Himawari: Who Exactly Is My Father?

The tall man said in a deep voice, "Urashiki's target is indeed Hinata's eyes!"

"In our time, Momoshiki and Kinshiki had already been Hinata into Chakra Fruit..."

The girl rolled her Byakugan, rubbed her stomach, looked up at the tall man, and reminded him with dissatisfaction, "I ate one of them!"

The tall man paused for a moment upon hearing this, then continued, "Even Urashiki was seriously injured and escaped here..."

"He said 'take Hinata's eyes'... In other words, he plans to take Hinata's eyes from Hinata is still young and weak!"

"Fortunately, we arrived in this time and space before him, otherwise everything in this time and space would have been rewritten!"

The girl with the Byakugan said with a worried expression, "Urashiki has actually set his sights on my mother from when I was a child..."

"In short, we must find Mom before Urashiki does and protect her safety!"

The tall man said calmly, "That's true!"

The pink turtle suddenly said, "As humans from the future, please allow me to convey to you the important points to note when acting in the past!"

The girl with the Byakugan held the pink turtle up to her and asked in a loud voice, "Hey, what exactly are you?"

The pink turtle said, "I am the Noble Phantasm 'Li', which allows for time travel. My ability is time travel."

The tall man asked, "What are the precautions?"

The pink turtle explained, "First of all, you must not reveal to people from the past that you come from the future, and especially you must not interfere with anyone who is close to you!"

The girl with the Byakugan asked curiously, "What would happen if I did it?"

The pink turtle warned, "If you do, you could have a huge impact on the future... To put it dramatically, every action you take in the past will change the future!"

"Therefore... please proceed with caution!"

"Please take into full account the possibility that people or things in the future may disappear before making appropriate decisions!"

"Eh—"

The girl with the rolled-up Byakugan drawled out, her tone displeased, "I also want to ask mothers of this era, who exactly is my father!"

The tall man looked down at the girl with the Byakugan and asked in confusion, "Himawari, didn't Hinata tell you about your background?"

"I already said that!"

Himawari pouted and said sullenly, "The first time I asked my mom, she said I popped out of a rock; the second time I asked her, she said I was picked up from a trash can; the third time I asked... Humph! She said I was a free gift with a phone top-up!"

"Speaking of which..."

Himawari looked up at the tall man and asked with a face full of curiosity, "Uncle Sasuke, you look quite handsome too, and you were Mom's childhood friend, why aren't you two together?"

Sasuke: "..."

Without answering the question, Sasuke took out sunglasses from his clothes and handed them to Himawari, saying casually, "Put these on. Your eyes are too conspicuous in this village!"

Himawari took the sunglasses and Outer Path, "Mom likes wearing sunglasses too!"

"By the way, Uncle Sasuke, let's go get something to eat first!"

Sasuke refused, saying, "No! Your appetite will give away your identity!"

Himawari asked doubtfully, "So what should we do next? Should we go straight to find Mom?"

"Kindness!"

Sasuke nodded and said in a deep voice, "I'm going to explain everything to Hinata in this timeline!"

Himawari exclaimed, "But... didn't that 'Li' say that if we interfere in the affairs of this era, it will affect future development?"

"No way!"

Sasuke calmly said, "I once traveled to the past with Hinata and changed some things, but when we returned to our own time, nothing had changed."

"Hinata and I once discussed the topic of 'time' and 'the world'..."

"This is the old Konoha, but it is not the Konoha of our time!"

Himawari asked curiously, "Speaking of which, 'Li' said this is the 'past era,' but Uncle Sasuke, you said this is the 'past timeline'... Is there any difference between the two?"

Sasuke explained, "Hinata has never told me that she saw me and you from the future when she was a child... In other words, the Hinata in our timeline did not see me from the future when she was a child."

"But in this timeline, I'm going to see Hinata immediately and explain everything!"

"Your mother once said that in a certain time and space there is only 'this moment', and there is no such thing as 'past' or 'future'."

"The past created the present, and the present creates the future..."

"The 'present' of our time and space is already determined, while the 'future' of this time and space is created by the 'present' of this time and space."

"Let alone our involvement, even if someone in this timeline suddenly changes their mind, the future will be changed as a result!"

Himawari scratched its head, looking confused, and said, "I don't understand!"

Sasuke explained succinctly, "Simply put, although this is the old Konoha, it is not the Konoha of our time."

"Urashiki's goal is to steal Hinata's Byakugan, not to kill Hinata..."

"This means that Urashiki's purpose in taking Hinata's Byakugan was to have a final battle with Hinata from our timeline."

"If changing the past will affect the future, Urashiki only needs to kill Hinata here, and then Hinata in our timeline will cease to exist."

After a pause, Sasuke said in a deep voice, "But Urashiki didn't say that..."

Himawari said blankly, "But didn't that turtle say..."

Sasuke said calmly, "It's just a turtle!"

"Changing the past won't affect the present; this is something Hinata and I have personally experienced!"

Himawari crossed her arms and pouted, "I'm not interested in any of this! I'd rather know who my dad is and where he went."

Looking up at Sasuke, Himawari asked with a face full of curiosity, "Uncle Sasuke, under normal circumstances... what would Mom do at this time?"

Sasuke recalled for a moment and slowly said, "In this era, she would either be working at the Hokage Building, staying at home, or eating at some shop!"

Himawari scoffed, "Hmph! Let me sense it!"

As soon as she finished speaking, the Himawari's eyes behind her sunglasses transformed into the Tenseigan, and she exclaimed in astonishment, "Mom is actually cultivating in the Back Mountain!"

Sasuke frowned slightly, saying in disbelief, "This is impossible!"

Himawari said softly, "It really is Mom!"

"But the mothers here are so weak... even weaker than me!"

Sasuke said in a deep voice, "Could it be that Hinata in this timeline is different from Hinata in our timeline?"

Himawari asked curiously, "What kind of person was Mom when she was little?"

Sasuke looked down at Himawari, and after a long while, he said, "... Probably about the same as you!"

Himawari pouted and complained, "What! Mom was so weak when she was little and didn't even try to cultivate properly. It's outrageous! She always brags to me about how amazing she was when she was little!"

"He's a complete fraud!"

Sasuke casually said, "Let's go find her first!"