The Resolve to Grow Stronger and Protect!

The next morning, sunlight spilled across the earth, bringing a sense of comfort and warmth.

Hyuga Setsuna rose with his punctual body clock. After washing up, he made himself breakfast.

After falling asleep last night, he had once again entered the Sealing Space to familiarize himself with the power of Otsutsuki Mode, though for some reason, he currently could not use that power.

However, as he used Otsutsuki Mode more and more, Otsutsuki Kaguya's Chakra was rapidly merging with and guiding his own Chakra.

When he woke up that morning, he could feel that his physique had grown stronger once again. His body brimmed with vigorous vitality, and his Chakra was steadily advancing.

The evolution of his Byakugan was also gradually approaching the Tenseigan. According to Otsutsuki Kaguya, in another three years, he would possess a pair of eyes comparable to the Rinnegan.

In truth, Hyuga Setsuna was rather puzzled, because according to the original setting, for the Byakugan to evolve into the Tenseigan, two important conditions had to be met.

The first condition was Otsutsuki clan Chakra. With the help of the wealthy Otsutsuki Kaguya, Hyuga Setsuna did not lack that at all, so he fulfilled it easily.

The second condition was the Byakugan, and it had to possess a bloodline concentration close to that of the Hyuga Clan's ancestors. As a member of the Branch Family, Hyuga Setsuna's bloodline purity and Byakugan should, logically speaking, have been inferior to those of the Main Family. He should not even have met the requirements to awaken the Tenseigan.

In the original work, Hyuga Hanabi, as Hyuga Hinata's younger sister, had sufficient bloodline concentration and Byakugan purity, which was why she could help Otsutsuki Toneri awaken the Tenseigan.

After all, Hyuga Hanabi's older sister, Hyuga Hinata, was known as the "Princess of the Byakugan."

Thus, after thinking it over all night, Hyuga Setsuna concluded that the reason he could meet the conditions to awaken the Tenseigan was most likely because the wealthy Otsutsuki Kaguya inside him had driven the transformation of his bloodline and Byakugan.

So, without realizing it, he had ended up living off a rich woman!

Life with a wealthy woman looking out for him was truly wonderful.

Hyuga Setsuna sat properly at the dining table, happily eating his meal.

Delicious.

Within the Sealing Space, Otsutsuki Kaguya sat atop a palace, gazing at the unchanging scenery before her when she suddenly spoke.

"Setsuna, what do you wish to do in the future?"

"What do I want to do? Of course, I want to rescue you, the finest grandmother in the world, from the seal."

Hyuga Setsuna paused in the middle of eating, then replied with a grin.

A faint blush flashed across Otsutsuki Kaguya's face in the Sealing Space. This fellow clearly knew what she wanted to ask, yet he still dared to tease her in return. He truly was...

"You know that is not what I am asking. I am asking what you wish to do after rescuing me from the seal. Do you have any goals or dreams?"

Hearing Otsutsuki Kaguya's words, Hyuga Setsuna suddenly fell silent, his face taking on a trace of confusion.

Yes, what would he do after rescuing Grandmother from the seal?

A dream?

A goal?

But what were his dreams and goals?

In his previous life, he had merely been an ordinary office worker, earning a meager salary each day and occasionally watching anime or playing games he liked.

After that accident, he had been reincarnated into the two-dimensional world of Naruto.

But once he learned that he had been born into the Hyuga Clan's Branch Family, at a time before the outbreak of the Third Shinobi World War...

What he felt more than anything was despair. During the first three years, before Otsutsuki Kaguya appeared in his world, he had lived with the mentality of simply getting through each day. Even with his foreknowledge, he could not guarantee whether he would be able to truly "live" in this world.

After all, he had crossed over without any cheat ability, only to arrive in a world plagued by frequent and brutal wars. He truly felt powerless.

Even later, when Otsutsuki Kaguya appeared and arrogantly declared that she would turn him into a Karma, he had not resisted much. He had only felt a little "regret" in his heart.

If that mysterious power had not appeared in the end and sealed Otsutsuki Kaguya away, he might have died long ago.

Over the following two years, if Otsutsuki Kaguya had not become "slightly" talkative after a thousand years of sealing and taken the initiative to speak with him, easing the turmoil in his heart...

He might have become insane by now.

So now, he truly regarded Otsutsuki Kaguya as his closest family. Even if releasing her meant becoming enemies with the entire world, he would not feel the slightest regret.

Anyone who dared harm the person closest to him, he would kill without hesitation.

After a long while, Hyuga Setsuna slowly let out a breath. The confusion on his face disappeared, replaced by his usual gentle smile as he spoke firmly.

"As for my dream, I want to become strong enough to hold my own life and fate in my hands. Then, I want to see the sights I could not see before, sights unlike anything I have known, together with you, Grandmother."

"And finally, I want to protect you, Grandmother, even if it means becoming enemies with the entire world!"

Don't worry, Grandmother. This time, I will protect you properly!

The moment his words fell, the entire world seemed to fall silent.

Within the Sealing Space, Otsutsuki Kaguya's stunning face was filled with panic, and her cheeks were flushed red.

The instant Hyuga Setsuna said, "To protect her, even if it means becoming enemies with the entire world," her mind seemed to shut down completely.

The emotions in Hyuga Setsuna's heart surged continuously into her own, leaving her flustered while making her feel something unfamiliar.

Outside, Hyuga Setsuna's face had also turned red, a rare sight. After all, what he had just said was truly embarrassing, and Otsutsuki Kaguya's emotions kept surfacing within his heart as well.

Within the Sealing Space, Otsutsuki Kaguya blushed as she barely suppressed her emotions. With a trace of panic in her voice, she said,

"I... I understand. If there is nothing else, go to school."

After saying that, Otsutsuki Kaguya directly severed their connection unilaterally and said nothing more.

Hyuga Setsuna was also flustered. Though he had found the courage to say those things just now, recalling them now was simply too embarrassing, ahhhhh!

Where did I even get the courage to say that?!

This is too embarrassing!

It was practically a social death.

With a red face, Hyuga Setsuna trembled slightly as he hurriedly stuffed a few bites of food into his mouth in a panic.

"Then... then I'm going to school."

Without caring whether Otsutsuki Kaguya could hear him, he rushed straight out the door.

Within the Sealing Space.

Otsutsuki Kaguya's face was flushed. Her little feet lightly tapped against the stones on the ground as she lowered her head and kept muttering to herself.

"How could that bad child say something like that?"

Watching Hyuga Setsuna's departing figure outside, Otsutsuki Kaguya's expression was rosy and complicated.

For the first time, she felt that being sealed here was not such a bad choice.

There would be another chapter tonight!

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