The innovation of the Sealing Scroll was undoubtedly a breakthrough. And if the ninja learned that it was a ninjutsu modified with the help of an ordinary person...
What a scene that would be.
Unfortunately, the man himself would not live to see it.
Torikaze could tell that Uzumaki Qinghe's life force had already run out. Within the next hour, he would die.
He might still be talking one second, then be gone the next. That depended mainly on his own willpower.
Another person who could be considered an old friend was leaving, and it hit Torikaze rather hard.
This was the thing immortality hated most. Even Torikaze could not avoid it.
He was human, after all, and humans had emotions and desires. Torikaze placed great importance on feelings, so he would naturally be saddened.
The days they had spent hiding together in the underground cavern in their youth remained vivid in his mind. Though he and Uzumaki Qinghe had not crossed paths often...
Those few days had still been enough for Torikaze to call him an old friend.
Ran stood beside Torikaze, looking utterly at a loss. He did not know what to do.
Even as the Daimyo, there were simply far too many things he could not accomplish.
His second uncle intended to leave this world, yet he could not change his mind. He did not know what he could do to make his second uncle reconsider.
He truly did not want to lose the second uncle who had helped him so much.
Noticing Ran's state, Torikaze used the Presence Concealment Technique, making the two of them disappear from everyone's sight.
"What's wrong? You still can't understand it?"
Ran nodded. "I still can't accept it..."
Torikaze patted Ran's shoulder. No one could easily accept something like this.
Just