It was nighttime, and the village was silent as everyone was sleeping peacefully at their homes. It had been two days since Indra and Ashura had left for their journey, so the village was a little melancholic.
At this time, someone was sneaking through the night using the darkness as cover. She was none other than Izanami, who was dressed in a black full-body outfit that concealed her appearance.
She scanned her surroundings warily as she moved like an expert. With practiced ease, Izanami arrived at the village gate, where there were two guards.
Izanami looked at them and made some hand signs. Soon, her figure began to disappear, as if she were turning invisible.
What Izanami used was the Second Tsuchikage's Dustless Bewildering Cover Technique to reflect the moonlight on herself to make herself invisible.
This technique is very practical, as since this era, there are no ninjas who could be considered sensory ninjas. So without anyone to bother her, Izanami sneaked away from the village.
After walking half a mile in secret, Izanami stopped and decided to rest on top of a treetop. She looked in the direction where the village was with a bit of complex emotions.
Despite not getting any parental love from her cheap father, she still liked the village, as people in this era, except for the fact that they are very traditional, are a bunch of nice people.
As these thoughts flooded Izanami's mind, she quickly shook her head. Why was she acting so melancholy? It's not like she couldn't return back.
She is just going out to train and become strong enough to make her own decisions.
"Sigh. It seems I still am quite attached to those guys despite everything, Izanami mumbled as she stood up. She isn't sure whether her cheap father would notice her absence and be indifferent like usual, but she couldn't take the chance of him doing something out of the ordinary.
Who knows, maybe he had already planned one of those arranged marriages for her to ship her away forever.
So in order not to be caught by him, Izanami quickened her pace. She decided that she would head at least 3 miles before she slowed down.
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After Izanami left, the space where she left twisted as a person walked out seemingly from nowhere.
That person had short brown hair and two purple eyes that had ripples on them. And on his forehead, there was a red eye with ripples. On his forehead, there were two horns protruding out clearly. He wore a full-length cloak with a high collar, showing a necklace with six red magatama symbols.
This man was Hagoromo Otsutsuki, the one who is titled the Sage of Six Paths. And most importantly, the father of Izanami Otsutsuki.
Hagoromo looked at the retreating figure of his daughter with an inference different from his usual approachable look. In his eyes, there was a bit of struggle.
Hagoromo Otsutsuki didn't know what to do with his youngest child, who has a personality similar to Ashura and arrogance far worse than Indra.
According to the visions he saw, she wasn't someone who was supposed to be born in this world. And worse yet, he couldn't see her destiny or future at all. Even his Ganamaru couldn't see through her at all.
As an unknown variable, Izanami was too dangerous to exist in this world. Ganamaru had even advised him to either finish her off or seal her like what they did to his mother.
At first, Hagoromo refused decisively. No matter how dangerous she is, she is still his daughter. But as she grew up, Hagoromo began wavering. Her resemblance to his mother was too much.
He almost lost it when Ganamaru showed him her laboratory. He was just about to seal her right there but stopped in his tracks when he saw her face.
At that time her face didn't show any signs of guilt or even anger. She just kept her expressionless face as she looked at him. It was like she was just waiting for him to do something and be done with it.
It was then that Hagoromo finally realized that he may have let her down as a father. After further investigating this matter, he realized that she was not like his mother. For her experiments, she didn't use any humans or even any animals who had formed consciousness. Even for the animals she used, she first injected them with anesthesia to ensure they wouldn't feel any pain.
So after taking all of these conditions into consideration, Hagoromo didn't punish her too badly. He just freed the toads that she captured to appease Ganamaru and let her do her own work. But what he couldn't understand was that after that incident he felt his daughter was getting more and more distant with him.
And after that, Hagoromo kept an eye on her daughter's research. Although she was now using rats for her experiments, she still held her kindness. But as time went by, Hagoromo noticed how she was getting more and more restless and impatient.
She even began to do some experiments on herself to speed up her research. Hagaromo couldn't tell what she was after, but he thought she must be after strength, as most of her research subjects are on the use of chakra.
Hagoromo had to admit that his daughter was a genius no less than his eldest son, but he couldn't take it in his heart to praise her for that. In his heart, he couldn't accept her no matter what.
Maybe it was because she resembled his mother, or maybe because her birth killed his wife, or maybe even the fact that she would change the destined future he wanted. Or maybe it was simply because he didn't like her for not inheriting any of his bloodline powers.
Hagoromo didn't know whether it was for any of these reasons. But he certainly had one thing in mind. His daughter is going to accomplish something his two other sons couldn't.
This is also why he let Izanami leave the village. He knew she, like the rest of his children, needed to stretch their wings. And for this, they need to roam the world and learn. Just like he did in the past.
"I just hope you won't make me regret my decision, Izanami, " Hagoromo said as he left the place with his space ninjutsu.
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Izanami, who was about 1 and a half miles away from the village, frowned as she looked back. She could swear she felt someone's gaze a second earlier.
'Maybe it is Black Zetsu; I should really find a way to learn Sage Mode,' Izanami thought as she increased her speed.
One of the reasons why she left the village was that she needed to find a holy land to learn how to use Sage Mode. Although she didn't inherit any cheats, she still had her wish that allowed her to use natural energy.
During these years she couldn't get in contact with natural energy no matter how many bizarre experiments she did. And since she obviously couldn't ask for someone's help (mainly Hagoromo or Ganamaru), she had to go on this journey.
Although she didn't know why, her gut instincts were telling her that when she finally managed to make contact with natural energy, she would be able to do something very cool.
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