Asuna's side.
She had no idea where she had wandered off to alone.
It was pitch-black here, terribly frightening.
Akasaka had arrived long ago and had been silently following behind her.
Asuna found a dim corner by herself and sat down as if it could offer her even a sliver of safety, wrapping her arms around her knees.
She wanted to sleep, but she did not dare to.
Akasaka finally could not hold back any longer and stepped out. However, he did not say anything. He simply sat down beside Asuna, just like her, keeping her company.
Asuna merely gave a self-mocking laugh. "So you really did leave something on me to track me."
Asuna was not stupid. For him to find her so easily, especially when she had deliberately come to such a remote area on the thirty-ninth floor, meant that no normal person should have been able to locate her. Yet Akasaka had found her, proving that he had left a Flying Thunder God Mark on her.
Asuna tilted her head up at the sky, staring at the pitch-black entrance of the dwarf stone cave.
"You stalker..."
There seemed to be some resentment in her tone, but also a trace of delight that even she herself had not noticed.
If the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, knew that Akasaka was using his signature technique to locate girls, he would definitely break through the dimensional barrier to come after Akasaka.
Akasaka tore open the bag of chips he had brought and held it out to Asuna. "Want some?"
Asuna reached into the bag, grabbed a handful of chips, and stuffed them into her mouth.
Asuna looked like a little dirty kitten now. After all, she had spent some time out in the wilderness and was covered in grime.
Even as