vncnus Chapter 461 The Causes and Effects of Reconciliation
Chapter 461 The Causes and Effects of Reconciliation
What?! I actually saw the Sage of Six Paths coming over for a visit?!
Naruto Uzumaki felt that he must have been overwhelmed by the sweet burden these past few days, leading to insufficient blood supply to his brain and causing him to have extremely absurd hallucinations.
The Sage of Six Paths was floating at the door of his newlywed home like a neighbor, even trying to chat in a "modern way"?!
But reason quickly returned, refuting the conjecture; his body was no longer mortal. Having completely absorbed and fused with the power of Otsutsuki Urashiki, his life level and physical strength had already stabilized at a genuine "Six Paths level."
Let alone being newlyweds, even after months of continuous intense activity, it's absolutely impossible to experience hallucinations due to mere physical fatigue!
The presence outside the door is real.
Those iconic horns symbolizing the Otsutsuki lineage, that simple and ancient white robe, and the six striking black magatama patterns on the chest.
A pair of Rinnegan, and that naturally floating posture... he looks exactly like the Sage of Six Paths.
"Hmm..." The Sage of Six Paths outside the door seemed to interpret Naruto's brief moment of stunned silence and intense inner turmoil as confusion. "It seems you're still quite surprised by the way I appeared and my opening remarks?"
"Could there be some deviation or error in the way I understand and try to use the current way of communication and social etiquette? I have referred to mainstream communication samples from the past fifty years... I didn't expect that it would be so challenging to put it into practice on my first try."
"Huh? No, no, no," Naruto finally found his voice, "I know what you're saying, I understand you perfectly!"
"It's just... it's just that your sudden... uh, visit itself is really... beyond my expectations."
"Oh, is that so?" The Sage of Six Paths' voice relaxed a bit. "Then let's maintain this feeling in our communication. Please take care of me in the rest of the conversation."
He then gave a formal self-introduction: "I am Hagoromo Otsutsuki. I was once known as the 'Founder of the Ninja Clan,' or commonly referred to as the 'Sage of Six Paths.'"
"I am not a physical entity, but an aggregate of the chakra will left behind in the past, an embodiment of peace and order."
"Oh...oh!" Naruto quickly stepped aside to make way for the doorway. "Then...please come in first. It's not very convenient to talk at the door."
He simply couldn't imagine the sight of the Sage of Six Paths' chakra avatar floating around his front door, possibly seen by passing neighbors or patrolling ninjas.
"Well then, I'll take my leave." The Sage of Six Paths, Hagoromo, accepted the invitation naturally and glided lightly into the entrance hall.
Naruto closed the door and led the unexpected guest to the living room, trying to sort out the situation.
Black Zetsu is dead, completely annihilated by the Rasengan: Sun Core, leaving not even a trace.
The schemers who attempted to resurrect Kaguya Otsutsuki have been annihilated. Kaguya herself remains sealed in the moon, and without Black Zetsu as the "key" and the specific executor, breaking the seal is impossible.
So why did the Sage of Six Paths suddenly "visit" in the form of a chakra avatar at this time? It couldn't possibly be to congratulate him on his marriage, or simply to "see" how he, the reincarnation of Ashura, was doing, could it?
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"That look is so familiar."
The Sage of Six Paths looked at the wary Uchiha Satsuki, his voice tinged with a faint sigh, "Although you are not 'him' himself, the power and chakra he left behind always seem to choose to reincarnate and attach themselves to beings with similar soul wavelengths..."
"Well, although I have gradually accepted and understood the fact that Indra's chakra chose a woman as its vessel in this generation through observation, seeing Ashura and Indra's chakra in this way is still quite unexpected for this old guy. You could say it's a pleasant surprise."
Satsuki stood warily in place, her once again cold and clear black eyes fixed on the strange old man in front of her who was rambling on and on, speaking in a way that was hard to understand, and who called himself the Sage of Six Paths.
The Sage of Six Paths? Are you kidding me! That's a figure from mythology! How could he suddenly appear in my and Naruto's house?!
Because there were outsiders present, especially such an "unidentified and unpredictable person," all the gentleness, shyness, and dependence on Satsuki's face vanished instantly, and she reverted to the cold and aloof Uchiha Satsuki in front of outsiders.
She turned slightly to the side, subtly blocking Naruto's path in a protective posture, even though she knew that Naruto's strength far surpassed her own.
The Sage of Six Paths ignored Satsuki's hostility and continued speaking in his calm and direct tone.
"It seems that the current Ashura Chakra reincarnation... namely Naruto Uzumaki—has not yet told you the complete truth about your bloodline and chakra reincarnation as he knows it. Well then, let me say a few words first."
The Sage of Six Paths continued to look at Satsuki.
"You, Uchiha Satsuki, are the reincarnation vessel of my eldest son, Indra, in this life."
"What?"
Satsuki blurted out instinctively, her face filled with utter bewilderment. Indra? The Sage of Six Paths' son? A chakra reincarnation?
These words, when put together, seem so jarring and incomprehensible in light of her real-life experiences.
Seeing Satsuki's completely clueless expression, the Sage of Six Paths smiled helplessly, while his feelings of emotion spanning a thousand years grew even deeper.
Of course, in the strictest sense, Satsuki is not a direct reincarnation of Indra's soul.
He was a descendant of the Uchiha clan, who carried the bloodline of Hagoromo Otsutsuki.
However, that special chakra, which roamed the world and represented the power and destiny of "Indra," attached itself to her and recognized her as its "manifestation" in this generation after a thousand years of wandering and choices.
This in itself... is something that has never happened before.
For millennia, the chakra reincarnations of Asura and Indra, due to the mutual attraction and opposition of their inherent powers, have invariably appeared as enemies and rivals, enacting one tragic scene of fratricide after another on the stage of history.
They fought and killed each other, twisting the bond born of blood into hatred. As a father, Hagoromo's will constantly hoped that the two forces, originating from the same source, could reconcile, truly understand each other, and achieve reconciliation.
However, he never expected that this reconciliation, which he had been looking forward to for thousands of years, would be achieved in such a "simple" way.
Is it simply because this generation of Indra's Chakra chose a woman as its reincarnation?
However, his act of overcoming obstacles and proactively manifesting his "visit" in this way today was not merely to express his gratitude for this unexpected "reconciliation." He had something more important to do.
His gaze finally settled on Naruto Uzumaki, and his feelings of gratitude were now tinged with relief and a sense of accomplishment.
One of the reincarnations of his youngest son, Ashura's chakra, has finally... completely surpassed him.
It wasn't just a matter of surpassing others in terms of power, but also in terms of his ideas, actions, and influence on the world order. He successfully thwarted his mother Kaguya's plot to resurrect herself and dismantled a deception that spanned a thousand years.
Hagoromo came today for two reasons: first, to express his gratitude to Naruto for completely eliminating the ultimate threat that his mother Kaguya might have posed; and second, because he felt it was necessary to pass on some of what he had left behind to this "junior" who had truly grown up and was now capable of shouldering even greater responsibilities.
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