After listening to Hinata, Furina turned her head and stared unblinkingly at Roman with her mismatched eyes. Her bright gaze seemed to say:
I'm very curious.
The next moment, Hinata beside them continued, "Let me explain. During the seven days Roman spent at the Hyuga Estate in Soul Resonance with me, his Chakra went from zero to ten Kakashis."
"Ten Kakashis? The amount of ten Kakashis?" Furina turned back in shock. "Doesn't that mean Roman already has as much Chakra as ten ordinary Jonin combined?"
Roman smiled and nodded. "More or less. But I don't think that amount of Chakra is much. After all, in the original story, even without counting the Chakra of the Nine-Tails Tailed Beast inside him, Naruto Uzumaki had the equivalent of a hundred Kakashis' worth of Chakra in his normal state."
Hearing that, Hinata rolled her eyes. "Before Naruto reconciled with the Nine-Tails, Kurama, he had to use over ninety percent of his Chakra in his normal state to suppress the Nine-Tails' Chakra inside him and prevent it from going berserk.
"The amount of Chakra he could truly use was probably only around four Kakashis, far less than yours!
"After all, you can use all ten Kakashis' worth of Chakra at any time now."
Furina said in astonishment, "So that means Roman is already as strong as the Kage of a village in the Naruto World?"
Roman nodded. "In terms of Chakra, you could calculate it that way."
Hinata said, "Don't listen to Roman's nonsense. During those seven days of Soul Resonance with me, it wasn't just his Chakra that reached a Kage-comparable level. Even his ocular power grew to an extremely high level. He only needed a little more before his Byakugan could enter a new stage—the first fetal movement stage of the Tenseigan!
"And that isn't even the most important part. During those seven days, he also obtained a simplified version of the Bloodline Web: Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack—Vacuum Attack!
"With this move, along with his ten Kakashis' worth of Chakra, which surpasses that of an ordinary Jonin, he is undoubtedly a Kage-level existence!
"I even suspect that if he fought the increasingly aged Third Hokage in a one-on-one battle between real men, it would end with the Third Hokage dying in battle."
Roman hurriedly said, "That's too exaggerated. Don't put it like that, Hinata. After all, I haven't experienced real combat yet.
"Besides, all I know are the Hyuga Clan's taijutsu, Vacuum Attack, and a little Water Release Ninjutsu...
"You could say that if I really fought that old bastard Hiruzen Sarutobi, the odds would probably be fifty-fifty."
Hinata rolled her eyes. "Yeah, yeah, sure..."
Roman said, "..."
Meanwhile, Furina stood frozen in place, thinking blankly:
Roman became Kage Level in seven years... no, seven days?!
And he could enter the Tenseigan's first fetal movement stage at any time and awaken the Jōgan... Doesn't that mean that after this parting, when we enter the Chaos Hall again after some time, Roman's strength might already rival figures like Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju!
—He might even step into the Six Paths Level!!
After thinking that, Furina could not help but feel waves of longing in her heart. "If possible, I truly hope you can come to Teyvat, Roman.
"You wouldn't need to stay long, only for a little while. I might be able to grow much stronger as well, and my control over the water element would no longer be this limited. I could rival the true Hydro Dragon Sovereign, Neuvillette, or perhaps even a complete dragon!"
Roman paused at that. "There should be a chance. Since the Chaos Hall can pull people from different worlds, it must also be able to let people travel between different worlds across the heavens!
"It's just that the interworld travel function hasn't been unlocked yet. It probably needs other conditions, such as more people coming to this Chaos Hall.
"And Furina, if you really want to improve your strength faster, I actually have another good method here."
Furina poked her little head forward and looked at Roman curiously with her mismatched eyes. "What method?"
Looking at the little head so close to him, Roman could not help but turn his face away. "Looking at your face makes me a little embarrassed... It's hard to say what I'm thinking... You should just directly sense my thoughts."
Hearing that, Furina placed her soft, gloved little hand on Roman's chest and carefully sensed his thoughts. Then her mismatched eyes widened in shock, and she let out a panicked cry:
"Ha... You want me, the Fontaine Hydro Archon, the queen of all waters, all lands, all peoples, and all laws, to sit on your lap.
"And feed you little cakes while acting sweet and delicate?
"No, no... I absolutely can't do that."
By the end, Furina had both hands raised before her, waving them repeatedly.
Just then, Hinata, who was wolfing down little cakes with a dab of cream still at the corner of her mouth and looking increasingly adorable, suddenly spoke up. "Roman, don't listen to Furina... I already sensed her feelings just now.
"She's only refusing on the surface. Deep down, she's very willing to feed you little cakes.
"Be more forceful now and hold Furina in your arms."
Roman's heart stirred at that. With a sweep of his arm, he pulled the soft body of the petite, utterly adorable Hydro Goddess into his embrace.
Looking closely, he saw that Furina, held in his arms, had already closed her eyes, her face flushed bright red... This only made Roman find Furina even more adorable, and he could not help saying:
"Fuu, if you keep closing your eyes like an ostrich, I'm going to kiss you. Here I come, here I come..."
!!
Furina jolted, the ahoge on top of her head trembling wildly. Then she noticed Roman's voice getting closer and closer, while the sound of his breathing grew louder and louder.
Her heart began pounding. Realizing Roman was serious, Furina hurriedly opened her beautiful mismatched eyes. "I'll feed you. It's enough if I feed you, so don't... don't kiss me."
After saying that, she took out the tableware she carried with her. "This is the tableware I usually use for afternoon tea. I used it just this morning, and I haven't washed it yet."
Roman bit down in one mouthful.
Slurp.
Furina's eyes widened at that, and her face turned even redder. "I told you it hasn't been washed yet! What are you doing?!"
Roman licked his lips. "It has to be unwashed for it to have flavor... Besides, in a sense, we're the same person. Don't mind such little things."
Furina pointed at Roman, looking furious. "You, you, you..."
Seeing Furina like this, Roman did not react at first. He thought she was truly angry, so he shrank back a little.
Just then, Hinata, still wolfing down little cakes, spoke again and twisted the knife further. "I sensed Furina's feelings again. She doesn't feel any disgust toward your perverted behavior. Instead, she's strangely... delighted?"
"Huh?"
Roman froze slightly, then looked at Furina and found that she was frozen as well. A smile rose at the corner of his lips as he reached out and hooked Furina's delicate little nose with a finger.
"Furina is a bad girl, a bad goddess... You acted so tsundere the moment you opened your mouth. If Hinata hadn't reminded me just now, I would have thought you really didn't want me to do that, to lick your..."
"Don't, don't say it... I'll feed you little cake, okay?" Furina said in embarrassed anger. Using her fork, she speared a little cake from the table and gently brought it before Roman.
"Open your mouth. Ah."
"Ah."
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