Upon hearing Aizen's words, I looked at him with a touch of surprise, but it didn't last long.

Upon reflection, I know that the changes regarding my older sister are directly linked to his intervention. I am grateful, although I do not say this directly because I feel a bit embarrassed.

I still remember how it was. A few years ago, Hinata began to change, starting with her training, which was different from the norm. Because it was so simple, it received disdain, but, to my surprise, she did not become discouraged by the disdain of others. In fact, it seemed like she was used to it, and somehow, she seemed different, especially after a month of doing the same exercise, only increasing the intensity.

One day, I overheard my father muttering that she had no hope as he sighed, but something inside me said that this time, he was wrong, and... A few months later, even my father had to reassess my older sister once again.

The training that was treated as a waste of time, something that didn't make sense to do, was creating a solid foundation for my sister, to the point where she had such a surprising qualitative change that it left my father stunned.

I still remember him muttering in disbelief. He seemed incredulous, and somehow, it brought me satisfaction.

However, I continued to watch my older sister train in secret, and... One day, I saw her reading a handmade book.

It was a book that, later on, I found out was created by Aizen Kurama, her classmate. Curious, I watched Hinata read after training. As soon as she seemed to have finished reading, I saw her cry like a child.

My heart ached for her, seriously, I had never seen her cry so much. I even felt her emotional release from afar, affecting me to the point of shedding a few tears.

And that was when everything changed. It was like a click. Since my older sister read that book, she underwent an even more surprising transformation than with her new training regimen, such as letting her hair grow, among other things...

For example, she started eating more. When I say more, I mean eating the amount of at least 5 adults!

Heavens, that left me stunned. How could someone so small eat so much?

Even if I forced myself, I couldn't eat half of what she ate.

And that was just the beginning. She started eating for several people every day, and instead of gaining weight, she seemed to turn the nutrients from the food into strength.

Since then, she trained with more intensity, improving day by day, eating more and more...

I admit I tried to imitate her, but it seems that our metabolisms are different. I couldn't eat the same amount as her, and I started gaining a few pounds...

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Returning to the present, looking at my older sister, who smiled shyly but without averting her gaze towards Aizen, a mischievous smile curved on my lips, and I thought: 'I knew it... She likes him. When I asked, she said she admired him, but her eyes tell me otherwise~!'

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Looking at Kumo chatting and laughing, I thought that such a scene would not be possible if she had not been able to pursue her dream of being a ninja and the tragedy of killing our parents repeated itself.

Of course, even though I helped her improve, I never stopped monitoring her progress through her page. And, so far, something like 'Ido' has never manifested itself.

As I reflected, something seemed out of place. After pondering incessantly, I came to a conclusion: A second malevolent personality was generated from her negative thoughts, manifesting itself after the loss of control over her own powers and intensifying with the death of her parents.

It was plausible, something that had been confirmed possible in various situations, especially in traumatic situations. However, such a situation did not occur this time.

With my intervention, her body strengthened as it helped break the limits of her strength and endurance. Training with me, she gained good control over her Special Characteristics (Kurama Clan's Kekkei Genkai) and learned to control her chakra masterfully.

Her understanding of genjutsu was at a level even higher than mine. Although I was also able to create real illusions, just like her, I am limited to almost real illusions.

Given time, I knew it was only a matter of time before she became skilled enough to use real genjutsu without losing control.

Of course, although my progress is not going as fast as hers in comparison, that was not my focus at the moment; I just strived within my means to keep up with her progress while working more on maximizing my attributes.

I still have a little way to go to break the limit of all my attributes; both my Mental Strength, Skill, Aura, and my newly acquired attribute, Bones, still needed to reach the maximum limit for me to succeed in breaking the limit at least once.

Of course, I had Kumo undergo a similar training to mine until her attributes approached the maximum, and I had her start training something new as she neared the maximum limit.

Looking back at her now, I smiled a little.

"Why did you start smiling suddenly, Big Brother?" She asked me.

Hanabi and Hinata fell silent at her question, also looking at me.

With my hands tucked under my sleeves, I said gently, "Mm, I just felt happy seeing you grow up healthy and becoming more and more beautiful and strong; because of that, I got a little lost in thought about the past."

With my hands hidden under my sleeves as I crossed my arms, I said softly with a gentle smile, "I thought a little about the past, and so I felt happy to see you grow up healthy, more and more beautiful and strong."

When I finished speaking, she was stunned. Soon she reacted by standing in front of me, punching weakly at my chest.

"Moo!" She complained, embarrassed. "Moo, goodness, Big Brother, how can you say such embarrassing things in front of my friends?"

"Haha, but didn't you ask?" I retorted.

"But..." She pouted in response. "I didn't know that was why you were smiling; if I could read minds, I wouldn't have asked such a question..."

Hinata and Hanabi were laughing at the situation, and at least Hinata tried to disguise it, but I saw Hanabi laughing shamelessly.

This only increased Kumo's shame and shyness; she hid her blushing face in my chest.

"It's all your fault they're laughing at me, humph!" She muttered while pinching my waist.

I pretended it hurt a little, even though it hardly hurt at all, just to avoid increasing her discontent.

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