"Mm~ Now that you put it that way, it does make sense."
Hayato smiled faintly.
Makes sense my ass!
Ukanomitama glanced at Yuto.
"He doesn't believe it."
Yuto unhesitatingly sold out "himself," then shot Hayato a smug look.
"You don't believe it?" Ukanomitama asked Hayato. "Which part?"
"The part about Ōtsutsuki Kaguya."
"What's wrong with it?"
"Nothing," Hayato said. "If I were in your shoes, I'd want Ōtsutsuki Kaguya to stay sealed for as long as possible. If Black Zetsu dies, then there probably won't be anyone in this world so stubborn, so utterly devoted, so single-mindedly determined to save his mother—a truly filial son and descendant. So here's the question: even if the seal weakens and eventually breaks, how long would that take? A thousand years? Ten thousand? And besides, if the seal really does weaken, can't it be repaired?
"Even with all those perfectly good reasons, you still want to unseal Ōtsutsuki Kaguya while you're weak. That makes me wonder whether there's another reason I don't know about."
"First, let me correct one thing. Even without Black Zetsu, there would still be people who wanted to undo Ōtsutsuki Kaguya's seal."
"Oh? Like who... Go on, tell me. Maybe it's someone I know, and we can add each other on WeChat, hahaha..."
Yuto curled his lip. "What a lousy joke..."
But Ukanomitama had no intention of treating it as one. During the time she had resided in Hayato's spiritual world, she had come to understand him well. Once he trusted someone, he could entrust his life and death to them. Conversely, once this man harbored even the slightest suspicion toward someone, he would remain doubtful forever, scrutinizing even a punctuation mark.
On the surface, he could accept anything, but deep down, he was a man of two extremes.
"First,