"What exactly are you now?"
Hinata looked suspiciously at the rambling Otsutsuki Yamei before her.
"Me? I'm just an energy form now. As for what I am... no matter how I explain it, you probably won't understand. After all, you're merely a native."
A smile curled at Otsutsuki Yamei's lips.
Hinata narrowed her eyes slightly. After a moment, she spoke softly. "Are you a Karma?"
Otsutsuki Yamei visibly stiffened at her words. "You actually know about Karma? Where did you..."
Before he could finish, he seemed to realize something and glanced at Kanami beside her. "Looks like that outsider told you. He truly knows quite a lot."
"That's right. Kanami told me."
"Hehe, marrying an outsider is rather interesting. Sooner or later, he'll leave you."
"He won't."
"Really?" Otsutsuki Yamei gave Hinata a meaningful look. "By now, you should be able to see that his Chakra Flame is clearly different from yours."
"Why do you think I was so interested in his body? Of course, it's because an outsider's body is incredibly suited to my ideal divine vessel. It can contain all things.
"I once peered into his past. His memories had all been fabricated by some sort of power. Someone born without parents, whose identity in this world was also fake...
"And you say he won't leave? He simply hasn't found the way back yet."
"You froze time just to tell me this?" Hinata cast a cold glance at the enormous clock face above. "You can't maintain this for long, can you?"
"That's true. I can only maintain it for one second. But that is one second in the outside world. Within this Time Stop Domain, it lasts several hundred times longer."
Otsutsuki Yamei chuckled softly.
"That outsider is far too tempting. Don't you want his body?
"The potential