On the night of the Nine-Tails, I shattered the Tailed Beast Ball with a single punch.

Black Zetsu, hiding inside Kaguya, was completely dumbfounded. What grudge did she hold against her? If you want to leave, just leave! Why did she specifically warn Nagasawa to be careful of her mother? Why did she specifically tell Nagasawa to destroy her? All she did was let her descendants kill each other for thousands of years.

Nagasawa nodded and said, "Kaguya, hand over Black Zetsu. I can't let him continue to live."

As everyone knows, when it comes to Naruto characters, you can skip everything else, but you absolutely have to deal with Black Zetsu and Danzo.

Nagasawa never intended to let Black Zetsu go from the beginning; he only used Black Zetsu as a tool to revive Kaguya.

"Okay." Kaguya nodded after a brief moment of thought, her heart not flustered much.

To put it bluntly, Black Zetsu was originally a backup plan to revive her.

Now that Black Zetsu has been resurrected, his mission is complete, and his existence is meaningless.

Kaguya would naturally not engage in a battle with Nagasawa that she was destined to lose for the sake of Black Zetsu.

Under Kaguya's control, Black Zetsu was ejected and turned into a puddle of black mud in front of Nagasawa.

Nagasawa didn't waste any more words with Black Zetsu, and directly summoned Ryujin Jakka to unleash a fiery sword aura at Black Zetsu.

Black faced all of this in despair, without flinching, as if resigned to his fate and preparing to face his death.

He didn't hate Kaguya for abandoning him, because Kaguya was his creator, his mother, and the one who gave him meaning in life.

Black Zetsu felt it was a pity that after thousands of years of effort, he finally resurrected his mother, but he couldn't spend much time with Kaguya and continue to advise her and fight powerful enemies.

Boom! Boom!

A massive burst of flames erupted.

The flames engulfed the black mud, leaving only a scorched wasteland.

Chapter 598 Otsutsuki's Actions

After completely eliminating Black Zetsu, Nagasawa turned his gaze to the Sage of Six Paths, whose color was gradually fading, and quickly said, "Wait a moment, I have something else to do."

According to Kaguya's intelligence, while the Otsutsuki clan's strength cannot be said to be invincible in the celestial realm, they are not someone the current ninja world can easily challenge.

Although it's unlikely that the Otsutsuki clan would consider the ninja world, which hasn't even ventured beyond its planet, as an adversary, Nagasawa, who suffers from a fear of insufficient firepower, still wants to unite all available forces to deal with any potential crisis.

He even considered uniting with Kaguya as an ally, so naturally he didn't want to let go of the Sage of Six Paths, a sixth-path level combatant.

Moreover, compared to Kaguya, who might slack off and run away, the Sage of Six Paths is undoubtedly much more reliable.

It's important to know that in order to protect the ninja world, the Sage of Six Paths even personally sealed away his mother, Kaguya, and secretly protected the ninja world in his soul form for over a thousand years. The Sage of Six Paths' love for the ninja world is beyond question.

The Sage of Six Paths' gradually disappearing figure solidified again. He looked at Yongze with some doubt, wondering what else this incredibly strong junior had to do.

“I have a secret technique here that allows the soul to cultivate and become stronger. Would you be interested in learning it?” Yongze said with a smile to the Sage of Six Paths.

The Sage of Six Paths paused for a moment, recalling the terrifying soul pressure that had just erupted from Yongze at a certain point.

Because he was now a pure soul, the Sage of Six Paths felt it more deeply than the others. That terrifying soul power was so great that even the so-called death god, the Corpse Demon Seal, could only tremble in fear before Nagasawa.

"It seems you don't want this old man like me to retire and live a peaceful life." The Sage of Six Paths shook his head and smiled, understanding what Yongze meant.

He is currently unable to play a role in direct combat due to various special reasons, but if he were to practice Yongze's secret techniques, things might change.

"Your mother is ready to contribute to the development of Konoha and the ninja world, how can you retire?" Nagasawa teased.

The Sage of Six Paths found himself unable to refute it; it seemed to make perfect sense.

Even his once unreasonable mother has joined the ranks of those protecting the ninja world; how could he, the progenitor of ninjas, the Sage of Six Paths, remain uninvolved?

However, the Sage of Six Paths had no intention of refusing; fighting to the death to protect the ninja world was something he had always been doing.

The Sage of Six Paths finally nodded in agreement.

Kaguya has been successfully resurrected, and the information has been obtained. Nagasawa then sent all the Jinchuriki from each village back, except for the One-Tailed Beast from Sunagakure.

Since Gaara is still an exchange student in Konoha, the One-Tailed Beast doesn't need to be sent to Sunagakure.

After doing all this, Nagasawa began to teach the Sage of Six Paths' Shinigami system.

At first, the Sage of Six Paths really thought it was some kind of secret technique related to the soul. He never expected that what Nagasawa brought out was actually a system related to the soul, a system that he had never heard of or seen before.

The clever Sage of Six Paths, considering Nagasawa's unscientific power, quickly came up with a possibility, but he neither asked nor spoke of it. Instead, he diligently studied what Nagasawa was teaching him.

Because no matter what, as long as Nagasawa's stance is on the side of the ninja world, nothing else matters.

Since the Sage of Six Paths had been in a soul state for a long time and had some research on souls, and since the Sage of Six Paths was originally a top master in the ninja system, he learned very quickly, and Nagasawa did it with ease.

Suddenly remembering something, Nagasawa asked curiously.

"Since you've been observing the ninja world from the shadows all this time, didn't you discover Black Zetsu?"

Although Black Zetsu and the Sage of Six Paths are brothers in a sense, they have irreconcilable conflicts.

Black Zetsu's goal was to revive Kaguya, but the Sage of Six Paths could not allow Kaguya to be released for the sake of the ninja world's safety.

Nagasawa has reason to believe that if the Sage of Six Paths knew that he had a younger brother he had never met who was working hard to revive their mother, he would definitely continue to uphold justice even at the cost of his own family.

The Sage of Six Paths shook his head and said, "I was unaware of his existence when I was alive, and after I die, I can do less than you think."

On the surface, it seems that he arrived as soon as Kaguya was resurrected, as if nothing in the ninja world could be hidden from him.

But the Sage of Six Paths knew his own situation; his powerful body had vanished in the ever-advancing flow of time, leaving only chakra behind.

Intervening in reality is extremely costly, so even when the Sage of Six Paths learned of the constant warfare in the ninja world and the infighting among ninjas, he was powerless to do anything more.

He wanted to preserve his remaining power to prevent Kaguya from being resurrected.

While the wars between the nations of the ninja world were indeed brutal, Kaguya's resurrection was the true catastrophe that would affect the very survival of the ninja world.

“Black Zetsu has the power of his mother, so it won’t be easy for me to find him in my current state, let alone with his cautious nature.”

After listening to the Sage of Six Paths' explanation, Nagasawa nodded, which resolved a doubt in his mind.

"What's the deal with Ashura and Indra? What's their relationship with Hashirama, Uchiha Madara, Naruto, and Sasuke?" Nagasawa asked again.

The Sage of Six Paths was silent for a moment, then sighed and said, "Chakra reincarnation does not mean that a person loses all their memories and starts over. Rather, it means that one person's chakra enters another person's body, and the souls of the two are independent and different."

Nagasawa understood what the Sage of Six Paths meant. Chakra reincarnation sounds mysterious, but it's actually equivalent to chakra possession.

This was slightly different from what Nagasawa had thought. Nagasawa had assumed that although the chakra reincarnations were not the same person, they were at least similar leaves.

According to the Sage of Six Paths, it seems that they can't even be described as having similar leaves.

The difference between the two is that Nagasawa previously thought that Ashura's chakra came first, and then there was Hashirama Naruto, but in fact, Hashirama Naruto came first.

Even without Ashura Chakra, there would still be Hashirama Naruto, but without Ashura Chakra in his body.

……

“Strange, a member of a group that has been out of contact for over a thousand years has completely lost vital signs, and strangely enough, his guardian is still alive and well.”

In a futuristic-looking room, an Otsutsuki frowned as he stared at the light screen in front of him.

"No news for over a thousand years? The mission must have failed."

A nearby Otsutsuki said calmly.

In the boundless starry sky, anything is possible, so it's not surprising that even an Otsutsuki could fail a mission.

"Mission failure is inevitable, but whether it's due to overwhelming external forces or the Guardians' betrayal is uncertain," said Otsutsuki, frowning.

The Guardians are all dead, not even a wedge was left behind, yet the Guardians are still alive and well. This is outrageous.

Under the rules of the Otsutsuki, the guardian must die before the one being protected, so in the eyes of the two Otsutsuki, Kaguya had most likely already betrayed them.

"Isn't there a group that wants to evaluate elite groups recently? Let's use this as the assessment task."

"The people being protected in that group are all high-level gods, right? Isn't this a bit of a waste of their talents? The mission is too easy."

"Now that they've reached the level of high-level gods, elite troops are only a matter of time. Traitors must die!"

Chapter 599 The Ninja World Five Years Later

"Naruto!"

"Sassy!"

On a nameless open space, two figures, one yellow and one black, kept bumping into each other, passionately calling out each other's names.

The terrifying energy released by the collision blasted the ground into a mess.

"Aren't Naruto and Sasuke tired of fighting every day?" Choji said, putting away his potato chips and popping a candy into his mouth after seeing the aftershocks of their attacks.

"Because they want to become stronger, that's why they're so strong." Ino said, hugging Yurika next to her. "Yurika, you agree, right?"

“As far as you're concerned about hard work, there’s nothing wrong with that,” Yuri said calmly, deftly freeing herself from Ino’s hands.

She acknowledged Naruto and Sasuke's efforts, after all, Uncle Nagasawa's teaching was no easy task.

"Troublesome." Shikamaru frowned slightly, feeling that he shouldn't have come to report today. No, he shouldn't have gone to Ninja University.

"Naruto-kun..." Hinata looked at Naruto with some concern.

Hinata's strength is inferior to Naruto and Sasuke's. In her eyes, the two of them are attacking with almost deadly force, and each of their attacks can cause great damage. Therefore, she is worried that Naruto will get hurt.

"I'm getting itchy to play, Shino, why don't we have a match too?" Kiba Inuzuka watched the two of them sweating freely in the sunlight and felt a little tempted.

Shino Aburame adjusted her sunglasses and calmly said, "If we don't go now, there will be a lot of people reporting on it later."

Because of the establishment of the Ninja World Alliance, the current ninja villages are much more developed than before, and the admissions for Konoha Ninja University are no longer limited to Konoha, but are open to the entire ninja world.

Konoha was the first village to establish a ninja university, and Konoha Ninja University is the strongest ninja university, recognized as the best in the ninja world. Therefore, many ninjas from other ninja villages apply to Konoha Ninja University.

What attracts ninjas to Konoha Ninja University the most is the opportunity to study under the principal, who is also the strongest ninja in the current ninja world, Fujiwara no Nagasawa.

Therefore, even the Kage of each village encouraged their village's geniuses to study at Konoha Ninja Academy.

"Such a fierce battle at this early morning? This is youth!" Xiao Li, who was on his way back to school, couldn't help but sigh when he saw Naruto and Sasuke fighting fiercely.

Just then, Lee's eyes lit up when he saw Neji standing next to Hinata.

"Neji, let's have our 599th battle on this first morning of school!" Lee shouted excitedly as he appeared next to Neji.

"I refuse!" Neji rejected Lee's challenge without hesitation.

Xiao Li's youthful and enthusiastic smile vanished instantly, and he asked, unwilling to give up, "Why? Are you worried you'll lose to me?"

"I need to see Nagasawa-sensei later, I don't have time to fight you," Neji said calmly.

Although Xiao Li's strength is not as good as his, the burst of Eight Gates should not be underestimated. It will take some effort to win. He doesn't want to go to see Yongze covered in dust.