Meanwhile, inside Arisu's dimensional space in outer space.
With his hands behind his back, Arisu stood atop a floating island, surrounded by starlight.
His gaze pierced through layer after layer of spatial barriers, clearly watching everything happening inside the palace of the Land of Ancestors.
To make sure the plot stayed on track, Arisu had been secretly monitoring Kaguya and the others all along.
When he saw the faint blue glow of the Tenseigan gradually appear in Hamura's eyes, Arisu narrowed his eyes slightly.
"The Tenseigan... In the original story, Hamura never had this potential."
"Interesting.", Arisu murmured to himself.
Hamura's behavior was far too natural. Beneath his obedient appearance hid a level of calmness and calculation that didn't match his age.
The way he cautiously tested his mother and deliberately guided the awakening, in Arisu's eyes, was exactly the mark of a transmigrator!
With a thought, Arisu spoke calmly, "System, scan Hamura."
[Scanning...]
[Target: Otsutsuki Hamura]
[Bloodline: Otsutsuki Clan + Unknown Mutation]
[Soul Abnormality: Extremely High]
[Probability of Being a Transmigrator: 100%]
After hearing the results, Arisu slowly nodded, and a meaningful smile curled onto his lips.
"As expected... another little transmigrator."
Arisu had no intention of interfering right away. Compared to those few arrogant people from before, this transmigrator called Hamura was obviously much more cautious.
At least so far, he hadn't done anything that would disrupt the main storyline. Instead, he had been trying to protect Kaguya.
"My standards for transmigrators are pretty relaxed. As long as you don't dream of immortality and honestly live through the original story, I'll let you have some fun in the world of Naruto.", Arisu chuckled.
He wasn't joking. As someone in the same line of work, he never made things difficult for others in the same line of work.
"I'll keep watching. Let's see what you're really planning... If you obediently follow the original course, I'll pretend I never saw you. But if you dare mess around..."
Arisu's gaze darkened slightly.
Inside the palace, however, Kaguya had no idea that her every move was being watched by a certain "Will of Heaven."
———
Time flew by, and more than ten years passed.
The brothers Hagoromo and Hamura had both grown into handsome eighteen-year-old young men.
Hagoromo was tall and upright, with a calm and dignified air between his brows, while Hamura looked more refined and handsome.
On this day, at the villagers' request, the brothers headed to the back mountain to clear a river that had been blocked by a landslide.
The river had been clogged by massive boulders and mud, preventing the water from flowing. If it wasn't cleared in time, it might cause a mountain flood, and it also affected the villagers' livelihood.
With a wave of his hand, Hagoromo released several streams of chakra, easily moving away a few giant boulders.
"Hamura, your chakra has grown stronger over the years. Mother's teachings really have paid off."
Unlike the original story, Hamura had already awakened the Tenseigan to a preliminary level. On top of that, as a transmigrator, he had naturally developed some ninjutsu himself.
Overall, Hamura was now stronger than Hagoromo.
Hamura smiled faintly. Just as he was about to reply, his expression suddenly sharpened, and he looked toward the depths of the woods beside the riverbank.
"Come out!", Hamura suddenly shouted coldly.
Hearing that, Hagoromo immediately activated his Byakugan and looked in the same direction.
There, a tiny little toad was secretly poking its head out.
"The two of you, I mean no harm!", Gamamaru hurriedly hopped out and said.
He had come here under the White-Browed Toad's orders to deceive Hagoromo and Hamura.
"The plot... has finally arrived."
The moment Hamura saw Gamamaru, he thought to himself, and his gaze instantly turned cold.
In the original story, it was this very toad that had used sweet words to deceive Hagoromo, eventually leading the brothers to join forces and seal their own mother. He would never let something like that happen!
Pretending they had met by chance, Gamamaru widened his round eyes and prepared to speak, "Ribbit, you two young men. Your chakra is abundant, and your natural talent is exceptional. Would you be willing to hear me..."
Before he could finish, he felt a fierce gust of wind rushing straight at him.
Without a word, Hamura flashed forward like a streak of white light. His right hand formed a palm as he directly used Kaguya's personally taught Gentle Fist: Modified, carrying rotating chakra force as it struck mercilessly toward Gamamaru.
"What?!"
Gamamaru's pupils shrank. He hurriedly did a backward flip to dodge awkwardly. The palm barely brushed past the tip of his nose, and the force of the strike snapped several large trees behind him in half, sending them crashing to the ground.
If Gamamaru hadn't learned Sage Art, he would have been killed in a single move.
"Hey, hey, hey! What are you doing, kid?! I came here to help you! Ribbit!"
Still shaken, Gamamaru hurriedly shouted, his face full of grievance and fear.
Hagoromo was also stunned by the sudden turn of events. Seeing that the toad could actually speak filled him with shock.
He quickly reached out to stop Hamura, who was about to attack again.
"Hamura! Stop! It doesn't seem... to have any ill intentions.", Hagoromo said hurriedly.
Hamura looked coldly at Gamamaru, his calm voice carrying unquestionable resolve.
"Brother, this thing's origins are unknown, and it carries strange chakra. Mother said we must never trust outsiders so easily. We should subdue it first."
He planned to kill first and explain later.
Surely his brother wouldn't fall out with him over a frog.
Gamamaru felt miserable inside.
'Something's wrong with the script! Lord White Brow clearly said these brothers weren't bad people. So why did one of them attack me the moment we met without saying a word?'
As he backed away, he hurriedly explained, "Ribbit! My name is Gamamaru. I'm from Mount Myoboku! I've come to tell you about the future of this world!"
The moment he heard the word "world," a blue light flashed in Hamura's eyes, and his palm strike became even faster.
"Shut up!"
Another, even stronger palm strike blasted out.
Terrified, Gamamaru quickly wrapped his tongue around a tree branch and swung away, barely avoiding it.
"Hamura, wait! Stop first! This toad... it can actually talk! Let's hear what it has to say before anything else!"
Seeing his younger brother suddenly erupt, Hagoromo quickly grabbed his arm and shouted.
Hamura's eyes turned cold. Without pausing, he shook off his brother's hand and pressed forward once more. The power of his Gentle Fist poured toward Gamamaru in an endless barrage like continuous rainfall.
"Brother, this thing is talking nonsense! Its origins are unknown. We absolutely can't let it stay here and spread lies!"
Hamura thought to himself that as long as he killed Gamamaru, he could change the plot.
Gamamaru dodged one attack after another in a sorry state, and anger gradually rose within him.
He hadn't expected that the white-haired young man would bombard him nonstop the moment they met, completely ignoring common sense.
"Ribbit! You two brats have no manners at all!"
"I'll have to teach you a lesson!"
Gamamaru's eyes turned cold. His cheeks swelled as chakra instantly transformed into sage chakra.
The next moment...
"Sage Art: Water Gun Technique!"
A high-pressure stream of water, carrying terrifying sage chakra, shot toward Hagoromo and Hamura like a cannonball.
Wherever the water column passed, the rocks along the riverbank were blown apart, sending mist into the air.
Hamura reacted instantly. He flashed in front of Hagoromo, clapped his hands together, and the power of his incomplete Tenseigan faintly emerged.
Buzz!!!
An invisible repulsive force spread out instantly, forcibly deflecting the Water Gun's path.
BOOM!!
The water column grazed past the brothers and slammed into the mountainside behind them, blasting out a massive crater and sending shattered rocks flying everywhere.
Startled, Gamamaru quickly rolled into the river and used the Summoning Technique to return to Mount Myoboku.