Naruto: If I ask you to kill Sasuke, you will become a succubus?

Chapter 284 Noble Thing

I took Sheren's pulse and walked towards the direction his eyes had revealed.

Walking through the long corridor, I stopped from time to time and turned to observe his expression. When he was able to control his eyes and keep his expression flawless, I changed my approach and placed my palm on his heart to feel his heartbeat.

In order to distract him, I hid the questions I wanted to ask in casual chat, tested his tone, and then decided whether to change direction at the right time.

I soon realized that the castle was too big, and it would be almost impossible to find the Rinnegan this way if Toneri was not prepared to cooperate.

So the goal became to explore the terrain openly and at the same time talk more with Sheren to see if he could get more information.

"Do you live alone in such a big castle?"

"Always alone? Where are your family?"

"Why is there no one in the town on the surface? Is it just that place that is deserted, or are there no people elsewhere?"

"Are all the people on the moon gone?"

Sheren would answer most of the time. I even felt that he would answer every question. However, he was not stupid. Although he would answer every question, he would not tell everyone he knew.

"Ah."

"No, when I was a kid, I still had a lot of family. But now they're all gone."

"What do you think?"

We walked up the spiral staircase, and here I saw the servant puppets who were maintaining the castle facilities.

I pulled Sheren and walked through them, thinking that they were not hiding, but probably just didn't receive orders and would not appear in the area where I was before.

"Then... you won't feel lonely when you're alone?"

"This is something I should get used to."

I frowned: "Should?"

"I have a mission." Sheren said proudly, "I am the only one left on the moon. When all humans on Earth disappear, we will all have to get used to the possibility of loneliness. But at least we can keep each other company by then."

"Why don't you ask me if I'm willing to accompany you?" I said coldly, "You said you wanted me to be your wife. So how much do you know about 'wife'? What exactly is a 'wife' to you?"

"A woman like you, with noble and pure bloodline, who can give birth to excellent offspring."

"You don't think this is a compliment, do you? Do you think I'll be happy to be defined this way?" I looked at the puppets scrubbing the ground not far away, "You seem to be too used to living with puppets... To you, a 'wife' and those puppets just have different divisions of labor. Those puppets clean the castle for you, and your wife, the puppet, is responsible for giving birth to offspring for you."

"it's not true."

"What's the difference?"

"I'll be good to you."

"But if I find someone else I like, will you let me go?"

"I advise you to change your mind as soon as possible."

I smiled without being surprised: "I would like to ask you... do you know how to have offspring?"

Sheren was slightly stunned: "What do you mean?"

"You said it as if you give a command and your 'wife' will automatically give birth to offspring for you. But it's your business to treat your 'wife' as a puppet. It's not up to you to decide whether your wife is a puppet or a living person. So, do you know how to have a child with a real, living woman?"

"I know."

"How did you know?"

"There are books circulating in the clan."

"So you have no idea."

I looked at him with pity. "The theories in books and the real reality are sometimes different. If you can't impress a woman with your sincerity, love her, and then strive to gain her love, you will definitely not be able to have offspring."

Sheren frowned, "But we will be the last humans."

"So what? I don't like you. Even if you were the last man, I wouldn't choose you. Speaking of which, shouldn't you be the one asking me to help you leave your offspring? What's wrong with your condescending attitude? This is not the attitude of asking for something."

"..."

"What do you mean by that look? You don't think that after destroying everyone, you can ignore my will and force me? That's terrible, it's complete garbage. What, do you think it doesn't matter if you become garbage? Is that worthy of the so-called 'noble' blood in your body?"

Sheren's tone turned cold: "Your words are too rude."

"How can a disrespectful person demand polite treatment? I don't care whether you think I'm gentle or rude. Your opinions and views mean nothing to me and are not important at all. The so-called 'princess' image in your mind is your own fantasy and has nothing to do with me."

"Who do you want to leave offspring for? The man you married before? That's ridiculous. He's so weak that he can't stand a single blow."

"Ningji and I met with Otsutsuki Hamura. He said that you are the last descendant of a branch family and you twisted his last words."

Sheren's face was gloomy: "Nonsense."

“Do you know the caged bird?”

"I know." Sheren sneered, "A ridiculous curse invented by the main family on Earth."

"It may be funny to you, but to the branch families on Earth... to Neji, it is a mark of shame and pain. The fate of the branch families has been determined since birth - that is, to be inferior to the main family. As a member of the branch family, can't you understand this unwillingness?"

He can understand.

I saw that the disdain for Neji on Toneri's face had faded a little, and although there was still disgust, it was not as contemptuous as before.

"When Neji was a child, a ninja from an enemy country sneaked into Konoha and wanted to kidnap the eldest daughter of the main family, but was killed by the head of the main family. However, due to the lack of evidence, the enemy country attacked Konoha and demanded that the head of the main family die as an apology."

Toneri frowned: "I don't understand why the Hamura lineage on Earth is so weak. Why do they have to be under the name of a guy named 'Hokage' and can't govern their own country?"

"Good question." I smiled, "Guess what the Hyuga family's reaction would be?"

"If it were me," Toneri said, "I would just destroy that country. If the so-called Konoha dares to agree to the other party's demands, I will kill the Hokage as well."

"It sounds very satisfying." I said, "But Konoha did agree to the other party's request. The head of the Hyuga family is also willing to commit suicide to settle the dispute between the two countries."

Toneri: "...I can't understand their train of thought."

"But do you know who died last?"

Toneri guessed, "Hinata Neji's father?"

"Yes. His father and the head of the Hyuga family are twin brothers, but because he was born just a little later, he was branded as a caged bird and became a branch family. However, the book says that the 'older brother' who is born first is usually the later-formed embryo in the mother's belly. In other words, if the 'brothers' really have to be determined, Neji's father should be the 'older brother'."

"Hand over the master's brother as a substitute," Sheren said, "The routine of dying in place of others is not new."

"It was Neji's father who chose to die in place of the head of the family. He said that he had no freedom to choose when he was imprisoned like a bird in a cage, so this time, he could choose to protect his family and his brother and stand up. He felt that this was 'freedom'."

Sheren frowned tightly.

“Do you think this is freedom?”

"Whether on the moon or on earth, whether in the main family or in the main clan," Sheren said with disgust, "they are all insufferable."

"Really?" I said, "You actually think that the main family is more noble and better, and you dream of becoming one of the main family, right?"

"what do you mean?"

"Ningji would never talk about the so-called 'pure bloodline', nor would he think that such a thing is noble. He despised the main family, and from the beginning he did not rebel for the purpose of 'becoming a privileged person like the main family'. But you... as a branch family, after the destruction of the main family on the moon, you couldn't wait to live according to the way of the main family -

"The family wanted close relatives to marry and pursue the purity of blood, so you set your sights on Hinata and me. You know nothing about Hinata, and you didn't even know me before that. You just used us as symbols to embellish yourself. You also stole the family's 'mission' - you didn't hate the rule that people of the same bloodline should be divided into high and low, you hated that you were not the 'noble' one and couldn't step on the 'lowly' one."

"No." Sheren said coldly, "I do this to prove that there is nothing noble about my family! Even if I come from a branch family, I can do the same as them!"

"Who are you proving to? Aren't you the only one left on the moon? Because no one on the moon can witness your greatness, you controlled the moon to crash into the earth. You jumped out and couldn't wait to let people on earth know your existence because you need an audience to show your superiority."

I said, "You said that Neji is vulnerable. Yes, he may not be as strong as you now, but his soul is much nobler than yours. He is worthy of the favor of women and the right to leave his own offspring. You? You disregarded the other party's wishes and thought that you could achieve your goal by forcibly snatching them away. Your genes should be terminated."