Kakashi leaned against the wall, flipping through the pages of Make-Out Paradise without even looking up.
"You'll get used to it."
He paused, then added another sentence.
"If he goes to the moon someday and wipes out the Ōtsutsuki nest, you should get used to that too."
Sasuke stood where he was, his hand still gripping his sword.
He looked back at Obito, then at Kakashi, profound confusion rising in his eyes.
Why were these two so calm?
That was an Ōtsutsuki.
In their era, the appearance of a single Ōtsutsuki meant utter catastrophe.
Yet these two reacted as though Ye had just picked up a stray cat from the roadside.
Was his judgment flawed, or had the strength of this era already surpassed his understanding by far?
Minato looked at Urashiki on the ground, then at Ye, who remained perfectly composed.
A moment later, he lowered the kunai in his hand.
"Ye, you went to such lengths to capture an Ōtsutsuki in the Land of Wind. Does he have some special use?"
"I wouldn't call it a special use."
Ye sighed.
His gaze passed over Minato and swept across Naruto and Sasuke.
"Teacher Minato, have you really gotten so accustomed to staying in this future?"
"Don't forget, we don't belong here. We came from another time and space..."
Naruto's expression immediately changed.
Ye raised a hand and pointed at Urashiki beneath his feet, then paused for a moment.
"We have to go back eventually."
The words "go back" changed the atmosphere in the office.
Naruto's hand holding the teacup froze in midair.
The past six years together had been too real—so real that he had nearly forgotten that this lively father before him was only a miracle brought about by Space-Time Turbulence.
Naruto's Adam's apple bobbed.
He lowered his