Rebellious Disciple

"Momo!"

"Momoka Senju!"

"Lord Momoka!"

Faces appeared before her one after another.

Seeing this, Momoka Senju understood that she had reached her limit.

"I... am going to mutate completely..."

The thought flashed through her mind.

Her consciousness grew increasingly muddled.

And those familiar voices began to sound strange as her thoughts twisted.

They shouted at her furiously and cursed her, like enemies with a blood feud.

The heroes of old now... revealed an incomparably ugly side.

"Mutate!"

"You're beyond saving!!"

Their vicious words echoed by her ears.

Just then.

A familiar voice overcame every obstacle and appeared before Momoka Senju.

It was the clan head of the Senju Clan during the Warring States Period... Butsuma Senju.

The father of Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju.

"Lord Butsuma!" Clarity slightly returned to Momoka Senju's eyes.

At some point, she had turned into the form of a little girl.

All irrelevant sounds faded away.

Only pure white remained within the space of her consciousness.

Butsuma Senju wore a solemn expression. Just as he had back then, he was both the clan head and an elder who watched over the younger generation of the Senju Clan.

"We did everything we could. What remained... was to pass on our will... Now, you have done the same thing..."

"Trust the younger generation, just as I placed my hopes in you, Hashirama, Tobirama, and the others back then..."

"Just as my father entrusted his will to me back then..."

Butsuma Senju remained solemn and unsmiling.

Yet his words contained the insights of an entire lifetime.

"I've already... entrusted it..."

Momoka Senju did not understand.

If this was about passing on one's will.

Then she had clearly already completed her task.

Even in the underworld, she would be able to close her eyes with a smile.

"Trust the