Seven Days Later
On the Hokage Rock of Konoha, a small shrine had been rebuilt.
Within it were enshrined two figures, Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo, the Sage of Six Paths
And an orange cat
The strange part?
The orange cat occupied the main seat, and the Sage of Six Paths stood respectfully to the side.
The statue of the cat spread its paws wide, as if embracing the world.
Beneath it was carved a single line.
The God of Cats Protects You.
The weather was excellent.
Clear skies. Birds chirping happily… early morning bird says, why are you still asleep?
I am a cat.
Sleeping every day is my job.
Garfield lay sprawled across the shrine roof, belly up, lazily rolling from side to side.
The deceitful rabbit spirit, Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo, had already vanished again. Kurama had signed a contract with Garfield.
A surprisingly fair one… Garfield was responsible for.
Feeding Shōkyū properly, making sure she slept well
Helping her grow strong and ensuring she would never be bullied.
No matter whether the future was prosperous or poor. Never abandoning her.
For some reason, the signing ceremony, which was personally presided over by Pandora, felt disturbingly similar to an engagement ritual.
Garfield was deeply offended.
I, King Garfield… a famous name across the universe, someone even the purple sweet-potato Titan must consider carefully…
How could a Great Devour possibly be interested in a big-tailed female fox?!
That would be ridiculous.
Absolutely ridiculous.
Hmph.
As for Kaguya, the rabbit spirit, Garfield had decided to pretend she did not exist.
From his perspective, Hagoromo's story sounded suspiciously like 'please take my mother and go bother another world so my brother and I can relax.'
Honestly? Unfilial.
From Garfield's point of view, Kaguya had done nothing wrong.
To resist her terrifying clan, she needed her own army.
And given the rabbit spirits' absurd absorption abilities, White Zetsu-type war puppets were actually an extremely practical solution.
Unfortunately, her sons had been fooled by a toad.
They sealed her and locked away their greatest military asset, and left the world hilariously unprepared for future Ōtsutsuki invasions.
In retrospect…
Naruto should really have been called… 'The Rabbit Family Drama.'
After meeting Hagoromo, Hashirama had finally been told the truth about Asura.
He stood stunned for a long time. "…So Madara was my younger brother in a previous life?"
"Yes," Hagoromo confirmed.
"Hahaha! That's great! I have another brother!" Hashirama burst out laughing.
Garfield, Kurama, and Shōkyū slowly turned their heads.
o￣ヘ￣o
"This guy is an idiot."
"I think so too."
"You're right. Be careful… it might be contagious."
Kurama quietly took two steps away from Hashirama. Better safe than sorry.
Even Hagoromo looked embarrassed.
Apparently, Asura's reincarnations had always been like this.
Which explained a lot about Indra.
As for Kinkaku and Ginkaku…
Under Hagoromo's repeated meaningful hints, Garfield reluctantly accepted them as subordinates.
They did not receive Shōkyū generosity.
Instead, they signed a lifetime slavery contract, because Hagoromo had made it very clear:
If Garfield didn't take the brothers away…
He would personally go to the moon and release Kaguya.
As a righteous, broad-minded, and family-loving Devour, Garfield absolutely could not allow such a disaster to befall the world.
So, in a rare moment of generosity, he shaved Kinkaku and Ginkaku's heads.
And renamed them.
Kumatarō
Kumajirō
Thus, the world was saved.
By a cat.
꧁𓊈𒆜༺⚜༻𒆜𓊉꧂
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