Chapter 225 » The Sage of Six Paths' Greatest Failure! Indra's Choice!

"Actually, Indra and Asura's relationship was quite good before their father decided to test them. If the Sage of Six Paths had simply given the village leader position to Indra directly, Asura wouldn't have objected at all. In fact, he would have enthusiastically supported his brother's appointment."

"Asura had no interest in leadership. He genuinely wanted his brother to become the village leader. But Hagoromo wouldn't allow such a simple solution. Instead, he intervened and created this competition task."

Yusuke said this, and everyone looked at him with confusion.

They weren't clear about what happened afterward, so their faces showed bewildered expressions.

Seeing their reactions, he continued with a smile.

"The Sage of Six Paths explained the competition to both sons and immediately sent them on their missions. He declared that upon completing their tasks, they would determine who would become the next village leader. Everyone around him considered this method reasonable."

"This approach would test which brother was more suitable for leadership. Since the village leader held absolute power in the Sage's village, he needed to ensure the selection would convince everyone. Otherwise, it could lead to future problems."

"This was the Sage's original intention for the competition. What followed was straightforward — Indra and Asura set out on their tasks."

"Both brothers traveled light, carrying minimal equipment for their missions. However, their arrival times differed significantly. Asura, lacking powerful chakra, could only travel slowly, while Indra, possessing vast chakra reserves, reached his destination in just one week."

"When he arrived there, he discovered that there were indeed massive remnants of the Ten-Tails tree on the ground. His purpose for coming here was to deal with these remnants, and ensure the villagers were free from disease, while also ensuring the village's water supply returned to normal. Because the water source had been corrupted by the Ten-Tails tree's remnants, so his purpose for coming here was to solve this problem."

"At that time, Hagoromo thought this matter was simple. He merely wanted to test his sons' methods and solutions. What he never anticipated was that this incident would create a deep rift between the brothers, leading to tragic consequences."

"The Sage of Six Paths bore the main responsibility for these events. He failed to detect Black Zetsu's presence — had he done so, he could have eliminated it with his Six Paths power. Unfortunately, by then, the Sage had distributed the tailed beasts' power and dispersed his vast chakra, drastically weakening his fighting abilities."

"Meanwhile, Indra, who had inherited most of the Sage's power, was becoming the world's strongest being. This prompted Black Zetsu to approach him. Its desire to resurrect his mother, Kaguya, drove it to seek even greater power and awaken the Rinnegan. Only with the Rinnegan could he implement the Infinite Tsukuyomi plan."

"The Infinite Tsukuyomi was crucial because it alone could gather all the world's scattered chakra — the essential condition for Kaguya's resurrection. Behind everything, Black Zetsu carefully orchestrated these events."

Yusuke took a deep breath at this point and twisted his stiff neck.

"At this time, both Indra and Asura arrived at their designated villages. These shinobi villages were nearly identical, both affected by the Ten-Tails tree's remnants from the previous battle. The contamination had made their water sources dangerous — drinking from them would corrupt people with the Ten-Tails' power, draining away their life force."

"Their mission was straightforward: help rebuild the villages and address all remaining issues from the Ten-Tails tree. The Sage would use their performance on these tasks to choose his successor."

"However, two serious problems arose. Indra had inherited nearly ninety percent of the Sage's power and possessed the Sharingan naturally, while Asura wasn't as fortunate."

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T/N: An important announcement! This book is on hiatus on Patreon!

Only available up to Chapter 234 because I can't understand a shit of what's happening anymore. It has become really difficult to translate this book because the author is simply banging their head on the keyboard and praying to some Chinese god to fix the words.

So when this book reaches Chapter 230 here on Webnovel, I will also announce a temporary hiatus.

I hope you enjoy and have a good read! (-‿◦)