"Haha, Kei, don't go thinking this old man is some decrepit old fossil who can't move. I can still eat, drink, and sleep just fine. Well, getting out and moving around once in a while is good for this old man's health. I plan to live for a thousand years!" The Great Elder burst into loud laughter.
His voice was incredibly loud. If a barrier had not already been set up around them, Ueno Kei would have thought the old man's voice would draw the Anbu's attention. That was right—a barrier, and one erected by the Great Elder himself. In fact, Kei had not noticed it while approaching his home. Only after he pushed open the door and was about to step into its range did he discover it.
That alone was enough to demonstrate the Great Elder's strength.
This was also one reason Ueno Kei respected the Great Elder. However, several black lines appeared on his forehead. A thousand years? Great Elder, did you think you were a turtle? Well, he had heard that Jiraiya's summoning beasts, the toad clan, seemed to have ancient monsters that had lived for over a thousand years. Though they were not turtles, they were toads comparable to turtles.
But Ueno Kei really wanted to tell this white-haired lizard: Great Elder, you're a lizard! A lizard! Not a turtle! Kei sighed helplessly inwardly. He had never understood why Thunderlight had developed such a personality in an environment where most lizards were so serious.
Later, after learning the true nature of the Great Elder before him, Ueno Kei was no longer surprised. With such an unreliable old man around, hehe, it was hardly strange that Thunderlight had turned out that way. After all, the Great Elder was even more interested in human things than Thunderlight