Strangely enough, the way the Ōtsutsuki Clan conceives and gives birth is vastly different from that of ordinary humans.
Shinsei gently helped Kaguya sit down, supporting her arm.
It's been ten months, Kaguya still shows no signs of giving birth, but her belly is quite large and is starting to affect her walking.
Although she didn't participate in the manufacturing process, the child in Kaguya's womb was, after all, her own bloodline.
Shinsei is still unsure whether Kaguya is pregnant with the legendary Hamura Otsutsuki and Hagoromo Otsutsuki.
If it really is the two of them, and now they've become their own child, the outcome is rather strange.
" Shinsei," Kaguya leaned against the stone platform, her hand on her swollen belly, her voice soft, "I want something sour."
Shinsei glanced at her.
There is nothing acidic in Shikkotsu Forest.
Although the forest around here is large, it's entirely fed to the Katsuyu Sage.
She had already removed any plants from the Shikkotsu Forest that didn't suit her taste.
Kaguya never used to be a picky eater, but after becoming pregnant, her tastes became strange. One day she wanted sweet food, the next day she wanted spicy food, and then suddenly she wanted sour food.
"I'll go find it."
Kaguya glanced outside the cave. The rain was heavy at the bottom of the valley, and the pool was blurred by the raindrops.
It's raining outside, why don't you wait a bit before going out?
"It's nothing." Shinsei stood up and stretched his wrists. "I'll be right back."
He stepped out of the cave and took a deep breath.
Lightning Release Chakra surged from his body, like countless tiny electric currents drilling into every nerve.
He was used to this feeling, but every time he activated Descent of the Thunder God, he felt like the whole world had changed.
The raindrops hung in mid-air, falling very slowly. The wind blew up from the valley floor, and he could see the trajectory of each raindrop and hear the sound of each drop hitting the stone.
Time has been stretched out.
His perception was too fast.
His neural signals had been completely replaced by lightning signals, and the delay between his body and consciousness had been compressed to the limit.
He views the world as if it were a film being watched in slow motion.
Shinsei kicked off with his foot.
Lightning Release Chakra exploded beneath his feet, while Fire Style Chakra erupted from behind, creating a powerful recoil.
He shot out of the Shikkotsu Forest like a slingshot projectile, skimming the ground.
He was moving so fast that the raindrops were knocked off course and scattered to the sides, creating a brief vacuum behind him.
He traversed the woods, climbed over the ridge, and used the force of his toes to propel himself further afield.
He doesn't need a road.
His perception was fast enough that every gap, every stone, and every branch formed a line he could step on.
He stepped on that line, leaping from one point to another, like a lightning bolt that could turn corners.
He found a wild jujube forest.
Those dates grew in the crevices of the rocks halfway up the mountain; they were a deep purplish-red and very sour.
Shinsei picked a whole bagful and then casually hunted a plump pheasant.
On the way back, he tried using Lightning Release Chakra to stimulate the activity of the cells in his legs.
It felt like my legs were being fueled anew, and each step I took was faster than the last.
Fire Style Chakra continuously spewed out thin tongues of flame from the soles of his feet, evaporating the raindrops into white smoke.
It took nearly 10 months of repeated development.
Now, Shinsei's Descent of the Thunder God Project Raijin down has been fully completed with the help of Takemikazuchi-no-Kami's abilities.
This unique Ninjutsu is the one that Shinsei has been developing for the longest time and is also the most powerful Ninjutsu to date.
If Takemikazuchi-no-Kami had been able to develop his abilities to this extent, even Shinsei would have been helpless against him.
However, the same ability underwent a dramatic transformation in Shinsei's hands.
With the help of the Ninjutsu " Descent of the Thunder God Project, "Shinsei showed no fear even when facing enemies at the Six Paths Level.
Perhaps calling it "Descent of the Thunder God Project" is no longer quite appropriate.
After all, the former Takemikazuchi-no-Kami only had so-so development of his abilities. In the Shinobi World, he would only be a powerful Kage Level figure.
It's really not a big threat.
Shinsei wanted to call this Ninjutsu the Nine Heavens Responding to the Origin Thunder God Universal Transformation Heavenly Venerable.
But this idea was just a passing thought.
After all, they had experienced time travel, so they still maintained some reverence for the gods of their previous lives.
The gods and immortals of this world aren't exactly high-class.
Shinsei didn't want to name his child anything like "fairy" or "god."
So they simply named this Ninjutsu Thunderfire Celestial Venerable.
Once he activates the Thunderfire Celestial Venerable state, Shinsei is certain that he will be the fastest person in the world.
He was like a shooting star streaking across the valley, leaving a white tail, before falling back into the Shikkotsu Forest.
Kaguya was still sitting at the cave entrance waiting for him.
Her eyes lit up when she saw Shinsei rush out of the rain.
She stood up, supporting her back, and wiped the raindrops from Shinsei's face.
Shinsei smiled and helped her onto the stone bed so she could rest.
Kaguya didn't refuse, watching Shinsei busy himself with a smile, like a young wife watching her husband come home.
If anyone knew Kaguya, they would never imagine that the fearsome and terrifying Rabbit Goddess, the Progenitor of Chakra, would be in such a state.
Shinsei placed the jujubes and pheasants on the stone platform, his clothes still steaming from the rain.
He crouched down to start a fire, using Fire Release Chakra to control the temperature of the flames.
He crushed the sour jujubes and mixed them into the cooked porridge. The pheasant was roasted until crispy on the outside and tender on the inside; he tore off the tenderest piece of meat and handed it to Kaguya.
Kaguya took the bowl of porridge and sipped it slowly. The sour taste eased her brow, and she squinted her eyes like a well-fed cat.
"Tasty."
Shinsei sat next to her, watching her eat.
He was hungry too, so he tore off a piece of chicken and stuffed it into his mouth.
The two of them sat at the entrance of the cave, listening to the sound of rain outside.
The rain grew heavier, and thunder rolled in from afar, causing ripples to spread across the pool at the bottom of the valley.
After finishing her porridge, Kaguya placed the bowl aside and leaned on Shinsei's shoulder.
Her belly pressed against his arm, and occasionally he could feel a very slight fetal movement.
"They moved." Kaguya gently stroked her lower abdomen.
Shinsei looked down at her stomach.
Those two faint life energies grew stronger day by day.
He could sense that they were at ease inside, at least for the time being.
"Do you think they might be Hagoromo and Hamura?" Kaguya suddenly asked.
Shinsei thought for a moment and said, "I don't know."
What if that's the case?
"Then let's just call them them. Anyway, they're my sons now."
Kaguya smiled and buried her face in his shoulder.
"What names do you suggest we give them?"
Shinsei thought about it for a moment.
Although there are no X-rays in this world, determining the sex of the fetus in the womb is not a problem for Shinsei.
Both twins are boys.
Should we change the names? Or should we continue with the legendary story and name the two boys Hagoromo or Hamura?
After careful consideration, Shinsei realized that whether it was your memories from your past life or the legends of this world...
There was nothing wrong with Hamura Otsutsuki and Hagoromo Otsutsuki, but their wicked deeds have been passed down.
Even the sealing of Otsutsuki Kaguya was because, according to legend, Otsutsuki Kaguya intended to hang all humans on the God Tree and turn them into White Zetsu.
Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki are the true saviors, while Otsutsuki Kaguya, lying in his arms, is the universally hated villain.
Since that's the case, let's just call them Hagoromo or Hamura.
However, please don't refer to them by their surname, Ōtsutsuki.
"My surname is Senju, so let's call them Hagoromo Senju and Hamura Senju."
Kaguya slightly raised her head, gazing intently at Shinsei's face.
"Good."
Thunder rumbled outside the cave, and the rain poured down harder. Shinsei put his arm around her shoulder, listening to her breathing gradually become shallower.
She fell asleep. He helped her back to the stone platform, covered her with her outer garment, and then sat alone at the cave entrance, watching the rain outside.
Meanwhile, far, far away, at the entrance to Yomi-tsu, a woman was huddled in a tiny wooden hut.
Kushinadahime stared at the raindrops falling outside, her jaw clenched.
The pain in her abdomen kept replaying in her mind.
Is she about to give birth?