I'm Not Naruto, But I Got a Better Bloodline-Chapter 368: Welcoming the New World

What exactly was going on...?

This was not only the Sage of Six Paths’ doubt—it was also the doubt in everyone’s heart.

They simply could not understand what was happening right now.

Weren’t they already finished?

Weren’t they already completely destroyed?

So how was it that now, they were all still alive?

And then—

"Guy?!"

Kakashi suddenly turned his head, looking at Might Guy sitting up with a blank expression. Not far away, Rock Lee was also staring in shock.

"Guy-sensei, you—"

"Huh?"

Guy looked at Kakashi strangely. He scratched his head and smiled with a hint of disappointment.

"Kakashi, Lee, looks like you both lost... ah—wait, Gen?!"

It took Guy a long moment to react. He immediately tried to stand up and continue fighting, but then abruptly realized something was wrong.

"I already used the Eight Gates. Normally speaking, I should have died. So why—"

"Huh? We’re actually all fine, huh?"

Deidara also stood up nearby. He looked around at the crowd in confusion, only to find that everyone he saw was in the same state.

"We’re actually still alive?"

"That’s not right. That feeling just now really was like dying..."

"Wait—my injuries... how did they recover?"

"Huh? Me too. But what exactly is going on...?"

They were at a complete loss. Their faces were full of confusion—whether it was Terumī Mei or that old man Ōnoki, or even the Second Tsuchikage and the Second Mizukage.

And in the distance, Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru—who was rubbing his stomach with a strange look on his face—were all the same.

And even...

"What exactly is going on with us?"

Madara frowned deeply. He felt an immense confusion about everything in front of him.

"I’m not too sure either, but..."

Hashirama lifted his head and looked over toward Kitagawa Gen and the Sage of Six Paths. It wasn’t just him—after that brief blankness in their minds, almost everyone subconsciously lifted their heads to look toward the figures in the distance. They all felt a kind of inexplicable confusion.

"Gen... Sage of Six Paths..."

Naruto stared blankly at Kitagawa Gen and the Sage of Six Paths in the distance, while Sasuke’s face was full of dazed disbelief.

"You... we..."

Ino was also sitting there in a daze. Just now, Kitagawa Gen had brought her down from the sky, but she was also full of question marks about everything in front of her.

What was going on? What happened? What exactly was all of this?

These questions echoed in everyone’s hearts and kept striking at them again and again. They had far too many questions in their hearts.

All of it, all of it, really hit them far too hard!

"Are you all awake now?"

Right at this moment, Kitagawa Gen’s voice suddenly rang out. He looked at everyone with a smile and spoke slowly.

"Why sleep so long in life? After death, you’ll sleep long enough. You haven’t died yet."

"Gen... Sage of Six Paths..."

Tobirama seemed to realize something. He suddenly stood up and asked loudly, "All of this—was it all arranged by you?!"

Arranged...

Because the chakra of the "Golden Tree" was still continuously spreading, that sentence instantly echoed across the entire battlefield!

At that moment, all the shinobi seemed to come back to their senses. In their minds, the sentence that had appeared just moments ago surfaced once again.

"Sage of Six Paths, shouldn’t this end now? If this keeps going, they really will die..."

All eyes abruptly locked onto the Sage of Six Paths.

Given the Sage of Six Paths’ degree of "cold-bloodedness and cruelty," there was nothing he would not dare to do.

After all, he was someone who dared to use his own younger brother, who forced his own sons to continue reincarnating even after death, and who even intended to use his own mother as a "meat shield"!

Such a man—an "utterly ruthless figure" who dared to plunge the ninja world into a thousand years of bloodshed—might truly do something even more terrifying.

But still...

"Why is this happening?!"

Naruto still could not believe it. Even though, at this very moment, his heart seemed to be filled with excitement and joy, that frenzied emotion blooming within him.

What had happened earlier had been far too heartbreaking. That despair and suffocation made it impossible for him to forget.

And it was not just him. Sasuke and the others around him were the same. They all felt something indescribable about everything before their eyes.

It was too perfect...

So perfect that it felt a little unreal!

"That’s right. It was indeed arranged."

Kitagawa Gen did not refute it. His gaze swept over the Sage of Six Paths, whose face had gone pale, and only then did he let out a soft sigh and speak calmly.

"As for why, it’s very simple. The Sage of Six Paths wanted to test what kind of capacity you actually have."

"Capacity..."

"That’s right—your capacity. To see whether you could endure the most extreme situations, just like what happened just now."

"Just now..."

Recalling those scenes from moments ago, that feeling of despair pushed to the absolute extreme seemed to surge back all over again.

In an instant, expressions of intense pain appeared on the faces of everyone in the ninja world. That sensation—as if everything within their hearts had shattered—made them feel suffocated even now, just thinking about it!

"That’s right. Exactly that kind of feeling."

Kitagawa Gen said with a smile. He glanced at the Sage of Six Paths and noticed that the old man seemed to want to speak.

Adhering to the principle of "if you’re going to bully someone, bully the honest one," he immediately spoke up again before the Sage of Six Paths could open his mouth.

"The Sage of Six Paths once told me that the ninja world has been far too smooth. Even though it has endured a thousand years of bloodshed, this place possesses everything that other planets do not!"

"Chakra, shinobi, and all kinds of powerful beings born in this world—even the Sage of Six Paths themselves."

"But do the people living here truly have the courage and the will to confront those Ōtsutsuki?"

"Can the thousand-year-long blood war he laid out really cover everyone?"

"At this point, he had doubts in his heart. So he came to me—he hoped that I would do something..."

As he said this, Kitagawa Gen paused for a moment. Looking at the tightly furrowed brows of everyone present, he then smiled and spoke.

"Everyone, do you know what it would be like if this planet had no chakra, no various kinds of power, and not even any shinobi?"

"No chakra, no shinobi..."

This question made the tens of thousands of shinobi frown. Even though it was only a hypothetical, when they recalled the circumstances of the Ōtsutsuki battles—

Especially that Golden Tree still radiating light, blotting out the sky and covering the heavens—everyone felt a chill rise in their hearts!

"No life on the entire planet would be able to survive."

Kaguya spoke at this moment. Her gaze had been fixed on Kitagawa Gen the entire time.

She felt that Kitagawa Gen was now completely different from before. That kind of aura—even compared to herself after having devoured the fruit—was something she could not match at all.

All at once, the conjecture in her heart became even firmer, and she grew increasingly suspicious that the reason Kitagawa Gen was so powerful...

Perhaps, aside from bloodline, it also had something to do with the so-called emotions of this world!

Of course, it might also be inseparable from the so-called "ladder to godhood." She decided it would be better to cooperate properly, lest she really end up being "eaten" by this fellow.

"The planet would also turn into a dead star from that point on, and no matter how much time passed, it would be impossible for it to recover."

"All living beings..."

Even though they had already heard these words before, hearing Ōtsutsuki Kaguya speak them now made the feeling completely different.

Total annihilation, total destruction—becoming a dead star. That kind of feeling was chilling to the bone.

"Yes, all living beings..."

Kitagawa Gen nodded toward Kaguya, then immediately continued.

"That kind of extreme despair—the kind where there is simply no way to resist, the kind of feeling as if one were trapped deep in hell—and that is where everything begins..."

"And within that hell-like environment, facing powerful enemies, facing opponents who are impossible to defeat, facing that extreme despair, what the Sage of Six Paths wanted to see was..."

"Whether you could still summon the courage, whether you could still clench your fists, holding fast to the belief of ’even if we die, we cannot give up,’ and continue fighting."

"Even in death, still searching for the hope of life; even in hell and darkness, still pursuing the traces of light."

"Courage and will have always been humanity’s hymn, and what a thousand years of bloodshed has tempered is not merely strength, but that unyielding will."

"And this is also what the Sage of Six Paths most wanted to determine—the capacity he most hoped to see in all of you."

Kitagawa Gen spoke very calmly, yet his words were like a muffled thunderclap exploding in everyone’s hearts!

Extreme despair, like the darkness of hell itself...

Everything that had just happened seemed to fit it perfectly!

The greatest hope of humanity, Kitagawa Gen—who bore the role of a ’savior’—had suddenly become this so-called ’evil of the world.’

He severed all bonds, disregarded all emotions, and denied everything—absolutely everything.

With cold indifference, the blade was swung and pointed at everyone. That sense of collapse, that sense of despair, truly went without saying!

"To find the light of hope in hell..."

Naruto could not help murmuring it. Sasuke also lowered his head and softly repeated, "Even in death, still searching for the hope of life..."

"Courage... is it humanity’s hymn...?"

At this moment, Hashirama was also somewhat dazed, while Madara clenched his fists tightly.

"Capacity... so this is the capacity the Sage of Six Paths wanted to see—the capacity that belongs to us humans..."

"But!"

Suddenly, Naruto could not hold back any longer. He looked at Kitagawa Gen and the others and spoke in a low voice.

"Why do it this way? Haven’t we already defeated the Ōtsutsuki? Why—"

"Is that really something you defeated?"

Kitagawa Gen smiled and shook his head. He looked at Naruto and could not help but let out a sigh. Meanwhile, Tobirama at the side seemed to have grasped everything.

"This is not our achievement. This is what Gen did. This is what the Sage of Six Paths did. We can only be considered supporting roles at best."

"Second Hokage-sama..."

Minato looked at the Second Hokage with confusion, while Tobirama stood up and spoke loudly.

"I think I have already understood the Sage’s painstaking intentions!"

"Time will change, and people will inevitably grow old. What the Sage of Six Paths longs for is probably not just for us to possess such will."

"He longs even more for us to engrave this pain into our memories, to never forget that kind of despair, and to ensure that our descendants all remember it as well!"

"We must never forget the Ōtsutsuki clan—never forget their terror and the disasters they bring!"

"Only by experiencing it firsthand can we ensure that our descendants, that everyone, will never forget all of this."

"Only then will we remain forever vigilant against the Ōtsutsuki. Only by upholding this kind of will and conviction will we never slacken in protecting our homeland!"

"Am I right, Great Sage... Gen?"

As those words fell, Tobirama fixed his burning gaze on the Sage of Six Paths and Kitagawa Gen.

That extreme fervor could no longer be suppressed!

And it was not just him—at this very moment, everyone’s eyes could not help but turn in that direction.

After the explanations given by Kitagawa Gen and Senju Tobirama, combined with everything the Sage of Six Paths had done in the past—

They realized that it seemed this truly was all the handiwork of the Sage of Six Paths...

The Sage of Six Paths had never looked only at what lay before him. His gaze had always been extraordinarily far-reaching.

Though cold-blooded and cruel, he had always carried out all kinds of plans with the survival of this world as his point of departure.

He did not consider what the people of the present thought. What he wanted had always been long-term results!

"After going through such a scene, we will never be able to forget it. We will forever engrave it in our hearts."

"Then, after we return, we will probably begin targeted education..."

"All the Kage will also begin making various arrangements, thereby improving the quality of our education."

"So that we will never forget all of this—so that we will forever remember such pain, and thus erupt with even greater resolve and conviction to protect our homeland." 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

"This kind of conviction will continue to be passed down, so that we can face the next arrival of the Ōtsutsuki!"

"So... this is the Sage of Six Paths..."

At this moment, everyone’s expressions subtly changed.

The Sage of Six Paths...

This was truly a cold and focused god—one who calculated everything solely for the survival of the world!

"Big brother... so this was your plan all along..."

Hamura also revealed an incredulous expression at this moment, but soon nodded in understanding.

"No wonder you didn’t tell me. So you had already thought things through that far ahead?"

"..."

The Sage of Six Paths fell somewhat silent, and Black Zetsu could not help but sigh.

"No wonder you were always able to defeat me. I was always nothing more than one of your chess pieces. The gap between us is like the bright moon and a firefly. I truly didn’t lose unjustly..."

"..."

The Sage of Six Paths’ fists stiffened slightly, and Kaguya also let out a sigh at this moment.

"Hmph, as expected of you, Hagoromo. The entire world is under your manipulation—you really are astonishing."

"..."

The Sage of Six Paths’ fists clenched even tighter, and Kitagawa Gen also sighed and spoke at this time.

"It’s precisely because I understood everything the Great Sage hoped for that I cooperated like this. The Sage of Six Paths truly did it for the sake of the entire world!"

It would have been better if Kitagawa Gen had said nothing—once he spoke, the Sage of Six Paths’ fists completely stiffened!

He had only learned all of this a few minutes ago.

And was this really what he wanted?!

He had originally thought that Kitagawa Gen intended to shoulder all the evil, but in the end...

In the end...

Did the final suffering still end up being shifted onto his own head?!

Was he the one who had come to bear all of these evil consequences?!

"No, wait!"

However, just as the Sage of Six Paths was about to "erupt in silence," Naruto suddenly thought of something.

"Gen—he’s the same as you all. He really is an Ōtsutsuki, so this..."

Naruto’s words immediately drew everyone’s gazes back over, and they also realized something else.

"If Gen-sama, this Ōtsutsuki, is so strong, no matter how hard they try... then could it be that the other Ōtsutsuki are—"

"And besides, Gen-sama has always been here. Do we really need to suffer that much..."

One line of thought was dominant, but the second line of thought also echoed in the hearts of quite a few people.

Moreover, this question drew the attention of even the Sage of Six Paths, Ōtsutsuki Hamura, and even Black Zetsu.

They were all extremely curious as well. Faced with this question, Kitagawa Gen remained quite calm.

"I am indeed an Ōtsutsuki. I only discovered this after I became a shinobi."

"After becoming a shinobi..."

Kakashi looked at Kitagawa Gen in disbelief. He truly had not expected that this kid’s transformation had started back then!

However, in his memory, Kitagawa Gen seemed to be an orphan. There was no information at all about his parents.

All he knew was that after being brought back, he had always lived in Konoha and had not gone to any orphanage!

"Yes. It was after I became a shinobi that the Ōtsutsuki bloodline and power belonging to me began to slowly awaken."

Kitagawa Gen looked at Kakashi and smiled as he nodded.

"And I also have to thank Guy-sensei, Kakashi-sensei, and everyone else for your guidance. Otherwise, even with such a bloodline, I’m afraid I wouldn’t have been able to develop it."

Might Guy, Kakashi, and even Jiraiya—those who had once taught Kitagawa Gen—all felt a sense of indescribable strangeness.

They had actually taught an Ōtsutsuki?

"As for how my bloodline came to be..."

Kitagawa Gen shrugged, clearly intending to stop there. He believed that no one would dare to continue asking. However, Kaguya could not help but speak up.

"I’m afraid your bloodline truly comes from Ōtsutsuki Shibai—the one who has already become the god of the Ōtsutsuki!"

"An Ōtsutsuki... god?!"

Those words immediately left everyone present once again dumbfounded.

In their eyes, the Ōtsutsuki were already no different from gods.

And yet, above these "gods," there was actually another so-called god?!

"That is an existence that transcends dimensions and surpasses the concept of life and death. His soul has already left this world, but his body remained behind."

Kaguya continued, unable to help but sigh softly.

"Thousands upon tens of thousands of years ago, we all sensed that he had already shattered the barriers of this world and had long since transcended beyond it."

"However, where exactly he completed that transformation was unknown to anyone. It was only after Isshiki and I came here a thousand years ago that Isshiki discovered his remains."

Perhaps it was because he completed his transformation in this world that this planet became so extraordinary."

"And his bloodline likely hid itself and continued on in another way—and what you inherited is probably that very bloodline."

"Have you not noticed that you are truly too special? As you are now, you are probably not far at all from the ’Ōtsutsuki God,’ are you?"

The Ōtsutsuki God...

Everyone’s gaze could not help but fall upon Kitagawa Gen once again. At this moment, they seemed to finally understand why Kitagawa Gen was so powerful!

So it turned out that he had inherited a bloodline that surpassed even "gods." Yet once they thought about completely surpassing the current so-called "god"...

"Transcending dimensions, surpassing life and death, with the soul leaving this world?"

Put another way, did that mean Kitagawa Gen could not remain here forever?

"Everyone will eventually leave, no matter in what way."

At this moment, Kitagawa Gen smiled and shook his head. Although Kaguya was speaking rather freely, it was not really a serious problem.

At the very least, she had helped give him an answer—one that was reasonably acceptable.

"So people must still rely on themselves. Otherwise, when we are gone in the future, how will you deal with the Ōtsutsuki?"

"This is also the reason the Sage of Six Paths arranged all of this. Relying on others is never the best option."

"Only by improving yourselves, only by keeping that resolute faith burning forever in your hearts, can you truly face future crises and hardships."

"..."

The Sage of Six Paths was numb. Why did this end up being pinned on him again?!

And at this moment, all beings of the shinobi world once again fell into silence, Kitagawa Gen’s words echoing endlessly in their minds.

Indeed, right now there was Kitagawa Gen, and there was the Sage of Six Paths, to deal with the Ōtsutsuki crisis.

But what about the future?

What about their descendants?

Could they protect this homeland, protect everything they had risked their lives to defend?

In the end, people still had to rely on themselves!

As for Kitagawa Gen’s identity as an Ōtsutsuki...

"Thinking about it carefully, it seems that since Ōtsutsuki Genshiki appeared, he has basically killed very few people. Even when he did strike to kill, it was almost always directed at the members of Akatsuki?"

No one knew who suddenly said this, but it immediately made everyone in the shinobi world seem to realize something!

From beginning to end, Ōtsutsuki Genshiki had been extremely restrained. Even though he presented himself as a textbook "villain," he truly had never gone all out to kill.

Especially in this great battle—no matter who it was, everyone seemed to be fine. Even Might Guy, who had used the Eight Gates, was still lively and well.

"Gen-sama is too kind..."

"Even if he had to become the greatest enemy that crushed the entire shinobi world’s hearts, even if he was misunderstood by everyone, he still never delivered a fatal blow!"

"Compared to that, the Sage of Six Paths..."

"Sigh, everything is for the future of the shinobi world!"

Words and thoughts like these began to spread continuously within the Allied Shinobi Forces, growing louder and louder.

At the same time, the Sage of Six Paths’ fists clenched tighter and tighter, and his expression became increasingly pained.

He had absolutely no doubt—he had never thought that way at all, nor had he ever intended to do such a thing!

No! He really hadn’t!

But by now, no one cared about what he thought anymore. Naruto blankly turned his head to look at Kitagawa Gen, and could not help but mutter a line.

"Gen, you..."

Sasuke had been watching Kitagawa Gen all along, and at this moment it seemed that he had finally set aside the sorrow in his heart.

"Gen..."

Ino could not help but murmur as well, and the others also turned their gazes over one by one.

That kind of excitement could no longer be concealed at this moment!

"All right, everyone. After this battle, I think you all understand more now and can appreciate the Sage of Six Paths’ painstaking intentions."

Seeing that the Sage of Six Paths seemed to have something to say, Kitagawa Gen decisively patted him on the shoulder.

Even as a spiritual body, it made no difference to him. Then he took a step forward and smiled as he spoke.

"And moreover, even enemies can still join hands when the shinobi world needs it most—this is exactly what the Sage of Six Paths most wants to see!"

Madara and Hashirama heard this and could not help but exchange a glance.

Kakashi and Obito, though one alive and one dead, also could not help but cast a glance at each other.

As for the ninjas from the other villages, they likewise could not help but look at one another. Once upon a time, they too had been enemies locked in a fight to the death!

"Do not blame the Sage of Six Paths. This kind of will being passed down is not only what he wishes to see—it is also something we have always needed."

As he spoke, he raised his hand toward the sky. The shattered moon was still continuously crashing toward the shinobi world.

The energy tides it caused had already begun to spread across the shinobi world, yet Kitagawa Gen’s calm remained unchanged.

The faint smile on his face, at this moment, was no longer the earlier indifference, but a kind of tranquility people had never felt before!

"So then, everyone—are you ready?"

As he spoke, the chakra within Kitagawa Gen surged.

And in the sky above, the shattered moon abruptly came to a halt at that very moment!

On the ground, countless people witnessed that scene that seemed like a miracle.

The moon, which in their eyes had already been blasted apart by brilliant golden light, now appeared to begin rewinding, as if time itself were flowing backward.

And by the moment they came back to their senses, a new crescent moon was already hanging in the sky.

The bright moon remained pure, silver moonlight cascading down upon the earth, and everything that had just happened felt like a fleeting dream.

Kitagawa Gen’s voice also resounded within everyone’s hearts at this moment!

"Welcome... this new world."