The village in this era was simple and pure, and the villagers were quite shy. When Naruto and Sasuke suddenly appeared, the villagers weren’t scared—they were more curious than anything. They were curious about where these two kids, who looked so different from them, had co from.
Hagoromo happily introduced Naruto and Sasuke to the villagers. Of course, he didn’t reveal their true origins, only saying that they had so connection to him but couldn’t explain further due to certain reasons.
Naruto and Sasuke had prepared so excuses in case the villagers asked too many questions, but as it turned out, the villagers didn’t press them. Instead, they warmly welcod the two and even suggested throwing a party when they heard Naruto and Sasuke would be staying for a while.
This whole situation made both of them a bit shy. Even Sasuke, who usually kept a straight face, couldn’t help but blush during the party. The main reason was that so villagers thought they were good-looking and wanted to set them up with wives.
What? Twelve years old?
That wasn’t a problem. In an era where living to fifty was considered a long life, expecting people to wait until twenty to get married? You’d be lucky if they didn’t co after you with a hoe.
In this ti, the usual age for marriage was under fifteen. Twelve was a bit young, but still acceptable.
By the way, in Naruto’s ti, fifty was also considered old, but not as extre as it was now. The normal age for marriage was over sixteen, with eighteen being the standard, and anything past twenty was considered late.
For ninjas, though, marriage tended to happen later, given the high-risk nature of their job.
Anyway, Naruto managed to dodge the bullet by saying he already had a girlfriend. The villagers didn’t quite understand what a "girlfriend" was, but based on Naruto’s explanation, they figured it was sothing like a fiancée.
This imdiately shifted all the attention to Sasuke. Hagoromo, that old rascal, just stood by and watched without stepping in to help, grinning like an idiot—just like Kurama.
Kurama, sitting silently in the seal space, was utterly speechless. "Old man, don’t tell you’ve been influenced by that Earthling’s mories too?"
Hagoromo shook his head with a smile. "No, he didn’t influence . It’s more like I saw those mories, while you absorbed them. There’s a difference."
"What do you an?" Kurama didn’t get it.
In fact, he still hadn’t figured this out.
Logically, his thousand years of mories shouldn’t have been affected by a re twenty-sothing years of soone else’s mories. His soul was incredibly strong—it was born from the Ten-Tails, which was the embodint of the planet’s natural energy.
If even he could be influenced, either that Earthling was unexpectedly powerful, or so external force had interfered.
From the Earthling’s mories, Kurama had picked up keywords like "god," "system," and "parallel worlds," but he was sure there was nothing like that in the Earthling’s mories. He was just an ordinary person—completely average, maybe a bit of a shut-in, which ant his DNA was filled with all sorts of weird stuff.
But how that could affect him, Kurama still couldn’t wrap his head around it.
Hagoromo also knew about Kurama’s confusion. After thinking for a mont, he spoke up: "To put it in terms you can understand, that Earthling’s mories are like the mories of your shadow clone. When the shadow clone disappears, the mories return to you. They beco your mories, not soone else’s."
"You could say that Earthling is you, but you can’t say you are that Earthling, because you are the original, and he is the shadow clone. So when your mories rge with your original self, they beco your own mories."
"But I’m different. I’m like a bystander who watched a movie. I might feel moved, sad, or even angry because of the story, but I know it’s just a movie, not sothing that really happened. So it doesn’t affect ."
"Do you understand?" Hagoromo said with a smile.
"I’m not so clueless that I can’t understand this. And your shadow clone example isn’t really appropriate," Kurama pouted, then asked again, "But why did I and that Earthling end up in this kind of relationship? We’re clearly from two different worlds. And why is it in control, not him?"
"I don’t know that either," Hagoromo shook his head.
Kurama was shocked: "There’s sothing you don’t know?"
In Kurama’s mind, this old man in front of him knew everything.
If there was sothing he didn’t know, it must be sothing beyond this world.
"There are too many things I don’t know," Hagoromo chuckled lightly. "Kurama, being all-knowing and all-powerful is a paradox in itself. I just stand higher than others, so I can see further."
"Fine, whatever," Kurama pouted again.
This old man, always acting so humble.
Hagoromo just smiled, not bothered.
Kurama lay in the seal space, watching Naruto and Sasuke dealing with the villagers outside. His eyes gradually grew determined: "Old man, you know why I ca back to find you, right?"
"Of course" Hagoromo nodded.
"I need the chakra of the other tailed beasts, and your Six Paths power," Kurama said seriously, looking at Hagoromo. "The complete Six Paths power."
Hagoromo was silent for a mont, then looked up at Kurama: "Then, I still have to ask you that question. Why do you need this power?"
"Do you really have to ask every ti?" Kurama complained. "You’ve seen my mories, taken back your chakra from Naruto’s body. You know everything. Why are you acting like so plot NPC?"
"What’s wrong with NPCs? Don’t NPCs have rights?" Hagoromo laughed, casually responding in a calm tone.
Kurama was stunned.
"Hahaha!" Seeing this, Hagoromo finally couldn’t help but burst into laughter. For so many years, since seeing the future, he hadn’t laughed this heartily in a long ti.
So long that he had almost forgotten how it felt.
Kurama took a deep breath, glaring at him angrily, but then suddenly laughed too: "It feels good to have soone catch your joke."
Yeah, it really does feel good to have soone catch your joke.
Looking at Hagoromo’s imposing figure, Kurama smiled and said, "I’m not as great as Naruto, nor as noble as Sasuke. I’m selfish. The reason I need this power is so that I can live an easy life in the future."
"I want to play gas, watch new ani, read manga, and, best of all, have food delivered to my door. The life I dream of is in the Boruto series. That’s why I must defeat the Otsutsuki clan and make sure they can never stop from living my otaku life!"
"That’s my reason."
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