"Let's leave here."
The Six Paths Sage gazed at the nearing collapse of the Planetary Space and turned his eyes to Kakashi Hatake: "Can you now use the Space-Time Jutsu?"
"Yes."
Kakashi Hatake directly pulled everyone present into the Kamui Space, even pulling in the nine Tailed Beasts and Black Zetsu, and then using Kamui, he left this space through the crack opened by the Chibaku Tensei!
The real world.
On this vast sea.
Many souls of the deceased were still waiting here.
When they saw Kakashi Hatake appear, their hearts suddenly tightened, thinking that only Kakashi Hatake survived.
Thankfully.
Kakashi Hatake didn't delay much time and quickly released the others from the Kamui Space; the ninjas who went to battle were all still alive.
This major crisis in the Ninja World finally ended at this moment!
"Hagoromo, you bastard..."
Black Zetsu looked at the Six Paths Sage's phantom figure and couldn't help but curse angrily: "You even sealed up Mother along with it..."
"Should we kill it?"
Uchiha Sasuke's gaze was cold.
"No, let it survive."
The Six Paths Sage shook his head, watching Black Zetsu's angry face change to horror, and calmly said: "If there is another crisis in the future, we might need it to resurrect Mother..."
"At least..."
"The trouble from the enemies outside has been solved now..."
The Six Paths Sage looked up towards the sky, where a massive planet was slowly heading into outer space in their sight...
The sea surface under the gravity of that planet kept raising tides, looking as if the enemy sealed inside couldn't break away from the seal.
Now...
At least the Chakra gathered by these millennium-old ninjas was not wasted.
"Infinite Tsukuyomi: Release!"
Uchiha Sasuke raised his fingers.
Accompanied by Uchiha Sasuke's action, the entire Ninja World's Infinite Tsukuyomi was lifted at this moment, the vines of the Divine Tree slowly withered and dispersed, and all humans awakened at the instant the Infinite Tsukuyomi was released, as if they had just woken from a very long dream.
This crisis can finally be declared over.
This crisis sparked by Black Zetsu's initiation of the Infinite Tsukuyomi and driven by Akihara Kagura's hunting ground crisis, all ended the moment the Infinite Tsukuyomi was broken.
The Six Paths Sage returned to the gap between the Netherworld Pure Land and this world, secretly waiting for the next crisis to arrive; the souls of the deceased in the Ninja World also returned to the Netherworld Pure Land in succession.
After this crisis ended, the Five Great Countries' Hidden Villages did not disband the Ninja Alliance but instead thoroughly united to guard against possible crises they might encounter again.
No one knows...
When the next crisis might appear...
No one is sure...
Whether another Akihara Kagura will appear in this world...
Konoha Village.
Inside the Konoha Orphanage.
Yakushi Nonou was still busy in the orphanage, taking care of many children, but Yao Shidou's mental state seemed to be getting worse and worse. He constantly refused to believe Akihara Kagura was some extraterrestrial enemy, or that Akihara Kagura viewed everyone as prey.
Yao Shidou wiped his glasses again and again, unwilling to accept the answers he heard from others: "Dean Nonou, before Kagura's conspiracy truly wanted to be enacted, he plucked us out, not wishing for us to be looked upon as enemies by others..."
"But didn't you..."
Yakushi Nonou adjusted her glasses and softly asked: "I heard you stole a piece of his bark, knew early on his idea to destroy the world, wanted to find a chance to hand it over to Lady Tsunade, everything you did at that time was all part of his plan..."
"But..."
Yao Shidou put on his glasses yet could not stop the mist gathering on them; his voice became somewhat sinister: "Kagura handed the bark to me personally, he told me what to do... But I know only by doing this could we avoid being considered enemies by others..."
"..."
Yakushi Nonou fell into speechless silence.
"Kagura always wanted to leave this world."
Yao Shidou looked up at the sky, as if trying to find the star where Akihara Kagura was sealed: "Actually, Kagura never wanted to destroy this world nor ever spoke of wanting to kill anyone; otherwise, he wouldn't have thought of arranging all this for us..."
"..."
Yao Shidou's expression gradually grew solemn, and he seriously said: "I want to try to break the seal and rescue Kagura from Chibaku Tensei..."
"Kabuto!"
Yakushi Nonou hurriedly stopped Yao Shidou!
"Dean."
Yao Shidou looked at Yakushi Nonou and softly said: "Do you remember? Back then, Kagura sacrificed himself so we wouldn't be assassinated by Shimura Danzo, such things happened before as precedent, he very likely sacrificed himself purposely for the peace of the Ninja World..."
"..."
Outside the Konoha Orphanage.
Two figures who had been quietly listening fell silent.
Uchiha Sasuke was wearing the Root's attire, wanting to rebuild Root with Orochimaru, intending to invite Yao Shidou to join them, but didn't expect to hear the dark secrets shared by Yao Shidou at this time.
"Could this be Akihara Kagura's conspiracy?"
Orochimaru lightly furrowed his brow, his mind unwittingly expanding: "Back then, he arranged all possible fail-safes should his plan fail before enacting his conspiracy, letting us fall for it and releasing his seal..."
"The possibility is very high."
Uchiha Sasuke furrowed his brow.
The ninjas, having gone through so many layers of Akihara Kagura's schemes, truly couldn't endure being deceived again, worried about falling into Akihara Kagura's trap once more.
No other reason.
It's pure fear.
Speaking honestly, compared to the possibility of being deceived again, keeping Akihara Kagura sealed brings more peace of mind.
Akihara Kagura is too dangerous...
Really making them dare not risk it again.
"Yes..."
A familiar voice appeared behind Uchiha Sasuke and Orochimaru, softly advising them: "Don't let yourselves be tricked again."