, and Kaguya had been sealed away. Shattered mountains, dried-up rivers, and scorched earth lay everywhere.
Once-bustling towns were strewn with wreckage and deserted. The occasional survivors were sallow and emaciated, covered in wounds, and lived in constant fear.
At the center of the image, a lone figure in a conical hat walked across the ruined land.
It was Hagoromo Otsutsuki, who had only recently ended the chaos and sealed away his mother, Kaguya.
He was still young, with the common people in his heart and gentleness and resolve in his eyes.
Step by step, he crossed the barren soil. Looking at this world utterly destroyed by war, he silently made a vow.
"The Shinobi World is in ruins now."
"I'll mend it bit by bit, slowly restore the land, heal the scars of war, and bring life and stability back to the world."
After those words, Hagoromo's gaze darkened, and deep apprehension and vigilance rose within him.
He never forgot the threat lurking in the shadows, more terrifying than any war-Otsutsuki Hara.
"And then there's Hara."
"Her very existence is far too dangerous for the entire Shinobi World."
"I must find her, drive her out for good, and subdue her. I absolutely cannot let her keep roaming the Shinobi World."
Hagoromo understood the situation all too clearly.
Hara's disposition was too vile, and she would certainly find a way to revive Kaguya.
If Kaguya returned to the world, she would inevitably plant the God Tree again, harvest lives, and devour everything. The entire world would once more descend into an apocalyptic catastrophe.
When that happened, the world he had worked so hard to repair,