Qingye had been telling the story of Duke Wen of Jin, Chong'er: "Shensheng stayed at home and died, while Chong'er stayed abroad and survived."
Crown Prince Shensheng, trapped in the capital, had no choice but to hang himself. Meanwhile, Prince Chong'er, who had fled abroad, had eventually returned home with the help of Qin.
Pakura's situation was much the same.
At least for now, with her brains and strength, Pakura had no chance of outmaneuvering the humanoid creature that was Fourth Kazekage Rasa.
Returning to Sunagakure would almost certainly mean certain death!
If she stayed in exile, there might still be a chance in the future.
Of course.
What happened to Pakura had nothing to do with Qingye to begin with.
From the moment Orochimaru had finished explaining the mission to sabotage the peace talks, Qingye had already decided to save Pakura. That was why he had accepted the mission.
It wasn't for any other reason. He just wanted to try out the system's temporary loan.
Pakura was the perfect candidate for a loan!
After Qingye had captured and interrogated that Kirigakure Chunin, he had tried it out on him, too. He'd woken the man up, told him he had a way to improve his strength, and asked if he wanted to give it a try.
The man hadn't believed him!
The system required the target's consent before it would issue a loan.
That Kirigakure Chunin had been so terrified he'd wanted to die. No matter how gently Qingye had tried to reassure him, he'd ultimately failed to meet the requirement of "consent."
Since the man had been given a chance and still hadn't been useful, Qingye hadn't wasted any more time on him. He'd simply put him out of his misery.
Still, Qingye had only meant to make a