The Only Dead Soul in the World of the Living!

Daimyo's Mansion.

Inside, a lovely sight was reflected in the sky-blue Tenseigan.

Hyuga Setsuna blushed as he slowly shifted his gaze away from the shrine. He had forgotten that his Tenseigan seemed capable of seeing through things.

Although he had indeed seen the soul 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 everything she should not have. She was also a standard beauty.

Within the Sealing Space, Otsutsuki Kaguya looked at the blushing Hyuga Setsuna outside and asked with a trace of confusion in her voice.

"What is wrong with you?"

Had this child not used the Tenseigan to look at the soul following that human girl?

Why had his face turned so red?

Outside.

An unnatural expression flickered across Hyuga Setsuna's face. He drew a deep breath and said,

"N-Nothing, Grandmother. I-I just feel that this summer is a little unbearably hot."

"..."

Within 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 this child had just used those eyes to look at a human girl. Without question, he had seen someone else's "cabbage" from head to toe!

With displeasure on her face, Otsutsuki Kaguya muttered softly,

"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 her? Could she possibly 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 a fit of rage. They were gradually collapsing and crumbling apart!

Outside.

Feeling the connection between himself and Otsutsuki Kaguya being cut off, Hyuga Setsuna wore a bitter, embarrassed smile.

Clearly, Grandmother had guessed it. After all, she possessed the Byakugan herself, so it had been easy for her to figure out 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 heavily threw himself onto the bed, sprawling out in the shape of a starfish. He stared at the ceiling, lost in thought.

Inside the shrine.

In the darkness of the deep night, howling winds swept through the silent shrine.

Inside a small building in the shrine's rear courtyard, faint lights glowed, bringing warmth to the otherwise silent shrine.

Inside the room, Princess Akishinomiya Yuri wore a delighted smile as she continually spoke to someone before her. Yet apart from the air, there was no one there 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, an elderly woman with a head of white hair floated before Princess Akishinomiya Yuri!

The elderly woman's face bore the marks left by time. As she watched the excited Akishinomiya Yuri before her, warmth filled her black eyes as she quietly listened.

"Grandma Shiori, the ninja sent by the Hidden Leaf Village are so young! They are completely different from what I imagined beforehand!"

"Mm, if it were allowed, I would really like to meet the Third Hokage. I heard he was the strongest Hokage of all time and even held the title of Professor of Ninjutsu!"

"I wonder how Father explained the mission to the Hidden Leaf Village. They actually sent ninja who look even younger than me!"

"Grandma Shiori, what should I do to make those two ninja gentlemen return to the Hidden Leaf Village? I am sorry that they came all the way to the royal capital, but they are not the kind of ninja I wanted to meet at all!"

"..."

Grandma Shiori gently watched the girl complain endlessly before her and reached out to softly stroke Akishinomiya Yuri's beautiful 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 or Yomi, but had instead remained in the world of the living.

During that time, she had lived in great fear, because she had always believed that people went to the Pure Land and Yomi after death.

Yet she had not gone to the Pure Land or Yomi. For a time, this unusual situation made her wonder whether she had been punished by the gods.

While she remained in the world of the living, she discovered that after other people died, their souls would ascend into the Pure Land and Yomi amid flashes of white light.

But she alone was different. No matter how she followed those departed souls into the sky, she would always be repelled in the end and fall back into the royal capital!

After realizing that she had been stranded 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 with strange powers, as she saw them, 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!

This left Grandma Shiori disappointed in those ninja with strange powers!

It was also the first time she had realized that ninja with so-called strange powers were no different from ordinary people.

After becoming the only departed soul stranded in the world of the living, Grandma Shiori had also tried leaving the royal capital for the outside world.

After all, while alive, she had always remained within the Daimyo's Mansion and the royal capital. She had never properly seen the beautiful scenery outside.

But once she traveled ten kilometers beyond the royal capital, an inexplicable force seized her and dragged her back to the royal capital.

Unwilling to give up, Grandma Shiori tried again. But whenever she left the ten-kilometer radius 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 ten kilometers beyond it. The moment she went beyond that distance, the inexplicable force would immediately bring her back to the royal capital.

From then on, Grandma Shiori had continued living within the royal capital and that ten-kilometer radius.

As the only departed soul stranded in the world of the living, she had also seen things she had never witnessed 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.

Watching those ugly things and that suffering, Grandma Shiori deeply hated those officials and nobles!

She had also wanted to change everything, but as a departed soul, she could not touch anyone. Worse still, no one could see her at all!

Until the day this child before her was born!

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