"Sasuke."
"Father."
The father and son looked at each other across the space, countless words surging in their eyes.
Gekkō Raito walked forward and gently patted Sasuke's tense shoulder. "I've brought the people back. How to settle them from here on is entirely up to you to handle; I won't interfere. Whether they integrate into Kirigakure or seek another path, you have the final say."
With that, Gekkō Raito turned and swaggered out of the underground space without the slightest bit of reluctance.
Watching Gekkō Raito's retreating back, Fugaku could not help sighing. "That Lord Mizukage looks ridiculously young."
Sasuke nodded slightly, a trace of respect in his eyes. "That's right, he's my age."
His age?!
A monstrous storm raged in Fugaku's heart. Sasuke was only twelve or thirteen now, which meant the Mizukage ruling the massive Kirigakure was actually just an unweaned brat?
Yet with merely this terrifying method of reversing life and death, this person's strength was definitely unfathomable.
This was definitely not something an ordinary youth could achieve.
Fugaku withdrew his gaze and stared at his son. "Why did you choose to defect from Konoha and throw in with Kirigakure?"
Sasuke swept his gaze over the surrounding clan members who were whispering among themselves, and said in a deep voice, "This isn't the place to talk. Let's get everyone settled first, and afterwards I'll tell you everything exactly as it happened."
Fugaku nodded; his intuition told him the story behind this would definitely give him a huge shock.
A teenager in his teens ascending to the position of Mizukage, flipping his hands to form clouds and raining to form water to resurrect hundreds of people, and still maintaining that breezy and casual demeanor-this person named Gekkō Raito was simply a monster prodigy!
Gekkō Raito returned to