"Counting the days, it's finally time for you both."
Minamikawa Yuu looked at the two children before him, a smile inevitably spreading across his face.
Years had passed in a flash, yet his appearance remained unchanged, fixed in the image of the young man he once was under the influence of Kaguya's Chakra.
But before him, his two children had grown into young men, now on the verge of adulthood.
As the children of himself and Kaguya, the Hagoromo Brothers inherited the pure bloodline of the Ōtsutsuki Clan, and their natural talent was exceptionally outstanding.
After receiving Minamikawa Yuu's full cultivation, they had grown rapidly over the past dozen or so years.
By now, it was just about time for them to go out and cultivate in the world.
"If you want to leave, then go."
Minamikawa Yuu spoke, "You have long lives ahead of you. It's not a bad thing to go out while you're young to see more and experience different sights."
"Father, you agree?"
Hearing Minamikawa Yuu's reply, the Hagoromo Brothers were instantly overjoyed.
The desire to go out had been brewing in their hearts for a long time. They had applied several times before, but Minamikawa Yuu had always refused on the grounds that they were too young.
They had come to apply again this time, thinking the result would be no different, but they had received a pleasant surprise instead.
"I didn't let you go out in the past because you were still very young and it wasn't yet time for you to travel."
Minamikawa Yuu smiled and said, "As for now, the situation is different."
"In another year, you will be adults. Counting the time, it's indeed time to go out and see the world."
"Father..."
The Hagoromo Brothers were moved with excitement upon hearing this.
In fact, according to the local conditions of the Ninja World, their age could have long been considered adult.
Some people at their age might have already married and had children.
But Minamikawa Yuu was their father after all.
As a father, he still hoped his children could stay by his side a bit longer, until they had the clear ability to distinguish right from wrong before leaving him.
And now, it was clearly the time.
The Hagoromo Brothers then took their leave of Minamikawa Yuu and went back to pack their bags.
In the days before their departure, they visited various places to bid farewell to their teachers and friends.
However, when they walked before a certain palace, looks of hesitation and caution appeared on their faces.
This was nowhere else but Kaguya Palace, the place where Ōtsutsuki Kaguya resided.
As the palace of Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, it was decorated magnificently, filled everywhere with an aura of luxury and nobility.
Everything within was embellished with the finest things.
Hagoromo and Hamura walked through the palace, unable to help but frown as they looked at the decorations around them.
"Mother is still too extravagant..."
The thought couldn't help but cross their minds.
Despite being husband and wife, Minamikawa Yuu and Kaguya had different styles.
Minamikawa Yuu lived a simple life; as long as his basic needs were met, his requirements for other living conditions were not high.
But Kaguya was different.
As a member of the extraterrestrial Ōtsutsuki Clan, Kaguya naturally possessed a high-and-mighty posture.
To put it bluntly, in the entire Ninja World, apart from a few people like Minamikawa Yuu and the Hagoromo Brothers, everyone else was nothing more than ants in Kaguya's eyes.
Even as the time she spent with Minamikawa Yuu grew longer, it didn't change her perspective much.
Holding such views, everything she used was naturally the best.
Everything in the world was hers for the taking.
Originally, if not for Minamikawa Yuu, her attitude would have surely caused a massive disaster.
Given Kaguya's personality, she would just take whatever she wanted without any regard for anything else.
As for how many people below her died, that was even more irrelevant.
Fortunately, with Minamikawa Yuu's existence, these things didn't bring too much impact to the outside world.
Even when extracting resources from the outside, different methods yield different results.
In this regard, Minamikawa Yuu was clearly much stronger than Kaguya.
Just like planting the God Tree, Kaguya could only think of sacrificing the Ninja World, whereas Minamikawa Yuu could use means to make the people of the entire Ninja World voluntarily contribute Chakra, adopting a sustainable form of exploitation and harvesting.
As long as the methods were good enough, one could always harvest while avoiding too much impact on the ordinary people outside, even making everything develop in a positive direction.
This was also one of the reasons why the Hagoromo Brothers revered Minamikawa Yuu so much.
Conversely, the Hagoromo Brothers' views on Kaguya were much more complex.
As their mother, they naturally cared for Kaguya.
But beneath that care, they also had quite a few complaints about Kaguya's other practices.
"Just for decoration, so many chakra crystalss have to be consumed..."
Hagoromo looked at the decorations everywhere and the garden of blooming flowers outside, unable to help but frown secretly.
If it were just a normal level of luxury, no one would say anything given Kaguya's status.
After all, in terms of status, Kaguya was the Empress of the Land of Ancestors; she was noble, and using the best things in the world was only right.
But in all things, too much is as bad as too little.
As a member of the Ōtsutsuki Clan, what Kaguya loved most was not mortal jewelry and the like, but various forms of pure Chakra.
So within her palace, there were creations made of pure chakra crystalss everywhere.
Inside the palace, there was also a statue of Kaguya, carved from pure chakra crystalss.
The amount of chakra crystalss consumed just for this one statue was equivalent to the amount extracted by a million people in a year.
Behind the palace, there was also a massive Chakra Garden, where various Chakra Plants that lived by absorbing Chakra were planted. No one knew how many chakra crystalss were consumed there in a year.
In this manner, combined with the amount Kaguya herself absorbed, just to support Kaguya herself, it was unknown how many people's annual Chakra output was consumed.
And if these resources could be used for the right purposes, who knows how many things could be accomplished.
Walking deep into the palace, the Hagoromo Brothers saw Kaguya in the garden.
She learned of the Hagoromo Brothers' intention and didn't say much, still maintaining that indifferent look, as if there were no emotional ripples at all.
To her, the entire Land of Ancestors was like her own family's territory.
Traveling within her own territory was like an inspection, so there was naturally nothing to say.
As for danger, it wasn't even worth mentioning.
With the Hagoromo Brothers' current strength, there was no one in the entire Land of Ancestors who could harm them.
"When you've had enough fun, remember to come back early."
She spoke indifferently, not saying much more, simply looking at the blooming flowers before her.
From beginning to end, Kaguya's tone and expression were very indifferent and calm, forming a sharp contrast with Minamikawa Yuu's concern.
Before her, the Hagoromo Brothers looked at Kaguya, appearing as if they wanted to say something but stopped.
In the end, they still said nothing and simply withdrew in silence.
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