Next, Black Zetsu introduced the later generations of Indra's reincarnations, and at the same time told everyone the rules of the Pure Land.
"Finally finished the introductions. Anything else? I'm leaving. I don't want to stay with this guy for even one more second. I'm going to walk around the Pure Land myself."
Senju Mio's face darkened as she left directly.
"Hey! Mio! Wait for me!", Uchiha Katsu rarely looked flustered, and hurriedly chased after her.
Everyone looked at each other.
Indra rubbed his brow and let out a slight sigh.
"Brother, want to come see Father with me? He must really want to see the two of us."
Ashura suggested.
Hearing this, Indra's expression turned cold, and he said in a chilly voice, "The one he wants to see is you! Not me!"
"Besides, I've already cut off my father-son relationship with him!"
"I'm going back to my clan."
After saying that, Indra looked at the other reincarnations of Indra. "Uchiha, come with me. We're going back to our clan in the Pure Land!"
The Uchiha all nodded.
"I also want to see my parents," Uchiha Izumichi said.
"Same here," Uchiha Shuhaku said.
"Sigh.", Uchiha Sora nodded and followed along.
Indra suddenly paused and looked at Uchiha Shuhaku.
"Wait, you can't go!"
"Weren't you punished by my master to develop the Pure Land? Go back and get to work!", Indra pointed at Uchiha Shuhaku as he spoke.
Uchiha Shuhaku's expression stiffened. "Alright, alright. Can someone give me a ride? From here to the edge of the Pure Land takes forever to run. Even taking a Pure Land airship, it still takes days and nights to get there..."
"This place is pretty close to the main city of the Pure Land. There's a teleportation gate opened by Hagoromo over there."
"You have to line up, but it's fast. I remember it costs a few thousand underworld coins per trip. Want to borrow some from me?"
Black Zetsu asked with a grin.
Uchiha Shuhaku's face darkened. "Sage, I've saved up some money over the years developing the Pure Land. No need to trouble you."
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[On The Other Side, The Reincarnations Of Ashura]
"Emm, ahem, everyone's done great. Let's go, I'll take you all home.", Ashura said with a gentle smile.
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[Pure Land Main City]
Otsutsuki Hagoromo had just finished preaching.
At this moment, he was nestled closely with his three wives.
His left arm lightly embraced Hagoromo's robe, on his right leaned the mother of Indra and Ashura, and in his arms lay quietly the commoner wife who had given birth to the Golden and Silver lineage.
This Pure Land created by Arisu had truly fulfilled Otsutsuki Hagoromo's lifelong wish.
Once upon a time, all three of his wives had met tragic ends, leaving him behind far too early, separated by life and death, with only regret to carry through endless years.
But now, his beloved ones were all by his side, no longer separated by life and death.
The ambition he had pursued his entire life, to spread Ninshu and bring peace to the world, had also been completely realized within this Pure Land.
There was no hatred here, no bloodline conflicts, no lingering regrets. It was exactly the ideal world Otsutsuki Hagoromo had imagined countless times.
Thinking of this, Hagoromo's heart was filled with gratitude.
Looking toward the depths of the Pure Land, he let out a heartfelt sigh. "Sigh, Teacher Arisu… the more I understand you, the more I feel just how towering you truly are!"
"The more I understand, the greater you are!"
All the regrets he had failed to mend in his life, all the wishes he could not fulfill, everything he couldn't achieve even with all his effort, his teacher had actually accomplished all of it for him.
At this point, what more was there to say?
Firmly support the Sage of Six Paths.
"Sect Master, Sect Master Ashura has arrived!"
Several slightly hurried announcements sounded out.
Sarutobi was seen leading Ashura as they slowly stepped into the residence.
"Ashura!?"
Hagoromo's eyes instantly burst with intense joy. He immediately stood up and walked toward his son, his voice full of surprise. "The Sage was willing to let you out?"
"Uh… Father?"
Ashura stood where he was, looking blankly at the three women beside Hagoromo, his eyes filled with shock.
Ashura stood there in a daze.
'Father… has changed… In all my memories growing up, Father was always devoted to preaching, pure and detached, never close to women. How could he be like this now?'
In his memory, ever since he was born, his father had thrown himself completely into passing down Ninshu, and there had never been any woman by his side.
"Hehe…"
Seeing his son's confused and awkward look, Hagoromo smiled faintly and gently introduced them.
"No need to be nervous, and no need to find it strange. They are all your mothers."
Hearing this, Ashura looked even more embarrassed, his expression almost unable to hold.
Was this a joke?
He had lived so long without a mother, and now suddenly he had mothers, and three of them at that! No one could just accept that calmly on the spot.
"Hahaha."
Seeing his son at a loss, Hagoromo just smiled gently and didn't explain further.
In truth, he himself knew. He had originally wanted to stick to his pure and detached heart and spend the rest of his days peacefully.
But when, in the Pure Land, he saw Hagoromo, his white moonlight, the one he had never been able to let go of in his entire life, return in her youthful appearance…
That heart of his, weathered by a thousand years and long since calm, finally broke completely.
It wasn't that Otsutsuki Hagoromo had been repressing his desires or that his younger brother had taken over his body.
It was just that the regrets and longing buried deep in his heart surged all at once.
Even after living for so many years,
Seeing again the beloved he had missed for a lifetime... seeing again that white moonlight he could never get over, Hagoromo still couldn't stop his eyes from reddening, his heart filled with the urge to make up for every debt of the past.
So he married her.
After that, he met again the mother of Indra and Ashura.
They had been married for less than a year before she passed away after giving birth to the two children. That brief yet sincere marriage had become another pain in his heart he could never let go.
Now that they could reunite and stay together, how could he deliberately distance himself?
Later, he met that commoner wife from before.
'Well then!'
Hagoromo simply let go of all his concerns.
Then he would take them all.
Since in this Pure Land, the separation of life and death could be crossed, and all regrets could be made up, then let this reunion be more complete, more perfect.
As his thoughts turned, Hagoromo suddenly remembered another son he cared about.
"Hm? Where's Indra? Why didn't he come with you?", Hagoromo frowned slightly as he asked.
Ashura shrugged helplessly, spreading his hands. "Brother insisted on not coming. I tried to persuade him for a long time, but there was nothing I could do."
"I see…"
Hagoromo murmured softly, sighing lightly in his heart. A trace of loneliness and disappointment flashed in his eyes.
After going through so many separations of life and death, he truly hoped to reunite with his eldest son, Indra, as soon as possible, so their family could finally be completely whole.