After meeting several Wise Ones, Kitahara Kaede had grown intensely curious about this old man.
When Kitahara Kaede arrived at the technological city built by the Wise One,
the other party immediately came out to receive the two of them.
The three sat in the vast reception hall.
"You're back so soon."
The Wise One smiled as he lifted the teacup before him.
Ōtsutsuki Koto, meanwhile, studied the long-famous old man.
Kitahara Kaede said, "Thanks to you, I had a good time over at Extreme Evil."
"That's good!" The Wise One maintained his standard smile. "Though you did kidnap their little princess."
Kitahara Kaede felt somewhat awkward at those words.
Naturally, the Wise One was merely teasing him.
He quickly continued.
"It's nothing serious. I was just saying it. They wouldn't dare come looking for me over something like this."
He then took another sip of tea.
"Didn't you bring anything back from the Land of Chaos?"
Kitahara Kaede's lips moved, but he did not know what to say.
It did not seem right to say he had brought something back, yet saying he had not would not match reality either.
"Nothing?" the Wise One asked before continuing.
"Then did you bring nothing back from Extreme Evil's home planet?"
Kitahara Kaede fell silent again.
"Nothing?"
The Wise One's face darkened, and he looked quite angry.
Ōtsutsuki Koto, standing nearby, was displeased.
"How is there nothing? Aren't I something?"
Kitahara Kaede felt his heart leap into his throat.
Ōtsutsuki Koto actually dared to speak like that in such a setting.
The Wise One before them was not like Uchiha Kon.
A Wise One was a Wise One, an extremely mysterious figure throughout the entire universe.
Yet Ōtsutsuki Koto's words did not anger the Wise One as expected.
Instead, he laughed.
"You