The next day.
At a shrine near the Hyuga Clan's residential district.
Hanfu, dressed in a black montsuki haori, and Mei Terumi, dressed in a white wedding kimono, slowly entered with their respective friends and family accompanying them.
Of course, Mei Terumi's parents had died when she was very young. As for her friends, Ao, the one closest to her, had died during the Konoha Crush Plan. Her other friends were either not particularly close to her or couldn't attend the wedding because of the tense relations between Konoha and Kirigakure. So Keiko had arranged for Uzuki Yugao, Gekko Kemuri, and Karin to accompany Mei Terumi.
The guests who had presented their gifts, the people of the Gekko Clan, Namikaze Minato's family, Hyuga Hiashi and his daughter, Hizashi Hyuga and his son, the Third Hokage and his grandson, Kakashi, Might Guy, Rock Lee, the Konoha Guard Platoon led by Genma Shiranui, Fugaku Uchiha, Itachi Uchiha, Nara Lukai, and Shikaku Nara and his son...
The Gatekeeper Duo, Aburame Shikuroo, Aburame Yui, Anko, Inuzuka Sa, Iruka, Ito Nipan, Hyuga Itsuki, Hyuga Shinichi, and the others stood on both sides of the shrine courtyard, watching the newlyweds.
Hanfu glanced furtively to either side. Nearly every shinobi whose name he knew—and even those whose names he didn't—had come.
Even Shisui, who was stationed at the Hot Water-Fire Borderline, had... sent a Shadow Clone. At the moment, he was whispering with Itachi Uchiha in a corner, probably talking about Sasuke.
Hanfu took a quick look around, and an inexplicable warmth stirred in his heart.
He'd been in this world for over twenty years. Whether he'd wanted to or not, he'd formed ties of varying depths with the people here. He wasn't alone anymore.
Once everyone was in place, the shrine's priest slowly stepped before the