Hara still looked utterly puzzled and could not help murmuring hesitantly, "But... once they grow stronger, they'll only get in the way of your plans even more, Mother..."
Kaguya smiled faintly, her voice brimming with absolute confidence. She did not care in the slightest.
"It doesn't matter."
"Their bloodline, their foundations, every bit of their power-all of it came from me!"
"Even if they learn Senjutsu, they remain my children, firmly under my control."
"In the end, they won't be able to stir up any trouble."
At that, understanding dawned on Hara. She immediately nodded, the worry fading from her eyes.
"So that's it! You really do see everything clearly, Mother! No matter how hard they train, they could never defeat you!"
Kaguya's gentle expression lasted only a moment. In the next instant, all the tenderness drained from her eyes, replaced by bone-chilling cold and ruthlessness.
Her sons' defiance, their betrayal of her for the sake of lowly commoners, had angered her after all.
She could disregard their resistance, but she could not tolerate them defying her time and again for the sake of ants.
"Since they're so determined to protect those expendables, since they dare oppose me for mortals..."
"Then let them face their punishment."
Kaguya's voice was icy, carrying unquestionable authority as she issued her command.
"Pass on my orders! Increase the scale of the sacrifices to the God Tree!"
"Have those Celestial Dragons provide twice as many sacrifices!"
"If they can't gather enough..."
"Then have them make up the difference with their own people!"
The moment she spoke, the atmosphere turned bone-chillingly cold!
Not only would she double the slaughter of commoners, she would also bring the Celestial Dragons to heel, using their own people to fill any shortfall in sacrifices!
Hara's eyes lit up. She immediately