"Hey... when are you coming to pick us up?! We still want to get back to our own world! I didn't take much time off, only a month! If I get back too late, Aoko will nag me to death!"
Kaito Kuroba shouted at the screen.
"That's not a problem. It'll take a long time for a month to pass in your original world! I'll send someone else to pick you up."
Naturally, Kaito had no idea what Naruto meant by a month taking a long time to pass. Just as he was about to emphasize how terrifying his childhood friend could be, Naruto continued.
"I still have to find Uchiha Itachi. He entered a relatively dangerous world to save you."
Hearing that someone had put himself in danger to save the three of them, Kaito stopped complaining. Just then, the target he planned to steal appeared, so he said goodbye and ended the video call.
As for Ai Haibara and Akako Koizumi, Naruto simply reminded them to be careful before ending their calls.
Meanwhile.
In the world of Tokyo Ghoul.
Uchiha Itachi had just ended his call with the Shinobi World when he arrived at a coffee shop called Anteiku.
Over the past few days, he had been drinking coffee and reading here to learn about this world.
He had chosen this place because he had discovered that everyone working at the coffee shop was a ghoul, as were many of its customers.
To understand this world, he needed to understand one of its cornerstones: ghouls.
Soon, a waitress named Touka set a cup of coffee on the table in front of Uchiha Itachi.
Itachi nodded in acknowledgment, then took out a book he had borrowed from a bookstore and began reading.
As he read, Itachi thought back