Vacation Ends

Planetary life was constrained by its planet and adapted to its environment. The Ōtsutsuki were not planetary lifeforms, but products of some cosmic change. Following that line of thought, perhaps one could uncover the secrets of the Ōtsutsuki.

"Forget it. Ordinary Ōtsutsuki probably don't even know where they came from. They'd likely come up with some seemingly reasonable explanation, just like how humanity's origins are explained as having evolved from apes."

There were countless creatures on Earth and hundreds of monkey species, yet only humans had evolved higher intelligence. The other monkeys showed no signs of evolution at all. Their physical evolution, in particular, truly did not resemble that of a race that had completed its evolution on Earth. Back pain, skin that burned in sunlight, and scalps without lush hair—none of these existed in other animals.

Li Yu stopped dwelling on such matters and turned his gaze toward the sky. He could not stop here. More than a decade in the Naruto World was enough to turn a rookie into the strongest ninja; Naruto and Sasuke were examples of that.

"Alice, Jessie, train hard. At the very least, both of you must reach the Saint level." As Li Yu spoke, his gaze toward the two women lacked its usual gentleness and carried a trace of chill.

"U-understood."

"We understand." As they spoke, they lowered their heads, not daring to meet Li Yu's eyes.

"All right, that's enough for today. Go back and rest. I'll leave this space in the palace. You can have Ōtsutsuki Isshiki come in to train whenever you wish."

Li Yu did not care whether the two agreed or not. He pulled them out of the space and returned to the small island, then took out a communicator to contact Puno Seven and have her fly