Confessing His Identity to Karura
"Uncle, what... what are you saying...!" Hearing the old man's words, Karura's little face turned red, and she shyly pinched the old man hard, making the old man's tears flow freely.
Although Tianqi didn't speak, his eyebrows were deeply furrowed. Tianqi was also very troubled by the occasional glances from Karura and the old man. He had never expected Karura's uncle to come here. If he did, he would have to confront Karura immediately.
Tianqi knew the rules of the Hamura lineage; Karura was determined to leave today. Even if he could stop her, the final result would be unsatisfactory. He would soon be leaving this era, and even if he forcibly kept Karura, they would eventually part ways. Moreover, he had no way to bring Karura to his own era, and Tianqi didn't know if the time-space portal could carry two people. He couldn't risk taking Karura with him.
"Boy, what do you have to say!" Seeing that Tianqi remained silent, the old man was getting a little angry. He even started calling the young man "boy." His cloudy old eyes flashed with a sharp light. It was clear that if Tianqi couldn't give him a satisfactory answer today, this matter would be difficult to resolve peacefully.
"Hmph! Why should I, Uchiha Tianqi, explain my actions to you? You've come to the wrong person if you think you can threaten me!" Tianqi snorted coldly, his black pupils slightly contracting as his eyes transformed into the Nine-Tomoe Rinnegan, staring at the old man. Tianqi particularly hated being called "kid" by someone who seemed to control his fate, and this old man was exactly like that, as if he could control Tianqi's destiny at any time. This greatly displeased Tianqi; his destiny was his own to control, not the heavens!
"This is... Lord Hagoromo's Rinnegan! How is this possible?!"
Before the old man could speak, the men and women following him began to discuss in shock. The Rinnegan was only possessed by Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo in the world, and even his own brother Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo, didn't have it. His sons, Indra and Asura, also didn't inherit it. How could this person possibly have the Rinnegan?
"Could this person be Hagoromo Yi's younger brother?" one man muttered under his breath, but he was quickly beaten down by another man. Such things shouldn't be said carelessly.
The old man wasn't too surprised, clearly having already heard something about Tianqi from Mandala. After giving Tianqi a deep look, the old man slowly said, "Young man, I was indeed rude just now, but I wasn't joking. If you really want to be with Karura, you'll have to come with us, otherwise...!"
The old man didn't say what he was going to say next, but his meaning was clear: he could compromise on everything else, but not on the last instructions left by Hamura; that thing had to be protected by Hamura's descendants.
"I understand what you mean!" Tianqi nodded, and after a moment of silence, he spoke again, "I have something to say to Karura alone. Please excuse us for a moment!"
Tianqi finally understood that some things needed to be clarified sooner or later to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings in the future.
The old man was quite reasonable. After considering it for a moment, he left with his group. Mandala, on the other hand, was forcibly dragged away because he didn't want his sister to be alone with Tianqi.
Before long, only Tianqi and Karura remained in the backyard of the ancestral hall. This time, Karura did not speak first. A woman's sixth sense is very strong. Although Tianqi did not speak, her intuition told her that something was wrong and something big was waiting for her.
"Karura, although it may be a bit hasty and unbelievable to say this now, it is all true. I hope you will listen carefully to what I have to say in a moment!..." Tianqi at Karura, and after seeing her nod, he briefly recounted which era he was from and how he came to this era.
"That's pretty much it. I just found that familiar pattern in the tomb. If nothing unexpected happens, I'll be leaving this place and returning to my own era in the next few days at most! So I can't go with you. I'm sorry, Karura!" Tianqi let out a slight sigh, and after speaking, he looked at Karura with great apology.
"You... what nonsense are you talking about? What person from a thousand years later? How is that possible...!" Karura's eyes were already red. After hearing Tianqi's story, she could no longer hold back her tears. Although she said she didn't believe it, she already believed it in her heart.
From the moment she first met Tianqi, she noticed that Tianqi behavior was completely out of step with the times. First, there was his immortal eyes and Sage Body. Also, at the beginning, Tianqi didn't even recognize some of the more famous people. All of this was out of touch with the world. She was very puzzled at first, but now that Tianqi had said this, she understood completely.
"I'm sorry, Karura!" Tianqi sighed softly and reached out to hug Karura. Knowing that this day would come, Tianqi tried his best not to get too involved with the people of this era. But as a human, how could he completely control his instincts? In the end, there were some things that Tianqi, as a human, simply could not give up.
Although he couldn't take Karura with him, Tianqi had fortunately come up with an idea to meet Karura a thousand years in the future. However... Tianqi sighed again.
Taking Karura through time is obviously too risky, so the only option is that method. However, that method is too unfair to Karura. First, it requires Karura's information material, which is flesh and blood cells. After Tianqi returns to his own era, he can use the Impure World Reincarnation to revive Garuda. Finally, he can use the Rinnegan to completely revive Karura.
This method was actually inspired by Tianqi's own father, Uchiha Madara. Uchiha Madara had been dead for decades, then Impure World Reincarnation through the Impure World Reincarnation technique, and finally revived by Obito's Rinne Rebirth technique. Since Madara could be revived, Karura could naturally be revived as well.
However, this process was only a separation for Tianqi, but for Karura it was a full thousand years. By the time Tianqi returned a thousand years later, it meant that there was no longer a person Uchiha Tianqi in that era. And for Tianqi to return to his own era meant that a thousand years had passed. During these thousand years, Karura had to wait alone, and even after death, his soul could not be reincarnated into the world. This was truly unfair to Karura!