"The soul... such an enormous soul. That was what Naruto and Kurama sensed just now. It was called the Ōtsutsuki God!"
Hanabi Hyuga silently watched everything, holding Naruto as she gently stroked his cheek, a relieved smile on her face.
"Dead last, why have your eyes turned into Rinnegan? They're so ugly. Maybe I'm just too weak. I wasn't controlled by the Ōtsutsuki God like you were..."
Hanabi Hyuga murmured to herself, resting her small head lightly against Naruto's. Remaining conscious in a situation like this was agonizing.
Hanabi Hyuga deactivated her Byakugan, and the bulging veins around her eyes receded. She slowly said, "Naruto, you can't hear me right now, but you may not know this—I've been watching you for a very long time."
"The destiny of the Hyuga Clan's main family and branch family... Back then, Sister Hinata didn't want me to wear the Caged Bird and become part of the branch family, so she deliberately lost to me and shifted the clan's attention from herself to me. That was how I became the Hyuga family's future heir."
Hanabi Hyuga took out the Chakra Dagger Naruto had given her and continued, "Sister never became despondent over joining the branch family. Once, I noticed that she would often secretly leave the clan grounds to watch you train from the shadows. I followed her one time, and that was the first time I saw you, Naruto!"
Hanabi Hyuga's gaze turned resolute. She took a deep breath and said with the resolve to die, "Rather than go on like this, Naruto, I'll die with you. Just like my sister, I love you. I don't even know how I ended up liking a dead last like you. You're not particularly handsome, and you're kind of dumb, but I still fell hopelessly in