Holding the documents bearing Yanbai's "approval," Junlin felt lighter than ever before. For the first time, his smile was truly heartfelt.
Junlin took Yanbai's hand and led him to the "home" he had so carefully hidden away.
To Junlin, it was a "house," not a "home."
But because of Yanbai, Junlin was willing to give himself another chance, and to reconcile with Tobirama Senju again.
Junlin had readily believed Yanbai. Perhaps some doubts lingered, but he had chosen to trust him anyway.
Yanbai had not immediately asked Junlin to take him to the sealed Tobirama Senju, either. Instead, he had Junlin wait in the office for a while.
Yanbai had his own business to attend to. Only after using the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique to finish all his work did he ask Junlin to take him to the place where Tobirama was sealed.
They arrived at the dwelling covered in talismans.
Yanbai silently surveyed Junlin's "masterpiece," unable to help thinking, No wonder Tobirama Senju ended up in this mess. Junlin must be a genius pushed to his limits.
The layers upon layers of Sealing Jutsu distilled complexity into simplicity. Some of the ideas struck even Yanbai as incredible.
All he could say was that Junlin truly lived up to being Tobirama Senju's son. The student had surpassed the master.
Seeing that Junlin had actually brought Yanbai home, Tobirama Senju, sealed inside his coffin, felt both surprise and disbelief.
"Tsk, tsk. Tobirama, you really are in a sorry state."
Yanbai looked down at Tobirama Senju and reached out to flick his dirt-covered forehead.
Tobirama Senju's face was expressionless, but the first words out of his mouth were, "I'm sorry."
Tobirama Senju realized that taking matters into his own hands and inexplicably saddling Yanbai with two children had been a deeply repulsive