Chapter 154

"I estimate that in a few years you'll be able to reach the strength I had back then."

"That way, when facing those outside enemies, you should once again have some ability to match them arm-wrestling."

Seeing the speechless expression on Hashirama Senju's face,

the Sage of Six Paths hurriedly gave him an explanation.

Otherwise, he was afraid Hashirama Senju would go and cause who-knows-what kind of trouble again.

As for Hashirama Senju,

the Sage of Six Paths admitted,

he was indeed a little afraid of him.

This reincarnation of Asura—

his style and way of doing things were completely impossible to read,

and no one knew what he actually wanted to do.

And when Hashirama Senju heard the Sage of Six Paths say this,

an even more helpless expression appeared on his face.

You originally sealing your own mother took an enormous effort to accomplish.

And now the enemies your mother herself fears,

how do you expect me to deal with them?

Even if my strength were exactly the same as yours back then,

facing enemies like these,

I'm afraid it would still be beyond me, wouldn't it?!

But eating from someone makes you short, and taking from someone softens your hand.

Since the Sage of Six Paths had already put it this way,

Hashirama Senju naturally couldn't refuse his request to his face!!

At the very least,

Hashirama Senju felt that the Sage of Six Paths was still holding something back,

so in order to fully squeeze out all of the Sage of Six Paths' value,

he believed he should first keep the Sage of Six Paths steady!!!

"Thinking back to it, back then Hagoromo and I racked our brains just to seal Mother away…"

"I thought that was the end of it, that the entire ninja world no longer had anything that could truly shake the foundations of this world…"

"Now that you put it that way, I only just realized the entire ninja world is far more chaotic than we imagined…"

"The hidden hands behind this world seem to be far more numerous than we imagined…"

At this point,

a hint of helplessness also appeared on the Sage of Six Paths' face.

He had never expected,

that all of this was only the beginning,

not the end.

Although his own mother, Kaguya Otsutsuki, was also a considerable threat to this world,

the true threat,

besides her,

included other people as well.

And only now did Hashirama Senju notice the way the Sage of Six Paths had phrased it—

judging by this,

it seemed that besides himself, he had other companions who had helped him seal his own mother??

And at this moment the Sage of Six Paths only then turned his head and said.

"Mm… come to think of it, it's been many years since I've seen Hamura…"

"My name is Otsutsuki Hagoromo, and I have a younger brother called Otsutsuki Hamura…"

"After we sealed Mother back then, he took his own descendants and went to settle on the moon…"

"On one hand, his ideals didn't quite line up with mine; on the other hand, it was because he could go to the moon and keep watch over our mother, Kaguya Otsutsuki, while he was at it…"

"So he should be staying on the moon right now…"

【Orochimaru: Otsutsuki… so that's the Sage of Six Paths' surname, I've never seen it in any book before… now I finally know.】

【Jiraiya: The Otsutsuki clan… looking at it this way, his mother was also from the Otsutsuki clan? This must be a special surname, I've never come across it before.】

【Tobirama Senju: I never expected the Sage of Six Paths actually had a younger brother called Otsutsuki Hagoromo. It seems the events of the ancient era were far more spectacular than we imagined; what was recorded in history isn't much…】

【Hashirama Senju: I really envy that other me who gets to know so many hidden secrets, and also gets to witness so many powerful figures. If only I could be the same as him.】

【Madara Uchiha: I really envy that other Hashirama—he can obtain both the power of Yang and the power of Yin at the same time, and combine them into the Six Paths power…】

"Although his strength is a little weaker than mine."

"He didn't inherit most of Mother's power like I did, but he's still far stronger than most people in the ninja world."

"After all, I'm the elder brother and he's the younger brother; it's only right that the elder brother is stronger than the younger one…"

At this point,

the Sage of Six Paths seemed to recall something,

and a proud smile appeared on his face.

For him,

The time he spent with Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo in the past was one of the few happiest moments of his life,

it was an extremely precious memory!!

After he finished speaking, he saw Hashirama Senju looking at him with an extremely eager gaze.

A faint sense of foreboding arose in the Sage of Six Paths' heart.

"You kid… you can't be thinking of…"

Before the Sage of Six Paths could finish,

Hashirama Senju immediately cut in.

"What you, old man, are thinking is exactly right."

"Since you've already bestowed upon me the power of the Six Paths, passed on to me all of the Yin-Yang power, and helped me awaken the Rinnegan,"

"then as your younger brother, Ōtsutsuki Hamura's strength shouldn't be weak either, right?"

"This world is the world the two of you saved together."

"Neither of you would want to see this world destroyed, would you?"

"So I hope you, old man, can have your younger brother appear as well, and conveniently pass on part of his power to me too…"

Seeing Hashirama Senju's grinning look,

the Sage of Six Paths and everyone in the livestream room fell silent collectively.

This guy is way too thick-skinned!!

The Sage of Six Paths' face darkened.

"You kid, don't be too insatiably greedy…"

"What I just passed on to you, you might not even be able to master it in a short time…"

"You haven't even learned to walk, and now you already want to learn to run?"

"How could there be such an easy thing!?"

"Besides, I've already told you just now — Hamura's power is still a bit lacking compared to mine, this is true…"

Before his words were finished,

a look of confusion appeared on Hashirama Senju's face.

"The Yin-Yang power you spoke of… is it used like this?"

Seeing Hashirama Senju wield the power of the Six Paths without the slightest obstruction,

the Sage of Six Paths' heart gave a jolt!!

This kid's talent is even more terrifying than imagined!!

Even when Ashura was alive,

he was far inferior to him!!