Hearing this, Rengoku burst out laughing, his wild laughter echoing through the air, filled with disdain and mockery.
"Hahahaha!"
Then the corner of his mouth lifted into a sneering curve.
"Aren't you just that Otsusuki Hagoromo who listened to some outsider and sealed away his own biological mother?"
"Not only that, you deliberately stirred up your two sons to fight each other for a thousand years without end."
"Causing millions of innocent lives in the ninja world to die miserably in this completely senseless disaster."
"If we're talking about the ultimate evil in this world, that title belongs to you, Otsusuki Hagoromo."
Faced with Rengoku's merciless condemnation, Otsusuki Hagoromo's once dignified face instantly cracked, revealing a look of utter disbelief.
"Don't you dare spout such nonsense!", he shouted angrily.
But Rengoku was completely unmoved. He just tilted his head slightly and continued to sneer, "Did I say anything wrong? Otsusuki Kaguya was your own mother after all, yet just because of a few words of slander and instigation, you didn't hesitate at all to strike at her and seal her away."
"You're no different from that stupid pig!"
Before coming to meet Rengoku, Otsusuki Hagoromo had imagined countless possible scenes of what their conversation might be like.
But no matter how hard he thought, he never could have predicted that Rengoku would confront him with such sharp, cutting accusations.
For a moment, he was so angry that his whole body trembled. He could no longer suppress the fury in his heart and shouted back, "What do you even know! Mother forced countless people to worship the God Tree, leaving them with no way to live, and everyone who went never came back!"
"Even Haori also..."
Otsusuki Hagoromo muttered, and across his once calm face slowly passed a trace of painful memory.
That scene happened to be caught by Rengoku, who remembered this part of the story all too clearly.
Haori, the woman who had once captured Otsusuki Hagoromo's heart, had gone to worship the God Tree in obedience to Otsusuki Kaguya's will, and in the end was drained of her life by the God Tree and died.
At that time, Gamamaru, who had been watching coldly from the side, began to fan the flames, constantly urging Otsusuki Hagoromo to look into the truth behind it all.
Under Gamamaru's smooth talking and persuasion, the three of them went to the place where Haori's body was kept.
When Otsusuki Hagoromo saw with his own eyes Haori's body, already cold, stiff, and devoid of all life, an indescribable grief surged up in his heart, and he directly awakened the three tomoe Sharingan.
However, Rengoku now stared at Otsusuki Hagoromo with a suspicious look, and said in a rather strange tone, "Let me ask you, Otsusuki Hagoromo, did that Gamamaru trick you into becoming a fool?"
"Didn't you successfully evolve into the Rinnegan? If that's the case, why didn't you just use the power of the Rinnegan to bring Haori back to life?"
Hearing Rengoku's words, Otsusuki Hagoromo was slightly stunned at first, a trace of astonishment showing on his face.
But very quickly, his expression changed sharply, turning from shock into deep regret and self reproach.
After Haori died, the grief filled Otsusuki Hagoromo only thought about how to defeat his cold and ruthless mother, Otsusuki Kaguya, and establish a ninja sect that could save all living beings.
During that time, he married another woman and had children, and as time went on, he gradually forgot about Haori.
The corner of Rengoku's mouth curled up, revealing a scornful smile as he mocked, "So Haori was nothing more than a tool Gamamaru used to stimulate you into awakening the three tomoe Sharingan."
He paused, then questioned, "Otherwise, why didn't he tell you in advance that Haori was destined to die?"
"You clearly had the ability to revive people, yet you refused to save Haori's life and instead turned around and married another woman. Who exactly was that fake affection of yours meant for?"
Rengoku's sharp words were like a sword, stabbing straight into Otsusuki Hagoromo's heart.
Even this veteran powerhouse could not help but start to doubt himself a little.
However, Otsusuki Hagoromo had lived for a very long time. His mental fortitude was far beyond that of ordinary people, so he naturally would not be completely crushed by just a few sentences.
He quickly adjusted his mindset, steadied his heart again, and retorted righteously, "Stop talking nonsense! The reason I rose up to oppose my mother was entirely because she tried to treat all life in the ninja world as her own food and devour it at will!"
He took a deep breath and continued, "In order to protect the ninja world and safeguard all the people living on this land, I had no choice but to painfully seal away my own mother, Princess Kaguya."
Rengoku looked at Otsusuki Hagoromo quietly, nodded thoughtfully, and said as if in reflection, "So that's how it is. It seems you really did seal your incredibly powerful mother out of respect for life and out of deep love for this planet."
Hearing that, the gloomy mood Otsusuki Hagoromo had felt from being repeatedly refuted by Rengoku instantly vanished.
In its place came a feeling of indescribable pride and satisfaction.
He raised his head slightly, a trace of pride on his face, and replied frankly, "That is exactly so."
At that moment, Rengoku's tone suddenly shifted, becoming sharp and cutting, "Then by that logic, deliberately provoking your two biological sons into fierce conflict, making them fight each other forever through endless reincarnations, was that also your so called 'protection'?"
Otsusuki Hagoromo's once calm face immediately turned serious, and he said righteously, "The conflict between Indra and Asura was caused by Black Zetsu's instigation and has nothing to do with me!"
But in response to that, Rengoku burst out laughing, the sound full of disdain and mockery.
"Hahahaha! How ridiculous! That kind of lie might fool other people, but you think you can fool me? In your dreams!"
Rengoku mocked mercilessly, contempt flashing in his eyes.
"Don't think I don't know what you were really planning. Before they died, you deliberately arranged for their souls to keep reincarnating and for them to clash again and again in fierce battles."
"Wasn't it all to wait for the day Kaguya resurrected, so you could seal her again?"
Rengoku pressed on step by step, his tone growing ever sharper.
"You keep preaching about so called fate, but in reality you're nothing more than a hypocrite who will do anything to achieve his goals."
"You clearly know that what you do will lead to countless lives being ruined, yet you stay completely unmoved."
"Just because you're afraid to change the set track of fate. In the end, you're nothing but a WEAK, useless COWARD, scared like a RAT!"
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