Chapter 324
Page 324
"What else can we do but wait? Young man, you need to keep a calm mindset. Life and death are preordained, wealth and honor are determined by fate. If you survive this wave, you will become rich and powerful."
Shanks pulled a camera out of his ninja tool pouch and started snapping photos of Madara nonstop. This was a landmark moment! He'd take a few pictures of Kaguya when she appeared, to see if she was as beautiful as rumored. Maybe he could sell them to some energetic teenagers and make a fortune...
"Lord Shanks' old habit has kicked in again..."
Those around saw Shanks take out his camera and start snapping photos incessantly. Having all experienced the Itachi photo scandal, they knew what he was up to...
"Snapped!"
"Why didn't I bring a camera! Karin, did you bring a camera?"
Garp, watching Shanks' actions, snapped out of his daze and slapped himself, asking his sister why he hadn't thought of that idea. The Sage of Six Paths' mother's photo would definitely be incredibly valuable!
837. Old Man Liudao: I look like my dad!
"Why would I bring a camera? Ask Dad, he should have one..."
Karin covered her face with her hands, feeling incredibly embarrassed to have a guy like that...
"They're out!"
"What?! She...is really the Sage of Six Paths' mother?"
"No way? I don't think so at all, the Sage of Six Paths is so ugly!"
"I don't think so either. The Sage of Six Paths was probably adopted..."
"I think so too."
"........."
Ban's body kept expanding, and as expected, it didn't explode. Just as it was about to burst, it quickly shrank and transformed into a female version of Erlang Shen...
"Crack!"
"Crack!"
"Old Man of the Six Paths...Immortal, is she really your mother? From a genetic point of view, I don't believe it at all!"
After taking two photos, Shanks turned around and asked the old man of the Six Paths floating in the air with a disbelieving expression, "You're so ugly, how could your mother be so beautiful?" Everyone nodded in agreement with Shanks's words.
"-_-#....You little rascal! I look like my dad!"
A large comma appeared on the forehead of the old man Liudao, and he said angrily, "If it weren't for the soul state, I would never have sealed it off. I'd rather dry these bastards' shit first."
"Holy crap! Looks like aliens have a very different aesthetic sense than us. Your dad must not be good-looking... Sigh! A beautiful cabbage was wasted on a pig..."
Shanks stroked his chin, looking as if he had known it all along. Kaguya, who had just appeared, had a pair of nine-tomoe eyes that were even more impressive than the six-path old man's. Combined with her original white eyes, she looked a bit strange, but she was indeed a rare beauty. The six-path old man, on the other hand, looked strange and was not at all handsome.
"-_- # You little brat, now's not the time for this. Get ready, my mother might be very powerful."
The old man's face was dark with a reddish tinge, as if Armament Haki was covering his face, clearly indicating that he was suppressing his anger.
"I know even if you don't say it... Just the eyes on her forehead are enough to make my heart pound."
Shanks pouted. "How could your mother not be strong? If she weren't, you and your brother, those two unfilial sons, would have killed her. Why would we have gone through all this trouble to seal her away?"
His heart was pounding; he dared not act rashly. Kaguya looked incredibly strong, unlike Naruto and the second male lead who possessed various auras of power. What if he attacked and Kaguya didn't become an idiot? He wouldn't even know how he died. It was safer to wait for Naruto and the second male lead to be the main attackers, while he played support...
Princess Kaguya had probably not seen her son for too long. When she came out, she ignored everyone else and stared intently at the old man of the Six Paths. Although the old man of the Six Paths looked old, she still knew that the old man in front of her was her eldest son. As she looked at him, tears involuntarily flowed down her cheeks.
The old man Liudao was sweating profusely under his mother's gaze; if he weren't in his soul state, his clothes would probably be soaked through.
"Feather Robe....."
In less than 0.001 seconds, Princess Kaguya appeared in front of the old man Rokudo with tears streaming down her face, reaching out a hand to touch her eldest son.
"Holy shit!"
"So fast!"
Everyone was startled by Kaguya's speed, especially Minato and Tobirama Senju, who were proficient in the Flying Thunder God Technique. The moment Kaguya arrived, there was a slight spatial fluctuation that they were familiar with. This teleportation was much more convenient than their Flying Thunder God Technique.
"Tobirama, do you think the old man Rokudo might be lying to us? This Kaguya-hime doesn't seem like the person he said would destroy the world. Look at the way she looks at the old man Rokudo, her eyes are full of maternal love..."
Hashirama Senju, looking like Detective Conan, pulled Tobirama Senju aside and whispered something.
"...I don't know, let's wait and see."
Tobirama Senju was also completely bewildered. In the story, the old man of the Six Paths described his mother as a female demon, but the situation before him was not like that. Having seen countless people, he could still feel the maternal love emanating from the old man of the Six Paths' mother's eyes.
"Hagoromo... why did you betray me back then...?"
On the other side, Princess Kaguya seemed to be touching her eldest son, but instead passed right through the old man Rokudo's body, and kept talking incessantly with a heartbroken look on her face.
But the old man Liudao was as timid as a son when facing his mother, and began to nag softly to her.
This mother and son had probably not spoken to each other for many years. As soon as they came out, they started chattering on and on, confusing everyone around them. Weren't they supposed to be the ultimate boss? Why did they look like a loving mother and son?
"Grand Uncle, how is it now? Are we still fighting?"
Naruto clenched his fists nervously as he looked at Kaguya and asked Shanks. In this idiot's mind, the old man who gave him the gift package must be a good person. The old man said his mother was a bad person, so she must be a bad person. However, the chakra on this bad person made him tremble with fear. He really didn't dare to go up against her alone.
"...Can't you see that they're currently enjoying a loving mother-son relationship? Let's wait and see. If the old man of the Six Paths' verbal skills are as powerful as yours, we probably won't even need to fight."
Shanks, looking at the mother and son who were still arguing incessantly, said, "A fight is definitely going to happen, but you and the second male lead will be the forwards, so don't drag me into it..."
For a while afterward, a strange scene unfolded on the battlefield: hundreds of thousands of people watched the mother and son's conversation in complete silence, for the old man's mother was too powerful, and they were afraid that making even the slightest sound would disturb her and result in her being instantly killed...
They were talking peacefully, but then the old man of the Six Paths said something that provoked Kaguya-hime. Kaguya-hime changed her expression in an instant, switching from a tearful and murderous mode without any warning.
"careful!"
Sensing Kaguya's killing intent, Naruto roared and charged forward, determined to confront her head-on, showing no fear whatsoever.
Seeing that his best buddy had already made his move, the second male lead naturally couldn't fall behind, and the two of them rushed towards the young lady one after the other.
Shanks reached into his ninja tool pouch, pulled out sunflower seeds and beer, sat cross-legged, and enjoyed the live stream while cracking sunflower seeds and drinking beer. Kaguya's combat experience was similar to Naruto's, or even less than Naruto's. Come to think of it, there were no ninjas a thousand years ago, and Kaguya, having swallowed the fruit of the God Tree, could easily sweep away a large group of people. She didn't need any combat experience. Even powerful samurai could be wiped out with a single slap in front of her.
The situation with Naruto and the second male lead is the exact opposite of their previous battle with Madara, where Madara relied on his maxed-out combat experience to take on both of them at once.
And they are now able to take on Kaguya-hime two-on-one thanks to their greater combat experience.
838. Big news! The red-haired man from Konoha is clumsy.
Kaguya is truly formidable. Even with virtually zero combat experience and Naruto's aura lowering her intelligence, she still managed to defeat Naruto and the second male lead like moles through a series of god-like maneuvers. She can effortlessly create five different elemental spaces and move freely between them. Someone can appear out of space behind you and stab you, and most importantly, she's invincible. She can instantly recover from any damage. Shanks, who was munching on sunflower seeds and drinking beer, felt a chill run down his spine. Luckily, he didn't join the fray; he wouldn't stand a chance against such an enemy.
"You little brat! Why aren't you going up yet? Those two can't hold on much longer."
The old man of the Six Paths looked at the leisurely Shanks and said with a sense of disappointment.
"I want to go for it too, but as you can see, your mother is practically indestructible, and I can't beat her even if I go for it."
Shanks shrugged. Naruto and the second male lead have the halo given by Kishimoto, but he doesn't. Look at that awesome All-Killing Ash Bones, it's n+1 times more powerful than Onoki's Dust Release. Who knows if his evolved Armament Haki can withstand it?
"...My mother possesses true immortality. She can instantly recover from any injury and absorb any ninjutsu. Therefore, the only way to defeat her is to seal her away; there is no other way."
The old man of the Six Paths thought Shanks was right. The second male lead had just slashed his mother a few times and recovered instantly. Even if this little bastard did it, it probably wouldn't make much difference.
"Sealing techniques... then there's even less need to ask me, I know absolutely nothing about sealing techniques."
When Shanks heard the old man of the Six Paths say this, he could only shrug. What's the point of fighting? His specialty is strong offense and brute force, while the opponent is the least flustered type of player like him. What's the point of fighting?
"puff!"
"You, a member of the Uzumaki clan, don't know sealing techniques?"
The old man of the Six Paths was so angry that he spat out a mouthful of blood that had been stored for thousands of years, and stared at Shanks with wide eyes as if he were looking at an idiot.
"Damn it! Who told you that being a member of the Uzumaki clan means you have to know sealing techniques? Can't I just not learn them?"
Shanks was furious when he saw that the old man really thought he was a big shot. After being out of favor for so many years, all he did after coming out was call him a little bastard, and now he was even looking down on him.
"Well... Sage of Six Paths, you don't know this, Shanks has been clumsy since childhood. His right hand nerves react too slowly, making it difficult for him to even form hand seals. So he simply can't learn those complicated sealing techniques, let alone seal someone like your mother. Forgive my ignorance, but I can't think of a sealing technique that could seal her."
Seeing that Shanks was about to fight the old man of the Six Paths, Hashirama Senju quickly covered Shanks' mouth and said to the old man, "He's the father of your father for who knows how many generations, give him some face..."
"...Never mind, sealing my mother requires the combined power of Yin and Yang, which this kid doesn't know how to do. We'll have to rely on those two brats."
The old man of the Six Paths gave Shanks a strange look. He had been in the ninja world for over a thousand years and had seen all sorts of strange ailments, but this was the first time he had ever heard of someone who was born with clumsy hands. This little rascal was indeed a weirdo.
"Oh! So the Konoha Shanks is clumsy! No wonder we rarely see him use ninjutsu."
"Wow! This is big news! But it's a real shame that someone from the Uzumaki clan can't learn sealing techniques because of clumsiness."
"What a waste! He's already this good even though he's clumsy. If he learns sealing techniques, what's the point of us playing? We might as well all delete our accounts."
"Did you hear that? The First Hokage said that Konoha's Shanks was born with clumsy hands..."
"Did you hear that? The First Hokage said that Shanks from Konoha ruined his right hand because he did too much manual labor when he was a child!"
"Have you heard? The red-haired guy from Konoha was actually clumsy with his hands. He was precocious as a child and peeked at so many girls that he ruined his hands..."
"Breaking news! Breaking news! Who knew Konoha's red-haired guy was actually a clumsy player..."
When people around heard what Hashirama Senju said, the word spread from one to ten, from ten to a hundred, and eventually the meaning of the story changed.
Some part-time paparazzi in the crowd also sensed a business opportunity. If the Sage of Six Paths and his mother were the official headlines, then the Konoha Shanks being a clumsy hand-eye coordination freak was definitely the entertainment headline. As for how he became clumsy, that's worth investigating...
Onoki lectured Kurotsuchi, "See? If the upper beam is crooked, the lower beam will be crooked too. If the teacher is this kind of person, the disciple won't be much better. You can know a person's face but not their heart."
Itachi: "⊙.⊙??"
"I never imagined Uncle was such a passionate person before!"
The Mizukage girl chuckled, "Heh, Lord Shanks is quite unique, with a wide range of interests..."
The girl with the broad forehead and the others thought, "We never imagined Lord Shanks would be this kind of person..."
"You bastard, shut up! Do you think I'm deaf?"
Shanks swept his Conqueror's Haki across the group of gossipy bastards, making their legs go weak, and then glared fiercely at Hashirama Senju. It was all that old bastard's fault for being so talkative; why did he have to bring this up?
"-.-??...Tobirama, what did I say wrong?"
Hashirama Senju, bewildered by Shanks' death stare, turned to Tobirama Senju and asked, "What do you mean? This kid's just naturally clumsy..."
"-_-||...You're right, they misunderstood."
Senju Tobirama gazes at the sky.
.........
"Sasuke, watch out!"