Palais Mermonia Back Garden
"Mmmph—! So delicious!!"
March 7th savored her spoonful, her face beaming with enjoyment.
It had been ages since she'd tasted a cake made purely by hand, without any technological additives.
The flavor and texture of the fruit, the sweet but not cloying cream, the soft bread, plus a hint of floral fragrance—it was utterly exquisite.
She couldn't believe that Melusine could make such amazing cakes!
What to do?! She really wanted to kidnap one!
"By the way, Furina, what exactly is your identity? It feels like a lot of people really respect you," March 7th asked, munching on her small cake.
Stelle, beside her, was also enjoying a blueberry-flavored cake, but her gaze remained fixed on Furina.
[Whatever you're thinking right now, immediately abandon those unrealistic ideas!]
Momoshiki's voice echoed around them.
He had lost count of how many times he'd said something like that by now.
Damn it! How did he know I wanted to bribe Furina with cake to get into her space, steal his snacks, and then blackmail him into giving me a tattoo?!
I hadn't even made a move yet! Otsutsuki power is just too much!
"Nom!"
Stelle took a vicious bite of cake, getting cream all over the corner of her mouth.
Actually, it was just Momoshiki's right eyelid twitching twice.
They always said a left eye twitch meant wealth, and a right eye twitch meant believing in science, but when it actually twitched, he just felt an uncomfortable itch all over, like something bad was about to happen.
"I'm one of this planet's Seven Archons, the Hydro Archon. But to be precise, it should be my older sister. I don't have divine power."
Furina explained, savoring her small cake.
That wasn't wrong to say, after all, Furina and Focalors were originally one.
"Hehe~" Focalors covered her mouth and chuckled, spreading her hands. "I don't have divine power anymore either. Aside from this body, I'm no different from a normal person."
"Oh, I see, no wonder they all call you Lady Furina," March 7th scratched the back of her head in sudden realization, then quickly became confused again.
"Then why does it feel like no one knows Focalors?"
"Because usually only I appear before ordinary people. My sister has always been behind the scenes."
Furina didn't want to explain this question. March 7th simply said "Oh" and didn't ask any more.
It seemed these two sisters must have planned something incredible, otherwise things wouldn't be like this now.
March 7th thought this, tasting the melt-in-your-mouth cream, and couldn't help but guess in her heart.
Since she was one of this planet's Seven Archons, she should be very powerful in Teyvat. And for these two sisters to be planning something to deal with, could it be some enemy from beyond the universe?
Novels often had this kind of plot: the first part was invincible, the second part was enemies from beyond.
Since becoming a god already made her invincible, the next enemies would definitely be from beyond the heavens.
Strategist March 7th online, activating her subconscious plot-guessing ability.
But now she was out again. Was it because Momoshiki had the ability to solve, or had already solved, this problem?
She couldn't figure it out. Better just eat cake.
The afternoon dessert session ended quickly. Furina, pulling the others along, wanted to go shopping and splurge some Mora, fulfilling her duties as a host.
Stelle and March 7th were naturally very happy. Focalors put on the hat and sunglasses she had bought earlier, and the four of them left the Palais Mermonia and headed towards the main street.
On their way out, they coincidentally met Neuvillette and exchanged greetings.
As soon as he entered, Neuvillette realized something was off. He turned to glance at Stelle and March 7th.
Strange clothes, and both had an indescribable special energy. It didn't seem like something from Teyvat. Did Momoshiki bring them from another world?
Neuvillette didn't ask any more questions, lowered his head, and flipped through the documents in his hand as he entered his office.
He didn't care where they came from, as long as they didn't dismantle Fontaine.
...
Momoshiki in the Kamui Dimension, bored, started researching the system panel again.
Currently, his Origin Chakra Energy was only 1000, and the fruit still needed some time to ripen.
Alas...
Once a person has expectations, they realize how slowly time passes.
Momoshiki was in this exact situation.
He was still lying in the pile of books, hugging an endlessly refilling bag of potato chips.
"What a broken system. It doesn't even have a gacha, can't issue quests. Anyone who didn't know better would think you're just a built-in hidden shop."
Momoshiki complained, eating potato chips.
He had a love-hate relationship with this system.
He loved that it was almost omnipotent; given enough time, he could get anything. He hated that after turning him into a young Otsutsuki, it didn't make a peep, just dumped a pile of rewards and then went silent.
There were basically no benefits. To get stronger, besides crooked paths, he could only rely on the Divine Tree fruit that ripened every ten days.
"Can you even talk? I remember you made sounds when you first arrived. If you're conscious, make a noise!"
Momoshiki, lying in the pile of books, kicked the system panel while asking. Unfortunately, the system still made no sound, like an unconscious object.
"Alas..."
He sighed helplessly, grabbed a potato chip and stuffed it into his mouth, then switched the panel to the various Otsutsuki pages.
Still, except for Momoshiki Otsutsuki, all the others were grayed out.
How were these characters supposed to be unlocked?
Momoshiki rubbed his temples, a little troubled.
The system provided too little reference information, only saying it was called the Otsutsuki Panel System, he couldn't analyze anything from that.
If it was a role-playing system, Momoshiki himself hadn't role-played as Momoshiki Otsutsuki at all, except for some verbal antics, yet he possessed all the power. This clearly didn't fit the role-playing genre.
And if it was about killing to acquire, then how would he return to the original Naruto world?
Currently, the only traversable world was Honkai: Star Rail. To plant a tree next time, he probably had to wait for the Divine Tree fruit to ripen.
He also didn't know if the Ten-Tails would be alive or dead after ripening, and whether to get new Divine Tree saplings by cutting and grafting or replanting the Ten-Tails was also unclear, after all, he didn't know what the system was thinking.
The most annoying thing was how mysterious these systems were, just making him guess blindly.
Looking at the still silent system, Momoshiki rolled his Byakugan in annoyance, wanting to stand up and move around, but almost fell to the ground because of the wooden sandals on his feet.
It had been so long, and he still hadn't adapted to standing on two vertical wooden planks. He kept forgetting to ask Furina to buy him new shoes.
So annoying.
Just as Momoshiki was complaining in his heart, he suddenly remembered something.
Didn't Yin-Yang Release combine to create black Truth-Seeking Orbs? This thing seemed to be able to transform and compress into various shapes.
His shoes were black anyway, why not mold one for himself with chakra?
Damn it, why didn't I think of that before?!
Without further ado, Momoshiki reached out and took off his shoes, revealing his fair, jade-like feet.
"It seems that staying with Furina for too long, my IQ will also get infected. How terrifying."
The light from the system panel was a bit annoying. He kicked this useless thing away, then Momoshiki spread his hands, and chakra gradually flowed to his arms.
Before long, the Rinnegan in his palm spat out a large mass of chakra, which gradually twisted and compressed, its attributes constantly changing, finally turning into a black mass.
Perhaps due to his Otsutsuki bloodline, the first step was very successful.
Momoshiki grabbed this black mass of chakra and kneaded it in his palm for a while.
Its toughness and extensibility were very good, and its shape changed according to his will, saving a lot of trouble.
He divided this mass of chakra into two halves and placed them on the tops of his feet.
The chakra began to constantly adhere to his skin, covering the entire tops of his feet, and then continuously extending towards the soles of his feet.
Soon, his last articulated, slender toes and heels were all covered.
He wiggled his toes. The flexibility was good; it wouldn't affect his daily movements.
You know what, it felt like wearing socks.
Following the original method, he molded another large mass of black chakra and placed it on his feet again.
This time, it still adhered and extended, but a distinct shape appeared, quickly becoming normal black shoes. The shape was the familiar ordinary one, only with the Rinnegan symbol.
He admired them for a moment, then stood up and took two steps in place. The familiar feeling under his feet almost sent Momoshiki into a flashback.
He hadn't been able to walk normally for so many days. The feeling of flat feet on the ground was so nostalgic!
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