"There's compensation, of course. But this old man has two questions I'd like to ask first."
Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo was clearly in high spirits.
He didn't show the slightest impatience at Shinno's deliberate attempts to stall for time. On the contrary, he proactively agreed to the mention of compensation.
For someone like him—already poised to transcend the world and walk the path beyond dimensions like Ōtsutsuki Shibai—everything in this world had become inconsequential.
"Please go ahead, senior."
Yamanaka Shinno thought to himself,
Just as I suspected.
Given Hagoromo's current realm and power, if he didn't still have questions to ask, he would've long since departed this world.
Why else would he go out of his way to show up here?
"The first question—can the path of drawing upon the will of all living beings lead to transcendence?"
Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo's eyes were deep and distant. There was a faint trace of regret and unwillingness in his expression—subtle, yet undeniable.
"...Yes. And not just that—it can take you very far."
Shinno froze for a moment.
This question… carried an enormous weight.
It was clear now that Hagoromo had already seen through him—not only realizing that he wasn't native to this world, but also knowing some things no one else could know.
Otherwise, he wouldn't be asking this.
That said, after gaining a power that could dismiss most dangers, Shinno had never hidden his strangeness. Let alone someone like Hagoromo, who had lived for over a millennium—even the slightly more observant people around him had already begun to suspect. They just never made an issue of it.
As for the question itself...
This "drawing upon the will of all beings" was fundamentally similar to the concept of "wish power" from myths in Shinno's previous life.
Even the gods and Buddhas of those tales collected incense and wish power.
With enough people behind you, transcending the Naruto world wasn't some impossible feat.
"Phew... I was never on the wrong path. I just... couldn't stay the course…"
He let out a sigh—one that carried a bitterness even a thousand years couldn't soothe.
His already pure and condensed soul began to emit a faint golden glow as his voice faded.
Under Shinno's gaze...
Two traits on his interface—[Benevolence] in green, and [Lone Wanderer] in gray—slowly faded and disappeared.
"The second question—can the path I now walk... truly reach its end?"
"...I don't know. But someone has walked very far on it—and reached a height we can't even comprehend."
Shinno chose his words carefully before answering.
Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo nodded, clearly satisfied with the reply.
He then turned to look in the direction of Uchiha Madara, Senju Hashirama, and Ōtsutsuki Kaguya. His expression shifted, growing increasingly complicated as he stood in silence.
"I've placed all of my accumulated knowledge and insights—everything I've learned and realized—in the depths of the Pure Land. With your ability, you can retrieve them easily."
"Then I thank you, senior."
"One final question... What do you plan to do with... my mother?"
"...We'll have to play it by ear. At the end of the day, she's currently an enemy of the Ōtsutsuki clan. If there's still hope for her, we'll try to bring her over to our side. If not... we'll seal her away again."
Shinno scratched his head awkwardly.
Though Hagoromo was speaking in a roundabout way, the meaning was clear:
I've given you my life's work. Do me a favor in return. That's still my mother, you know.
Trading a thousand years of accumulated knowledge for his mother's life... Every family has its own difficult chapter.
"Thank you. I look forward to the day we meet again."
The last white trait on Hagoromo's interface—[Emotional Attachment]—disappeared.
The red trait [A Thousand Years of Enlightenment] and the purple traits [Path of Austerity and Unity] and [Divine Will] slowly began to merge, as if just one final spark was needed. They fused into a golden trait—[Harmony of Heaven and Man].
His soul, now radiating a gentle golden light, suddenly burst forth in dazzling brilliance—as though it had pierced through the final barrier.
A familiar yet distinct ripple spread outward—similar to when [Multiverse Traveler] captured the gateway to another world. It felt as if some invisible boundary had been crossed.
High in the sky, a radiant golden gate opened!
As it slowly swung wide, the figure of the Sage of Six Paths was drawn upward by its pull, ascending into the heavens!
So that's transcendence?That's what it looks like to cross into another dimension?This isn't just traveling to another world—this guy's going somewhere on an entirely different level!
Shinno had the sudden urge to use [Multiverse Traveler] to mark the golden gate with a few tracking seals...
But just as the thought surfaced—
His red trait [Clockwork of Fate], with its power to foresee personal disasters, began blaring like an alarm—screaming at him to absolutely not attempt it!
Ever since he'd obtained this trait, it had never warned him with such intensity or clarity.
"Damn...!"
Shinno forcibly suppressed the urge.
As he watched Hagoromo's figure disappear beyond the gate, he quickly gave a command to the system in his mind.
"System, copy [Six Paths Yin-Yang Samsara] and [Harmony of Heaven and Man]!"
[Copy successful. Congratulations, host, on acquiring the golden traits 'Six Paths Yin-Yang Samsara' and 'Harmony of Heaven and Man.']
The system's notification sounded just as the Sage vanished beyond the golden gate. All the strange phenomena slowly faded.
Even the aura of the portal vanished without a trace.
"The real work begins now..."
Shinno glanced at his system interface—he only had one trait copy chance left. He sighed as he looked at the two golden traits sitting in the unactivated section.
That gate just now—so different from the portals he'd previously captured with [Multiverse Traveler]—wasn't a naturally formed gateway between worlds.
...
Rather, it felt like a pre-programmed mechanism. One that detected when someone reached a preset threshold—and then forcibly opened a path with an unimaginable power.
Originally, Shinno had planned to turn the entire Naruto world into his personal resource farm—a talent nursery.
But with this kind of world gate in play, that plan had just become way more difficult.
If he didn't want the talents he cultivated to get forcibly taken away the moment they reached Hagoromo's level...
He'd have to use [Multiverse Traveler] to completely isolate this little world.
Not only would this take an absurd amount of time—it would also consume a terrifying amount of energy. Probably more than growing two more Divine Trees!
And even then, it wasn't a surefire solution. Who knew if those unknown entities couldn't just see through his concealment?
"Should I just... pack up the little ball and take it with me?"
Shinno muttered to himself, finding the idea almost absurd.
The Boundless Weapon Realm was initially born from the Infinite Arsenal, which couldn't hold living beings. But ever since its upgrade, it had become an independent space capable of storing anything.
The only issue was—most lifeforms couldn't survive in a space without air or material—unlike the Tailed Beasts.
Back when he fought Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, he'd already started grasping the essence of that guy's "Daikokuten."
Essentially—
Daikokuten was a space constructed entirely from time-space energy—completely cut off from all external rules!
In a realm where time didn't exist, anything stored inside wouldn't age—nor would it need to breathe. No survival conditions were required.
And now, Shinno had enough power to rewrite the rules of the Boundless Weapon Realm—to make it just like Daikokuten: a space without time.
But if he wanted to keep the size of the "little ball" unchanged—and still include all living beings on it...
"Man, this is really pushing it…"
He clicked his tongue and looked up at the starry sky.
The Boundless Weapon Realm wasn't named that for nothing—it was limitless in potential.
But aside from the spaces it generated after acquiring new traits, expanding it further always required additional energy.
And expanding it to the point where it could hold the little ball and its entire atmosphere...
Would consume even more energy than just hiding it.
Unless he went full Ōtsutsuki mode—planting Divine Trees everywhere, gobbling up fruit to recharge while expanding space—he honestly couldn't think of another method right now...
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