"Could it be… related to Aoba?"
Gamamaru looked at the place where Otsutsuki Hagoromo had disappeared, and couldn't help but feel puzzled.
'Logically speaking, no one in the ninja world should know about the moon.'
'Except for the clan that Hamura left behind in the ninja world back then… hmm?'
Gamamaru's originally cloudy eyes suddenly lit up, as if he had a sudden realization, connecting everything together.
What Otsutsuki Hamura left behind was the Hyuga clan. As a clan that had been passed down for over a thousand years, there must have been some records about the moon within it.
Aoba, as the Hokage of Konoha, and according to what Jiraiya said, he even has a girlfriend from the Hyuga clan's main family.
Looking at it this way, everything seemed to make sense.
Originally, Gamamaru had also been curious about how Aoba got involved with that woman, Otsutsuki Kaguya.
Now it seemed that it was probably because of the Hyuga clan.
After figuring everything out, Gamamaru lay back down on the huge cushion again.
He closed his eyes and began to rest.
Although he also felt a wave of fear regarding Otsutsuki Kaguya breaking free from the seal, in the current situation, it was clearly the brothers Otsutsuki Hagoromo and Otsutsuki Hamura who were more shaken and anxious.
Unlike a thousand years ago, he was now just a toad nearing the end of his lifespan. This matter should be left for the two brothers to worry about.
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[On the Moon]
Otsutsuki Hagoromo appeared at the center of a formation carved into the ruins, and after a long time, he saw his younger brother again.
An old man with light blue hair, Otsutsuki Hamura.
However, the surrounding scene made him feel puzzled again, and his expression grew more serious.
He sensed a familiar residual power within it.
That was the power of the Six Paths.
"You fought someone?"
Right now, both of them only existed in the form of chakra. Although they could retain their consciousness, they were ultimately people who had died a thousand years ago. If they wanted to fight someone and exert the power of the Six Paths, the cost would be enormous.
Especially Hamura. His situation was different from his. Because he had to guard the seal, he had stayed on the moon all this time and had not gone to the Pure Land. The chakra he left behind had long since been worn down, so it should have been very difficult for him to fight anyone.
But judging from the traces left at the scene, it was indeed the power of the Six Paths.
"It wasn't me, but one of my descendants."
Otsutsuki Hamura shook his head helplessly, then paused halfway through his sentence.
"Or rather, it should be three of my descendants. These are traces left after their battle."
Otsutsuki Toneri and Hinata could undoubtedly be confirmed as his descendants, and Aoba, although he first used the Rinnegan, later also displayed the power of the Tenseigan.
He should also count as his descendant.
Otsutsuki Hagoromo was clearly somewhat incredulous when he heard this, "Your descendants have already mastered the power of the Six Paths? And there are three of them?"
'Could the gap between the brothers' descendants really be this big?'
"So you called me here… could it be that the battle between the three affected the seal?"
"Not exactly."
Otsutsuki Hamura shook his head again, his expression becoming more serious, "It's a descendant from the branch I left in the ninja world. He seems to have the ability to enter others' consciousness space and communicate with souls."
"If my perception wasn't wrong, he seems to have entered the sealed space and had a brief exchange with Mother. I originally wanted to ask about the details, but he didn't respond to my call and returned directly to the ninja world."
"From the ninja world…"
Otsutsuki Hagoromo had originally thought it was from the clan Hamura brought to the moon, but it turned out to be someone who came from the ninja world.
Right after that, he quickly thought of something and asked anxiously, "Is that person called Aoba?"
"Hm?"
Otsutsuki Hamura looked surprised, "You know him?"
After receiving this answer, Otsutsuki Hagoromo's expression immediately turned grim.
It could already be confirmed that the person was Aoba.
He had originally been puzzled about how Aoba managed to come into contact with his mother, 'So this is how…'
"From what you're saying, he has already mastered the power of the Six Paths?"
Otsutsuki Hamura didn't understand why his brother showed such an expression, but he still answered seriously.
"He not only possesses the Rinnegan, but also has mastered the Tenseigan, and can use both skillfully. Judging from the strength he displayed earlier, even when I was alive, I'm afraid I would have had difficulty being his opponent."
Strangely enough, as the ancestor of the Hyuga clan, he himself did not possess the Tenseigan.
That was considered a mutation that appeared during the inheritance process between the Hyuga clan and the Otsutsuki clan.
"He's actually that strong?"
Aoba's strength had clearly exceeded Otsutsuki Hagoromo's expectations.
Originally, when Gamamaru said he was the strongest in the ninja world, he didn't take it seriously, only feeling somewhat irritated by that prophecy.
But now… it could only be said that he basically had no way to deal with him anymore.
"It seems you're paying a lot of attention to him."
Seeing his brother like this, Otsutsuki Hamura couldn't help but grow even more curious.
"…"
Otsutsuki Hagoromo fell silent for a moment, then finally let out a long sigh.
"It's not that I've been paying much attention. I only just learned today…"
He still told him about Gamamaru's prophecy.
After all, Hamura was his younger brother and should know as well.
"?"
After listening, Hamura's face showed exactly the same expression Hagoromo had when he first heard Gamamaru's explanation.
For some reason, seeing this scene made Hagoromo feel a bit better about his own earlier frustration.
"In any case, if Aoba really has already come into contact with Mother, then Gamamaru's prophecy is very likely to be true."
Otsutsuki Hagoromo patted his brother on the shoulder and sighed somewhat helplessly.
Otsutsuki Hamura snapped out of his daze and understood what his brother meant.
A girl who had been sealed away in loneliness for a thousand years suddenly meeting a young man… this storyline felt a bit like something that wouldn't pass review.
'But that woman… does she really understand what love is?'
Perhaps at the beginning, the two brothers did feel some maternal love from their mother, but later on, all that remained was fear.
"So, what are you planning to do? Are you just going to let him release Mother like this?"
"No!"
Otsutsuki Hagoromo shook his head, his expression firm.
"Next, I'll go meet him in person…"
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