In Konoha: Three Choices at the Start

"What do you mean?"

"I don't want to watch those two wretched sons seal you away. I don't want you to be left alone, with no one who understands you!"

As Liuyun spoke, anger spread across his face.

"Bottom line: I'm here to save you!"

"Save me?" Kaguya looked at Liuyun. She could feel his anger, and she could tell every word came from his heart.

A trace of warmth suddenly entered Kaguya's cold heart—something she had never known among the Ōtsutsuki Clan.

What is this? It feels warm. I think I like it.

The corners of Kaguya's mouth rose. For the first time, a smile of her own lit up her cool, noble face.

Seeing it, Liuyun found himself smiling too.

Their eyes met, and an unspoken trust quietly took shape between them.

"This isn't the time for that!" Kaguya's expression returned to its forbidding calm.

"You said Isshiki didn't die, and that he's parasitizing a young monk's body?"

"I just ambushed Isshiki. We fought nearby, so let's search the area carefully."

"Right." Liuyun nodded. "You have the Byakugan. Scan everything around us."

"I'll look for monks nearby."

"All right." Kaguya nodded.

They divided the work and began a thorough search outward from that spot.

"Byakugan, activate!" Veins rose around Kaguya's eyes as she floated into the air and surveyed the area.

Liuyun held nothing back either. Dense Chakra surged from his body.

A Chakra Cloak made of energy formed around him.

Truth-Seeking Orbs arranged themselves in a ring behind him.

A black Sage Staff appeared silently in his hand.

His black-and-white eyes had become entirely purple ripples.

He floated opposite Kaguya. Visible waves spread from him in every direction.

"Rinnegan! You really are my descendant from a thousand years in the future!" Kaguya looked at him with surprise