Four people were running on the thick roots of the sacred tree.
Suddenly, they stopped, and then one of the monkey-like figures looked ahead in horror.
"That is..." Sarutobi Hiruzen widened his eyes and looked at the several corpses in the distance and the two figures next to the corpses.
"Naruto!" Namikaze Minato murmured, trembling all over.
"Failed?" Senju Tobirama looked dejected.
"Then, could it be the legendary Goddess of the Rabbit?!" Hashirama Senju looked at Kaguya's figure, his eyes filled with shock.
"Naruto." Namikaze Minato gritted his teeth, unable to believe that his child had actually died like this. His eyes immediately focused, and he was ready to use the Flying Thunder God Technique to rush over.
But at this moment, a light blue figure appeared behind them, and then the four Hokage with impure earth bodies disappeared in an instant.
"Hmm?" Kaguya Otsutsuki said softly, and then looked towards the hillside in the distance.
Kaito also looked in that direction. He also felt someone appearing there just now.
"It seems that besides you, there are other humans in this world who have avoided the Infinite Tsukuyomi." Kaguya said calmly. She was not angry about it, nor did she have any intention of pursuing it.
Kaguya doesn't care whether anyone else "survives" or not. After all, she will release some humans from the Infinite Tsukuyomi and let them reproduce, thus creating new White Zetsu.
"You are wrong about two things. First, those guys who just appeared may not be living people. Second, I am not a human being either." Kaito shook his head and said.
Kaguya withdrew her gaze and looked at Kaito in confusion.
"Let's talk about the first point first. You have just recovered Black Zetsu's consciousness, so have you recovered Black Zetsu's memories? If so, you should be able to see people who have been resurrected by the Impure World Reincarnation, and among those, four Hokage should still be alive. After all, the Impure World Reincarnation technique will not be canceled even if the caster dies." Kaito explained.
As I said, it is the final battle after all, and some important information is still remembered quite clearly.
"Then let me talk about the second point. Although I was originally a human, I was reincarnated as a mouse. Now I am a cultivator who has cultivated from a mouse. I can be considered a mouse immortal. People generally call me the mouse immortal." There is no need to keep this a secret. It is not information that cannot be revealed.
Especially since he was a human in his previous life,Kaito actually hates being treated like a mouse by others, especially those who can have a conversation with him on an equal footing and those who are stronger than him.
"Oh? Can one retain the memories of the previous life after reincarnating into an unknown race? It feels like a reincarnation technology that is more advanced than the Reincarnation of Instruments?" Kaguya showed an interested look.
"It's not a skill, it's just a coincidence." Kaito shook his head.
"Even if it is a coincidence, in my opinion, all coincidences can be transformed into stable and usable technologies. Just like this sacred tree, it was originally just a foreign object that was accidentally born in my hometown, and finally, after my research, it became a crop that can be planted and cultivated." Kaguya said confidently.
"...That does make sense." After a moment of silence, Kaito nodded in agreement.
...
Meanwhile, in another part of this world...
Konoha Village...
The four Hokage only felt a trance around them, and when they came to their senses, they had returned to the place that they were very familiar with but now somewhat unfamiliar.
"Who is it!" Senju Tobirama was startled, then he threw out a kunai and turned around alertly.
The same was true for Sarutobi Hiruzen, but Namikaze Minato and Senju Hashirama seemed more calm and not too nervous.
They looked at the old man floating in the air in front of them, looked at his translucent body, and then showed different expressions.
"Hey, hey, hey! Tobirama, Tobirama, it's a ghost! A ghost!" Senju Hashirama lost his composure, patted Tobirama's shoulder, pointed at Otsutsuki Hagoromo in shock and shouted.
"..." Senju Tobirama's face drooped, and he looked at his elder brother with squinted eyes in silence.
"Brother, we are also dead people, similar to ghosts, we are all undead, so can you please stop making such a fuss?"
"Could it be that you are the Sage of Six Paths?" asked Minato Namikaze.
"Oh? You know me?" Sage of Six Paths asked back.
"Before, Naruto..." Namikaze Minato paused, a sad look on his face, and then continued: "I heard about the Six Paths Sage from the conversation between Naruto and Uchiha Madara, and then I made the connection when I saw you."
"Six Paths Sage?! Could it be the Six Paths Sage in the myth?!" Sarutobi Hiruzen said in surprise.
"That's right, I am the Six Paths Sage in your mythology. My real name is Otsutsuki Hagoromo." Hagoromo nodded and said.
"We?" Senju Hashirama scratched his head, looking weird.
"Didn't you use this name in your time? Then what about me? Myself? I? Me? I?" Sage of Six Paths asked.
"It doesn't matter what you call it. Since those two guys, Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke, have obtained your power, we can trust you. And since you, the Sage of Six Paths, appear at this time and bring us here, what do you need us to do now?" said Senju Tobirama.
"Yes, that's exactly what I meant." Yuyi said seriously.
"So, what do you need us to do?" asked Senju Tobirama.
"Gather strength for another fight."