XD Excellent!! I was almost starting to believe that it really was flawless xD Too bad it's been 12 days and the editing option is gone U_U It's already at the 150 K letter limit also, not a letter more or less, so it would be too troublesome asking for someone to edit and rearrange within that limit now >_> Thanks for pointing it out anyways

I'll fix it in my notes on my hard drive at least (already done as I'm writing)

I have a feeling you only cared because I did though, and that you looked really hard to find one xd I kid ^_^ Also, I think it's the only obvious mistake perhaps, and that is why you spotted it. Reading the line, I think I meant to say; [...]showing off some of your powers" instead of "[...]showing some of your powers" though, or at least I think I read it that way. After all, I can always get better at sentencing like any of us, and my vocabulary can definitely improve and become more sophisticated. I don't think I have that within me though unless I move to England or USA or something, one day, and start using English daily for more than just on the Base. To top things off, I'm certain you would find countless errors in my past chapters as this is the only chapter I went maniac over to try and make it the best release I have ever done. I mentioned it before, but I did re-read my story at an earlier point before writing chapter 6, and I easily spotted some errors in the 1st chapter for instance. I didn't bother asking a mod to fix it though, but I think I did fix it in my version of the chapter(s) in my notes, but I can't honestly remember.
Lmao, well it took me 20 hours to read due to me starting over every time I corrected a mistake (I really did. Took me days just to get through the first half of the 1st scene xd I think after that I decided to give me some slack and just read through the thing even if I corrected the mistakes. Don't even ask me why I did it like this, lmao). For most people 1 hour 50. - 2 hours 10. Seems to have been the norm, or approximately around that category some place, so you're not that far off. Also, if you rush the reading on purpose, you might miss a thing or two
"I hope that you don't go biased about good and evil here because it is all a matter of perspective, what is evil for one might be good for the other." Exactly! That's why I went all sophisticated in this chapter to further that subjective perspective of peace is the problem. I think it was Ieyasu who said that everyone had fought for what they believed in, and that truly no clan was pure good or evil. This is the dilemma they are facing, something to which a common cause would help unite them all in the future (The Jubi - Why not spoil it because you already know it will happen, lmao. In fact, Madara himself already explained how Hagoromo tried to unite the land by connecting everyone with each other through sharing his chakra. It's all in the plans). This chapter serves as a founding stone towards deciding what exactly will be the Key to Peace for Hagoromo to find, how to change the world and truly make the Peace last. Not for 10 years, not for a 100, not even for a 1000, but indefinitely... Forever.
The reason to why he was "cast aside" is that he really wasn't. For those clans that participated in the battling and opposed Nobunaga and Ieyasu, they knew more about Hagoromo's involvement and efforts, whereas the rest of the land and the other clans busy fighting their own battles and minding their own business, they had only heard certain rumors. The Oda and the Sanada clans were after all the two most powerful clans in the land, so the sudden collapse of these two together with a mutual peace agreement between them obviously affected the entire land/the rest of the land as well. The details have been kept secret because of the same reason Hagoromo was given a cover name in the first place. This chapter is quite big and I suppose it's definitely hard to grasp all the details in one reading. However, for someone who has read this chapter about 10 times already, and also have created it in the first place, it's easier for me to remember it all. I think "lesson-wise," but also reflecting and philosophical-wise on the problems of this world and the human race, this is the best chapter I have ever written.
As for the latter fact of Hagoromo being more confident in himself, the reason is that he has yet to become the leader he is supposed to be. He is still trying to find his place in this world, to find and understand his own destiny. His life has practically been a mess all the way up until now, and trying to stand out and convince all the clan leaders in the land in a sudden meeting that he wasn't even aware of would happen, was perhaps even a little too much for him. It all makes sense towards building up later events though, and despite the fact that I've previously said that the Tower of Death/Game of Death arc would mostly be a side story, it is actually a major contributor towards defining Hagoromo's character and the path he must take to become the Sage of Six Paths. To prepare him for his ultimate battle with the Jubi, and to sort of accomplish a common mutual understanding between all humans in this world. He's already smart at his age now, but there's still a long way to go before he becomes as wise as Naruto/Wizard appears here. I think this approach is just the approach I needed to make in order to make a believable character that goes through several changes to become the man he's destined to be. From being truly weak and completely helpless when his foster parents died and during the Holy Sect massacre, he is now finally beginning to understand and grasp his bloodline. In time, you will see where I'm going with this and finally get to see him in the reflection of who he was when I portrayed him in my The Legendary Sage of Konoha Series as he battled Naruto back in Returns. Your questions are all fair, but so far they seem to be without making connection to the plot-points provided in not only that scene of the samurai meeting, but also in the scene between Hagoromo, Naruto and Revan, and in the utmost important details revealed during his training with the grandmaster. If anything, you can already start to see the change in him from there, realizing that he must move forward and prove himself in order to fulfill his destiny...
As for bringing back Naruto, there's this
very important line that was spoken in The Legendary Sage of Konoha Series Finale Part 5 by the Wizard to the then unknowing Naruto that (I don't remember the full line without going back, but it was something like this...) whatever happens, destiny will prevail. I only now realize that every end is different, every final battle is unpredictable, but in the end, even if our fight now is not how I remembered it to be when I fought the Wizard before jumping time (The Wizard/Naruto talking to his past-self), the outcome was still the same. This line is even more signified in this chapter (chapter 7) where Naruto tells Hagoromo that it doesn't matter if he follows every thing bit by bit, the outcome will be the same. Recollection of the Past is the defining story for this time line, and it will end with Naruto passing on to the afterlife, just like his future-self did in the Series Finale. It's to be noted that not only did the Wizard tell Naruto about the past and the things he had to do, but he transferred his memories of the past, so that he just had to follow his footsteps.
Lmao, if only xD However, the only thing he thinks of is moving on, getting this journey done. The scene that I wrote last year of Naruto reuniting with his beloved ones, which in reality is a "further establishment" of a scene already present in the Series Finale Part 6, at the beginning (In the Series Finale I always started the Parts with scenes that apparently made no sense, that was out of place. There was a reason for that. The last one I wrote in particular, actually takes place in Naruto's point of view as he finally "arrives" in the afterlife. No one picked up on that back then). In fact, it's kind of an continuation of that scene, which leads into Naruto going back to visit Ikari once more, as the preview I did at the end of the Forgotten Tale showed (and the going back thing was actually something I was inspired to do after Obito came back to temporarily give Kakashi two MS in the Manga).
As for the gatekeeper, there will actually be revealed something about that if I'm not mistaken. The Tower is not what it seems, and the enemy is not who they used to be. There will be a lot of story to come and two characters from other stories of mine will make an appearance! The short version is that when the Tower was built, the past generations of the gatekeeper's family was chosen to be the gatekeeper of it, and thus the tradition was kept and followed. In doing so, they obviously got some relevant intel on the challenge as well back then, that was passed on to the next in line. As far as the story suggests (now), there's no one telling him to continue to be the gatekeeper, to do this job. I did already talk about the Tower and the challenge in my previous chapter's comment section, but I kept the details at a minimum then as well.
Haha, well the way I see it, Naruto only has the ability to use his powers temporarily. That's why Aragon was the only wielder he got to train personally over time (a decade in fact - as revealed in Recollection of the Past), having to stand idle by and watch the world burn after that because he was too weak to move. In creating a "spokesman" in his favor, that wouldn't be affected by the same restrains and the same limit, Naruto could further his knowledge without exhausting his reserve. The Recollection of the Past dives deeper into his involvement through time and how he had been weakened several times over after being too "active" in a sense. Read it!
A timeskip huh? No, the whole Tower arc will happen in real time. Then immediately after (I think), the Jubi will emerge. There can't really be any more time-skips before then due to the fact that Hagoromo needs to seal the Jubi inside himself before impregnating Trea xD He's(they're) already 30 years old, so I can't stall that bit for much longer (I could go ten years, but it's suppose to be like 5 years between the first born Indra and the last born daughter. So I could top to a 5 years skip before then, which would make them 40 by the birth of the last kid). There will be some time-skips after that however (and naturally), which ultimately brings us to the scene of Hagoromo's deathbed when his kids are all grown up, as portrayed initially in the 1st chapter.
Actually, I don't think a review has ever produced this much of a reply on any of my reviews ever xD For some reason your questions made me keep going, and going, and going, so yeah

A lot of discussion potential here. Let me know when you have read it (and possibly replied to it as well). Until then.