".... Tony Stark had been missing for more than a month now and the Pentagon/White House have refused to declare that the famous billionaire is dead. The search is still on but very few of us have that hope that he is still alive....."
The news was still on when everyone returned to the living room where they returned from the mini house tour. They were flabbergasted and though the Demon Brothers were given a rough tour before, Daniel couldn't explain things to them properly, but Rei got their perspective so it was much easier for them to understand.
"This is not what I thought my day would be going like.." Sakura said as she was still taking ti to understand what was explained by Rei and seen with her own eyes.
Naruto was shaken and Sasuke too was speechless. Kakashi had seen many weird things in his life, but this definitely took the cake, and probably nothing in life would ever triumph it.
We'll see to that buddy!
"The Demon Brothers are the reason you were able to use water clones and your affinity towards water style, isn't it?" Kakashi asked. In response, Rei nodded. Now everything fell into place regarding how Rei knew so much about Zabuza and Haku.
He literally used seals to speak their minds and the fact that such kind of kekkei genkai was under Konoha was a boon. Imagine another village having this kind of ability. It was more dangerous than any kekkei genkai he had seen.
"Umm Rei.. You spoke about weapons.. How can we get them?" Sakura anwhile was still dreaming about weapons, so she had to ask. She was already overwheld with all the beauty products around but she also knew from the look Sasuke gave that he wasn't interested in beauty at all.
Though she would use them, that didn't an she had forgotten what her inner self had an obsession with.
"It's not here. We will get there in New York, where we have a ranch. There you can practice and use them." Rei replied.
"Where is New York?" Sasuke asked. Rei replied by showing him the map and also how they would have to fly there.
"How co you are rich here?" Kakashi asked.
"We invested money and over the last few years it had grown." Rei replied. All four of them, including the Demon Brothers, had question marks over their heads. Rei had forgotten that these people had no idea how finance worked, and thus with the help of Daniel, they explained how they were ultra rich now and by the looks of it, they would beco even richer.
While the shinobis first thought that Rei was kind of rich, now when they understood the scale, they were dumbfounded. Holy shit why is this guy even taking missions? He could just retire..
"What?" Rei had to ask. What followed were tears in Naruto's eyes as he clung onto Rei's legs and asked him to give him money and feed him. Rei could only shake his head. These people really had no idea how economics and currency worked.
It's fine though. Practical lessons would be better. Kakashi then asked about the language barrier and how he was able to understand a completely different language, and Rei again gave the excuse of kekkei genkai, which was kind of the truth.
"So you have been here for quite a long ti?" Sasuke asked. Now he could understand why Rei's ntality was a bit different from others. He had a modern world behind his back, so of course he viewed problems in a different way.
"It's been around 3 years since I beca able to travel between the two worlds." Rei admitted. Sasuke nodded as that made sense. In 3 years, he had learned a lot in this new world. By this ti Daniel had brought them so coke as this drink seed to be loved by the Demon Brothers and maybe the new guests would love it too.
Naruto imdiately grabbed the can suspiciously.
"…Why does the water hiss?"
"Because humanity decided normal drinks were boring." Daniel replied tiredly.
And then Naruto opened it incorrectly. The coke exploded directly upward.
"GAH—!"
Sakura scread because so droplets landed on her clothes while Sasuke imdiately moved away with the speed of soone escaping biological warfare. Even Kakashi subtly leaned back.
anwhile the Demon Brothers started laughing loudly because the exact sa thing had happened to izu yesterday.
"I TOLD YOU THE TAL CAN FIGHTS BACK!" Gozu shouted proudly.
"It attacked first!" izu defended himself imdiately.
Watching hardened missing-nins argue about soda cans felt deeply surreal. Rei anwhile simply took his own can calmly afterward before finally dropping another bombshell casually.
"Oh yes. There is also a ti difference between both universes."
Kakashi imdiately looked wary again.
"…Define ti difference."
"One hour in our original world equals two hours here." Rei replied casually while drinking coke. And just like that, everyone froze.
Even Daniel stopped moving.
"…What?" Sakura whispered weakly.
Rei nodded calmly.
"If we stay here for ten hours, only five hours pass in our world."
Naruto's brain instantly short-circuited again.
"…THAT MAKES NO SENSE!"
"Space-ti rarely does." Rei replied.
anwhile Kakashi's visible eye had sharpened dangerously now. Because unlike the children, he imdiately understood the terrifying implications behind such a thing.
Double the training ti, double the preparation, double the recovery. An entire hidden advantage impossible for others to detect. Even Sasuke had stopped pretending to be emotionally stable now.
"…So if we train here…" he asked slowly.
"…You effectively gain twice the experience." Rei finished calmly.
Then Sasuke's eyes changed.
Because suddenly… the impossible no longer looked impossible anymore. Ti itself suddenly beca a weapon. Rei could practically see calculations happening behind Sasuke's eyes now.
The Uchiha imdiately stood up afterward.
"…How long can we stay here?"
"As long as we want, but always is impossible as you would need to show up in the village and if you or anyone of us are absent from the village for a long ti, I am sure Hokage-sa would start asking questions."
Kakashi anwhile quietly stared toward Rei for several monts afterward. Because suddenly… the true value of Rei's ability beca even more monstrous than before. This wasn't just a kekkei genkai anymore.
This was strategic insanity.
"…There is another thing." Rei added afterward.
Everyone looked toward him again.
"Our physical age remains tied to our original world."
"…aning?" Sasuke asked quietly.
"If we spend one year here while only six months pass there…" Rei explained calmly, "…our bodies only age six months."
Naruto blinked once. Twice.
"…So we can literally train double the amount without becoming old faster?"
"Yes."
"…THAT'S AMAZING!"
Naruto probably understood the value of this less than Sasuke did currently. Because Sasuke now looked like he had just been handed divine scripture itself. More ti.
That was what he lacked most. Itachi was ahead, always ahead. But now? Now Sasuke suddenly possessed sothing unfair too. He had always believed in himself and now more so then ever. Rei was lifeline and in no way he was going to let go of Rei.
anwhile Kakashi internally had already started wondering whether Hiruzen would faint if he ever learned about this properly.
Probably yes. Then suddenly the doorbell rang.
Everyone imdiately tensed instinctively except Daniel.
"…Relax." Daniel sighed afterward while standing up. "Those are probably the people from Allied Universal."
"…Who?"
"A global security company." Rei explained calmly. "Technically ours."
"…WHAT DO YOU AN TECHNICALLY OURS?!" Naruto almost scread.
Naruto's reactions today alone were worth bringing Team 7 here.
Soon afterward two formally dressed individuals entered the mansion carrying briefcases and files. The mont they noticed Team 7 and the Demon Brothers, they remained professional externally though Rei could still notice slight confusion in their eyes.
Because currently the living room contained: One masked silver-haired ninja. Two children with one having a dye of pink. Two slack eyed looking n.
And Naruto Uzumaki aggressively drinking coke wrong. Professionalism was being tested heavily today.
They were the shareholders, that had been asked by Rei to co and help with a small problem they were facing.
One of the two approached respectfully afterward.
"Sir, we brought the preliminary identity arrangents."
Kakashi imdiately narrowed his eye slightly hearing that.
"…Identity arrangents?"
"Yes." Rei nodded calmly afterward. "Since all of you cannot exactly exist here legally without docunts."
That imdiately made Sakura pause.
"…Wait… that's actually true…"
"…Can't we just say we are from Konoha?"
Daniel physically facepald instantly.
"No Naruto," Rei answered calmly. "You cannot tell governnts that ninja villages from another universe exist."
"…Oh." This guy was slow, to say the least when it ca to docunts. All emotions and vibes.
Soon files were opened across the table while Allied Universal employees explained the cover identities carefully.
Not Arican citizens imdiately. Instead, all of them including the Demon Brothers were registered as Eastern European foreign nationals recruited privately through Allied Universal security programs. Temporary work identities. Gradual residency progression. Completely normal on paper.
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