However, Ōtsutsuki Dai seemed to be focusing on something slightly off.
He was not watching the flow of power within Kitahara Kaede's body.
Instead, he was watching every node where that power resided.
As though he were examining an experimental subject.
Ōtsutsuki Dai looked as if he wanted to dissect Kitahara Kaede with his eyes.
However, just as he sank into that frenzied state,
reason returned to his face.
It was not restraint of his own.
It was suppression from outside interference.
As he watched Kitahara Kaede gradually calm and absorb the turbulent power within his body,
Ōtsutsuki Dai's gaze grew increasingly cold and sinister.
"What kind of method is it? Why won't you use it? You still haven't used it even at a time like this!"
He screamed inwardly.
His eyes remained fixed on Kitahara Kaede.
Then, Kitahara Kaede's eyelashes suddenly trembled.
In an instant, Ōtsutsuki Dai returned to his usual self.
With a smiling, expectant expression, he looked at Kitahara Kaede.
From the abyss to heaven, all it took was a single instant.
Having finished absorbing the power, Kitahara Kaede slowly opened his eyes.
The moment he opened them, he received Ōtsutsuki Dai's congratulations.
"Congratulations. Your strength has risen to another level."
Kitahara Kaede smiled and nodded.
Yet he had no idea that the incomparably kind Ōtsutsuki Dai before him
had not regarded Kitahara Kaede as a person just a moment ago.
If not for the external conditions restricting him,
after greeting Ōtsutsuki Dai,
Kitahara Kaede clenched his fist and felt his own power.
His entire body felt full and fulfilled.
He had strength to spare!
Kitahara Kaede was overjoyed. Just as he was about to celebrate properly with Ōtsutsuki Dai,
he remembered something.
Whenever Ōtsutsuki Dai had come to find him before,
he had always taken him