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This way, Keiko and Kakashi will keep getting healthier. Not only can they become powerful, they'll live longer and stay by my side.
But before I can teach them these arts, I need them to sign contracts with Lord Xunjing.
Looks like I'll have to praise Lord Hokage more around Keiko and Kakashi, so their affection for him reaches its peak.
Once the time is right, I'll ask Lord Hokage to form contracts with them.
Sakumo pondered this. Asking with words alone certainly wouldn't be enough. From now on, he would have to train his hardest, fully master the resources Xunjing had given him, and earn enough merit to repay Xunjing through his actions.
Otherwise, how could he have the nerve to ask Xunjing to bestow such an enormous blessing on his wife and child?
At that moment, Xunjing was already no different from a benevolent god in Sakumo's heart.
Meanwhile, Xunjing noticed that Sakumo's affection for him was soaring. Before long, it shot straight to the maximum of one hundred.
Whoa, what exactly has this guy been imagining?
Xunjing was rather surprised.
The man had completely won himself over.
But thinking about Sakumo's personality, he found it perfectly normal. It was very much in character.
People with pure hearts often thought more directly.
To Sakumo, the divine arts he had received after forming the contract were far too valuable, and the debt of gratitude was too great.
He could never repay it. All he could offer was his absolute loyalty, devoting himself wholeheartedly to Xunjing's service.
Almost half an hour passed before Sakumo finally finished digesting most of the information.
Then he dropped to one knee and bowed respectfully to Xunjing. "Thank you for your blessing, Lord Hokage. From this day forward, I, Hatake Sakumo, am a blade