The Avengers of the Uzumaki Family

His signature horns, his seemingly floating posture, and his eyes filled with endless, mysterious patterns.

The newcomer was none other than Hagoromo Otsutsuki, who was known as the Sage of Six Paths.

"I thought you could hold back from seeing me until I took action, or even until Kaguya appeared, before you finally came out."

Menma looked at Hagoromo and said with a faint smile.

"Uzumaki Menma, you possess my chakra and Hamura's chakra. Your current strength is already quite dangerous. You came to this time and space because of the power of the Dragon Vein, right? What exactly are your intentions?"

Hagoromo Otsutsuki gripped his black tin staff tightly, looking at Menma with a very wary expression and asked.

Ever since the Ten-Tails' chakra was fully revived, Hagoromo has been monitoring the entire ninja world.

For Hagoromo, the future of the ninja world can be decided by humanity itself, but her mother is the one she absolutely will not allow to reappear in the world.

Yu Yi has already made preparations, but if this generation of Indra is still so stubborn...

I must take matters into my own hands.

He used his last remaining chakra to save the planet.

However, Menma's appearance completely disrupted Hagoromo's plans.

Enemy or friend?

Yu Yi couldn't be sure; after all, this being came from another dimension, and any choice she made was entirely possible.

Hagoromo needs to determine Menma's intentions.

"What are my intentions? What? If I said I wanted to release Kaguya and plant a tree together, would you attack me? But do you still have the strength, Ancestral Hagoromo?"

Menma looked at Hagoromo with a hint of mockery, and said with a deliberately disdainful expression.

The direct confrontation within his own timeline has made Menma almost 100% certain that the power left behind by Hagoromo is simply insufficient to deal with him. It may indeed cause him some trouble, but the final victory will still belong to him.

He believed he was the stronger party and that the other party held the dominant position.

The person who needs to be nervous is Hagoromo Otsutsuki, not yourself.

The more freckled one is, the more composed one becomes.

The more Yu Yi felt, the more tense she became.

But at this moment, Hagoromo encountered the same problem as Hashirama, Tobirama, and others before him: he was not at ease with Masahiro, but if he really wanted to take action, he had many concerns.

One reason was that he needed to reserve his strength to deal with his mother. Another, more important reason was that even if he took action himself, he might not be able to defeat Mian Ma, and the probability of being countered was even higher.

At this distance.

Menma didn't hide anything at all; rather, he recklessly unleashed his chakra aura.

Yu Yi was perfectly able to judge just how dangerous Menma was in front of her!

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 598 No Time for Reflection

This creates a situation where one cannot advance or retreat.

This put Yu Yi in a dilemma.

"If you put it that way, can I understand that in your timeline, you already did something similar?"

Hagoromo took a deep breath and gripped the chakra staff in his palm even tighter. If Menma was really such a ruthless person, like his mother, a terrifying being who would choose to plant trees and sacrifice the lives of an entire planet in order to gain greater power.

Even if it costs her everything, Yu Yi will leave her mark here!

As for his own mother, he could only trust the Asuras and Indras of this generation!

Of course, this refers to the worst-case scenario.

After all, although Menma is very strong, the gap between her and her mother is still very obvious. If Menma had planted a God Tree in another dimension and, like her mother, devoured the chakra fruit that the God Tree produced, her strength would not be just what it is now.

"What do you think, Ancestor Yuyi?"

Menma maintained his indifferent expression, staring intently at Yuyi, neither admitting nor denying.

It's this kind of ambiguous attitude.

This made Yu Yi extremely uncomfortable.

“Young man with freckles, please don’t make things difficult for this old man. As someone from another dimension, if you have truly ended everything in your world, you should be very clear about what the Otsutsuki clan and the Ten-Tails mean to our planet. Although this is only our first encounter, I believe that you are not like my mother. We can have an open and honest talk. What do you say?”

They stared at each other for a long time.

Those eyes seemed to see right through one's soul.

Much later.

Hagoromo gave a wry smile, then released the chakra staff from his hand and looked at Menma with a sincere expression, speaking softly.

The usual approach of so-called 'positive characters'.

Regardless of whether they can win in a fight or not, they'll try to persuade the other party first. If they can convince them, that's the happy ending they envision. If they can't convince them, then they can take action later.

And there's no need to pay any extra price, right?

Not to mention that in this situation, no matter how you look at it, taking action would involve taking a huge risk. Naturally, Hagoromo would still have to take a relatively safe approach. Menma looks like a young man. Even if his scheming and cunning far exceed those of his peers, Hagoromo doesn't think it's exaggerated to that extent. Considering the way Menma is addressed before and after, and the fact that he came to the ancient kingdom of Loulan as soon as he left Konoha, Menma should not be an 'enemy'.

At least they weren't enemies like the Otsutsuki clan, whom they absolutely had to annihilate.

There is absolutely no basis for this.

Now, he's making judgments purely based on intuition, and the Sage of Six Paths has no other options.

A choice made out of necessity.

Yu Yi's inner thoughts.

Menma doesn't need to be guessed; you can see right through him at a glance. In fact, if you really have to say something, this Sage of Six Paths isn't a person with high intelligence or deep cunning. You can tell from how easily he was fooled by Gamamaru, and how he couldn't even educate his own two children properly.

His title of immortal was purely due to his power and a certain degree of benevolence.

If Hagoromo Otsutsuki were truly a person of exceptional wisdom and resourcefulness...

The world a thousand years from now will not be able to develop into what it is today.

"Open and frank, huh? Heh, that's a very good phrase. Unfortunately, I'm not very interested in talking to you, Ancestor Yu Yi. After all, I'm not happy to say the same thing twice. The only thing I'm sure of is that I'm also from this planet. As for the rest, there's no point in saying anything more. In the end, everyone is judged by their actions. Ancestor Yu Yi, this is my advice to you. Instead of focusing on me like this, you should put your mind to other things. Do you really only have one enemy?"

Mianma smiled gently.

"Shh!"

next second.

Mianma was achieved with a single wave of his hand.

The immense chakra that followed.

The pervasive dark curtain quickly dissipates, revealing a desolate landscape once more.

"Whoosh!"

Menma paid no attention to Yu Yi, who was still standing there, and with a flick of his body, he quickly left into the distance.

Hagoromo's right hand, which had instinctively reached for her chakra staff, dropped to the ground just a second later.

'Is there more than one enemy? Could there be other Otsutsuki here?'

Watching the ruffled noodles disappear into the distance.

A solemn expression appeared on Yu Yi's aged face.

He didn't know exactly what happened in Menma's timeline. If other Otsutsuki had attacked in that timeline but were repelled by Menma, then there was a high probability that other Otsutsuki would also arrive in their timeline.

As someone with half pure Otsutsuki blood, Hagoromo knows all too well how terrifying the Otsutsuki are.

If it weren't for my mother's carelessness back then, and because her combat experience was extremely weak and she had almost no combat skills, then it would have been a great success.

Otherwise.

From a purely strength perspective, he and his younger brother Hamura were no match for their mother.

that's it.

They could only barely manage to seal away their mother.

If they could do it all over again, they might not be able to succeed so easily; there are just too many uncertainties involved.

Even my own mother is so difficult to deal with.

If another truly powerful member of the Otsutsuki clan were to arrive.

This planet is destined to be destroyed.

'No! Absolutely not!'

Hagoromo took a deep breath, a resolute glint in his Rinnegan. He decided he couldn't wait any longer; he had to take the initiative, prioritize dealing with his mother's problem, and then have a proper talk with Menma. The Otsutsuki clan was definitely the common enemy of all other races.

Planting trees to absorb the energy of an entire planet is just too evil.

Having made up his mind, Yu Yi gently waved his staff and disappeared back into the void. He had decided to change his previous intention of leaving everything to future generations to solve, and he wanted to actively participate in this great battle.

A random addition of freckles.

The resulting potential changes in parallel worlds.

It has a huge impact on the people who already exist in this world.

But for noodles...

He didn't care at all.

All he needs to ensure is that he is strong enough to protect the world he inhabits.

As for the rest!?

Mianma has neither that obligation nor that intention.

He is not a demon, but he is even less likely to be a pushover.

After roughly confirming that the power of the dragon vein was indeed the key to their ability to travel through time and space.

The next goal for Mianma is to clarify things.

That is, before going back, try to gain as much as possible in this parallel world.