Those few words abruptly silenced the entire dim void.
Even Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, who had been repeating "Asura, let me out" nearby, stopped her unconscious murmuring.
"It actually... really woke up."
Asura's voice carried a trace of incredulous gravity.
"Then wouldn't Indra and the others' plan..."
"That's why I came specifically to find you. I think... we can try persuading Madara and Indra together. If the Will of the World only woke up recently, that's one thing.
"But what if... it never slept at all? Then could everything Madara and the others are doing now be because it's been pushing things along?
"If that really is the case, then Madara and the others... So I absolutely won't allow something like that to happen. Asura, you can still contact Indra, right?"
Hashirama Senju spoke loudly, his expression grim.
"I can, but... I don't know whether he's still willing to see me."
Asura's voice was somewhat low. Too many problems existed between him and Indra, and those problems had consequently extended to many other people.
"This is urgent. Give it a try. If you really can't reach him, I'll have no choice but to return to my original body, undo that seal, and go find Madara."
Hashirama Senju was somewhat helpless too. He also understood the problems between Indra and Asura.
"All right."
Konoha.
"You're going to let the Nine-Tails out????"
Kushina Uzumaki stiffened all over and looked incredulously at Uchiha Gen before her, her pupils widening slightly as the words blurted out.
Beside her, Minato Namikaze and Boruto Uzumaki both turned to look, their expressions abruptly growing grave.
The Nine-Tails was... fundamentally different from the other tailed beasts.
Although the Nine-Tails had consistently shown Kushina Uzumaki goodwill lately, what if...
"Gen, isn't releasing the Nine-Tails a little... And inside the village?