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Two years later...

"Wow... wow..."

Hearing the baby-like crying, Issui hurriedly got out of bed and looked to the side of the bed. In the small baby cradle, a cute little baby was shaking its little hands and feet, venting its dissatisfaction. The baby's crystal-clear little face was pink and tender, and tears were streaming down its face.

"Oh, my little darling, you're awake! Come here, let Daddy hold my little princess." Issui got out of bed without even putting on his clothes, wrapped the adorable baby in swaddling clothes, and held him in front of him.

"Dad... Dad... Haha..." As soon as the baby saw Issui pick her up, he called out "Dad" and laughed heartily.

"What's wrong..." Bai was also startled and sat up after throwing on a piece of clothing. However, some of her fair and smooth skin was still exposed, reflecting an unusual light like water.

"Mommy... hug... hug..." As soon as the baby saw Bai, he dropped the Issui and reached out to her, wanting to jump into her arms.

"Okay, my little baby, Mommy loves my little baby the most." Bai smiled gently and picked up the baby from Issui's arms.

"Sigh, now that you have a mother, you've forgotten about your father..." Issui said with a bitter face as she looked at the baby who had rushed into Bai's arms, clearly unwilling.

"Hehe... This shows that the daughter is more like her mother. What? Are you jealous? You're acting like a little kid. Xiao Xuan, tell me, isn't Daddy ashamed...?" Bai stuck out his pink little tongue at Issui, then asked the baby in his arms.

"Daddy's so embarrassing, you're not allowed to steal Mommy from Xiao Xuan, otherwise Daddy's a bad guy..." The baby spoke clearly and made a face at Issui.

Okay, fine, I won't argue with you. After all, you're our precious daughter. I'm going to sleep a little longer. Sigh, being a dad is tough...

"Xiao Xuan, sleep a little longer with Mommy and Daddy. We'll get up when it's light, okay?" Bai said softly to the baby.

"Okay, but I want to sleep between Daddy and Mommy," the baby said firmly, raising his little hand.

"Okay, I'll listen to you. Come on, go back to sleep..." Bai placed the baby next to herself and Issui, and continued to sleep beneath them.

It's a long story. Nearly a year after Bai became pregnant, she gave birth to a lovely little daughter for Issui. Issui gave her a beautiful name, Kanna Shisen. She's been pregnant for over a week now and can already speak, but she still has some trouble walking. Without an adult watching her, she easily falls down.

Issui was extremely nervous about his first child, who had lived two lives. From the Xiao Zhixuan was born, he hadn't had a moment's peace. For over a year, he had barely slept a wink, constantly watching his precious daughter's every move. If Xiao Zhixuan fell on the road, he felt as if a large piece of his own flesh had been cut off. He cherished her so much, afraid she would melt in his mouth or fall from his hands. Even the fairest of them couldn't be more attentive to her than he was.

Bai was somewhat disappointed. Her first child with Issui was a girl, which made her a little disappointed. She wished it were a boy. However, seeing how anxious Issui was about Xiao Zhixuan, Bai relaxed. Boy or girl, it didn't matter. Issui didn't care, so why should she? After all, Xiao Zhixuan was her child. Compared to Issui's meticulous care, Bai was slightly lacking. After all, she was only sixteen when she gave birth to Xiao Zhixuan, and she had absolutely no experience raising children. Moreover, having a child at her age was extremely rare in the Hokage World; she was a typical example of early marriage and childbirth. It was all Issui's fault!

As dawn broke, the refreshing morning air cleansed the entire courtyard.

Issui was already up exercising, Bai was in the kitchen preparing breakfast, while their precious daughter remained in bed sleeping.

"Alright, let's eat..." Bai brought breakfast into the dining room, telling Issui to stop her morning exercise, wash up, and eat.

"Okay, I understand..." Issui was very satisfied with his current life. But he still had many things to do and no free time to enjoy this kind of life. Moreover, he had been living like this for two years, and if he continued like this, Issui would also feel that it was meaningless. After all, a life lacking passion was not what he wanted. At the very least, he had to spar with some of the super masters in the Hokage World, otherwise he would have wasted his chance to travel to the Hokage World.

"Are we leaving this world today?" Bai suddenly asked.

"Yeah, we've been here for over two years already. Let's go back to the ninja world. That's where we truly belong. Let's treat this world as just another journey in our lives," Issui sigh. To be honest, he had really learned a lot in this world. His battles with many top-tier fighters had given him a more thorough understanding of his Kekkei Genkai.

"Hmm..." Bai nodded, her eyes suddenly becoming unfocused. After leaving this world, Issui would no longer belong to her alone like she did now.

"Let's leave after we finish eating. I'm really looking forward to it. I wonder what Hinata looks like now. She must be even more beautiful and cute..." Issui missed Xiao Tiantian a little. Sigh, more than two years of separation had made Shui's longing for Hinata grow stronger day by day. He couldn't wait a moment longer. Only Issui knew the urgency in his heart.

After finishing his meal, Issui had Bai and Xiao Zhixuan enter his Sumeru Space first, while he left Blue Mountain City and found a quiet, deserted area. There, he drew the octagonal array he had used to enter this world. This array was a spatial array left by his ancestor that allowed him to travel between the Hokage World and this other world. With it, Issui could freely travel back and forth between the two spaces.

Based on his experience using the magic circle last time, Issui drew it again according to his memory. This magic circle was like an octagonal array formed by rotating and superimposing two squares. The eight Kakuzu equilateral triangles, and the center was a regular octagon. Each Kakuzu some special symbols, and the octagon in the very center had a symbol that looked like an eye. According to the secret scroll, the symbols on the eight corners represented heaven, earth, man, fire, water, soil, wind, and thunder, respectively, while the symbol in the center represented the eye of heaven and earth.

Once the formation was successfully inscribed, he dripped his own blood into the nine symbols.

As the last drop of blood seeped into the central eye symbol, the octagonal magic circle flashed with golden light, then vanished with Issui! He had left this other world!

A tremendous spatial force surged around Issui, and in the blink of an eye, he appeared on a flat patch of ground in a lush forest. After careful observation, Issui realized that this was the place where he and Bai had left the Hokage World more than two years ago.

"Ah..."

Upon returning to the Hokage World, Issui let out a loud roar towards the sky, clearly very excited.

Although leaving the Hokage World caused him to miss many story missions, such as finding Orochimaru's lair and perhaps meeting the beautiful Fuma Sasame, or the Hoshigakure mission and seeing the rare meteorite, Issui felt no regret. In another world, his experiences were equally extraordinary: battling and killing the Two-Headed Frost Wolf, subduing the Blazing Liger Leins, and defeating the Three-Headed Basilisk that self-destructed. Everything he experienced was incredibly rewarding for Issui.

Back in the Hokage World, Issui was filled with excitement. He walked step by step towards Konoha, eager to see his comrades again. They must all have grown up by now.

Perhaps because he was in a hurry, Usui quickened his pace, and only an hour later, he arrived at the entrance of Konoha.

"Izumo, you... look, who's that..." Kotetsu was registering detailed information about passersby, suddenly pointed at Issui at the village entrance and said.

"Could it be..." Izumo saw the figure of Issui. That person had finally returned. He didn't know what Yishui had been doing for the past two years. The Lord Hokage had only said that he had gone to carry out a special mission. He didn't expect that it would be more than two years since he returned. However, he looked much more mature now, and he had also grown taller.

"Hey, Brother Kotetsu, Brother Izumo, hello to you two! Still registering? You must be exhausted, haha. You guys are busy, I just got back. I'm going to report to the Lord Hokage first." Issui greeted Izumo with a smile and headed straight for the Kotetsu Hokage. After all, he had been away for so long, and he needed to report back to Tsunade. Besides, he had used the pretext of gathering information about the Akatsuki to travel to another world, so he had to give her a report now, otherwise, Tsunade would be angry.

"Thump... thump... thump..."

Upon arriving at the Hokage's office, Issui gently knocked twice on the door.

"Please come in..."

Upon hearing Tsunade's slightly authoritative voice, Issui pushed open the door to the room.

"Yo, kid, you're finally back. You said you'd be back in a year or two, but it's already been two and a half. How's the intelligence gathering going...?" Tsunade looked at the tall, handsome boy in front of her with a slight smile. Having been in the Hokage position for so long, she had integrated everyone in the village into her heart. Her previous distrust of Issui had now disappeared. After reviewing a large amount of information about him recorded by the Third, Tsunade discovered that Issui actually had a very deep affection for Konoha.

"Don't worry, the intelligence is all in hand. We've gathered almost all the details about the Akatsuki. This is the intelligence scroll I've prepared; Lord Hokage, you can take a look. We don't know much about the leader of this organization yet, only that he has a pair of Rinnegan. The other members of the organization are also very powerful individuals, each with their own unique characteristics. If such a force were to erupt, unpredictable things might happen. We should prepare in advance." Issui took a scroll from his ninja bag and placed it in front of Tsunade.

"What, is the enemy really that powerful? Beyond our expectations?" Tsunade became worried at Issui's words. Could it be that the organization's power had already reached a level beyond that of the Five Great Ninja Villages? Otherwise, Issui wouldn't have spoken so cautiously.