"Why take a walk?"
After following Wuye for a while, Kaguya Otsutsuki seemed to suddenly realize something. "For me, no matter what I eat, I can digest it quickly. There's no need to waste time like this."
"If you take a walk alone, maybe it's a waste of time. But now..." Wuye raised their clasped hands. "Now we're together. Do you still think it's a waste of time?"
Kaguya Otsutsuki looked away. "N-no..."
Wuye smiled and continued holding her hand as they walked down the path, gradually drawing closer to the God Tree.
"With such a towering tree, haven't the people on the ground taken notice of it?"
He looked up at the flower bud at the crown of the tree, which was almost impossible to make out.
According to Kaguya Otsutsuki, it would mature in three months. At that time, she would be devoured, and a chakra fruit would form.
"How could they not?" Kaguya shook her head and tucked her snow-white hair, tousled by the wind, behind her ear. "The two great nations currently on this land, the Ancestor Country and the Other Country, use the God Tree as their border. They fight several times every year, and both want to claim the tree for themselves."
A mocking curve appeared on her lips. "But they don't know that this God Tree they worship is constantly draining the life force of this planet, until it eventually dies."
"So once the chakra fruit is produced, this world will die?" Wuye asked in surprise.
Kaguya Otsutsuki shook her head. "No. This world will only die after the chakra fruit is taken away."
"In other words, the energy it drains has to remain in this world. Otherwise, it'll wither away once its reserves are exhausted..."
Wuye silently considered it.
Only now did