As I watched the girls playfully fooling around without a thread of clothing on, I sighed that I couldn't put off going back any longer. Leaving behind the walls of the room with all the trappings of propriety - aided in no small part by the sound barrier on the room - they were pretty damn cute.
In spite of the slight delay, we got ourselves decent in time and when the little girl flew into the living room of the High Priestess's quarters along with the maids carrying the plates, everything was nice and peaceful.
It was during the breakfast that followed that I informed my friends that the copying of the library was finished and I would be traveling today. Fortunately, Miroku and Kana realized that this day would come sooner or later and didn't ask me to stay or linger for a few more days.
I don't like long goodbyes most of all, so after breakfast I gave the girls a last hug and kiss, I wasted no time and took the scroll prepared by the clones and left the temple, following the already beaten path to the Land of the Tree. That's how it looked to the local shinobi observers.
I turned off after a few hours of running into the depths of a small forest, as far away from casual glances as possible, just in case - and sensorics can be tricked - and then I pulled up my clothes and touched the fuin on my chest. Message sent.
After a few minutes of feeling a strong tug that twisted me, I suddenly found myself not in the forest, but in a spacious room with a large stone slab.
- Welcome home, boss," the Kanpeki ningyo created from Kaguya Kanpeki smiled at me, helping me up from the floor after summoning me a great distance.
Good thing I remembered about this method of transportation.
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- Yeah, I read the report the other day from the returned Yamanaka and I'm already aware of the approximate situation, but knowing the whole story is another matter entirely! - Shook a small stack of paper at his uncle, quickly finishing reading it. - Demons, priestesses, an entire country falling under the control of demon worshippers...
- Yes, and a brave hero who helps a beautiful miko brew up a nasty creature with many tentacles," I said sarcastically, "I'd like to see you pitch Jiraiya a story for his next 'masterpiece,' but that's just the way it is," I shrugged. - I know now that I can fight not only the one-tailed-two-tailed-tertailed jinchuriki, but also the biju themselves.
- Before the war starts soon, it's a valuable experience," Shenesu agreed with me, "as is the experience of a small war, even if it's a small one - your skills may make you more valuable to your clan and village in the rear rather than on the front lines, but live experience can never be replaced by training, and when facing veterans of equal strength, the chances of victory are slim.
- I'm well aware of this on the example of Hatake Sakumo, making me in joint training almost in all points, except for the volume of chakra and body development, - I waved away from the lecture of senior Nara and moved the conversation to a more interesting topic. - I heard that Sunagkure no Sato had a new leader while I was away.
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