In the torrential rain, groups of guards escorted the grim-faced Akishinomiya Kensuke to the shrine.
The first thing he saw was his weeping daughter, along with Hyuga Setsuna and Kakashi standing quietly beside her.
As he looked at Akishinomiya Yuri sobbing softly in the rain, Akishinomiya Kensuke's face was filled with helplessness.
He did not know why his daughter was crying. Clearly, she had not been harmed.
As a father, he desperately wanted to comfort his daughter at this moment, but he did not even know what had happened.
Akishinomiya Kensuke looked at Hyuga Setsuna questioningly, hoping that this Leaf Village ninja could tell him what had occurred.
Hyuga Setsuna shook his head without speaking. Even he did not know how to describe what had just happened.
Seeing that Hyuga Setsuna was unwilling to speak, Akishinomiya Kensuke nodded in understanding.
He then took an oil-paper umbrella from a guard, waved for the guards who had followed him to withdraw, and slowly walked over to Akishinomiya Yuri alone, silently holding the umbrella over her to shield her from the rain.
Though he did not know what had happened, he could still see that his daughter was heartbroken and in pain.
As her father, all he could do now was stand silently by her side.
In the pouring rain, the guards did not dare leave without the daimyo's orders and could only continue standing guard in the downpour.
"Chirp, chirp, chirp!"
Several little birds chirped merrily among the lush trees outside the window, as if celebrating the end of the rain.
In the dim room, Hyuga Setsuna stretched and climbed out of bed.
He gazed blankly at the bright weather outside as Otsutsuki Kaguya's urging echoed continuously in his ears.
Hyuga Setsuna picked up the cup on the table and took