The moment he stepped into the tent, the system notification sounded.
"Congratulations, host, on completing the interception mission. Rewards: Evolution Points +1,000, Spirit-Transforming Fruit +20."
Yechen paid it no attention. He went to the bedside and laid Miyuki's body down. Looking at her, long since dead, he broke down sobbing.
Having seen so much life and death, he had thought he could remain calm. But when the moment truly came, he still could not keep his composure.
Since coming to this world, he had felt neither safe nor as though he belonged. All he had wanted was to grow stronger and survive.
But then he had met Team 7: Teacher Nakagawa, Abe Rō, and Ito Miyuki. Without his realizing it, those three had long since claimed a place in his heart.
Now they were all dead, and on a meaningless battlefield at that.
Yechen was furious, and his hatred ran even deeper. Not just the Rock Ninja, but Konoha's so-called leadership and its vested interests all deserved to die.
They waved the banners of fighting for Konoha and the will of fire, but when had they ever truly considered the ordinary people at the bottom? All they cared about were their own interests.
Yechen stayed in the tent for three days. He did not go out or train, remaining by Miyuki's side the entire time.
Only on the fourth day did his emotions settle somewhat. He placed Miyuki's body in the system space, where it could be preserved intact.
Time stood still within the system space. Even if ten thousand years passed, Miyuki's body would not decay.
He did not lay her to rest because he wanted to truly bring her back to life one day.
This was no idle fantasy. Yechen had the ability to do it.