Otsutsuki Hagoromo quickly ended his exchange with his younger brother.
Although the two brothers hadn't seen each other for hundreds of years, now was clearly not the time to catch up.
The idea that they might end up with a stepfather who was only in his teens was something both thousand-year-old brothers found extremely hard to accept.
So Otsutsuki Hagoromo didn't waste any time. He left the moon immediately and returned once more to the great hall at the summit of Mount Myoboku.
Gamamaru, who was resting with his eyes closed in the center of the hall, sensed Hagoromo's return and opened his eyes again, a bit surprised that he had come back so quickly.
Even if nothing had happened, he should at least have chatted with his old brother for a while, right?
"Hagoromo, nothing happened on the moon, did it?"
Otsutsuki Hagoromo shook his head, "Aoba brought a little girl to the moon, and he has mastered a secret technique that allows him to communicate with souls. He has already met Mother."
'So it really is like that…', Gamamaru's eyes widened slightly.
"Then what are you planning to do now? Go stop him?"
"Haaah…"
To Gamamaru's surprise, Otsutsuki Hagoromo actually let out a rare sigh. After all, having known him for so many years, it was not often that he saw him sigh.
It seemed this matter was indeed quite troublesome for him.
"What's wrong?"
"According to Hamura's judgment, Aoba already possesses both the Rinnegan and the Tenseigan, and can skillfully use the power of the Six Paths. Unless I can recover part of my strength from when I was alive and gather the tailed beasts again, no one in the ninja world can stop him now."
Otsutsuki Hagoromo laid out Aoba's general strength.
This only made Gamamaru even more shocked, "He's already that strong? He's not even twenty, is he?"
'Is this Aoba even human?'
"Mm."
Otsutsuki Hagoromo nodded, his expression becoming more serious.
"So, Gamamaru, I want to borrow a Sage Talisman."
"A Sage Talisman?"
Gamamaru's already shocked expression froze again.
The Sage Talisman could be said to be the most precious treasure of Mount Myoboku.
It was made from the purest senjutsu chakra, in other words, natural energy, and possessed extremely strong healing abilities.
It had even once brought Otsutsuki Hagoromo's younger brother, Otsutsuki Hamura, back to life after his death.
If it was for Hagoromo to use, giving him one more wasn't impossible.
'It is just…'
"Hagoromo, in your current state, even using a Sage Talisman won't bring you back to life. At most, it would only allow you to temporarily use part of your peak strength."
If someone had just died not long ago, resurrection was still possible. But after being dead for a thousand years, it wasn't something you could just reverse.
"I understand. But I'm not trying to revive. I just want to meet that Aoba. Even if I can only use a portion of my strength, it's enough."
Otsutsuki Hagoromo spoke with a fair amount of confidence.
Although he and Hamura were brothers, there was undoubtedly a huge gap between their strengths.
"So you still intend to stop him?", Gamamaru asked curiously.
"I wouldn't call it stopping him. I just want him to understand that there's always someone stronger out there."
Otsutsuki Hagoromo's expression grew more serious, "At the very least, he needs to understand what kind of monster is sealed inside the moon."
"If he can't even defeat me, then when Mother breaks free from the seal and loses control again, no one will be able to stop her."
"I understand. But a Sage Talisman isn't something that can be prepared in a day or two. You might need to wait for a while."
Gamamaru also felt that Hagoromo's reasoning made sense and nodded in agreement.
"Mm. Then I'll come back once you've prepared it. I'll return to the Pure Land for now."
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[Inside Konoha Village]
At Aoba's home, a not-so-small battle had just ended.
Aoba took in the sweet scent lingering in the air, then looked at Kurama Yakumo, who was now lying there weak and limp. There was a feeling of slight surprise, but also something that made sense.
You could see her brown eyes rolling upward, like she was almost about to awaken the Hyuga clan's bloodline.
He glanced at the time again. It hadn't even reached the point where the isolation space needed to be activated. Only a little over half an hour had passed.
Despite all the bold talk she usually threw around, when it came to actual combat, she seemed to be the weakest among the girls.
But that was actually normal.
After all, Kurama Yakumo was a pure genjutsu-type ninja, and taijutsu was her weakness to begin with.
When she was young, her body couldn't even handle her own kekkei genkai, and she had to stay in a sanatorium every day.
If not for Tsunade's treatment, forget becoming a ninja, she probably would have been out of breath after running just a couple of steps.
Aoba lay beside her, watching her cute appearance.
There was still a faint blush on her cheeks that hadn't completely faded, like a soft pink glow lingering there.
Only after quite a while did Kurama Yakumo gradually recover from her earlier state.
When she noticed that Aoba had been staring at her the whole time, a rare hint of shyness appeared on her face, and she shrank into the blanket.
Aoba found it a bit amusing and rubbed her hair, asking gently,
"How do you feel now?"
"Well…"
Kurama Yakumo poked her head back out, looking like she was seriously thinking before answering.
"Compared to doing it myself, it's like heaven and earth apart."
"…"
Aoba pinched her cheek a bit irritably.
"I'm asking if your body feels uncomfortable anywhere right now?"
The shyness on Yakumo's face completely disappeared. She burrowed into Aoba's arms, looking satisfied as she said, "You just helped me smooth everything out, Aoba. Of course my whole body feels completely comfortable now."
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