Otsusuki Hagoromo, who had been driven out of Rengoku's body, was not injured.
The reason was that, due to special circumstances, his soul was immortal, and attacks on his soul would only consume the energy he carried.
Once that energy was completely exhausted and dried up, what would be waiting for him would be having to return to the in between layer between the Pure Land and the real world, and fall back into long and deep slumber.
The moment Otsusuki Hagoromo realized that Rengoku could actually attack him, he chose to flee without the slightest hesitation.
Even for an existence like him, he was not all knowing.
If he wanted to figure out Rengoku's background, Otsusuki Hagoromo could only think of other ways.
But in this ninja world, there really was such a "guy" who might know.
More precisely, that "guy" was not human, but a frog.
'Looks like I have to go find Gamamaru after all,' Otsusuki Hagoromo thought to himself.
Even though time had passed and it had already been thousands of years since his death, Gamamaru was still stubbornly alive.
Relying on the unique advantage of his soul form, Otsusuki Hagoromo sped through the void like a bolt of lightning.
Before long, the famous Mount Myoboku was already within reach.
When he drifted over like a ghost and appeared before Gamamaru, what he saw made him pause slightly in surprise.
Back then, Gamamaru had not even reached his calf in height; but now he had transformed into a gigantic toad of immense size.
His whole body was orange, with yellow eyes, a string of prayer beads around his neck, set with a pale purple cat's eye gemstone in the middle with the character "oil" written on it.
On his head he wore a doctor's hat.
He even had a title now.
The Great Toad Sage.
And clearly, the ravages of time had left deep marks on Gamamaru. He looked extremely aged, and spent most of the time in a half asleep, half awake, groggy state.
This state of his had lasted for many years. Even though he always looked old, he simply would not die.
When Otsusuki Hagoromo arrived, Gamamaru, who had been keeping his eyes closed, slowly spoke, "Who is it?"
The surroundings were silent, only the soft rustle of the wind brushing through the leaves could be heard, but no human voice answered.
Gamamaru's tightly closed eyes slowly opened, like an ancient bronze bell in an old temple.
When his gaze touched the empty space before him, the corners of his mouth lifted slightly, revealing a mysterious smile.
"Long time no see, Hagoromo."
At that moment, a figure slowly appeared like a ghost.
Otsusuki Hagoromo stood quietly in front of Gamamaru.
When the energy within him was abundant enough, he could let his soul appear in a physical form in the world. It was just like after the end of the Fourth Great Ninja War.
"It really has been a long time..."
Otsusuki Hagoromo sighed softly, his voice full of endless nostalgia.
The scenes of them fighting side by side against Kaguya were still clearly present in his mind.
Yet in the blink of an eye, a thousand years had passed.
"You came to see me because of Uchiha Rengoku, right?"
The Great Toad Sage seemed to know everything and went straight to the point.
Otsusuki Hagoromo was not surprised, he only asked, "What is he, exactly?"
Gamamaru did not answer right away, but paused for a moment, as if carefully thinking about something deep in his mind.
After a long while, he slowly spoke, "About four years ago, my dreams were suddenly torn apart by some unknown force."
Hearing this, Otsusuki Hagoromo's expression instantly turned serious.
You had to know that for ordinary toads, they almost never dreamed; but Gamamaru was different. Whenever he fell asleep, what he dreamed of often foretold things that were about to happen in the future.
And these future scenes foreseen through dreams were, in their eyes, an unchangeable destiny fate.
Now that even Gamamaru's dreams had been damaged so severely, it meant that fate itself had been torn apart.
"Uchiha Rengoku... is someone who has never appeared in my dreams," Gamamaru slowly shook his head.
"And according to fate, he should have died together with the other Uchiha clan members four years ago."
"However, that was not what happened. This Uchiha Rengoku survived."
"Not only that, his existence is like a stone thrown into a calm lake, stirring up layers of ripples and completely changing the fate paths of everyone around him who has any contact with him."
"Anyone who comes into contact with Uchiha Rengoku has their originally predetermined fate trajectory deviate from the normal track."
"Even the inheritors passed down through our Mount Myoboku lineage could not escape this influence."
"They all broke free from their original fate arrangements. Even the 'Twin Saviors' were the same."
"As for Uchiha Rengoku himself, I cannot see his future direction at all."
"But one thing is certain, he definitely does not belong to our world."
At this moment, Gamamaru finally spoke the most crucial words.
"Does not belong to our world?"
Otsusuki Hagoromo was slightly stunned and unconsciously repeated Gamamaru's words.
Gamamaru slowly nodded and replied, "That's right. He belongs neither to the world we are in, nor to the space we exist in."
"Only someone with such a special identity would have the ability to easily rewrite the course of fate in our world."
Hearing this, Otsusuki Hagoromo could not help but fall into deep thought.
After all, Otsusuki Kaguya possessed the powerful ability to travel through space.
So the things Gamamaru was talking about were not completely unfamiliar to him.
These small spaces had varying distances from the ninja world, some closer, some farther.
Among them, the closest small spaces were the famous three great summoning holy lands, Shikkotsu Forest, Mount Myoboku, and Ryuchi Cave.
Although they were connected to the ninja world, in reality they were completely independent small spaces that existed outside of it.
And Rengoku's origin was very likely from such a place, or else Rengoku came from an even greater space.
So called greater spaces were even more vast and boundless, so enormous that they could be called another complete plane or universe.
Even for an existence as powerful as Otsusuki Hagoromo, in the face of such a vast greater space, there was nothing he could do, and it was impossible to cross.
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