Kaguya, a Protected, and sealed away by her sons?
And though this fellow's attitude was indifferent, the anger beneath it was impossible to conceal. Xia Yan couldn't help raising his eyebrows.
He had actually been wondering from the start whether this fellow had some connection to Kaguya Ōtsutsuki. Now, it seemed his guess had been completely correct!
Not only that, but this fellow's relationship with Kaguya Ōtsutsuki was worse than he could have imagined.
He looked as though he bore a deep, bitter grudge against her, which only reinforced Xia Yan's original suspicion.
He had been wondering whether Kaguya Ōtsutsuki had attacked someone, making her afraid those Ōtsutsuki would come to the shinobi world looking for her.
Hamura Otsutsuki had indeed given him some confirmation of this, but the man spoke entirely in riddles and never explained anything clearly.
Even when he said something, he only gave the ending without the beginning, leaving Xia Yan to guess out of thin air.
But now he seemed able to confirm that he really hadn't guessed wrong. The victim of Kaguya Ōtsutsuki's actions back then was standing right before him!
But what exactly happened back then?
Xia Yan silently mulled it over. He knew the fellow before him had most likely mistaken him for Kaguya Ōtsutsuki.
But he couldn't be bothered to refute it, because he didn't think explaining any of this to the fellow would accomplish anything.
After all, his current frenzy already showed that he completely believed his own judgment. He might not listen to anything anyone else said.
Wasting his breath on someone like that would just be making life difficult for himself.
Xia Yan really was curious about what this fellow had experienced to end up in such a wretched state.
After some thought, Xia Yan decided to probe