After Might Guy's intensive training, Hanfu felt much more at ease about his clan's future.
So he left behind a Shadow Clone, activated Sage Mode, and flew back to his mansion to continue his nap.
Unfortunately, he hadn't slept for long before the thunderous pounding at his door woke him up.
When he went outside to look, he found Guardian God Izumo Kamizuki himself doing the knocking.
"Little Tie?" Hanfu stared at him in surprise, thinking, Shouldn't you be guarding your gate? Why are you here trying to freeload off me?
"Hanfu, someone's looking for you." Izumo Kamizuki gave him a knowing look.
Is your face twitching or something...? Hanfu was about to ask who it was, but then it suddenly clicked. "Could it be... the person who came looking for me last year?"
Izumo Kamizuki nodded. "That's right, it's Paper Crane Girl."
As he spoke, he took out a white paper crane and handed it over. "She said she's waiting for you at the same place as last time."
Paper Crane Girl? I might as well be Snail Girl... Hanfu took the paper crane and thanked him solemnly. "Thanks, Little Tie."
"Hanfu, which hidden village is Paper Crane Girl from? How far have you two gotten? She's come to see you several times..." Before Izumo Kamizuki could finish asking, Hanfu—who had no interest in talking—vanished, leaving behind only a ring of invisible air that burst outward.
"Honestly, why won't anyone listen when I'm talking?" Izumo Kamizuki grumbled softly.
Two seconds later, Hanfu appeared at the "old place" Konan had mentioned. It was, of course, the lake where he'd received those Two Hundred Billion Explosive Tags last time.
"You're here." Sheets of paper shot through the air from the nearby forest and gathered overhead, taking the form of a