Quiet Warmth

After seeing the four of them off, the villa finally quieted down. Li Yu gained a brief moment of peace and began analyzing the three women in his mind. Their strange secret techniques—three different techniques corresponding to three different styles. Ōtsutsuki Yamei stuttered when she spoke.

"Was it a real stutter? It seemed a little like... a little like..."

"Like someone who had just learned the Ōtsutsuki language." Li Yu understood this situation well. Back in the Naruto World, he had spent a long time learning that language and had experienced the same feeling.

"Maybe I'm overthinking it."

Li Yu formed hand seals with both hands and quietly closed his eyes.

"Let me see, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki. What have you been up to while I was away?"

Ever since separating from Li Yu, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki had completely let himself go. Under Ōtsutsuki Sanjian's guidance and recommendations, he had been having the time of his life.

Li Yu formed another set of hand seals. His eyes turned purple as he activated his purple six-tomoe Rinnegan and established a long-distance connection with Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.

"Isshiki, are you there?"

"My Lord."

"That's right, it's me."

"You've returned from your mission?"

"Oh, you knew I went on a mission?"

"Sanjian told me all about it."

"I see."

"My Lord, what are your orders?"

"I just came to ask how you've been doing. Without me around, it seems you've really let yourself go lately!"

"My Lord, I-I was only cooperating with Sanjian. He took me to all those places."

"Oh? Does he come looking for you often?"

"He comes to the palace almost every few days, saying he'll take me somewhere interesting."

"Isshiki, you saw through it too, didn't you?" Li Yu tossed the question back at him directly.

"I did. They're trying to numb me,