"Was I still a step too late?"
Dressed entirely in white, Yemu stood ten thousand meters above the ground, his voice helpless.
His Tenseigan gleamed blue as he sensed everything happening within Konoha, like a god.
He had thought Qingxue had changed and wouldn't be as insane as she had been in their previous life.
Reality, however, left him speechless and dealt him a crushing blow.
Was she still a yandere???
A few years ago, Yemu might have simply ignored the whole thing.
After all, having a yandere fall for you wasn't a love story. It was a disaster.
But now, his feelings were too tangled to sever.
Cutting her off on a whim clearly wasn't possible.
In that case, would he have to lock Qingxue in a dark little room?
No...
The moment that thought arose, Yemu cut it off.
How would locking her away make him any different from Qingxue herself?
Still, things weren't that bad yet. At least he could salvage the situation.
People were always saying that being loved by a yandere was a wonderful thing.
Look in my eyes!!
Tell me, was this a good thing?!
Would this be a good thing if he weren't stronger than Qingxue Uchiha?
Did anyone really like a yandere like her?
Well, he, Yemu, had actually fallen for her.
Whoosh!!
Yemu was fast, all right.
With a whoosh, he plummeted like a shooting star.
Boom!!
The terrifying impact blasted a deep crater into the ground, while several Yamanaka clan members near Ino instantly lost consciousness.
Yemu swiftly expanded his domain to prevent anyone from sensing him.
Sensory ninjutsu was inherently tied to mental energy.
With his Tenseigan, Yemu could project his own mental energy outward, blocking other people's perception.
"Huh? I... wasn't I dead?"
Ino Yamanaka looked around blankly. In her final moments of consciousness, she had distinctly felt her heartbeat slowly stop.
But now...
There seemed to be something mysterious where her heart was.
Not only that, but the blade wounds on her abdomen and the front of her body had completely healed.
Ino Yamanaka tried to use her mental perception to examine the mysterious thing in her chest.
Unfortunately, it was like a black hole, devouring her mental energy and preventing her from learning anything.
Ino Yamanaka stood up helplessly.
In the distance, she saw her father rushing toward her with frantic urgency, using the Body Flicker Technique.
"Ino, what happened? Weren't you killed by Qingxue Uchiha?"
Shock filled Inoichi Yamanaka's eyes.
He had been planning to use Konoha's Perception Barrier to flush Qingxue out.
Who could have expected Ino Yamanaka to still be alive?
"Father, I don't know!" Ino Yamanaka shook her head, utterly bewildered.
Her heart really was still beating.
And her father, who excelled at sensory techniques, hadn't even noticed anything unusual about her body.
Ino Yamanaka instinctively wanted to tell her father what had happened to her body.
But when she opened her mouth, she discovered that no sound came out.
It was as though someone was controlling her.
Afterward...
Inoichi Yamanaka scanned Ino with his mental energy. Once he confirmed that he couldn't find any problems, he breathed an inward sigh of relief.
He immediately used his secret technique to contact the Hokage again.
He asked for Qingxue's wanted notice to be temporarily withdrawn and reported that Ino wasn't dead.
As for why their clan members had rushed to report the news in such a panic...
They must have fallen under Qingxue Uchiha's genjutsu.
After all, the Uchiha Clan's genjutsu was famously powerful.
Genjutsu?
Ino knew what conclusion her father had reached.
She touched the places where her wounds had been. The pain had felt so real, and Qingxue Uchiha's gaze had been so cold and merciless.
Was that really an illusion?
Moreover, the strange thing in her chest and the feeling that someone was controlling her told Ino that everything she had experienced had definitely not been an illusion!
Who was it?!
Who had not only saved her, but also left her feeling as though an enormous hand of mental energy was controlling her?!
She couldn't explain the crucial details, and she couldn't even kill herself.
For some reason, the first person Ino suspected was the mysterious and powerful Yemu Hyuga.
"Still running?"
"Where do you plan to run to?"
Dressed in black, Qingxue Uchiha darted into an alley like an afterimage, only to hear a familiar voice.
"Yemu?"
"So you found out?"
Qingxue Uchiha's expression relaxed in resignation.
Sure enough, something like this couldn't escape those mysterious eyes of his.
So beautiful. I really want to collect them and gaze at them. I want them to be joined with me forever~
"Did you really think you could get away?"
"You were far too reckless!!"
Yemu Hyuga flickered down from the rooftop, appeared beside Qingxue Uchiha, and chopped her on the head with the edge of his hand.
"Ow~"
Qingxue Uchiha clutched her head, looking somewhat aggrieved.
"You... you don't blame me for killing someone?" Qingxue Uchiha raised her eyes.
She was a little worried that Yemu would start hating her over this.
"Come here."
Yemu didn't answer. He merely beckoned calmly for Qingxue to approach.
"Huh? Oh..."
Qingxue Uchiha slowly moved closer and leaned her head toward him.
Yemu stroked Qingxue Uchiha's head, then swung his hand back and slapped her across the face.
"Next time, don't be so reckless. Understand?"
Yemu looked at Qingxue, whom he had slapped to the ground. His voice was incredibly gentle, in stark contrast to his actions.
"I... I..."
Qingxue Uchiha clutched her pretty face, slumped on the ground, as heart-shaped ripples appeared in her eyes.
It was the first time Yemu had treated her so violently.
Qingxue felt an extraordinary thrill surge through her heart.
What should I do? I like Yemu even more now!
[Qingxue Uchiha expressed her love for you and wants to fuck you... emotion points harvested: 500+]
Seeing that Yemu showed no sign of disgust, Qingxue got up and rushed over, unable to resist hugging him.
"Let's run, Yemu. Let's leave Konoha together~"
"And then we'll be together forever!"
Qingxue Uchiha clung to Yemu like a koala, pressing her pretty face against his neck.
It was as though she wanted to melt into him.
"We're safe for now. I've blocked perception in this area."
"Don't do this sort of thing inside Konoha again. Konoha has a massive Perception Barrier that can easily locate any ninja within the village."
Yemu's words made Qingxue Uchiha look aggrieved. "Why didn't you tell me sooner?"
"I'll bite you to death~"
Qingxue Uchiha parted her cherry-red lips and bit at Yemu's neck.
"How was I supposed to know you still had the same temperament as in our previous life?"
Supporting Qingxue, Yemu Hyuga looked at her warily and suspiciously. "You're not still thinking about imprisoning me or something, are you?"
At his words...
Qingxue Uchiha's gaze flickered. "Of course not. I've already changed."
"If I were really the same as in our previous life, Hinata would've died a hundred times over by now."
Yemu Hyuga nodded. "True. Then why did you attack Ino? Anyway, I used some special methods to keep her alive and conscious."
"When the time comes, you only need to explain that you used the Uchiha Clan's genjutsu."
Qingxue Uchiha's eyes dimmed, and her expression turned helpless. "I'm sorry. I've already decided to leave Konoha tonight." (She returns in Chapter 54.)
Silence settled between them.
After a few breaths, seeing that Qingxue Uchiha still hadn't explained why she had attacked Ino...
Yemu didn't dwell on it.
So she was a yandere. So what?
As long as this girl was weaker than him, he could keep her under control with one hand.
"All right."
"Take this with you before you leave."
Yemu handed Qingxue Uchiha a black token he had prepared long ago.
Looking at the black token in her hand, engraved with the word "Snow"...
Qingxue Uchiha's eyes filled with delight.
"This... this is a token of your love, right?"
"I accept! I'm going to marry you!!"
As Qingxue Uchiha spoke, her stunning face flushed with excitement, and she started stripping off Yemu's clothes.
After all, with the Perception Barrier Yemu had set up, no one would discover them doing anything naughty.
[Qingxue Uchiha felt extremely excited. Emotion points harvested: +200] [Tenseigan (evolvable): 61200/100000]
Sure enough, repeatedly milking the same person only yielded fewer and fewer emotion points.
"If you leave, you might become a rogue ninja."
"Can you accept that?"
Yemu couldn't leave Konoha just yet.
Harvesting emotion points was only highly efficient at key points in the plot's development.
That was also why Yemu had never intended to disrupt the original story.
Once he disrupted the original story...
He would lose much of the advantage his foreknowledge gave him.
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