Daimyo's Mansion.
Inside, a beautiful sight was reflected in the sky-blue Tenseigan.
Hyuga Setsuna blushed as he slowly withdrew his gaze from the shrine. He had forgotten that his Tenseigan seemed capable of seeing through things.
Although he had indeed seen the soul body beside Akishinomiya Yuri this time, he had also accidentally seen some other indescribable things.
Embarrassment flashed through Hyuga Setsuna's eyes. Covering his nose with both hands, he secretly thought,
"This is a little bad!"
Although that princess was only seven or eight years old, she had everything she should have—and even things she should not have. She was also a standard beauty.
Inside the Sealing Space, Otsutsuki Kaguya watched the blushing Hyuga Setsuna outside and asked with a trace of confusion in her voice,
"What is wrong with thee?"
Was this child not using the Tenseigan to look at the soul body following that human girl?
Why had his face turned so red?
Outside.
An unnatural look flashed across Hyuga Setsuna's face. He took a deep breath and said,
"N-Nothing, Grandmother. I-I just feel that this summer is a little unbearably hot."
"..."
Inside the Sealing Space, Otsutsuki Kaguya slowly realized what had happened. The Tenseigan, which had inherited the Byakugan's abilities, possessed the power of x-ray vision.
And just now, this child had used those eyes to look at a human girl. There was no doubt that he had seen someone else's "cabbage" completely and thoroughly!
Otsutsuki Kaguya muttered unhappily,
"Bad child!"
Then, she unilaterally severed the connection between herself and Hyuga Setsuna.
That bad child had looked, so be it. But why had he lied to this one? Could this one really get angry over such a trivial matter?
Within the Sealing Space, Otsutsuki Kaguya slowly floated into the central palace.
At the edge of the palace complex, several small palaces looked as though someone had viciously crushed them in anger. They were gradually collapsing and shattering!
Outside.
Feeling the connection between himself and Otsutsuki Kaguya being cut off, Hyuga Setsuna wore a bitter, embarrassed smile.
Obviously, Grandmother had guessed it. After all, she possessed the Byakugan herself, so it was easy for her to guess what he had just done.
With a bitter smile, Hyuga Setsuna raised a hand and gently rubbed his forehead.
This was truly too embarrassing. Fortunately, only Grandmother knew.
If anyone else found out, would that not be the equivalent of social death?
Bang!
With a loud thud, Hyuga Setsuna threw himself heavily onto the bed and sprawled out, staring at the ceiling as he wondered about something.
Inside the shrine.
In the darkness of the late night, howling winds swept through the silent shrine.
In the small hut in the shrine's backyard, faint lights glowed, bringing warmth to this silent shrine.
Inside the hut, Princess Akishinomiya Yuri wore a delighted smile as she continuously spoke to the person before her. Yet apart from air, there was no one opposite her at all.
If her attendants saw such a bizarre scene, they would probably roll their eyes back and faint on the spot!
Yet from another perspective invisible to others, a white-haired old woman floated before Princess Akishinomiya Yuri!
The white-haired old woman's face bore the marks left by time. Watching the excited Akishinomiya Yuri before her, the old woman quietly listened with gentleness in her black eyes.
"Grandma Shiori, the ninja Konoha sent are so young! They are completely different from what I expected!"
"Mm, if it were allowed, I would really like to meet the Third Hokage. I heard he was the strongest Hokage of all generations and even had the title of Professor of Ninjutsu!"
"I wonder how Father explained the mission to Konoha. They actually sent ninja who look even younger than me!"
"Grandma Shiori, what should I do to make those two ninja gentlemen return to Konoha? I feel sorry for making them come all the way to the Royal Capital, but the ninja I wanted to meet were not like them at all!"
"..."
Grandma Shiori looked gently at the girl who kept chattering and complaining to her, then reached out and softly stroked Akishinomiya Yuri's silky black hair.
Reminiscence filled Grandma Shiori's eyes. After she died, she had unexpectedly discovered that her soul had not gone to the Pure Land of Yomi, but had instead remained in the world of the living.
She had lived in great fear during that time, because she had once believed that everyone went to the Pure Land of Yomi after death.
Yet she had not gone to the Pure Land of Yomi. For a time, this unusual situation made her wonder whether she had received punishment from God.
While remaining in the world of the living, she discovered that after other people died, their souls would ascend to the Pure Land of Yomi with the appearance of white light.
Only she was different. No matter how she followed those departed souls into the sky, she would ultimately be repelled and fall back into the Royal Capital!
After realizing that she had been left behind in the world of the living, Grandma Shiori tried many methods in the hope that people could see her. Yet every attempt brought only disappointment, even despair.
Grandma Shiori had appeared before ninja, hoping that these ninja, who possessed strange powers in her eyes, would be able to see her.
But those ninja with strange powers were just like ordinary people. They simply could not see Grandma Shiori, who had already become a soul body!
This disappointed Grandma Shiori in those ninja with strange powers!
It was also the first time she realized that the so-called ninja with strange powers were no different from ordinary people.
After becoming the only departed soul left behind in the world of the living, Grandma Shiori had also tried leaving the Royal Capital for the outside world.
After all, during her lifetime, she had always stayed within the Daimyo's Mansion and the Royal Capital. She had never properly seen the beautiful scenery outside.
But after she left the Royal Capital by ten kilometers, an inexplicable force grabbed hold of Grandma Shiori and dragged her back to the Royal Capital.
Unwilling to give up, Grandma Shiori tried again. Yet whenever she left the ten-kilometer range around the Royal Capital, that inexplicable force would drag her back.
After countless attempts, Grandma Shiori discovered that she could only move within the Royal Capital and within ten kilometers of it. Once she exceeded that distance, the inexplicable force would immediately bring her back to the Royal Capital.
From then on, Grandma Shiori had lived within the Royal Capital and that ten-kilometer radius.
As the only departed soul left behind in the world of the living, she had also seen things she had never seen while alive.
For example, the dark side of the Royal Capital!
For example, the ugliness of the human heart!
And the suffering endured by poor children!
All of it filled her with pain and disgust.
Looking at those ugly things and that suffering, Grandma Shiori hated those officials and nobles beyond measure!
She had also wanted to change everything, but as a departed soul, she could not touch anyone. Others could not even see her at all!
Until the day this child before her was born!
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