Being alone was always lonely and empty, especially when you spent every day deep underground, unable to see the sun. That kind of oppressive feeling could drive a person mad!
Fortunately, Hanfeng's Shadow Clones were handsome, sweet-talking, curvy, and dressed in sexy clothes. It was a shame they misunderstood the Transformation Technique, always treating it as a sex-change technique and vehemently rejecting it. But whether they were tight or not didn't matter to Hanfeng, anyway. Sigh!
He was exhausted!
As the days passed, the Red Stardust representing the Byakugan Kekkei Genkai in Hanfeng's mind continued to grow.
At last, on the final day of Konoha Year 59, Hanfeng gathered forty-nine pieces of Byakugan Kekkei Genkai Red Stardust.
Under Hanfeng's tense gaze, the forty-nine pieces of Red Stardust slowly began to spin and intertwine, like a swarm of red fireflies drawn to one another.
Was the fusion starting?
Hanfeng carefully sensed them with his mind and indeed noticed the Red Stardust tentatively drawing closer and blending together, though the process was slow.
Hanfeng had no choice but to lie on the wooden bed and wait quietly.
Land of Fire.
Konoha.
Gekko Mansion.
Keiko, Gekko Hoshino, Hayate, and Karin were having their New Year's Eve dinner. With Hanfeng gone, the family of four... ate especially well!
In less than half an hour, they had polished off the lavish meal Keiko had spent all afternoon preparing.
"I'm going to play with Hinata." Karin finished eating and immediately climbed over the wall to play next door.
"I'm going for a walk." Hayate burped, wrapped his Cotton Padded Jacket tighter around himself, and went out to find Uzuki Yugao.
Keiko shook her head and sighed. As she tidied up, she looked fondly at Gekko Hoshino. "These kids... In the end, it's just the two