Kaguya trembled. She had never imagined that Hatake Ziyan could even read her thoughts!
But then she felt puzzled. Had she lost her charm? Or was she too old? Hatake Ziyan would actually rather kill her than accept her?
Still, as a slave, she dared not disobey Hatake Ziyan's orders. She had witnessed how decisive and ruthless he could be. If she dared entertain such thoughts again-
Hatake Ziyan would absolutely make good on his word, erasing her soul and killing her for good!
"You're familiar with this place, aren't you?" Hatake Ziyan asked Kaguya, leaving their previous topic behind.
"Yes! But there's even less life here than before!" Kaguya sensed the living creatures on the planet before answering him.
"Oh? You plant God Trees on your own planet too?" Hatake Ziyan raised an eyebrow as he asked.
Kaguya nodded, her expression dimming, but said nothing.
Seeing her reaction, Hatake Ziyan assumed she had recalled something upsetting from her past, so he asked no further questions. Nor was he interested in specifically probing her memories to find out why she looked that way!
"Let's go! Take me to those two elders of yours! The sooner we deal with them, the sooner we can go back!" Hatake Ziyan told Kaguya.
Kaguya nodded and was about to open a spatial passage to take Hatake Ziyan to where the two elders were in seclusion!
Just then, however, a spatial passage appeared before them, and a man wearing clothes patterned with tomoe stepped out!
"Kaguya! How dare you bring an outsider into our Sacred Land! Do you want to be turned into a God Tree Fruit?" After glancing at Hatake Ziyan, the newcomer angrily addressed Kaguya.
But when he got a clear look at her appearance, he pointed at her in disbelief. "Kaguya! What