The chances of winning were extremely slim.
"Fine. Let these Kage-level ninja see a higher realm, so they don't think the current situation is already good enough."
Torikaze, standing nearby, repeatedly agreed. The couple chatted for a while longer, and Chisato's eyes began to feel uncomfortable.
So she planned to lie down and rest again.
After applying some eye drops to relieve her fatigue, Torikaze left the room.
In the blink of an eye, he arrived at the lake where he had proposed to Chisato.
The clouds and mist that had once lingered there had long since dispersed. Only the red crystal tower still stood there.
It gleamed brilliantly beneath the sunlight.
Of course, that was also thanks to Torikaze's regular cleaning. Whenever he had free time, he would come tidy the place up.
From time to time, he would bring Chisato here to have some fun as well.
Every year on their wedding anniversary, he would bring the whole family here for a few days of vacation.
Torikaze came to the edge of Cloud Lake and gazed at the shimmering water, his thoughts drifting away.
This lake had witnessed his growth as well.
Training in Senjutsu, subduing the Tsuchigumo Clan, proposing, advancing to the Six Paths Level himself, and now witnessing Chisato's advancement to the Six Paths Level.
It had to be said that this place was Torikaze's treasured land, filled with countless memories.
Whenever he recalled them, he could not help but sigh.
Torikaze had named Cloud Lake himself.
The lake was vast, its surface rippling layer upon layer beneath the gentle breeze.
"Back then, when I fought En no Gyōja, the Tsuchigumo Clan's leader, here, we destroyed most of this place. Yet it all recovered within just a few years."
"Now there isn't even the slightest trace