"Where is this place?"
Neji opened his eyes, and all he saw was boundlessly dark, a dim haze. His eyes were really sore right now, and even trying to activate his Byakugan to check his surroundings was a long shot.
However, he had a strong intuition that even if he activated his Byakugan, he would still see the same thing.
This place felt like a strange space without any restraints, or rather, without any set rules. Neji could hear rumbling thunder sounds from all around, feel the crackling sound of fire burning firewood, and even the whistling of the wind by his ears…
"Is this spatial turbulence?"
After a long while, Neji finally came back to his senses from his confusion. That's right, he had jumped into a void of time and space, and he didn't know where he was going. He was drifting like a fallen leaf with the wind blowing, but despite that, he could feel that he was indeed moving downwards.
It was as if there was an extremely powerful gravitational pull below, constantly dragging him down. He didn't consider resisting this force. Not to mention that he couldn't do it now, even if he could, he wouldn't want to drift aimlessly in this darkness.
Perhaps, following this gravitational pull downwards was the best choice.
"Waaaaah... Big Brother, where are you? What kind of weird place is this?"
Shukaku's suddenly loud voice made Neji, who had just woken up, pause slightly. So, the spatial turbulence hadn't separated them. This was considered a blessing in disguise.
"It seems like some mysterious power is controlling all of this, or… influencing all of this. We should be falling towards a predetermined destination."
Neji thought this and tried to reach out his hand to comfort Shukaku, who was once again panicked about being tricked by his big brother. However, they seemed to be a bit far apart, and he couldn't reach him.
Just as Neji was momentarily stunned, his body suddenly emitted a soft blue glow, as if coating him in a gentle film.
"This is… Right, it's the Gelel Stone." Neji understood. In the past, he had absorbed the natural power contained within the Gelel Stone veins into his body but had never been able to use it. He never expected that this power would now be illuminating him.
"Big Brother?"
After Neji became the only source of light in the black hole, Shukaku quickly noticed him. He immediately opened his large, bell-like eyes and rushed towards him.
Neji directly hit him on the forehead and then looked down. It was endless, bottomless…
"How much longer do we have to fall?"
Neji mumbled, then closed his eyes to start recovering his Chakra. The Shinigami and the Evil God could stop him from absorbing external Chakra, but they couldn't stop his body from automatically regenerating Chakra. Moreover, this resistance clearly vanished after jumping into the void of time and space.
"Warning! Warning! Affected by spacetime distortion, system malfunction, unable to… operate normally, please host… world…"
The system's sudden appearance and abrupt end startled Neji. However, he thought it was understandable. Still, the way it shut down halfway made Neji really want to scatter the system's ashes.
"Since I can't resist, I'll enjoy it." A line from his past life suddenly appeared in Neji's mind, and he felt it made a lot of sense. Thus, he fell asleep.
After an unknown amount of time, a strong bright light suddenly appeared in the void of time and space, swallowing Neji and Shukaku.
"Hiss… This place… Isn't this Kaguya's space again?" Neji was woken up by Shukaku and looked at the familiar surroundings, feeling a bit dazed.
After such a long period of recovery, Neji had returned to his optimal state. In short, it should be enough for self-preservation.
After a brief conversation with Shukaku, he summoned a vortex in front of him and stepped into it.
…
The Land of Ancestors was a country with a predominantly agricultural economy. Its national strength was weak. Although called a country, its land area was pitifully small, no different from a village.
The people here lived simple lives. The men liked to tie their hair over their ears. They were self-sufficient, peaceful, and harmonious.
However, one day, a woman suddenly descended upon this land. Because her arrival was so grand, like a meteor streaking across the night sky, she was caught by the guards of the Land of Ancestors.
They brought her to the largest manor in the Land of Ancestors. Before her, a handsome man, clearly more distinguished than the other men, sat on the wooden steps. He couldn't help but feel a stirring as he looked at the beautiful woman kneeling below.
"What's your name?" The man was named Tianzi. He was very young. Seeing such a peerless beauty, he asked softly.
The woman's silver-white hair cascaded like a waterfall, covering the ground even as she knelt. Although her eyes were gray and white, her demeanor, like that of a lady from a distinguished family, and her exquisitely beautiful face made one's heart flutter.
"…My name is"
The woman's mind quickly learned the language of the natives of this planet. After a moment of silence, she finally learned some basic communication. Just as she was about to tell these people her name, a vortex appeared right above Tianzi's head.
Then, a clean-cut man emerged from the vortex and happened to step on Tianzi's head. He looked around curiously.
"Huh? Where is this?" Neji looked at the empty manor surrounding him, as well as the densely packed people holding spears and halberds. He never expected to appear in such a place.
"Hmm, it's not very obvious, but I can definitely sense Chakra." Neji pondered everything about this unfamiliar place. The woman in front of him, who also possessed Byakugan, gave him immense confidence.
This world also had Byakugan, so ninjutsu, taijutsu, and genjutsu should be applicable here.
As he looked at the woman, she also looked at him, her eyes filled with doubt. She didn't know why she would see someone from her clan here, and he didn't seem to recognize her.
"You, you… How dare you step on His Majesty Tianzi's head!!"
"Yes, that's right. These two must be in cahoots. Their eyes are both gray and white."
"How dare you disrespect His Majesty Tianzi! Kill them! Kill them!"
"Huh??" Seeing the soldiers charging at him from all sides without discerning right from wrong, and feeling the relatively comfortable 'cushion' beneath his feet, Neji was bewildered.
He wanted to explain, as he was in the wrong. However, he wouldn't just stand there and let these spears and axes stab him.
"Immobilization Jutsu."
Neji casually waved his hand, freezing the charging group of people in place. He calmly removed his foot from under Tianzi's head and said, "I meant no offense. I was just passing through, and your so-called… Heavenly Emperor, just happens to be under my foot."