"Yes. Although I'd quite like to face him again, now isn't the time. We've been out long enough. It's time to go back."
As he finished speaking, a portal appeared behind Lin Guang and Arisa Shūkyōin. It moved toward them, passing straight through their bodies.
By the time Gaara's Eye of Sand reached the area where Lin Guang had tested his sword techniques, Lin Guang and Arisa Shūkyōin had already left.
All that remained was a ground covered in slowly melting ice crystals and quartz.
Seeing the scene before him, Gaara became even more certain that Lin Guang had been there.
"So it really was Lin Guang?"
As he finished speaking, Gaara himself arrived and saw the spectacular sight.
Then Gaara extended a hand. The quartz and ice crystals covering the ground gradually sank into the sea of sand, until they were buried deep within it.
Meanwhile, Lin Guang returned to Konoha and went straight to Tsunade. He told her he was going somewhere to train, and that she could have a Communicating Frog notify him if anything came up.
Tsunade would not stop Lin Guang from training. Besides, she had already decided to have either Lin Guang or Naruto take over Konoha in the future, so she would not ask too many questions about minor matters involving Lin Guang and Naruto Uzumaki.
After saying goodbye to Tsunade, Lin Guang went straight into the alternate space.
Three days after Lin Guang went into seclusion to comprehend Sun Breathing, Tsunade received a request from the Raikage to hold a Five Kage Summit.
Tsunade also learned that Sasuke Uchiha had abducted Killer B, the younger brother of the Fourth Raikage, A.
The Fourth Raikage, A, had already declared Sasuke Uchiha a nationwide wanted criminal.
From the letter, Tsunade knew that if the