"Mmm, McDonald's is so good."
"Coming all the way here just for McDonald's was totally worth it."
As Yukio ate his McDonald's, a satisfied smile spread across his face.
———
Hamura sat at the edge of a hillside, the mountain wind ruffling his slightly pale long hair.
"In the original story... Mother was ultimately sealed by her two sons working together. She was even turned into the Ten-Tails' jinchūriki and imprisoned on the moon forever... That's just too tragic."
Hamura muttered softly, his voice audible only to himself.
"She may have done a lot of wrong things, but the clan drove her to that point. Besides... now she's my mom."
Hamura slowly clenched his small fists.
A trace of ruthlessness and determination that belonged to an adult office worker flashed through his eyes.
He hadn't had parents in his previous life.
Now that he suddenly had a mother, he had accepted it completely.
"No matter what the original script of this world was, now that I'm here, I'm going to rewrite it. Anyone who wants to lay a hand on my mom will have to get past me first."
Hamura took a deep breath, stood up, and dusted off his clothes.
Chakra had already appeared within his young body.
Although he was still far from his peak, he had already far surpassed what someone his age should possess.
For the past three years, he had pretended to be a well-behaved child on the surface while secretly exploring this body's power without stopping.
"It seems my eyes can awaken into the Tenseigan..."
Hamura frowned slightly.
For some reason, he felt that he could actually awaken the Tenseigan.
"Could it be that the Otsutsuki bloodline, combined with my 'transmigrator' soul, has made me stronger than the original Hamura?"
"The original Hamura didn't have the Tenseigan...", Hamura muttered to himself.
What Hamura didn't know was that the reason he could awaken the Tenseigan was because of Arisu's interference.
After all, his father wasn't the Emperor of the Land of the Ancestors.
It was Arisu.
"As for my brother... Hagoromo is way too straightforward. He'll probably end up walking the same old path. I'll have to find a way to influence him little by little. Even if I can't stop it, I at least have to prevent Mother from being sealed."
Thinking this, Hamura walked toward the main hall where his mother was.
As for that bargain-bin older brother, Hamura didn't like him.
He awakened the Rinnegan but sealed away his own mother, and fell out with her over that Hagoromo.
Hamura silently made up his mind.
"No matter what, I'm not going to join that bargain-bin brother in sealing my mom. The tragedy of the original story will never happen again."
He dusted off his clothes, and his small figure headed toward the main hall.
Over the past three years, Hamura had been extremely careful.
He had long learned how to appear both obedient and innocent in front of Kaguya, never arousing suspicion while naturally growing closer to his mother.
———
Inside the main hall, Kaguya sat quietly in her chair.
She had already sensed his approach.
Although she didn't know what little Hamura wanted, she felt that Hamura was much quieter than Hagoromo.
Kaguya liked him quite a bit.
She liked quiet, obedient children.
"Mother."
Hamura gently pushed open the hall doors and spoke in a soft, childlike voice.
He quickly walked up to Kaguya, lowered his head slightly, and deliberately showed a somewhat aggrieved and uneasy expression.
"Hamura, what is it?"
Kaguya opened her eyes, her Byakugan calmly looking at her younger son.
Hamura had always been quieter and more sensible than Hagoromo.
She actually favored this child quite a bit.
"Mother... my eyes have been feeling a little strange lately."
Hamura rubbed his eyes, deliberately making his voice sound confused and frightened.
"Sometimes they feel hot and itchy, and I can see... strange things.
"It's like I can see the flow of chakra around me much more clearly, but it's also different somehow. I don't know what's happening, and it's making me uneasy... Mother, could you take a look for me?"
As he spoke, Hamura deliberately opened his eyes a little wider so Kaguya could observe them more clearly.
Kaguya was slightly taken aback.
She reached out and gently lifted Hamura's chin, focusing intently on his eyes.
At first, she was only giving them a casual examination.
But soon, her pupils contracted slightly, and a trace of unconcealed surprise flashed through her eyes.
Within those eyes, a faint cyan radiance flowed.
It was extremely weak, yet it carried a purity beyond that of the Byakugan.
The pathways of chakra were reorganizing themselves in a strange manner, as though evolving toward an even higher level of dojutsu.
"The Tenseigan...?"
A considerable wave stirred within Kaguya's heart.
She recognized at a glance that his eyes were evolving toward the Tenseigan.
Kaguya instinctively frowned and carefully sensed the fluctuations of Hamura's bloodline.
Logically speaking, although she belonged to the Otsutsuki clan, her bloodline did not carry the Tenseigan factor.
As for the Emperor of the Land of the Ancestors, he was an ordinary human.
There was no way he could provide such genes.
Hagoromo had only shown unusually outstanding Byakugan potential so far, with no signs of the Tenseigan.
But Hamura...
"Could this be an ancestral reversion?"
"The Otsutsuki bloodline stretches back for ages. Occasionally, an ancient bloodline awakens... But the Tenseigan has always been an exceptionally rare dojutsu. Even within the clan, not everyone possesses it. This child..."
Kaguya thought silently.
She gently placed a hand on Hamura's forehead.
A strand of pure chakra slowly flowed into him, guiding the power within his eyes.
Hamura only felt a warm, powerful energy surge into his eyes.
The burning and itching sensations were instantly soothed, while a new kind of stimulation began to build.
"Mother... is it something serious?"
Hamura asked quietly, a hint of anticipation flashing through his eyes.
Of course he knew it was the Tenseigan.
But on the surface, he had to pretend he knew nothing.
Kaguya remained silent for a moment.
"It's not a problem... It's a good thing."
"Your eyes are awakening toward the 'Tenseigan.' It is a power far greater than the Byakugan. If you can awaken it successfully, your potential will far surpass that of ordinary people."
She paused, looking at Hamura with a complicated expression.
"However, this process must be guided carefully. Mother will personally help you. From now on, cultivate with me every day. Do not slack off."
Hamura obediently nodded, but inwardly he breathed a sigh of relief.
The first step had succeeded.
With his mother's personal guidance, the Tenseigan would certainly awaken much faster.
It would also deepen the bond between him and Kaguya as mother and son.
"Thank you, Mother... I'll work hard."
Kaguya looked at Hamura and nodded slightly.
She gently stroked her son's hair, a rare trace of gentleness appearing on her face.
"Hamura, you and Hagoromo... are both Mother's hope.", Kaguya spoke warmly.
As long as her sons continued to grow stronger, she wouldn't have to face the Otsutsuki alone anymore.
When that time came, she would at least have some chance against those three people before her.