Seeing Hagoromo's reaction, Tetsuya smiled in satisfaction.
Fantastic. This was exactly the expression I'd been waiting to see. This is just too much fun!
Hamura, standing beside them, felt a little wistful too. He recalled the days when the two brothers had still lived together. Back then, they had not yet become so-called sages, and each had been a member of his own village.
And back then, there had been a girl named Hatori, whom his older brother had loved deeply.
Unfortunately, the way it had ended...
Seeing Hagoromo's reaction, Hamura patted him on the shoulder and said,
"Hagoromo, calm down. That isn't the Hatori you knew.
Have you forgotten what Tetsuya said?
She's just someone from a parallel world."
Hagoromo took a deep breath.
"I know. I understand what that means."
Seeing that his older brother had not become lost in his emotions, Hamura sighed in relief.
"So, Tetsuya, you came to find my brother and me because you want us to rescue Hatori with you? To fulfill the request of the Hagoromo from another world?"
Tetsuya clapped his hands and gave them both a thumbs-up.
"Exactly.
That's just what I had in mind. After all, I'm not familiar with the Shinobi World at that point in time, so I planned to find two people who knew that world to come with me.
Naturally, I thought of you two.
You should both be very familiar with that period, right?
What do you think? Interested in taking a trip with me?"
"To another Shinobi World?"
Hagoromo pondered for a moment before finally nodding.
"All right. I'll go with you."
"Hagoromo!"
Looking at his older brother, Hamura was at a loss for words. He had assumed his brother had long since let go. After all, so many years had passed.
Yet