"Is it really okay for us to do this?"
Uzumaki Karin asked hesitantly. Her personality meant she was never cut out for adventure. She had been quietly playing games at home when suddenly someone grabbed her from behind and dragged her into another dimension.
Seeing that the hand belonged to her sister Hyuga Mio, Uzumaki Karin held back her angry words. If it had been anyone else, she would have complained at least a little.
Hyuga Mio said dismissively, "What's the big deal? Ninjas are supposed to take risks. We've already explored the entire ninja world, even Ryuchi Cave and the deep sea. Don't you want to see some new scenery?"
"Not really..."
Uzumaki Karin muttered. Compared to traveling everywhere, she preferred playing games at home. Usually, it was Big Sister Mio dragging her along to escape Aunt Kiyo's punishment.
"Karin, the games in the ninja world are too outdated. Honestly, the games on Earth are much more fun, and there are so many types."
Hyuga Yue tempted Karin from the side. After being back for a while, she knew that the one in charge at home was Aunt Kiyo, who exuded such authority. And Aunt Kiyo's favorite was Uzumaki Karin. Basically, if Karin was involved in something, major issues became minor, and minor issues blew over.
But Hyuga Yue was right about one thing: the games in the ninja world were really just average. They still relied on the foundation left by Hyuga Mirai, with almost no new developments. Neither Senju Tobirama nor Pakura had much support for the entertainment industry.
Only because of Ayaka Uzumaki and Uzumaki Kushina had the film industry developed relatively well. The most fun game was still the ninja battle game from over a decade ago.
You couldn't reason with Uzumaki Karin using big principles. Although she wouldn't tattle, she might hide on the day of departure. But if you tempted her with games, Karin's interest would perk up.
"The most important things right now are the ship, energy, and control core. But all three revolve around Aunt 18. However, Aunt 18 only listens to Dad, so it's not easy for us to get them."
Hyuga Yuto was also interested in this matter, but he was more practical. Right now, the only ones among them who could survive in space were Hyuga Mio and Hyuga Yue, but they relied on Tenseigan Chakra Mode. Even if they borrowed the Kamui space ring, they still wouldn't be equipped for space travel.
To comfortably visit other civilizations, Dad's spaceship was essential. It was practically a small town, with a perfect ecosystem.
Hyuga Yue raised her hand and suggested, "Steal it?"
Hyuga Mio, Hyuga Yuto, Senju Yoko, and the others quickly shook their heads. This little sister was a fearless novice. She probably hadn't been beaten much as a child. After a few beatings, she wouldn't have such ideas.
"Leave this to Yoko and Karin. Dad definitely feels guilty toward them. If you two go and beg, you'll definitely be able to borrow the spaceship."
Hyuga Mio said helplessly in the end. There was no way she could borrow it. She had too much 'bad record'. She might be sold out the moment she stepped forward. Senju Yoko and Uzumaki Karin would definitely have no problem. With a little pleading, there was an eighty percent chance.
Unfortunately, none of them had learned the technology to build a spaceship, otherwise they could just build one themselves and leave.
Exploiting weaknesses was also a lesson in ninja combat. Based on Hyuga Mio's understanding of Hyuga Mirai and Hyuga Yuto's cunning personality, they quickly came up with a plan, rehearsed it several times in Kamui space, and then left.
Although Hyuga Mirai had been staying on the ninja world planet, he hadn't rested for long before diving back into research. He had lent the Power Stone to the Federation as a large energy supply.
Using an energy supply device, the Power Stone provided as much energy each day as five hundred nuclear power plants combined. He could adjust it higher, but the ninja world Federation didn't have enough energy storage devices, so the excess would just be wasted.
Given Senju Tobirama's nature, he certainly wouldn't let energy go to waste. He had the Engineering Department do detailed calculations before arriving at the Federation's energy needs.
However, Orochimaru and Sasori had moved directly next to the Power Stone. After learning of the Infinity Stones' existence, they both wanted to study them. But the Power Stone was only on loan, because Hyuga Mirai still needed all six Infinity Stones to plant the God Tree, and would take it back in at most ten days or so.
Upon hearing about this, Hyuga Hinata also visited Hyuga Mirai. She wanted to borrow the power of the Infinity Stones to stabilize the Pure Land space.
Because the Federation's medical level had developed too rapidly. First Tsunade and Hyuga Mirai, then Ayaka Uzumaki, Nohara Rin, and others, along with the development of medical machines, very few people in the Federation died from illness.
With fewer deaths, the Pure Land lost its energy supply, and the Pure Land space was slowly shrinking. As the ruler of the Pure Land, Hyuga Hinata really didn't want to see it wither, so she sought out Hyuga Mirai.
In the end, Hyuga Mirai accompanied Hyuga Hinata to the Pure Land. He used the Space Stone and the Reality Stone to stabilize the contraction of the Pure Land space, ensuring at least thirty years without worry.
As for thirty years later, Hyuga Mirai wouldn't dare predict where he would be by then, so such a long time wasn't needed.
Besides helping the Federation with its energy problems, Hyuga Mirai spent more time planting the God Tree. But he felt that the God Trees planted on the Celestial's corpse seemed to have developed an issue.
They had developed a 'self' awareness.
This wasn't the Celestial corpse causing trouble. In fact, after Hyuga Mirai killed that Celestial, all that remained was the purest life energy. The consciousness, mind, soul, etc., had all been taken away by Hyuga Mirai using the Stones.
Moreover, the consciousness that grew from the God Trees felt more like their own consciousness. This puzzled Hyuga Mirai. The God Tree should be a manifestation of life energy evolution. Even the first God Tree in the ninja world had ended up as Kaguya's consciousness.
He used the Soul Stone to eliminate the will that grew from the three God Trees once, but as they absorbed energy from the Celestial's corpse, after bearing Chakra Fruits, the God Trees hatched their own consciousness again.
If he wasn't worried that using the Soul Stone to take away the God Trees' consciousness might affect the Chakra Fruits, Hyuga Mirai would definitely study it carefully.
After returning, Hyuga Mirai extracted the original God Tree consciousness from the Soul Stone and placed it into his own mind. He was constantly using the Mind Stone to build barriers within his consciousness, so he wasn't worried about the newborn consciousness affecting him.
After the God Tree's consciousness entered his mind, Hyuga Mirai felt only vastness, weightiness, and boundlessness.
He saw another tree within the God Tree's consciousness – the true Chakra God Tree, the one the legendary Otsutsuki God had planted. According to the memories of Isshiki, Momoshiki, and others, that tree should be on the Otsutsuki homeworld, and no more than ten thousand meters tall.
But the Chakra God Tree Hyuga Mirai saw in the God Tree's consciousness gave him the same feeling as when he put on the six-stone Infinity Gauntlet and faced the energy of the entire universe.
Endless and infinite.
Although he could just see the top of the tree, Hyuga Mirai seemed to have lost the ability to fly and couldn't reach it at all. These few God Trees seemed like mere twigs from the mother tree, with no basis for comparison.
"The Chakra God Tree... what is this thing?"
Hyuga Mirai felt he had overlooked many things in the past. The Otsutsuki clan probably wasn't that simple. Or rather, Otsutsuki Isshiki and the like were the bottom tier of the clan, completely unaware of the true nature of the Chakra God Tree, only knowing how to plant and harvest.
He couldn't figure it out for now, so he decided to preserve the God Tree's consciousness and pay more attention to the growth of the three God Trees. If they developed self-awareness, they might naturally evolve into Ten-Tails eventually.
But even a Ten-Tails ten times stronger couldn't make waves in front of Hyuga Mirai. So he wasn't too worried. As long as he safeguarded the Infinity Stones and waited for the universe's tree to mature and bear fruit, it would be fine.
Just as Hyuga Mirai was examining the God Tree's consciousness, the three God Trees on the Celestial's corpse suddenly swayed in a windless breeze.
At the same time, far away on Earth, the Ancient One, who was flipping through a magic book, suddenly felt a palpitation.
"A dimensional god?"
She quickly put down the magic book and went to check the three Sanctums thoroughly. But the magic array sealing the Dark Dimension was still extremely solid, with no sign of erosion.
"What was that feeling just now? Like facing a dimensional god even stronger than Dormammu... Unfortunately, I don't have the Eye of Agamotto now, otherwise I could investigate."
Without the Time Stone, the Ancient One's range of observation was very small. She could only use the magic array to check Earth and its vicinity, not the entire universe.
"Unfortunately, Mr. Mirai isn't on Earth either. If only that witch hero could awaken the power within her, then Earth would have an extra safeguard..."
The Ancient One could see the power within Wanda, but her approach had changed a lot now. Even knowing that Wanda contained immense magical power, she wouldn't create a trigger. She was even prepared to give up on Strange, who was supposed to be the next Sorcerer Supreme, let alone actively provoke Wanda's Chaos Magic.
But the feeling she had just experienced made her uneasy. After some thought, the Ancient One opened a portal and appeared directly at Wanda's movie filming location.
"Miss Wanda, could I have a word with you?"
The crew was a bit surprised by this sudden appearance, but Wanda recognized her. She had come to the company once before to deliver something to Mr. Future.
"Sorcerer, is your matter urgent?"
The Ancient One nodded. "Perhaps it is. But I can wait until you finish filming..." With that, she stepped back a few paces and stood behind all the film crew.
Wanda thought for a moment. She wasn't in that much of a hurry. She told the director they would take an hour's break. The movie was an adaptation of her personal story, and Future Biopharmaceutical Company was the biggest investor. Wanda was essentially the boss of everyone on the film crew.
Not just an hour's break; even if she wanted to film in the middle of the night, they would have to get out of bed.
After Wanda and the Ancient One came to a quiet place, the Ancient One asked directly, "Can you still contact Mr. Mirai?"
"No, he even gave the company to us. Apart from Lady Kaguya's Avatar, it seems the master took everything related to him away."
Wanda shook her head and continued, "And even Lady Kaguya's Avatar can't get in touch because it's too far away... Do you need the master for something?"
"A powerful enemy may have appeared. But I'm not sure if it's just my imagination, so I wanted to ask him."
The Ancient One spoke. Aside from Wanda and her group, she really didn't know who else to turn to. "Since you can't contact Mr. Mirai, I'll leave. Sorry for bothering you."
With that, the Ancient One opened a portal and returned to Kamar-Taj.
A new dimensional god had appeared. She planned to go back and find a way to deal with it. Otherwise, not just Earth, but the entire universe could be in danger.
The invasion of a universe by a dimensional god could affect the strength of the Infinity Stones. If the universe was too heavily invaded, even the power of the Infinity Stones would diminish.
Ninja World Planet. After finding a new goal for development, the entire Federation became busy. Seeing the state of the Federation, Kiyo Hyuga found it hard to stay idle. She took a position in the Federation and got busy.
With Hyuga Mirai's affection, no matter how busy she was, she was radiant every day. And Hyuga Mio was pleasantly surprised to find that she hadn't been beaten for ten days.
After hiding at home for a while, Ayaka Uzumaki had barely left the house for a few days when she was cornered by Uzumaki Kushina.
"Ayaka, have you been avoiding us lately?"
Kushina asked with a smile, then forcefully dragged Ayaka Uzumaki to her home. Once inside, Ayaka found Mikoto there too. Upon seeing her, Mikoto had the same smiling expression as Kushina. Ayaka immediately knew what they were up to.
They had originally thought Ayaka would bring up the matter herself. Mikoto had even been debating internally, planning to refuse twice if Ayaka mentioned it. But Ayaka hadn't had that intention at all; in fact, she was actively avoiding them.
Because only the three of them were involved, if Ayaka decided to renege, Kushina and Mikoto really had no way to force her. They couldn't very well be the ones to bring it up, could they?
Even though Kushina was relatively open-minded, she couldn't do that. But after burying their feelings for so long, finally having had the chance to voice them while drunk, they didn't want to bury them again.
"Sit down, Ayaka. I've prepared some rare good wine. Today, let's have a girls' night and get properly drunk."
Kushina forcefully pushed Ayaka into a seat. Then Mikoto smilingly poured Ayaka a cup of her favorite shochu and placed the drinking snacks closer to her.
Seeing this, Ayaka Uzumaki felt a bitterness in her heart that she couldn't express. She wanted to refuse directly but was afraid of hurting her two good sisters' feelings. Finally, she stammered, "I have something to do..."
"I'll use a shadow clone to handle it for you."
Uzumaki Kushina immediately split off a shadow clone and used Transformation Jutsu to make it look like Ayaka Uzumaki.
Now Ayaka Uzumaki really had no way out. But she made up her mind: drinking was fine, but she would absolutely not give in.
(End of chapter)