The young woman looked about eighteen. With long, glossy black hair, she sat atop the ruins, staring at the tombstone before her as she continued to sing.
"Hello, excuse me...!"
Senju Fujima was fairly polite. He appeared directly beside the young woman, extended a hand, and greeted her.
"Ah?"
Perhaps startled by Senju Fujima's sudden appearance, the young woman immediately got to her feet and fled in a panic.
"Hm?"
"Was I really that scary?"
"Seriously...!"
Watching the young woman run away in fright, Senju Fujima looked bewildered. He was so handsome—why had he scared her off?
"Forget it, I'll look around instead!"
"I wonder what time it is now."
Senju Fujima had no intention of chasing after her. Since he had finally come to this world, he naturally had to take a stroll around.
"I'll go take a look at Konoha!"
"I wonder what Konoha is like now."
The next second, Senju Fujima vanished from where he stood. When he reappeared, he was already outside Konoha.
"Kaede-Kaede-Fujima-sama?"
The moment Senju Fujima appeared at Konoha's entrance, the guards hurriedly bowed to him.
"Oh? So they know me?"
"I just don't know what year it is now."
Senju Fujima was slightly stunned when he saw the gate ninjas before him. He had not expected them to recognize him, which was indeed rather surprising.
"Mm."
After nodding at the ninjas before him, Senju Fujima swaggered straight inside.
"Strange, didn't Fujima-sama just come back? Why did he go out again? Am I seeing things?"
"Maybe Fujima-sama was too fast for you to notice. That's normal."
"Mm, that makes sense. Let's just keep guarding the gate properly!"
As soon as Senju Fujima entered Konoha, the several ninjas responsible for guarding the gate felt that something was strange.
Because Senju Fujima had already entered once