"How do I get out of here?"
Wuye turned and asked Slug and the others.
Slug and the others immediately raised their heads. "You're leaving?"
"I suggest you don't. This is the safest place. Wait three months for us—the Dragon Vein will restart, and then you can return to your own time along the timeline," Gamamaru said.
"No, I have to leave..."
Wuye's expression was calm. "Because what happened in the future proves that I must have done something in this past."
Hyuga Kotone, his biological mother.
And Hyuga Kaguya—how exactly had she come to possess another body? Surely, all of it was connected to him.
"Are you sure?"
Gamamaru looked uncertain, as if he did not dare take the risk.
Wuye nodded solemnly. "Don't worry. In three months, I'll definitely return here on time."
Slug was somewhat worried. "Will it really be okay?"
Wuye stroked the spot she liked to be stroked, using the pressure she liked, and said softly, "Don't worry. Since my future self was born safely, there won't be any danger in me going out this time."
Those words convinced them.
Gamamaru walked to the edge of the barrier and used natural energy with his front paw to open a gap.
Wuye immediately darted out.
Standing outside the barrier, he looked back and saw it quickly restore itself.
"You carry the Dragon Vein's aura, so entering won't be restricted. When the time comes, you can open the barrier directly," Gamamaru said.
Wuye nodded, then turned and walked away.
This was a vast hollow beneath the God Tree. He walked toward the light ahead and soon left the range of the God Tree's roots.
Dazzling sunlight fell across his face. He reflexively closed his eyes, then opened them after adjusting slightly.
The ancient world felt novel to