After saying a whole lot, Yumeko finally realized she'd talked too much.
She rubbed her face awkwardly and smiled at the young man in white robes across from her.
"Sorry, Mr. Arisu... I don't know why I ended up telling you so much."
"Just treat it like I'm telling some ridiculous story. Don't take it seriously."
Arisu sat on the rock, his expression gentle and calm from beginning to end.
He quietly looked at the woman before him, or rather, the soul occupying Reiko's body.
From start to finish, he didn't interrupt even once. He simply listened.
A moment later, Arisu had already formed an assessment of this newly arrived transmigrator.
Outgoing personality, wears her emotions on her sleeve, extremely lacking in vigilance.
A typical modern chuuni college girl mindset, with none of the caution a transmigrator should have.
She was female in her previous life, not gender-swapped.
Rich emotions, maternal instincts awakening, already showing a clear obsession with Indra and Asura...
Arisu sighed silently to himself.
'Another pitiful soul thrown into this world without any preparation.'
Unfortunately, no matter how pitiful she was, that couldn't become a reason for her to disrupt the plot.
Arisu quietly began considering how to deal with her.
Should he make his move now?
This was the back mountain of the Ninshu, a remote place where almost no one passed by.
If he created an "accident," for example, Lady Reiko accidentally slipping off a cliff while taking a walk, or being eaten by a lurking wild beast, Hagoromo would grieve, but he would eventually accept it.
That would completely eliminate this uncertain factor.
The thought circled through Arisu's mind several times before he finally suppressed it.
In the end, Arisu chose the safest approach.
If this Reiko didn't interfere with the plot, then she could live out her life.
Arisu slowly stood up and brushed off dust that didn't exist on his clothes. His tone remained gentle, but now carried a hidden chill.
"Miss, your story... is very interesting.", Arisu said coldly.
Yumeko froze slightly. She noticed that the other person's attitude toward her seemed to have turned cold.
"However, some things are fine to just watch. If you really want to change something... that's far too naive, and far too dangerous."
Arisu looked at her, his gaze deep.
"This world has its own predetermined course. There are some things that aren't for a newcomer like you to interfere with."
"As for everything else, don't think too much about it."
When Yumeko heard Arisu say, "There are some things that aren't for a newcomer like you to interfere with," a layer of goosebumps instantly spread across her back.
"What are you talking about?!"
She suddenly raised her head and carefully looked at the young man in white robes across from her.
He still wore a gentle smile. His handsome features looked especially refined beneath the mottled shadows of the bamboo.
"...W-what do you mean?"
"I was just casually telling a story. Why would you suddenly say something like that...?"
Yumeko instinctively hugged her knees tighter, a trace of wariness entering her voice.
Arisu didn't answer. He only quietly looked at her.
His gaze was calm, yet it gave Yumeko an inexplicable sense of overwhelming pressure.
"Just be the wife of the Sage of Six Paths.", Arisu said flatly.
Yumeko was stunned. The person before her actually knew she was the wife of the Sage of Six Paths?
After saying that, Arisu turned around and left along the bamboo path.
His white robe flashed once among the bamboo shadows, then seemed to melt into the wind. In an instant, he disappeared into the depths of the forest without another sound.
Yumeko sat alone on the bluestone, blankly staring in the direction he had left, her thoughts in complete chaos.
She took a deep breath and tried to suppress the inexplicable unease in her heart.
'Forget it... Maybe I'm just being too sensitive. I only just transmigrated. It's not strange to be paranoid.', She patted her cheeks as if comforting herself and forced a smile.
'Anyway, he's just a traveler passing through. We probably won't meet again.'
Even though she thought that, Yumeko still couldn't help looking back once more toward the direction where Arisu had disappeared.
Then she hurried away.
She jogged all the way back to the rear courtyard of the Ninshu.
She looked at Indra and Asura, who were still fast asleep.
Just then...
[Ding! The Chakra Mother Goddess System has successfully bound to the host!]
A crisp mechanical female voice suddenly exploded in her mind.
Yumeko jolted upright as if she'd been electrocuted, nearly falling off the bed.
"Holy shit?!! A system?!!!"
Her eyes widened like bells. She instinctively clamped both hands over her mouth, afraid of crying out loud.
The maid was still outside. She couldn't expose herself now.
[This system is the Chakra Mother Goddess System. An irreversible chakra fate bond has been established between the host Yumeko, Indra, and Asura...]
[The effects of the bond are as follows: Mother and children life bond. The host shares life with the two offspring. If the host dies, Indra and Asura will also die at the same time. However, if Indra or Asura dies, you will not die.]
[Chakra strength synchronization: The host's current strength will permanently equal the combined strength of Indra and Asura. (It will increase in sync as they grow, with no upper limit.)]
As the system began announcing the effects of the bond, Yumeko froze in place. Her mouth hung slightly open, and her expression looked like she'd seen a ghost.
When she heard, "If the host dies, Indra and Asura will also die at the same time," her mind buzzed.
"What?! A life bond?! If I die, they die too?! That's way too brutal!!!"
Yumeko nearly jumped on the spot, but she was afraid of waking the babies, so she could only stamp her feet lightly where she stood, her face full of excitement.
When she heard, "The host's current strength will permanently equal the combined strength of Indra and Asura," her eyes lit up at once.
"Wait... their combined strength?! Then when they get stronger in the future, I'll get stronger too?! I get to be an overpowered cheat character?!"
Yumeko suddenly covered her mouth. Little stars seemed to appear in her eyes, her face quickly flushed red, and she screamed in her heart with the excitement of someone who had just won five million.
"Holy shit, holy shit! This is such a huge win!!! I actually got a golden finger too?! And it's a mother-child cheat! So from now on I'm the Chakra Mother Goddess?!"
"Ahhhhhhh! System, you're such a soft, sweet little cake! Ahhhhhhh!!!"
She looked down at the two tiny babies on the bed, her heart filled with excitement.
"Even though becoming a mom the moment I transmigrated is already ridiculous... now our lives are directly bound together, and the power level is maxed out... b, but! At least I'm not useless anymore!"
Yumeko reached out a finger and gently poked Asura's soft little cheek.
"You two little ancestors... you'd better grow stronger as fast as you can! Mommy's life depends on you! Mommy still wants to live until the main story... I still want to stay alive to ship Hashirama and Madara...", As she spoke, she couldn't help grinning foolishly.
"Right! That's it! Keep a low profile, keep a low profile!"
"Hold it in, hold it in!"
Yumeko took several deep breaths, trying hard to calm herself down, but the corners of her mouth refused to stop curling upward.
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