Byakugan Stirrings? The Approaching Gestation of the Tenseigan?!

In the Chaos Hall, Roman listened to Furina's words and sensed the guilt in her emotions, immediately understanding the situation. He smiled and coaxed, "That's right, Furina. You are the Fontaine Hydro Archon, the queen of all waters, all peoples, all laws—a mere seal is hardly worth your personal intervention as a water god."

"Naturally," Furina said, lifting her chin proudly.

Hinata watched this scene, blinking as she thought to herself: Is Furina forgetting that Roman and I can sense her inner feelings? Can't she tell Roman is just sweet-talking her?

"Clang, clang!"

Just then, the negative emotions within Furina had mostly dissipated. She smiled and produced a small cake from an unremarkable place, saying, "This is today's afternoon tea dessert—a small cake. Let's eat it together."

"Great, great!" Hinata's eyes lit up. "I've never tasted Fontaine's cuisine before."

With that, Hinata pulled a kunai from her ninja tool pouch and sliced the cake a few times, instantly dividing it into three portions.

The three each took their portion and began to taste it. Soon, Hinata, her cheeks puffed out and mouth stuffed full, gave her verdict: "It's pretty good, but the portion's too small—gone in one bite!"

Roman swallowed his piece in one go and commented, "Indeed, too small—finished in one bite."

"The small cake I carry on me is only one... but just because I don't have any more doesn't mean my summons don't!" Furina said, clapping her hands. "Mademoiselle Seelie, Madame Hiverna, Lord Uther—serve afternoon tea to me and my guests."

The three little ones sprang into action, pulling out a mountain of small cakes onto the Table of Destiny: green grape tiramisu, matcha tiramisu, bayberry tiramisu, strawberry cheese tiramisu... a wide variety.

At the same time, Furina's voice echoed through the Chaos Hall: "Ever since the Soul Resonance seven years ago, I've also gained a gluttonous talent like Hinata's. So... the afternoon tea cakes prepared for me at the Palais Mermonia are naturally more than one. I just don't carry them on me—I store them with my three elemental summons."

"Great, great!" Hinata's eyes sparkled at the array of cakes on the table. "So many—definitely enough for the three of us to feast!"

Roman nodded. "We'd never have a chance to taste these cakes in the Naruto World. Right now, it's still in the era of the ninja war, with noodles as the staple. Cake-making techniques haven't developed yet."

"No problem," Furina said, patting her unremarkable chest. "When seven days pass in your world and seven years in Teyvat, I'll prepare even more cakes for you."

Hinata: "Great, great!"

Roman: "Then it's a deal—pinky swear, a hundred years no takebacks!"

Furina chided, "Are you a grade-schooler?"

Despite her words, Furina still extended her hand to pinky swear with Roman and Hinata, sealing it as a promise for the future, a keepsake...

Just then, as Roman was eating his cake, a thought struck him. He turned to Furina and asked, "By the way, after you left the Chaos Hall last time, did you communicate with the other you—the one in the mirror, Focalors?"

Furina said excitedly, "Yes, definitely yes. After all, I'm the human incarnation of her. At first, she believed my words, thinking there really was a supreme hall in the chaos of the multiverse that could help solve Fontaine's problem. She waited for me for seven days. In that time, we talked a lot."

Having said that, Furina sighed. "But unfortunately, after seven days, the Chaos Hall still didn't appear. At that point, the me in the mirror—Focalors—grew disappointed, thinking I was lying. Then I begged and pleaded, asking the me in the mirror to trust my words... She gave me a year to enter the Chaos Hall again and find proof of its existence. But a year passed, and the Chaos Hall still didn't show. By then, the me in the mirror had completely stopped believing me, only insisting I carry out the plan to play the Hydro Archon! And at that time, I also thought the trip to the Chaos Hall was just a dream. So I played the role for seven years, until now, seven years later, when I came here again and finally confirmed... none of it was a dream! The Chaos Hall is real! This means I can borrow the power of the multiverse, of everyone in the Chaos Hall, to change Fontaine's fate! Over four hundred and eighty years from now, the me in the mirror won't have to die by her own hand, won't have to shatter the Hydro Archon's Divine Throne and return the Authority of the Dragon Sovereigns to Neuvillette—and still save all the humans in Fontaine who were once Oceanids!"

Roman rubbed his chin and summarized, "So, you're planning to find evidence of the Chaos Temple's existence this time and bring it back to Teyvat? To prove it to the you in the mirror?"

"Exactly." Furina nodded with a serious, determined expression.

Roman shook his head. "You probably can't bring anything back from the Chaos Temple. I tried last time—kept my hand on the chair, trying to swipe one of the Chaos Temple's chairs, but in the end, I went back empty-handed."

"Can't bring it back?" Disappointment flickered in Furina's eyes.

Hinata spoke up. "Not being able to bring things back doesn't mean you can't bring back strength! For us, a deep Soul Resonance is enough to rapidly boost our power. Roman and I confirmed that in the seven days back in the Naruto World."

"Oh?" Furina perked up and asked the two, "So how much stronger have you gotten compared to seven days ago?"

Hinata: "In the seven days since returning to the Naruto World, Roman and I have been together almost the entire time. That directly caused a qualitative transformation in both our strengths!

"Take me, for example. I originally only had chakra at the level of a regular Genin, but now I've surpassed one Kakashi."

Furina blinked in surprise. "Surpassing one Kakashi—does that mean you've exceeded the chakra reserves of Konoha Jonin Kakashi?"

"That's right."

Hinata nodded slightly. "My chakra has reached, and even surpassed, the level of an average Jonin. On top of that, my proficiency in many jutsu is skyrocketing on its own, and even my hand-seal speed is exploding!

"Beyond all that, the pupil power of my Byakugan is also surging. My instincts tell me it won't be long before I enter Awakening."

"Awakening? The Tenseigan Awakening?"

"Exactly."

Hearing this, Furina showed a hint of envy. "According to the original Naruto story, the Tenseigan Awakening happens three times. Once you endure all three, Hinata, you'll be able to directly gain the Tenseigan.

"And when you activate the Tenseigan Chakra Mode, your strength will instantly leap past the level of Kage-class experts, even surpassing Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju, reaching the Six Paths level."

Hinata smiled at that. "To be honest, my rate of growth is still average. After seven days of Soul Resonance with Roman, his growth rate is the truly ridiculous one."