"Will you do it?" Kaguya waited for Hiroki's response, silently pleading in her heart: If you will accept it, I can share my excess chakra with you...
There was only a long, heavy silence in response.
He opened his mouth, hesitated—like he wanted to say something but couldn't find the words.
Why force him into such a choice?
"Why do you cling to this world, Kaguya? Will you leave with me?"
At those words, Kaguya's expression instantly turned icy cold. She violently yanked her hand away.
Suzume and others didn't understand what was happening, but dared not make any unnecessary moves.
A glint of coldness flashed through her eyes as the Rinne Sharingan on her forehead reopened once more. Her twin horns suddenly extended from her head, and without hesitation, she flew skyward.
"Oh no," Hiroki suddenly realized something, his heart sinking immediately.
He wondered whether Suzume's Tenseigan could withstand the Infinite Tsukuyomi...
Suddenly, a pitch-black crack appeared across the night sky.
A red glow emerged at the center of the fissure, rapidly expanding outward.
In the blink of an eye, a sphere identical in appearance to the Rinne Sharingan hung suspended in the heavens.
The Moon's Eye!
Its crimson radiance illuminated the entire night.
"What is that?" Everyone still alive—Hikaru, Ibuki, Kurenai, and others—stopped fighting involuntarily and looked up in astonishment.
Kaguya gazed downward, speaking in a detached voice, "Let illumination descend upon the world—[Infinite Tsukuyomi]!"
Blinding brilliance erupted from the Moon's Eye.
Hiroki looked around in alarm, seeing how everyone's eyes had turned into purple Rinnegan eyes.
RUMBLE... RUMBLE...
Suddenly, countless massive trees burst forth from the earth, binding every living person present—
Whether it was the Son of Heaven, citizens and soldiers of the Land of the Forefathers, Suzume, people from the Land Beyond, and so on...
Then, the trees continuously contracted toward the God Tree, wrapping each captured individual completely like mummies before hanging them onto its branches.
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Now, only Hiroki and Ayano remained unharmed.
Ayano stared blankly at everything unfolding, her body trembling as she collapsed onto the ground in terror. "How did all this happen? Why?!"
Kaguya descended from the air, standing before the two.
When she saw Kaguya approaching, Ayano instinctively scooted backward. Her expression twisted between shock and madness as she covered her head, shaking it violently while mumbling incoherent nonsense.
The whole surreal chain of events had finally broken her mind—she was practically insane.
Kaguya stepped forward and swiftly knocked her unconscious.
"Why didn't you do the same to me?" Hiroki suddenly asked, his back to Kaguya.
"Under the light of the Infinite Tsukuyomi, nothing escapes my sight. No matter where you go..." Kaguya replied flatly.
Sighing bitterly, Hiroki asked, "Then what are you planning to do next?"
Kaguya didn't respond. Silently, she calculated her chakra consumption in her mind.
Activating the Infinite Tsukuyomi consumes massive chakra. However, the vitality and spiritual energy drained from those trapped within it can nourish the God Tree in return.
By consuming the God Tree's fruit, Kaguya forged a connection with it directly.
This creates a cycle.
Once the God Tree's fruit is harvested, its growth halts. Only with replenishment can it resume growing as before.
Whether the remaining energy in this world, along with energy drawn from countless living beings, would ever produce another God Tree's fruit remained uncertain.
It felt as if someone had pressed the pause button. The entire night fell into extreme silence—no birdsong, no insects chirping—just eerie stillness.
Hiroki cast Kaguya one last deep glance before listlessly walking into a nearby room.
Approaching the God Tree, Kaguya released a group of people.
"Kaguya-sama," the men and women who had just regained consciousness said respectfully, kneeling before her.
Each tired face held sharp, alert eyes.
Although merely less than an hour had passed in the real world, these individuals had gone through countless dreams within the Infinite Tsukuyomi—an illusion Kaguya controlled completely. It had been simple for her to alter their memories while they were inside those dreams.
In their minds now, Kaguya was their ruler, the one they were meant to serve.
Kaguya gave a slight nod, then led them back to her estate.
These people would not only attend to her daily needs but also help her reproduce.
...
"Hiroki-sama, Hiroki-sama..." A gentle voice reached his ears, and Hiroki opened his eyes.
Ayano helped him up.
Seeing the girl's calm, gentle expression, he hesitated slightly, puzzled.
How could she act so unaffected? How could she have recovered so quickly... without even a trace of psychological trauma?
As he stepped outside, sunlight hit his face, momentarily making him feel disoriented. He looked up in confusion.
The blazing sun hung high in the sky.
Exactly as it had been the day before.
Hiroki's confusion deepened further.
Ayano guided him toward Kaguya's room.
Two maids knelt on either side behind Kaguya, carefully combing her silky long hair.
"Is this a dream?" Hiroki asked hoarsely.
In the end, he had fallen victim to the Infinite Tsukuyomi after all.
"You may leave," Kaguya ordered softly.
The two maids rose, bowed respectfully, and followed Ayano out.
Wearing a loose, open-necked light garment, Kaguya's graceful curves subtly shifted with every movement.
She reached out, gently caressing Hiroki's cheek, her voice dripping with tenderness. "This world will be mine to command. Anything you want—I can give it to you… including…"
But hearing just that much, Hiroki already sighed helplessly, interrupting as he spoke.
"I cannot remain in this world forever—it will age me to death. She is waiting for me."
"That kind of problem has solutions. All you need is to say yes," Kaguya responded, briefly pausing before continuing.
Torn inside, Hiroki turned and walked away without a word.
Watching his retreating figure, Kaguya looked deeply disappointed, a faint trace of self-mockery flickering across her lips.
Sighing heavily, Hiroki sat in the courtyard, watching the sun slowly descend westward.
The sky gradually darkened. At one moment, eerie red light illuminated the surroundings, and the ground was painted with an ominous layer of crimson.
Hiroki looked closely—the Moon's Eye was rising again.
"She can't possibly be planning to use Infinite Tsukuyomi every single night, right?"
Reality wasn't far from his guess. Without sunlight, most living beings in this world would perish.
Each night, the Moon's Eye appeared in the sky.
The survivors had long forgotten what a real night was like and had gotten used to these red-lit evenings.
Even if Kaguya didn't actively activate Infinite Tsukuyomi, exposure to this light still drained small amounts of energy from humans.
For those who remained alive, nighttime brought sluggish reactions and slowed thinking.
But with their altered memories, they considered all of this perfectly normal.
And Kaguya knew everything they did at night.
The Moon's Eye functioned like an all-seeing eye, keeping watch over every corner of the world.
One month later, Kaguya gave birth to twin infants.
Until now, there had been no sign of her belly swelling. Everyone else accepted it as normal—except Hiroki, who was utterly shocked.
In one room, the two infants lay sleeping peacefully in their crib. Ayano stood beside it, gently rocking it with a tender smile on her face.
Kaguya stood nearby, silently taking in the scene.
"Kaguya," Hiroki asked with a complex expression, "have you decided on names for these two children?"
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