"He was called 'Otsutsuki Shibai' by Otsutsuki Isshiki…"
Under the narration of the Sage of Six Paths, the origin of this corpse… this body was gradually pieced together.
According to him, this guy appeared in the Ninja World even before Isshiki and Kaguya.
After sealing Kaguya on the moon, no new Otsutsuki Clan's members descended upon the Ninja World.
— Well, Isshiki was a leftover accident.
When the Sage of Six Paths discovered him, he himself had already become this almost soul-like state, unable to significantly affect the material world anymore.
He couldn't touch others, but correspondingly, as long as the Sage of Six Paths didn't want to, he wouldn't be perceived by others either.
According to him, this seemed to be related to a special dimension called the [Pure Land]. After death, the souls of the Ninja World's native inhabitants were all sent there.
The Otsutsuki Clan were foreign forces, their souls did not appear in the Pure Land.
And because the Sage of Six Paths possessed both the characteristics of a native Ninja World's lifeform and the powerful soul of the Otsutsuki Clan, he could rely on his own Chakra to forcibly maintain his existence, jumping back and forth between the two dimensions and preserving his self.
This was a special situation. According to this logic, if Naruto died in the future, he would also become a similar existence.
Otsutsuki Shibai's body was discovered by Isshiki in some ruin, and the Sage of Six Paths was watching nearby at the time.
Isshiki was also extremely shocked when he found this corpse.
On one hand, he was surprised that other Otsutsuki had found this planet, rich in Natural Energy, before them.
On the other hand, like Naruto, he felt the great power contained within this body.
It was power far surpassing his own.
Later, based on the remaining records in the ruin and research on Shibai's corpse, Isshiki drew a conclusion.
This ancestor of the Otsutsuki Clan hadn't 'died' yet.
On the contrary, the other party's power had been strengthened to an extremely high degree through the continuous devouring of Chakra Fruits.
To the point that even this body was insufficient to bear the other party's soul.
If forced to describe it, the other was similar to the legendary [Otsutsuki God] of the clan, which was almost the ultimate goal of every clansman.
Understanding this, Isshiki's first thought was whether he could occupy this body.
However, facts proved that a lean camel was bigger than a horse, let alone him, a little cricket.
His own soul was simply insufficient to shake the great power within that body.
But Isshiki was unwilling to give up just like that.
So he transferred Shibai's body from the ruin to his own base and established the current laboratory on top of it.
Perhaps in Isshiki's plan, after he replanted the God Tree and devoured the Chakra Fruit, he would try to act on this body.
"So, you're using someone else's thing as a reward for me?"
After listening to the Sage of Six Paths' narration, Naruto also adjusted his mindset and glanced sideways at the other.
Seeming dissatisfied with this behavior of offering gifts from borrowed flowers.
"Just say whether you want it or not."
The Sage of Six Paths' attitude was very casual, as if confident Naruto would definitely be satisfied with this thing.
"…For you… no, for the entire Ninja World, this body is a 'time bomb'."
"You're not sure if Otsutsuki Shibai's soul will return, so you all hope I can take him away, at least away from the Ninja World, right."
Naruto didn't say 'you' but 'you all', which wasn't some meaningless pronoun shift.
Sure enough, after he said this, a humanoid figure seemingly composed of starlight also slowly appeared in this tomb chamber.
Unlike the Sage of Six Paths, its appearance was observable with the naked eye. The seven children rescued by Naruto immediately turned their heads in unison to look at this small glowing figure.
Scattered light points condensed rapidly in the air, their appearance rapidly changing towards Naruto's likeness.
The Nature Will.
The feeling this figure gave Naruto was far too familiar.
Looking at the Sage of Six Paths, he didn't seem surprised by the Nature Will appearing beside him either. It seemed all this had been planned by them.
"The feeling you give me… has changed a lot."
Naruto didn't really care about his image being used without permission. What he cared about was the feeling the Nature Will conveyed to him.
It was 'humanity'.
But if he remembered correctly, when they last met, the other was still like a newborn beast, with simple and ignorant thinking, easily influenced by instinct.
That was only a few months ago.
Seeming to see Naruto's confusion, the other Naruto formed by the Nature Will curled its lip, and then layered sounds rang out.
"The river of time has no meaning to me."
"I am unique in time, existing simultaneously in the past, present, and future."
"Although only a few months have passed for you, I have experienced many years since my birth…"
At the end, as if remembering something, the Nature Will smiled at Naruto with malicious intent and said.
"By the way, you can call me 'Inori'. That's the name your daughter gave me."
"Kousei asked me to send her regards to you."
Hearing his daughter's name again, Naruto raised an eyebrow, and his suspicions were confirmed by the Nature Will… now he should call him Inori.
"So this form of yours was also made by Kousei?"
Raising an eyebrow, Naruto asked.
"No, this was my own choice."
"After all, my existence is because of you."
"In a sense, you could even be considered my 'father'. Calculating it this way… well, Kousei and I are siblings."
Hearing this, a few black lines appeared on Naruto's forehead. This situation of 'suddenly becoming a father', which clearly exceeded what ordinary biology could explain, made his head hurt.
Shaking his head, he brought the topic back.
"So, this body of the Otsutsuki God was also given to me by Kousei?"
"Something like that."
"What do you mean, 'something like that'…"
Just as Naruto wanted to ask further, Inori suddenly raised a hand to stop him.
"Whether to take this body and what you plan to do with him are your own choices. We two will not and cannot interfere with you."
Like a 'disclaimer', Inori added after saying this.
"Of course, due to selfish reasons and personal preference, I also hope you can take him away."
"Like you said, leaving this body in the Ninja World is indeed a time bomb."
"As long as his soul returns to the body, the power he possesses can destroy the Ninja World in an instant."
"You know this yourself."
"As for how to deal with him, I think you already have a way, right? After all, you're not simply an Otsutsuki. What Otsutsuki Isshiki couldn't do, I believe you can completely achieve."
Hearing Inori's meaningful words, Naruto was silent for a moment, then finally chuckled softly.
"Even my Devil Fruit ability is calculated within… This really is…"
As if trying to shift blame cleanly, Inori shrugged again and very deliberately added.
"Don't misunderstand, this was proposed by your daughter. If you have any objections, go find her trouble."
"Calculating the time, Kousei will be born soon. You can completely beat her up."
"…"
"…I won't ask what happened between you two."
"How much did you learn from her?"