Chapter 610: The Three Elements
The three elements of having a child.
Who to have a child with.
When to have a child.
Where to have a child.
Urged on by family, environment, and various internal and external factors, Ino had solved the first problem.
When it came to the second, he was hesitant.
Look at Minato Namikaze. His enemies timed their attack perfectly, striking while his wife was giving birth. The normally calm and wise ninja was thrown into a panic, and his mental state shattered to the point that he chose to die with his wife.
That was a clear precedent!
Forget childbirth; if Hinata were seven or eight months pregnant, and Ino had to open his Susanoo to fight Madara while taking care of her, he would have a breakdown too.
The ideal situation would be to seal Kaguya, kill Isshiki, and then take out Momoshiki and Kinshiki. After all the Ōtsutsuki were dealt with—around the time they were 19—that would be a good, safe time to have children.
However, Ino's own genetic evolution was progressing too quickly. He felt that giving birth two years from now would be even more difficult.
Although it wasn't explicitly stated, the births of Indra and Asura were the result of the Sage of Six Paths catalyzing them with Yin-Yang Release. Their extremely polarized personalities, bloodlines, and abilities were clearly because a normal birth was impossible. He had to use Yin-Yang Release to split them cleanly, or the children couldn't have been born at all.
Ino wasn't at the Sage's level yet, but this was something better done sooner rather than later.
If he really had two daughters who split his powers, ended up incompatible, and devolved into a female Senju and female Uchiha, while he, like the Sage, watched them fight from the afterlife... Ino felt he would die of sadness.
All things considered, having children sooner was better than later.
The final question: where to give birth?
It definitely had to be a safe place.
Was Konoha safe? Pain, who had shouldered the rice, would have something to say about that.
The Shinigami's stomach was safe, but was that a place to give birth?
By the same token, the Underworld was also out.
Ino counted on his fingers and realized he had more friends in the afterlife than in the world of the living.
Send them to Kaguya's core dimension? Even worse.
When Kaguya was unsealed and saw Ino and Hinata... how would they explain that? "Hi, Grandma Kaguya, we're just passing through?"
"Ino, look at this rug. What do you think? I feel like it's a bit big for the baby's room," Hinata called from a distance.
"Coming, coming!" He quickly cleared his thoughts and trotted over to give his opinion.
He looked at it from every angle but couldn't see a problem. "It's fine. You can decide on the house stuff."
At this, Hinata became uncharacteristically firm. "No, you must give an opinion. This is a matter for both of us."
"Alright, it's a bit big for the bedroom... What about that red one, then?"
"Too bright."
"Then... the one with the orange border?"
"I read that that kind of color is bad for a newborn's eyesight."
"...Then you just pick one."
"No. This is a matter for both of us."
Ino: "..."
Hinata was extremely enthusiastic about decorating their new home. She bought bags and bags of things and dragged him home to start setting up.
Ino resisted for a while, feeling that this was really not the time to use a Shadow Clone, so he had no choice but to put on an apron and sleeves and get to work.
He even called Tonton to help, but Hinata gave him a strange look, as if to say, "Am I living with you, or with a pig?"
Ino decisively sold out his helper. "Haha, Tonton, you're so enthusiastic! We're good here, see you later. Oh, on your way out, buy me two blocks of Yōkan. I have to work hard painting the walls today!"
Tonton tilted her head, giving him a look of utter contempt.
Ino and Hinata's intimacy caused only a small, brief wave of gossip in Konoha. It passed quickly. Everyone was busy with missions and earning money. Who cared about other people's business?
On the moon, Toneri Ōtsutsuki was about to explode with rage.
He previously thought he had time. Hinata wasn't even seventeen; if she got married at nineteen, he could spend two years laying his plans. He never expected Ino to be in such a hurry.
This "rush" had completely disrupted his deployment.
On one hand, there was the ancestral decree not to interfere with the ninja world. On the other, his "fiancée" was about to be stolen. Toneri weighed his options and finally made a decision that went against his ancestors.
Did the Ōtsutsuki clan on the moon not know when Madara Uchiha summoned the Gedo Statue? They knew.
How could they not know when such a massive statue suddenly disappeared? Were they stupid?
The truth was, they were in the middle of a massive war between the main and branch families and had no time to investigate the matter in the ninja world.
Now, there was no branch or main family. Only Toneri was left, and he was born blind. Without the Byakugan, he couldn't use his full power.
Back then, Hamura Ōtsutsuki led his followers to the moon to guard the seal. The moon's environment was too harsh, so some clan members allied with the Hyuga on Earth to build a permanent transportation portal.
The ninja world could use the portal to go to the moon, and likewise, the other side could easily come to the ninja world.
A thousand years had passed. The secret was lost to the Hyuga, but it was still recorded by the Ōtsutsuki on the moon.
Toneri dispatched his puppet, which arrived in the ninja world through the portal.
"What the hell is this?" Madara frowned slightly, seeing an oddly dressed young man suddenly appear before him.
The figure wore ancient robes, with several magatama patterns arranged on his collar. A closer look revealed it was an exquisitely crafted puppet.
"I know you. You are Madara Uchiha," the puppet, which looked just like Toneri, spoke first.
Madara was unfazed. "Many people do now."
"I also know you stole the Ten-Tails' husk from the moon." The puppet's words shocked Madara. Very few people knew about that.
Madara stared at the puppet, his presence overwhelming. "State your purpose in three sentences."
The puppet's face made a smiling motion. "I come from what you call the moon. I want to make a trade."
This answer was unexpected. Madara couldn't help but glance at the sky. There are people on the moon? How did this guy get here?
He pressed, "What trade?"
The puppet said, "I need a pair of Byakugan. A pure pair, one not ruined by the Caged Bird seal."
It took a scroll from its robes and tossed it to Madara without looking.
Madara didn't open it rashly. "What is this?"
"What you need most. It's only part of the deal. When I get the Byakugan, I will find you again."
The puppet self-destructed. Madara tried unsealing the scroll and found a mass of Ten-Tails chakra sealed inside.
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