Chapter 18: Descendants of the Illusionary God of Death

At this time, many jonin were observing the fighting children through the Sandaime's crystal ball.

"Are they the ones? Tied for first place among the newcomers this year, Uchiha Sasuke and Hayama Haruko."

"He is the survivor of the Uchiha clan..."

"Yeah." The Third Hokage answered, supporting himself with his hands.

Standing at the edge of the crowd without joining the conversation, Hatake Kakashi was slightly in deep thought.

The surname Zaoma is not well-known. When Kakashi Hatake met Zaoma Haruko by chance before, he didn't take it seriously. It was not until he was called by the Third Hokage that he remembered the old friend.

Meiling Zaoma, a former member of the Anbu (assassination tactics special forces), codenamed "Phantom Dust", possesses the pupil technique of the Flower God's Phantom Eye and has woven countless powerful illusions. She was once called the "Phantom Death God" and her name was resounding throughout the countries.

Later, during the Third Ninja World War, Konoha suffered a surprise attack from within and had to retreat behind the scenes. Her file was classified as the highest level seal, and since then she has lived as an ordinary jonin "Morning Meiling".

Later, she met Zaoma's father, who was also an elite jonin, and together they gave birth to the fruit of their love - Zaoma Haruko.

Mi Ling Zaoma and Kakashi Hatake's teacher Minato Namikaze met while on a mission. At that time, she had not yet joined the Anbu. When she learned that Minato Namikaze had three disciples, she often visited them.

But no one expected that she was "Huanchen", the legendary god of death in the phantom world.

Hatake Kakashi, like everyone else, believed she died in the Third Shinobi World War until he was spoken to alone by the Third Hokage.

"The phantom god of death 'Phantom Dust' is actually Haruko Hayama's mother?" Hatake Kakashi was surprised.

"Phantom Chen", who was known as Konoha's trump card, disappeared in the ninja world without any news. Since it was not because of death, the fact that she was alive should be top secret. How could she let herself know?

As if he knew the doubts in his heart, the Third Hokage slowly said: "'Phantom Dust''s eye technique was severely damaged during the Third Ninja World War, and it was a spy from within Konoha, so the fact that 'Phantom Dust' is alive is Konoha's top secret."

"Yes, so why did Hokage-sama call me here today?"

The Third Hokage picked up the pipe on the table, put it in his mouth and took a puff before saying, "You have come into contact with the child of 'Phantom Dust' before, right? The child named Morning Haruko, tell me what you think of her."

Hatake Kakashi thought for a moment and replied, "I saw her getting close to Uzumaki Naruto before. She seemed like a gentle and kind child, and on par with the rising talent of the Uchiha clan, but that was all. I didn't find anything special about her."

Kakashi Hatake did not hide anything. He indeed did not realize that there was anything about Haruko Hayama that was worthy of the Third Hokage's attention. Was it just because she was the child of "Phantom Dust"?

"Hehehe..." Sarutobi Hiruzen took out his pipe and laughed softly, "That kid is stronger than I thought."

Hatake Kakashi was slightly confused, "What does this mean, Hokage-sama?"

"That child's talent is extraordinary. I remember that Huan Chen only awakened her eye technique when she was twelve years old and in a life-threatening situation." Sarutobi Hiruzen stood up from his seat, "But that child... awakened the Flower God's Phantom Eye at birth, and can use it without any resistance!"

Hatake Kakashi paused. He used the eye technique without any resistance. Even their elite jonin could not do it without resistance, not to mention that it was the eye technique of "Phantom Dust", who was once the nightmare of the ninja world and was known as the phantom god of death.

Putting aside the consumption of chakra, it is difficult enough to control the chakra to invade the enemy's brain nerves and weave a huge and real illusion that makes people addicted to it, not to mention launching it directly without construction.

What a terrifying talent...

"When Haruko was born this morning, 'Huanchen' came to inform me..."

Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes were deep, and he began to recall the scene of that year -

After her "retirement" from the Third Ninja World War, Zaoma Meiling started her own family. Due to the special nature of her identity, despite having the title of a Jonin, Zaoma Meiling seldom went on missions and mostly stayed at home, disguised as a housewife.

Especially after her daughter Haruko Hayama was born, Meiling Hayama began to like taking pictures of her daughter to record her growth.

It was the same today. In the morning, Meiling held a hand bell and smiled, trying to attract her daughter's attention.

"Look here, Haruko-chan~"

My daughter seems to be different from other children. She seldom cries or makes a fuss. Although she will laugh when her parents tease her, she is in a daze most of the time and I don’t know what she is thinking.

For example, now, her daughter was staring blankly at the cute pendant on the rocking bed above, and didn't move when she heard her voice.

I miss milk tea barbecue...

Haruko Zao had indeed not expected that a baby's life would be so simple and plain. It had been several months since she came to this world, and apart from breastfeeding and sleeping, she had no other entertainment activities at all!

Originally, the father in this world would tell her some interesting things about the missions when he had time, but her mother forbade him to do so on the grounds that it was not nutritious. So, she could only listen to the gossip and understand the morning Haruko of this world had lost her only entertainment.

Don't worry, Dad, you are not the only one suffering.

Even though Haruko put aside her shame in the morning, the baby's toys were unable to bring her a sense of novelty for long.

I am bored……

I feel like I'm in a daze every day...

In the morning, Haruko suddenly remembered her previous life. Because she was an orphan, she relied on the help of kind-hearted people to go to school. She worked hard and was admitted to a good university. Later, she was lucky enough to find an office job, and her survival was no longer a problem.

However, capitalists are capitalists, and companies all over the world are generally corrupt. Working overtime and late has become commonplace. What's even worse is that they don't even pay overtime wages!

If I wasn’t afraid of not being able to find another job, I would have reported this shady company long ago!

And it seems that I am always either on the road of making money or on the road of thinking about making money. I don’t have any good friends at all…

As a result, after working so hard for so many years and finally seeing the hope of having enough money for a down payment on a house, he died suddenly at his workplace.

The thing that Haruko Zao regrets most now is that she didn’t report that shady company before she died suddenly. This crappy company ruined my life!

As she thought about it, her resentment grew...

Suddenly, a golden light flashed across Haruko's eyes in the morning, and a white and purple flower bloomed in her dark pupils, and then more and more flowers bloomed in her eyes.

The scene around me seemed to slow down suddenly, glowing with purple and pink light, and white flowers bloomed everywhere in the room.

"This is...!" In the morning, Meiling looked into her daughter's strange yet familiar eyes and quickly tried to get up and close her eyes.

But before they could do anything, Haruko's eyes, which were full of flowers in the morning, burst out with huge light, completely enveloping the two of them, and then disappeared together on the spot.

There was silence in the empty room, and everything happened in an instant.