Time flew by like a white colt flashing past a crack. In the blink of an eye, it had been nearly ten years since Xiao Xie arrived on the Ninja Continent.
Over these past nine-plus years, because of Xiao Xie's presence, there were still some minor wars throughout the ninja world, but no major conflicts.
Moreover, Orochimaru and the others would occasionally stir up a few terrorist attacks, only for Xiao Xie to step in and suppress them, earning him quite a few Worship Points.
In order to free up more time for fun, Tsunade passed the position of Sixth Hokage to Hatake Kakashi six years ago.
Although Hatake Kakashi's Sharingan had been taken by Xiao Xie, without it, Kakashi had instead broken through to the Kage level in a short time. Thus, no one objected to him becoming Hokage.
Over the years, Xiao Xie had also used the Decomposition Furnace to break down many ninja corpses with bloodline limits, obtaining some bloodline-limit crystals and Longevity Pearls.
Xiao Xie gave most of the Longevity Pearls to Tsunade and the other two women. Replenished by the life force within the pearls, the three of them still retained the appearance of women around twenty years old.
After Tsunade stepped down as Hokage, Yuhi Kurenai also stopped taking missions. Together with Xiao Xie and Mei Terumi, the two women traveled throughout the ninja world over the years, taking in the scenery of different regions.
Over the years, Xiao Xie sometimes took Tsunade and the others to North Blue to fish for whales; sometimes he took them to the South Pole to catch penguins; sometimes he took them above the clouds to watch the Golden Crow rise in the east; and sometimes he lay on the moon with them, watching Earth and the stars.