Uchiha Katsu let out a disdainful cold laugh. His blood-red three-tomoe Sharingan instantly changed into the Mangekyo form, the rotating, intricate patterns looking especially sinister in the night.
"Call out."
"Even if you scream your throat raw, no one will come to save you.", Katsu's voice was low and mocking.
His powerful mental force surged toward Yumeko like a tide, trying to forcibly invade her consciousness and make her speak.
"Don't....."
Yumeko instinctively closed her eyes, her body trembling slightly under the restraint of the chains and cursed seals.
Just when it was a matter of life and death...
A calm and familiar voice suddenly came from the sky.
"Katsu, wait."
Hearing this voice, Uchiha Katsu suddenly froze.
That voice... he was far too familiar with it.
Uchiha Katsu abruptly raised his head, his eyes widening as if he had seen a ghost.
In the night sky, Arisu was quietly standing there, looking down helplessly at Yumeko, who was trapped on the ground.
Uchiha Katsu panicked instantly.
'Could it be... this woman really is Lord Arisu's daughter?!'
'If that was true, then it makes sense that she knew so many things she shouldn't know...'
Hearing that voice, Yumeko's previously tense body instantly relaxed.
She then puffed out her cheeks confidently, pouted, and shouted toward the sky, "Daddy! This person is bullying me! Hurry up and punish him!"
Arisu's face immediately darkened.
Beside him, Uchiha Katsu nearly lost his composure when he heard the word "Daddy."
He hurriedly spoke, his voice carrying obvious panic, "My lord! I really didn't know this lady was your daughter! You never told me before that you had a daughter... I only knew that you had a son..."
After saying that, Uchiha Katsu forced out a smile uglier than crying and looked at Yumeko, his tone gentle to the point of being fawning. "I'm sorry. Well, it's just a case of water flooding the Dragon King's temple... So it turns out we're family."
Katsu was screaming inwardly.
'This woman's connections are this powerful?!'
'Why didn't she say so earlier?! I almost put a knife to her!'
Arisu's face remained dark. With a flash of his figure, he had already appeared beside Uchiha Katsu.
He glanced at Katsu, who was still forcing a smile, and said calmly, "Don't misunderstand, Katsu. This person isn't my daughter."
After saying that, Arisu walked up to Yumeko and looked down at her, his tone cold but carrying a trace of helplessness. "Not bad. You really pulled out the 'Daddy' card just to stay alive."
"Even if I didn't call you that, you definitely wouldn't just watch me die, right? The Observer really is tsundere....."
Yumeko playfully stuck out her tongue, her eyes sparkling.
Arisu gave several cold laughs, obvious disdain in his voice. "It's been several years, and you're still the same..."
Yumeko curled her lips and answered righteously, "Who knows whether you've been secretly spying on me? Have you been peeping at me? I wouldn't know..."
Arisu's face darkened completely again.
Arisu looked toward Uchiha Katsu once more.
"Katsu, I'll leave this woman to you. Kill her or torture her, whatever you want.", Arisu said indifferently.
After saying that, he turned as if he were about to leave.
Yumeko panicked instantly. She struggled desperately and shouted at his back, "Great Observer!! Please wait!! I was wrong! Can you let me go?!"
Arisu smiled faintly, thinking that after all these years, Yumeko was still just a little girl.
Arisu casually raised his hand and struck.
The chains and black cursed seals shattered on the spot, and the restraints on Yumeko instantly disappeared.
She rubbed her wrists, which had been rubbed red by the restraints, then stood up, pouted, and glared fiercely at Uchiha Katsu before immediately turning to Arisu and complaining, "Big shot! This Uchiha is no ordinary person! He actually learned Mount Myoboku's senjutsu! I suspect he's a transmigrator too. I want to report him!"
After hearing this, Uchiha Katsu raised an eyebrow slightly but did not say anything to defend himself.
Arisu merely glanced at Yumeko and said calmly, "He is my family. You'd better not speak disrespectfully to him."
Hearing this, a warm feeling suddenly welled up in Uchiha Katsu's heart.
'Am I... also a family member of the Great Immortal now?'
Yumeko's face stiffened, and she immediately replied indignantly, "Then I'm your family too."
Arisu smiled faintly, but his gaze suddenly became sharp. "Yumeko, what you just told Uchiha Katsu about Indra and Asura... didn't that violate the agreement between us?"
The air instantly fell silent for half a second.
Yumeko's expression changed slightly.
Of course she remembered that agreement. Arisu allowed her, as a transmigrator, to move freely in the ninja world, but on the condition that she absolutely could not reveal any future Naruto plot.
And the few maliciously playful remarks she had just made had clearly crossed the line.
She immediately realized it and hurriedly waved her hands in an attempt to argue her way out. "Big shot, I only said a tiny bit, really, just a tiny bit! I thought it wouldn't cause any effects..."
As she spoke, she shamelessly moved closer to Arisu, clasped her hands together, and pleaded sweetly, "You're a magnanimous person, so forgive me, okay~"
Looking at her like this, Arisu suddenly smiled and said casually, "Sure. Of course I'll forgive you."
Yumeko's eyes lit up, and she asked in surprise, "Really?"
Arisu nodded, his voice still calm, "Really."
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The next second, Yumeko's vision blurred, and she had already appeared in an unfamiliar space.
This was an alternate space on the Moon, personally created by Arisu.
From here, Earth could be seen directly, its surface a deep blue.
Yumeko sat blankly on the cold ground. It took several seconds before she realized what had happened.
She raised her head and looked at Arisu, who was standing leisurely in front of her, and instantly felt like crying without tears. "Big shot... didn't you say you weren't angry? Why did you lock me up?!"
Arisu held his hands behind his back and smiled faintly, his tone casual. "I changed my mind. I realized that keeping you in the ninja world isn't very good. Why not put you on the Moon instead?"
Arisu turned his head to one side.
The next moment, a figure silently appeared in the alternate space.
It was Aino.
She stood there quietly, her gaze gentle.
Arisu looked at her and said calmly, "Aino, I'll leave this woman to you. Don't let her do anything foolish."
Aino nodded, then gave Yumeko a gentle smile with a faint hint of amusement.
Looking at this sudden "keeper," Yumeko's heart sank. She hurriedly raised her head and shouted toward Arisu, "Then, big shot! When can I go out?!"
Arisu answered unhurriedly, "When Konoha is established, you can leave."
Yumeko froze completely.
'Konoha... established?'
Wouldn't that mean... she'd have to wait nearly a thousand years at the very least?
Her vision went black, and she almost fainted on the spot.
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