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The next morning.

Gekko Mansion.

Hanfu lay on the tatami, fast asleep.

After midnight the night before, the Collection Technique had refreshed, so he'd traveled along the Network Cable to the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Hot Water, captured three bandits, and then headed to the Secret Underground Base newly built beneath the Frozen Soil of the Land of Iron. After sacrificing them, he used Impure World Reincarnation to revive three Otsutsuki Clan ancestors and harvested them thoroughly.

His luck had been pretty good this time. In three attempts, he'd collected two one-third fragments of the Byakugan Kekkei Genkai. There was still a long way to go before he reached perfection, but a journey of a thousand miles began with a single step, and oceans were formed from tiny streams...

After pouring himself two bowls of piping-hot Chicken soup for the soul in the middle of the night, Hanfu finally returned from the Land of Iron to sleep.

"Big Brother, Big Brother, wake up!!"

The sun had barely poked its bright red head above the horizon when Karin rushed in and started pulling off his covers.

"Are you trying to start a revolt?" Hanfu mumbled sleepily, fighting to keep hold of his blanket. "Get your brother Hayate to take you to school. Don't come looking for me."

"Big Brother, the term's already over. I'm on vacation!"

Karin shouted, "Everyone's going on a spring picnic today. If we leave any later, we'll be late!"

A spring picnic...

Hanfu suddenly remembered how, back when he was at the Ninja Academy, he'd often gone hunting with Iruka, Anko, and the others. What a nostalgic memory... No, wait. He'd finally escaped those miserable days, so why was she dragging him back into them?

Hanfu climbed off the tatami, feeling