Chapter 591: Motherly Love, Filial Piety

"Six Paths Sage."

Nagasawa recognized the white-robed old man who had suddenly appeared at a glance.

Nagasawa was not too surprised either, as he had already anticipated this.

During the Fourth Great Ninja War in the original story, the Six Paths Sage secretly gave Naruto and Sasuke a power-up, granting them Six Paths Chakra to stop Kaguya’s revival and giving Naruto and Sasuke the power to seal Kaguya again.

Later, he even appeared personally and used his power to teleport Naruto, Sasuke, and the others out of Kaguya’s Expansive Truth-Seeking Ball space.

Obviously, although the Six Paths Sage was dead, because of his powerful strength, he could be said to be dead, but not completely dead. His soul and Chakra still remained in the world to prevent Kaguya’s revival.

Since he wanted to revive Kaguya, Nagasawa had also guessed that the Six Paths Sage might appear.

After all, the Six Paths Sage was not targeting anyone. He simply did not want Kaguya to break free from her seal and wreak havoc on the ninja world.

"Hagoromo, do you want to stop Mother’s revival?" Black Zetsu looked at the Six Paths Sage with a wary expression.

In theory, Black Zetsu could be considered the Six Paths Sage’s brother, but Black Zetsu had no good feelings toward this good older brother who had sealed his mother for more than a thousand years.

On the contrary, the Six Paths Sage’s powerful strength made Black Zetsu wary. Even when the Six Paths Sage was alive, Black Zetsu did not dare show himself too much.

"The legendary Six Paths Sage is actually still alive in this world? Interesting."

Orochimaru looked at the Six Paths Sage with great interest. At a glance, he could tell that the Six Paths Sage’s state was not being alive in the traditional sense. Instead, his state was similar to Orochimaru’s current state.

As the existence who founded Ninshu, it would not be an exaggeration to call the Six Paths Sage the ancestor of all ninja. To ninja, his significance was extraordinary.

Even Orochimaru would be extremely curious about someone of this level.

"You have already reached this level of strength. Even I cannot see through you. Why do you still want to do something this dangerous?" The Six Paths Sage sighed as he looked toward Nagasawa.

"Something dangerous? I don’t think so." Nagasawa shook his head.

Even an existence like the Six Paths Sage could not transcend the limitations of his era in terms of perception.

In the Six Paths Sage’s eyes, his mother was an invincible existence, so powerful that she could not be killed and could only be sealed.

But in Nagasawa’s eyes, Kaguya’s strength was nothing special. Whether in terms of power or experience, she could not compare with him.

Hearing Nagasawa’s confident words, the Six Paths Sage fell silent.

He really wanted to ask Nagasawa why he was so confident.

The Six Paths Sage knew a little about Nagasawa’s affairs, but not much, because most of the time, the Six Paths Sage’s consciousness remained in a state of slumber. Only when powerful Chakra fluctuations appeared would the Six Paths Sage awaken.

The reason for this was that the Six Paths Sage’s physical body had already died. It was only because of special circumstances that his soul, carrying Chakra, could continue to exist in the world.

In this state, it was extremely difficult for the Six Paths Sage to replenish his Chakra, and he could no longer become stronger. Therefore, in order to reduce Chakra consumption, he remained asleep for long periods of time. As long as nothing happened that would destroy the ninja world, he basically would not intervene.

"What exactly are you trying to do?" Seeing the large amount of prepared Chakra surge into Black Zetsu’s body, with Kaguya’s revival imminent, the Six Paths Sage broke the silence and asked.

If possible, he naturally wanted to stop Kaguya’s revival.

Because he understood Kaguya and knew her personality.

Kaguya had never regarded people as people, or rather, she did not regard the people of the ninja world as equals to herself.

Under normal circumstances, who would want to personally seal their own mother?

The Six Paths Sage had genuinely tried to persuade her, but Kaguya simply refused to listen. Instead, she even believed that her two sons had betrayed her and prepared to take back the Chakra within them.

In order to protect the people of the world, the Six Paths Sage ultimately fought Kaguya and personally sealed his own mother.

Even though he did not want Kaguya to revive, in his current state, he was powerless to stop it.

The reincarnations of Asura and Indra were only ten years old now. Even if their strength was decent, it was impossible for them to instantly reach Nagasawa’s level after receiving the power.

As for personally taking action, there were too many limitations. He also had no confidence that he could successfully stop her. Instead, he might end up exhausting his Chakra and disappearing.

"I just want to learn about your mother’s clan. There’s no need to worry about Kaguya causing destruction to the ninja world. With me here, there won’t be any accidents." Nagasawa gave a brief explanation.

As for the Six Paths Sage, Nagasawa still had quite a favorable impression of him.

There was no doubt that the Six Paths Sage was someone with great love in his heart. He could seal his own biological mother for the sake of the people of the ninja world.

Of course, having a favorable impression was one thing. If his own son were the kind of person who would put righteousness above family, Nagasawa would definitely have to let him know what fatherly love was, and that a father’s fist could be as heavy as a mountain.

However, in Nagasawa’s view, after learning about the current situation, the Six Paths Sage definitely would not become his enemy. Instead, he would become his ally.

The Six Paths Sage wanted to protect the ninja world, while Nagasawa also had to protect the ninja world for the sake of Konoha. Their goals did not conflict.

The Six Paths Sage said nothing more.

He simply watched quietly.

He knew that his mother had an extraordinary origin, which could already be seen from some of the things Kaguya had told him.

After the Six Paths Sage learned that Kaguya had the Divine Tree absorb the energy of the ninja world and turned living people into White Zetsu, he had directly and openly told Kaguya his thoughts, asking her to stop doing this.

Kaguya firmly told him that this was impossible.

Kaguya told the Six Paths Sage that in the future, enemies might come looking for them, and that talking to them about love would be useless. Therefore, she had to increase her strength in order to deal with the crisis that might come.

The Six Paths Sage did not know what the possible coming crisis was, but he suggested that since there were enemies, why not train powerful warriors to deal with them instead of using such an evil and inhumane method?

Obviously, however, Kaguya did not accept his proposal.

As the powerful Chakra entered Orochimaru’s body, which was possessed by Black Zetsu, Orochimaru’s body continued to expand and transform. His entire body turned black, ultimately becoming a white-robed woman with pale skin and blue-white hair that was longer than her body.

The woman’s features were delicate and pretty. Two horns grew from her head. Her white robe was patterned with black tomoe. Her eyes were Byakugan, while a blood-red Nine-Tomoe Rinnegan appeared in the middle of her forehead. The woman opened her eyes and swept her gaze around. When she saw the Six Paths Sage, she revealed a shocked expression.

Even though the Six Paths Sage’s current appearance as an old man was vastly different from the appearance Kaguya remembered, Kaguya still recognized at first glance that the Six Paths Sage was the good eldest son who had sealed her.

No matter how much the Six Paths Sage’s appearance changed, Kaguya could never forget the Chakra within him, because this was the power that Kaguya herself had deliberately given to him.