Daily life continued as usual.
Besides his daily training, Ye Liang also had to manage visits from Old Lady Matsushita.
Lately, this old lady seemed possessed by some strange notion. She kept bringing him food and drinks—sometimes steamed egg, sometimes nourishing tonics.
From her mouth came occasional remarks like, "My Haruo has been idle lately. It'd be nice if he could get a small official position."
Got it.
She's here asking for an official post!
What mother wouldn't want her son to become a dragon or a phoenix? Ye Liang understood.
This day,
As usual, Old Lady Matsushita arrived at the Daimyo's mansion.
He had already prepared a position for Ichiro Matsushita in advance—War Chief! After all, with the old lady nagging every day, he wasn't annoyed, but Ye Liang was!
The War Chief was a title created by Ye Liang himself. It allowed command over the imperial guards, with authority over all samurais across the land.
It sounded impressive, but in reality it was little more than a glorified security officer.
After learning of the appointment, Old Lady Matsushita was overjoyed. After chatting with Ye Liang about some household matters, she suddenly brought up something recent.
"My Lord, recently in the eastern suburbs forest, people keep claiming to have seen a white-haired, white-eyed pale-skinned witch. Have you heard about this?"
"A witch?"
Ye Liang smiled. He originally hadn't planned to pay attention.
But when Old Lady Matsushita mentioned what happened later, Ye Liang became interested.
"They say this white-haired witch has a pair of white pupils that can see through everything. From a hundred meters away, she can spot people. If three villagers fell into a trap, she'd spot them all with those piercing eyes."
Byakugan?
Ye Liang was taken aback.
From what Old Lady Matsushita described, it certainly sounded like the Byakugan's ability.
"You mean eyes like this?"
His pupils shifted as he activated the Byakugan.
"Yes! Yes! Exactly this look! Just like what those villagers who saw her described!" Old Lady Matsushita immediately became excited.
She hurriedly kowtowed to Ye Liang.
"Amazing! Today I've witnessed a divine eye! I'm sure we're going to get rich soon!" she exclaimed excitedly, her expression so intense that Ye Liang almost twitched his mouth.
Hmph!
You haven't even seen it yourself, yet you're declaring it like gospel!
Regarding Old Lady Matsushita, Ye Liang felt helpless.
She was an old lady.
He couldn't exactly hit her…
After chatting a bit more, Ye Liang left the side courtyard.
Now that he had become Daimyo, he still had to deal with essential matters of governance.
He arrived at the parlor and slightly opened the memorials on the table.
"A white-eyed witch?"
"A white-haired witch?"
"A pale-skinned witch?"
"Why have all these memorials been about similar things lately?" He was puzzled. He had seen similar reports a few days ago, but since Old Lady Matsushita hadn't mentioned it before, he hadn't taken it seriously.
"It's kind of interesting. Since I have nothing better to do, I might as well go check it out." He dusted off his robes and strode out the door.
As for whether it was really a witch, Ye Liang didn't believe it.
But it was fun!
He led a group of soldiers into the forest.
The forest in the eastern suburbs stretched endlessly, dark and dense under the canopy. With just one squad of soldiers, it would be difficult to search the entire area unless they were willing to spend several days searching, which wasn't practical.
Ye Liang ordered all the soldiers to scatter and search—their chances were slim if they stayed grouped together.
After wandering around aimlessly for a while, he grew bored.
By this time,
The sky had already begun to darken.
He sent the soldiers back and, feeling drowsy, took a short nap on a thick tree branch.
He had fallen into a deep sleep.
From the deserted forest emerged a woman—pale skin, white hair, and a pair of pale eyes!
She was rather tall—nearly 1.7 meters. In an era where the average height on the island nation was under 1.5 meters, she stood out significantly.
But Ye Liang, standing at 1.8 meters, wasn't intimidated by her at all.
The woman glanced at Ye Liang curiously, clearly puzzled.
In her eyes, Ye Liang possessed something she strongly desired—but it seemed different somehow. She reached out and touched him, drawing a faint thread of sage chakra from his skin.
"How strange. Why is it yellow? Shouldn't it be blue?"
Just then, Ye Liang's eyes flew open! In this era, he couldn't absorb chakra, so he was extremely sensitive to its loss!
"What the hell! Kaguya Hime! How did you track me down?" He gasped in shock, staring wide-eyed at the figure before him. Immediately, he unleashed a Wind Release technique.
"Pha!" The frail Kaguya Hime was thrown violently backward. She appeared very weak, unable to withstand even a simple Wind Release.
"You-you-you... don't play innocent with me! Get up! I'm fully recovered now—I'm not afraid of you!"
He was still groggy from sleep...
On the ground, Kaguya Hime didn't seem to understand Ye Liang's words. She rubbed her sore knees, blood now flowing from them.
"What the hell! Are you faking sympathy?!" Ye Liang was flabbergasted.
He gave the Kaguya before him a wary glance. Suddenly, he noticed that this Kaguya seemed completely powerless—except for possessing the Rinnegan, there was nothing extraordinary about her at all!
"What's going on? Has Kaguya Hime weakened?"
Moved by her frailty, Ye Liang couldn't bear to leave her down and gently helped her up. The woman looked confused, as if she didn't understand why he would hurt her and then help her again.
"I am Kaguya. Who are you?"
Ye Liang frowned slightly.
"Don't recognize me?" He turned his head, then suddenly slapped his forehead!
"What the hell!
I know what era I've been transported to!
This is the Kaguya Era—the time when Kaguya Hime first arrived on Earth!"
At this time, Kaguya only knew basic dojutsu; she had no power at all within her body!
She only became the powerful villainess later because she'd been dumped by some jerk! She got pregnant by that scoundrel, but he rejected her and even tried to give her away.
"That's right, that jerk!"
Suddenly, Ye Liang recalled the name of the scoundrel.
Tennō!
An extremely imposing name.
Just two kanji!
The Daimyo he had previously driven away seemed to be named Tennō...
In the original story, Kaguya Hime was discovered within Tennō's territory. She fell for Tennō instantly, was seduced by him, and later got pregnant with his child.
Tennō?
He isn't here anymore!
Later, the neighboring country of Hitsu no Kuni threatened war in order to seize the beautiful and youthful Kaguya Hime, forcing the Tennō to offer his own wife.
The Tennō gave in under pressure.
"What a scumbag. Can't even protect his own girlfriend," Ye Liang commented bitterly. He knew why Kaguya Hime eventually became corrupted—it was because her heart had been shattered!
He clucked his tongue, feeling somewhat troubled.
At this moment, Kaguya Hime had not yet become corrupted; she still retained human emotions. Ye Liang's hand touched a dagger inside his pocket.
"Should I kill her? Should I kill her? Or should I just kill her?"
If he killed her, he'd live with guilt forever. Just because someone may commit evil acts in the future doesn't mean they deserve death now—doing so would make him the real criminal!
But if he didn't kill her?
Knowing she'd one day become the final boss, not killing her would be like signing his own death sentence!
Ye Liang brooded restlessly.
After a long while...
Finally, he made a decision—not to kill her!
"Hey kid, wanna tag along with Big Bro to see the goldfish at the Daimyo's mansion?"
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