After leaving Mount Myoboku, Gamamaru did not reveal himself recklessly. Instead, he chose to secretly follow Otsutsuki Hagoromo.
He carefully concealed his presence the entire way, staying far behind Hagoromo.
Very soon, he witnessed an extremely shocking scene.
Hagoromo was helping the civilians everywhere who had suffered from war and Kaguya's rule.
With a wave of his hand, he smoothed over the cracks that had split mountains and rivers, guided rivers back into their original channels, and nourished the withered land with the power of the Six Paths, allowing green shoots to grow once more in the barren earth.
What shocked Gamamaru even more was that he could clearly sense pure Mount Myoboku Sage Chakra flowing through Hagoromo's body.
"Mount Myoboku Sage Art?!"
Gamamaru's pupils suddenly shrank, and he couldn't help muttering, "How does Hagoromo know Mount Myoboku Sage Art?!"
Mount Myoboku had indeed planned to teach Hagoromo Sage Art to fight against Kaguya.
But later, because Hamura had gone astray, the matter was put aside, and in the end they never taught him.
Since Mount Myoboku had never taught him, then where had Hagoromo learned such pure Mount Myoboku Sage Art?
'Could Mount Myoboku Sage Art have already spread to the mortal world?!'
'That's impossible!'
Even if it had spread among ordinary people, they didn't have things like toad oil.
Without someone to guide them into it, even if they knew how to cultivate it, they would ultimately turn into stone statues.
'I have to report this to the Great Sage immediately...'
A storm rose in Gamamaru's heart. He knew this was no small matter and had to return at once to report it to the White-Browed Toad Sage.
Just as Gamamaru was about to quietly withdraw, a low, calm voice suddenly sounded behind him, "You've been following me this whole time. Is there something you want?"
"You again... the talking toad from that day."
Hearing this, Gamamaru's whole body trembled, and every hair on his body stood on end.
He hurriedly turned around and saw Otsutsuki Hagoromo standing quietly not far behind him. No one knew when he had arrived. It was as if he had been standing there for a long time, calmly looking at him with those purple Rinnegan eyes.
'This is bad!'
Gamamaru cried out inwardly as he instantly sprang into the air, trying to escape.
But Hagoromo merely raised one hand.
"Universal Pull!"
Buzz!!!
A powerful force instantly acted on Gamamaru, firmly imprisoning him in midair so that he couldn't move in the slightest.
Gamamaru struggled frantically and immediately activated his Sage Art, trying to forcibly break free from the binding force.
At that moment, a trace of obvious surprise flashed across Hagoromo's eyes.
He discovered that the Sage Chakra fluctuations Gamamaru was using were almost identical to the Mount Myoboku Sage Art within his own body, pure and authentic.
"...Interesting."
"You actually possess the same Sage Art as I do..."
Hagoromo narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at the imprisoned Gamamaru. His calm voice carried a hint of scrutiny.
Keeping one hand raised, Hagoromo held Gamamaru firmly in place with an invisible shackle of powerful force.
"Tell me, how did you learn Mount Myoboku Sage Art?", Hagoromo asked calmly.
Gamamaru struggled a few more times in midair. After realizing he couldn't break free at all, he simply gave up resisting.
"I should be asking you that! Where did your Sage Art come from? How did you learn our Mount Myoboku Sage Art?"
Crossing his forelegs over his chest and puffing out his cheeks, Gamamaru rolled his eyes and questioned him instead.
The moment those words were spoken, Hagoromo's brows clearly furrowed.
His gaze flickered slightly, and he unconsciously repeated in a low voice, "Mount Myoboku Sage Art...?"
For an instant, a trace of confusion crossed his mind.
The Sage Art he had mastered did seem to be called Mount Myoboku Sage Art, according to Observer-senpai.
But he had never told anyone else about it, so how had this toad recognized it at a glance?
However, Hagoromo quickly suppressed the question in his mind and didn't dwell on it.
He narrowed his Rinnegan slightly and asked a more important question.
"That day on the mountain behind us, what were you trying to tell me? Hamura kept desperately trying to stop you. Did you have something important to tell me?"
Seeing that Hagoromo had stopped asking about the origin of his Sage Art, Gamamaru dropped the matter as well.
He sighed, his tone becoming serious as he admitted honestly, "That day, I actually wanted to tell you that your mother is a complete liar!"
"That God Tree isn't some blessing at all. It's been secretly absorbing the life energy of the entire planet, trying to turn this world into a land of death."
"I wanted to persuade you to stop your mother... but your younger brother was acting very strangely. He attacked me nonstop like he'd gone mad. I couldn't beat him, so I had no choice but to run away first."
At this point, Gamamaru paused, and a trace of admiration entered his voice.
"I never expected that afterward, you'd stop your mother and your younger brother by yourself, seal the God Tree, and free the entire world... To be honest, I was really shocked."
Gamamaru couldn't help giving him a thumbs-up.
After hearing this, Hagoromo's expression remained calm, though a trace of complicated emotion flashed through his eyes.
"My younger brother had already been possessed by an outsider's soul at the time, which is why he kept attacking you. As for where my Sage Art came from... you don't need to concern yourself with that.", Hagoromo spoke calmly.
Although Hagoromo sounded casual, he knew perfectly well that the existence of Observer-senpai was a secret that absolutely could not be revealed to anyone.
The help that existence had given him had already gone far beyond the common sense of this world. If it were exposed, the consequences would be impossible to predict.
So to be safe, he couldn't tell anyone.
The air fell silent for a moment.
Hagoromo looked at the talking toad before him. Light flowed faintly within his Rinnegan.
Finally, he waved his hand lightly, releasing Universal Pull's restraint and lowering Gamamaru back to the ground.
Gamamaru landed steadily on the ground and brushed the dust off himself.
Hagoromo then turned around, presenting his back to Gamamaru. His white robe swayed gently in the breeze.
"Toad, go back. Don't follow me anymore."
"Also, the force behind you would do well not to interfere with the human world whenever it pleases. If you want to stir up trouble..."
"Don't force me to cross the barrier and go to Mount Myoboku to beat you up."
His words were calm, yet filled with confidence and warning.
After saying that, Hagoromo spoke no more. He slowly walked into the distance, his figure gradually blending into the glow of the setting sun.
Gamamaru stood there blankly, then first let out a sigh of relief.
It seemed the other party had no intention of harming him.
Gamamaru blinked his round eyes. Then he suddenly came to his senses and hurriedly hopped after him.
"Hey! Human! Wait!"
"I still don't know where your Sage Art came from! This concerns the inheritance of Mount Myoboku Sage Art!"
"Logically speaking, without signing a contract with Mount Myoboku, it's absolutely impossible to learn authentic Sage Art! So how did you do it?!", Gamamaru shouted as he desperately chased after him.
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