After they disappeared, Namikaze Kirito also left.
With the spectacle over, the high-ranking officials of the Gensokyo Kingdom returned to their own duties.
As for the vanished Tsunade and Terumi i, the two of them had been brought straight to the Senju compound—to the room Kirito and Tsunade usually used.
The mont they appeared, both won turned and glared at each other, their faces icy cold.
It looked less like a reunion and more like two sworn enemies eting on a battlefield.
But when Namikaze Kirito appeared before them, their attention shifted to him instead.
"What exactly are you trying to do, brat?"
Even after all this ti, Tsunade still called him that every now and then. Maybe, deep down, the days they had spent together in the Land of Tea were still the happiest ti in her life.
And Kirito understood that.
That was why he had never once objected to the na.
Terumi i, on the other hand, looked at Kirito with a flicker in her beautiful eyes, and her whole expression softened into sothing far more alluring.
"Kirito, I still haven't settled things with her yet," i said sweetly, though the provocation in her voice was obvious. "And this violent woman is still talking to you like that. Co on, let's step outside. I'll teach her a proper lesson for your sake."
The mont Tsunade heard that, she instantly understood what i was trying to do.
"Terumi i, you sly woman!" Tsunade snapped. "Drop the act and get outside already. Let's see if I don't punch that smug look right off your face!"
i gave a light, mocking laugh.
"Oh? Is this really all one of the legendary Sannin amounts to? Getting worked up over a few words?" Her eyes narrowed. "Still, I do agree with one thing. Let's go outside. I'd love to see if my Lava Style can lt that annoying face of yours."
"Fine! Let's do it! Do you think I'm afraid of you?!"
Seeing the two of them about to explode again, Namikaze Kirito's expression hardened.
"That's enough."
His voice was not loud.
But the mont it fell, the room went completely still.
Kirito usually carried himself with a calm, gentle air, so when he suddenly showed this side of himself, even Tsunade and i were caught off guard.
For a brief mont, neither of them spoke.
Once he saw that the situation had cald down, Kirito let out a small breath and softened his tone.
"You both know the truth already," he said quietly. "And you both know how important you are to . If this keeps going and one of you really gets hurt... what exactly am I supposed to do then?"
At his words, both won fell silent.
Of course they had already known the other existed in Kirito's heart.
But knowing it and hearing him drag the truth fully into the open were two very different things.
"..."
Now that everything had been laid bare, the way they looked at each other only grew colder.
This was no longer just about pride.
Now it had beco a matter of who stood where in Kirito's heart.
But as a man, Namikaze Kirito had no intention of giving either of them the chance to keep fighting over it like this.
With a flick of his hands, the power of the Dark-Dark Fruit activated.
In an instant, both won felt the chakra in their bodies lock up completely.
Their expressions changed at once, and before they could react, they were both pulled helplessly into Kirito's arms.
"You two want to prove who's better than the other, right?" Kirito said, a faint smirk appearing on his face. "Then I happen to have a thod."
The mont they saw that look on his face, both Tsunade and i felt a bad premonition rise in their hearts.
And sure enough—
Kirito really ant exactly what they feared.
Soon, the entire Senju compound was wrapped in darkness. No one from outside could enter.
Of course, the senior officials of the Gensokyo Kingdom all recognized this as their leader's ability, so naturally, no one was foolish enough to interfere.
It was a long, sleepless night.
Early the next morning, Namikaze Kirito arrived at his office.
Orochimaru had already been waiting for him there.
"You an the ancient country of Roran?" Kirito asked.
"Hehe... that's right," Orochimaru replied with a hoarse chuckle. "We've completely secured the area, and we found the energy source you ntioned, Leader. What should we do next?"
Hearing Orochimaru's report, Kirito narrowed his eyes slightly.
In the original tiline, the power hidden within Roran was capable of sending people through ti and space.
That was exactly why he had ordered Orochimaru to keep watch over it long ago.
And now that it had finally been confird, there was no way he could ignore it.
If Roran truly possessed the power to move through ti, then one question had to be answered first.
Was it rely connecting to a parallel tiline?
Or could it truly send soone back into the past?
If it was the forr, then it wasn't all that dangerous. A parallel world was still separate from reality.
But if it was the latter...
Then that was a completely different matter.
As far as Kirito understood it, the tiline itself should not be sothing that could be casually changed. If soone altered the past, the result should be the birth of another branch—a separate parallel world.
In other words, no matter how powerful soone beca, going back to rewrite history should not truly change the present. It should only create a different world altogether.
That was sothing Kirito knew for certain.
If this world truly contained a power capable of changing history itself, then there would be no need to fight that "Thing" at all.
What would be the point of battling soone in the present if they could simply go back and kill you as a child?
That kind of ability would be far too absurd.
Ti travel like Urashiki's was different. That sort of thing was part of the natural flow of events on the tiline itself.
Just like in the original story, Kirito had never existed, yet the crisis of that era had still been resolved by Jiraiya, young Sasuke, Naruto, and Boruto.
But now Kirito existed, and his presence had already changed the course of history.
So if Roran's power really could send soone into the past, then which past would it lead to?
The world that originally existed?
Or the history that had already been altered by Namikaze Kirito's appearance?
That alone made it worth investigating.
After thinking it over, Kirito spoke calmly.
"I'm going to Roran. Send word to my father that the Gensokyo Kingdom will be left in their hands for now. Call all the Gensokyo cadres back as well, in case the Akatsuki make a move while I'm gone."
Then he looked at Orochimaru.
"You're coming with ."
"Yes, Leader."
Orochimaru imdiately nodded.
Even though Kirito had not explained everything, Orochimaru was already more than interested.
Roran's power alone was enough to stir the curiosity of any scientist.
Since Kirito had personally invited him along, there was no way Orochimaru wouldn't be excited.
He imdiately made arrangents to inform Namikaze Minato, then followed Kirito and began preparing for their departure to Roran.
...
anwhile, inside the eting room, everyone was looking at Tsunade and Terumi i with strange expressions.
The two won who had been ready to tear each other apart yesterday were now acting as though they couldn't even bear to look at one another.
At that mont, both Tsunade and i looked completely uncomfortable in their seats.
Neither of them dared to et the other's eyes.
What had happened last night was still far too vivid in their minds.
That bastard Namikaze Kirito...
He actually made the two of us—
Just the thought of it was enough to make them want to disappear on the spot.
Their minds were a tangled ss of sha and anger, and at least for now, neither of them had the energy to feel jealous of the other.
Seeing each other's face alone was already too much.
Just then, a ninja entered the room and leaned down to whisper sothing into Namikaze Minato's ear.
A mont later, a trace of helplessness appeared in Minato's eyes.
Then he looked at everyone present and spoke in a gentle voice.
"Our King has matters to attend to, so we'll begin today's eting without him."
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