Yamato stared at Senga with his big eyes and muttered,
"Master?"
Senga carried Yamato back to the ground, while Yamato remained nestled in Senga's arms, showing no intention of being separated.
Zephyr stepped forward, adjusting his waist, and said...
"You're finally back! You've been nagging me about 'Master' all day long, I'm so tired of hearing it."
Senga smiled helplessly. He looked down at Yamato, who was usually very outgoing Yamato was actually a little shy. She shrank her neck and buryed her head in Senga's arms like an ostrich.
She looked much bigger than Senga, but at this moment she looked like a 2.6-meter-tall child.
Senga ignored her for the time being, looked at Zephyr, and said with a smile,
"Teacher Zephyr, it's been a long time! You seem to be in good health lately; that punch you just threw was really powerful!"
Zephyr pursed his lips and said,
"Forget it, what does that punch of mine mean to you now?"
As he spoke, he looked curiously at Senga's golden Tenseigan and asked,
"What's wrong with your eyes? This isn't the Rinnegan, is it?"
Yamato also looked up at Senga's eyes. He had noticed the difference in Senga's eyes earlier, but now that she had finally snuggled into Senga's arms, she wanted to stay quietly for a while.
Senga explained briefly.
"This is the Tenseigan; it's one of the things I gained from this trip."
"The Tenseigan? It seems to be another powerful pair of eyes. Can I see its power?"
Senga nodded, then turned to look at the distant sea. Two beams of golden light shot out from his eyes, instantly splitting the entire sea surface in two. The evaporated seawater was not filled for a long time, forming a deep crack.
"Hiss..."
The Zephyr of the attack made both Yamato and Yamato gasp in shock, with Zephyr even taking a jab at Kizaru.
"It's the same light, but this is far superior to Borsalino's. Compared to this, his is only good enough to serve as a lighting setup at a birthday party!"
In an office,
Achoo!
Kizaru rubbed his nose, looked at his split nails, and muttered,
"Is Professor Zephyr scolding me again? Tch, what a stubborn old man!"
Back at the training ground, Yamato looked at Senga with admiration and shouted,
"As expected of my most admired master! He's truly amazing!"
Yamato's current admiration for Senga is far greater than her admiration for Oden back then. She clings to Senga, her hands tightly gripping Senga's clothes.
Senga tried several times to get rid of the sticky bug, but each time the creature cleverly evaded her.
Just as Senga was considering whether to use a miniature Shinra Tensei, Yamato suddenly went down on her own. She stood firmly in front of Senga, her eyes suddenly welling up with tears.
This confused Senga. He used his Tenseigan to scan Yamato's body, and finally touched Yamato's forehead to confirm that she was alright.
Yamato felt a strange sensation arise as Senga's gaze swept over her, but she didn't dwell on it. She paused, then slowly began to speak.
"Master, where did you go? You didn't even tell me. It was Sister Kalifa who told me..."
Speaking of this, Yamato felt incredibly wronged. Being a bit oblivious, she didn't think she was any worse than Kalifa and the others. Senga's "departure without saying goodbye" really saddened her for a long time.
Zephyr couldn't help but interject,
"Actually, even I, as a teacher, don't know, so you don't need to worry about it too much!"
"What do you know, Teacher Zephyr! How can my relationship with my master be the same as yours!?"
"Uh... cough cough!"
Zephyr choked on his words, coughed violently twice, and pressed for an answer.
"What's the difference? Aren't they all master-disciple relationships?"
"It's different! I don't want to just be an apprentice... Hmm!"
Yamato suddenly covered her mouth, staring at Zephyr without saying a word.
Senga reached out and patted Yamato's head, unusually using a gentle tone with Yamato.
"Yamato, it was my oversight not to tell you when I left last time. Actually, I went to another world."
"Another world?"
Yamato paused for a moment, then suddenly spoke with a look of terror on her face.
"Could it be that Master... has died all this time!?"
Senga couldn't hold back any longer Yamato flicked Daito's forehead. Before she could be gentle for long, she said in an annoyed tone,
"Who said I'm dead? The other world I'm referring to is another dimension. Do you understand what a dimension is?!"
Yamato nodded, seemingly understanding, and asked,
"When can I go with my master to see another world?"
Senga snapped his fingers, and a black dimensional portal appeared in the air beside him.
"It's ready anytime now. I'll take you out for some fun in a while. Are you satisfied now?"
"Satisfy!"
Yamato's bad mood comes and goes quickly, which is similar to Shalulia's. Of course, in terms of intelligence, the two can be considered a pair of brilliant minds.
She ran up behind Senga, hugged him tightly around the waist from behind, pressed her face against Senga back, Senga whispered,
"Master is the best, you know? If you hadn't come back soon, I was thinking of going back to my hometown..."
"You mean Onigashima? I've already been there. Your father's having a blast as king there. If you go back, you'll become a princess—no, a prince."
Yamato curled his lip and said disdainfully,
"I'm a girl, why would I want to be a prince? Besides, I don't want to be a princess. Even my father, who used to say he hated kings and such, is now the one who's become one himself. Men are indeed fickle!"
"Um!?"
Senga was taken aback by Yamato's last words. He hadn't expected such words to come out of Yamato's mouth, and he couldn't help but ask,
"Who taught you that last line?"
Yamato proudly raised his face and said,
"It's Shalulia! She said this is the essence she summarized after reading many books!"
Shalulia can actually concentrate on reading? What kind of books is she reading?!
Senga sighed and rubbed his forehead, saying...
"Don't listen to her nonsense anymore. In some ways, her IQ might not even be as high as yours!"
"Master, what do you mean by that! Are you saying we're both stupid?"
"Or what?"
"... I admit I'm a little bit smarter! But I'll definitely become smarter in the future! Master, just you wait and see!"
Zephyr listened to the two of them talking back and forth, smiling without saying a word.