“Father, does she hate me?”
High in the sky, the six-year-old Ōtsutsuki Toneri ‘looked’ at his father, his voice carrying a hint of anxiety.
“No, child.”
“That was just her way of protecting herself.”
Otsutsuki Kanme.
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Ōtsutsuki Toneri’s father.
“Protecting?”
“Doesn’t one only need to protect themselves when they encounter danger?”
“Is it because we made her feel in danger that she needed to protect herself?”
“If so, should we apologize to her?”
Ōtsutsuki Toneri asked his father with a touch of innocence and guilt.
However, facing his son’s questions, Otsutsuki Kanme remained silent.
The father and son were descendants of Otsutsuki Hamura on the moon from a thousand years ago, distant relatives of the Hyuga Clan on Earth.
Like the Hyuga, Hamura’s descendants on the moon were also divided into the Main House and the Branch House.
But unlike the master-servant relationship between the Hyuga Main and Branch Houses, the moon’s Main and Branch houses were completely hostile due to conflicting ideologies, to the point where the Branch House slaughtered the entire Main House.
However, to annihilate the Main House, the Branch House also paid a heavy price.
Now, the only descendants of Hamura on the moon were the father and son, Otsutsuki Kanme and Ōtsutsuki Toneri.
And…
Otsutsuki Kanme reached out and gently touched his chest.
He had been severely injured in that great war years ago, and his days were numbered.
“Father?”
Ōtsutsuki Toneri was born without eyes, his sockets empty, but even so, Otsutsuki Kanme seemed to see a gaze of confusion within them.
“Toneri, what do you think of the humans on Earth?”
Otsutsuki Kanme spoke calmly, not answering his son’s question directly.
“Father often taught me that the people on Earth have continued war, greed, selfishness, and hatred for a thousand years.”
“The Six Paths Sage’s approach was wrong; the humans on Earth have already proven his failure.”
Toneri said in a serious, matter-of-fact tone.
This was the ideology he had been raised with.
“Since humans on Earth have proven the Six Paths Sage a failure, then that girl named Hinata should also be the embodiment of greed, selfishness, and hatred.”
“Toneri, why do you find her cute?”
“Why were you happy when I said she would become your wife?”
Otsutsuki Kanme asked, looking at his son gently.
In the war between the Main and Branch Houses on the moon, there were no winners, only losers.
If nothing unexpected happened, then in two or three years, Toneri would be the only one left on the moon.
Otsutsuki Kanme did not want his son to spend his life in such loneliness.
“Me?”
Facing his father’s question, Toneri didn’t know how to answer for a moment.
He opened his mouth, and after a long while, he spoke hesitantly:
“She… is different from the others.”
Otsutsuki Kanme smiled and looked down at the land belonging to the Hyuga, remaining silent for a long time.
He was about to make a decision that went against Ancestral Teachings.
Perhaps from this moment on, all the Branch House clansmen who died in the war against the Main House would become a joke.
But at this moment, he was just a father.
A dying, ordinary father who only wanted to pave the way for his son before he passed.
Hyuga Clan Compound
Hyuga Hiashi, who was about to take Hinata to the Hokage Building, froze at the entrance of his own home.
He stared intently at the two people blocking the main gate.
Beneath his seemingly serious and majestic expression, a stormy sea of emotion raged in his heart!
He recognized them!
A top secret passed down orally by successive Hyuga Clan heads!
These were kinsmen from the moon!
“Kinsmen of the Hyuga, it is our first meeting. My name is Otsutsuki Kanme.”
“We share an ancestor.”
Dressed in a retro white robe, the man who should have been in his prime at forty was covered in wrinkles, and even his sideburns were touched with frost.
Standing beside Hyuga Hiashi, Hinata looked at the two people, one tall and one short, in a daze.
Wait, what?
Can someone tell me, did I ever meet Ōtsutsuki Toneri when I was a child in the original story?
Wasn’t it just unrequited love on this guy’s part?
“Was it you just now?”
Though it was a question, his tone was certain.
At the same time, Hyuga Hiashi quietly shielded Hinata behind him.
“Yes.”
“There is no need for guard. I harbor no ill will.”
Sensing Hyuga Hiashi’s vigilance, Otsutsuki Kanme spoke calmly.
Meanwhile, the anomaly on Hyuga Hiashi’s side also alerted Hizashi, who was maintaining order.
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Hizashi was about to ask what else had happened when he suddenly stopped, his white pupils staring fixedly at Otsutsuki Kanme!
More accurately, he was staring at Otsutsuki Kanme’s pure white eyes!
Hizashi knew every member of the Hyuga Clan, but he had never seen this man before.
“Please.”
Hyuga Hiashi raised his hand to signal Hizashi to step back while stepping aside, clearing the path to invite Otsutsuki Kanme into the Hyuga Clan Compound.
“Thank you.”
Otsutsuki Kanme nodded slightly to thank Hyuga Hiashi.
“Brother, who is this?”
Hizashi looked at Hyuga Hiashi in confusion.
“Do not speak of tonight’s events.”
“Tell everyone that Hinata was playing with Explosive Tags and they went off.”
Hyuga Hiashi instructed Hizashi.
On the other side, Hinata, who was racking her brain to remember if this scene existed in the original story, was successfully derailed by her father’s words and became furious!
Damn it!
Am I the kind of person who just plays with Explosive Tags randomly?!
My dear father!
How can you lie without even preparing a script!
“Hinata, you are not allowed to come over. Stay with Hizashi.”
Hyuga Hiashi noticed Hinata following him and reached out to block her path.
“I…”
“…Understood.”
Hinata was about to speak, but seeing Hyuga Hiashi’s uncompromising gaze, she could only give up helplessly.
Not knowing if these so-called moon relatives were friends or foes, Hyuga Hiashi naturally would not allow any mishap to befall Hinata.
Usually, Hyuga Hiashi was indulgent and even doting toward Hinata, but in matters like this, there was no room for negotiation.
“Hizashi.”
Hyuga Hiashi looked at Hizashi.
“Yes, Brother.”
Receiving his brother’s command, Hizashi placed his hand on Hinata’s shoulder and nodded to Hyuga Hiashi.
Seeing this, Hinata could only stand there and watch Hyuga Hiashi, Otsutsuki Kanme, and Toneri walk toward the distant meeting room.
Just as they were about to disappear around the corner, Ōtsutsuki Toneri turned his head to ‘look’ at Hinata.
You blind guy, do you even have eyes to look with?!
Looking at Ōtsutsuki Toneri, Hinata grumbled in her heart.
Only…
Watching the three figures disappear, Hinata felt a slight gloom in her heart; she had already guessed the reason for the scene before her.
Just because of one of her Explosive Tags, the father and son, who should have left after taking a look at her, had specially come to pay a visit for some reason…