"I'll see what Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki is doing. This will take some time, and we can't let him disturb us..."
Gamamaru did something unknown. Its two front paws pressed against the ground, and a moving image appeared before them.
It quickly froze on Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki!
He was not searching for traces of Wuye. Instead, he had returned to Hamura Ōtsutsuki's side, his lips moving as he said something inaudible.
"He said he would make sure his younger brother's bloodline continued," Gamamaru said.
"I see..."
Wuye nodded.
Everything had come full circle. Only if Hamura Ōtsutsuki's bloodline continued would the future Hyuga Clan exist.
"Then let's begin as well. We need to hurry!"
He turned to look at Kaguya, tenderness surging in his gaze. "Sister, once we return to the future, I'll find a way to wake you up again. Soon. It won't take too long."
"Mm."
Kaguya leaned against him and hugged him tightly, closing her eyes as she immersed herself in his scent.
Wuye wrapped both arms around her slender waist. After a brief pause, Susanoo rose around him, and the Thousand-Pulling Stone shone once more.
"Buzz."
Kaguya's soul was extracted again, and her body returned to its vacant state.
Wuye silently looked at the soul within the Thousand-Pulling Stone before putting his sister's body away.
Once he was done, he looked at Kotone.
"Wuye..."
Kotone's pink lips trembled continuously. "Will I... in the future... still remember all this?"
Wuye fell silent.
"I... I understand..."
A tear slid from the corner of Kotone's eye.
But she quickly wiped it away. Stepping forward, she smoothed Wuye's slightly rumpled collar and clothes, then looked at him gently.
Her hands softly caressed his face as she said in a tender voice, "My life was like a blade of grass, insignificant... Meeting you was