Day after day passed. Ever since Yumeko obtained the system, she began seriously carrying out her duties as a "mother," carefully taking care of little Indra and Asura every day.
Although she still wasn't completely used to it, she was much better than before.
"There, there... Mommy's here..."
Yumeko softly comforted Asura, carefully pressing her face against the top of his soft little head. Breathing in the baby's milky scent, the strange maternal feelings inside her grew stronger and stronger.
Indra was relatively quiet, while Asura was much livelier, constantly waving his little hands around.
Watching the two children grow day by day, the smile on her face became more and more natural.
On the surface, life in the Ninshu's rear courtyard was peaceful and warm.
And all of it fell into Arisu's eyes from the shadows.
On a hidden branch outside the bamboo forest, Arisu stood with his hands behind his back, coldly watching the gentle white figure in the courtyard soothing the children.
Arisu's brows drew tighter and tighter.
"She really didn't take my warning to heart.", Arisu's voice was low, carrying obvious displeasure.
He had thought his warning in the bamboo forest that day would be enough to make her honestly live as an ordinary wife of the Sage of Six Paths. Instead of restraining herself, she had become more and more devoted to playing the role of a mother.
A faint sense of foreboding arose in Arisu's heart.
He immediately activated the system and performed a deep scan on Yumeko.
[Ding! Scan complete.]
[A high-level "Chakra Mother Goddess System" has been detected bound within the target. It has deeply fused with the host's soul and cannot be separated.]
Arisu's eyes instantly turned ice-cold, and killing intent surged out like a tidal wave.
"So she has a system."
Arisu muttered to himself, with none of his earlier gentleness left in his voice.
Previously, he had still felt a trace of sympathy for this transmigrator. After all, she was just an ordinary female college student who had been thrown into this world without any preparation.
Arisu was merciful. He didn't want to kill this kind of innocent person.
But once someone had a system, everything changed.
Just like the Son of Heaven from the Land of Ancestors, who had also possessed a system and tried to stir up the world, only to be forcefully erased by his own hand in the end.
It was like putting an AK-47 into a monkey's hands.
Even if they were innocent, they still had to die.
"I can't let her live."
Killing intent filled Arisu's eyes.
"A transmigrator with a system will inevitably become the source of changes to the plot. She must be eliminated."
Arisu vanished in an instant.
The night was deep, and the back mountain of the Ninshu was silent.
After putting the two children to sleep, Yumeko lay down on the bed in exhaustion, preparing to close her eyes and rest.
Suddenly, an overwhelming chill shot from her spine to the top of her head, instantly jolting her awake.
She abruptly opened her eyes and saw that, at some point, a white figure had appeared in the room.
Arisu stood quietly at the foot of the bed in a plain white robe. Moonlight shone through the paper window onto him, making his handsome face appear especially cold.
"Y... You!"
Yumeko's heart pounded wildly, almost leaping out of her throat.
She suddenly sat up and stared at the person before her. Her voice trembled from shock.
"M... Mr. Wan?! How did you get in?! This is the Ninshu's rear courtyard! You actually dared... dared to come here?!"
Her mind was in complete chaos. She couldn't believe someone would dare attack her inside the home of the Sage of Six Paths, Hagoromo.
Arisu did not make a move immediately. He only looked at her with those calm yet utterly emotionless eyes and said flatly,
"Yumeko."
Arisu directly called her by her real name.
"Ah?! How do you know that?!"
Yumeko felt as though she'd been struck by lightning. Her face instantly turned deathly pale.
Arisu continued in a cold, direct tone, "I am the observer of this world."
"Your appearance was originally nothing more than a small accident."
"I had only intended to let you safely live through the plot, yet you dreamed of changing it."
"Now, not only have you refused to stay put, you've also bound yourself to a system and begun trying to integrate into and change this world's course."
Arisu took a step forward, and the temperature in the room seemed to drop with it.
"You are a transmigrator, and you intend to interfere with the plot. Whether it's for self-preservation, ambition, or simply because you want to be a good mother to these two children, it doesn't matter."
Arisu raised a hand. A terrifying pressure instantly enveloped the entire room, making it difficult for Yumeko even to breathe.
"I will not leave any opportunity for a transmigrator with a system. Tonight, I will erase you completely."
"You evil transmigrator brat, I will now..."
The next second, the terrifying pressure completely engulfed Yumeko.
She instantly felt like a paper boat drifting in an endless sea!
Yumeko's eyes widened, her whole body turning cold. Only one thought remained in her mind.
It's over.
"The Sage of Six Paths... is right here!"
Yumeko's heart raced, and her throat tightened, but she still forced herself to speak. Her voice shook with fear.
"You dare kill me in front of the Sage of Six Paths?! Aren't you afraid he'll find out?!"
As she spoke, she stared fixedly at Arisu, trying to find even the slightest trace of fear on his face.
As long as she could stall for time, as long as she could alert Hagoromo... she still had a sliver of hope!
Hearing this, the corners of Arisu's lips slowly curved into a cold smile.
Standing with his hands behind his back, his white robe fluttering without wind, Arisu spoke in a low voice carrying the indifference of one looking down on all living beings.
"The Sage of Six Paths?"
Arisu gently shook his head, his gaze as deep as endless emptiness.
"Nothing more than an ant. Before this world's predetermined course, he is ultimately just another piece on the board."
"And I am the observer above the board."
Yumeko's pupils contracted violently. It felt as if she had fallen into an ice pit.
Looking at Arisu's face, especially cold and handsome under the moonlight, an absurd thought unexpectedly flashed through her mind.
He's so handsome.
That cold temperament, those deep eyes, and that composed bearing that stood above everything else actually made this female college student, who had been single since birth, miss a heartbeat.
'Damn it! What time is this?!'
Yumeko cursed herself wildly in her heart.
"Yumeko, is something wrong with your brain?! This guy is trying to kill you! And you're actually thinking he's good-looking?! Wake up!!!"
That ridiculous thought was instantly swallowed by fear.
'Someone who regarded Hagoromo, the Sage of Six Paths, as nothing more than an ant... just how terrifying is this man called Arisu?'
Among all the Naruto fanfictions she had read in her previous life, no one had ever dared speak so casually about the Sage of Six Paths.
Yet the man before her said it so naturally, as though it were simply an ordinary fact.
Shock, fear, and despair washed over her like a tide, completely engulfing her.
"Impossible... How could this be..."
Yumeko's lips turned pale as she screamed in her heart, "System! Where's my system?! Get out here! Do you have any life-saving skill?!"
Yet the Chakra Mother Goddess System gave no response at all, as though it too had been suppressed into silence by the terrifying pressure.