"Things are still going well between you and that girl Karin, right?"
Indeed, Gekkō Raito's intervention had long since diverted this world's course. The woman by Sasuke's side was no longer Sakura, but Karin Uzumaki.
The union of the Uchiha and Uzumaki, those two legendary bloodlines, was practically as intense as a chemical reaction.
Perhaps nourished by the Uzumaki Clan's immense vitality, Sasuke's daughter Sarada possessed talent so monstrous it made people's scalps tingle.
When she awakened her Sharingan at six, her left eye had actually undergone an evolution akin to an ancestral reversion, awakening the Rinnegan.
Even Raito, a transmigrator himself, had been thoroughly shocked by this absurd mutation.
"Is Sarada taking the exam this time too?"
Sasuke nodded, a trace of fatherly pride in his voice. "Normally, playing house at this level wouldn't mean much to her, but she's ambitious. She swore she'd make a name for herself and kept declaring she'd become the Mizukage someday. I couldn't talk her out of it, so I had to bring her."
Then Sasuke changed the subject, fixing Raito with an intense stare.
"What about you? Still not planning to have a child?"
Have a child?
Raito rubbed his brow helplessly and let out a long sigh. It wasn't that easy.
He wasn't the sort to settle down peacefully in one place to begin with. He might leave this Shinobi World someday, and if he left a child behind, wouldn't that only add more attachments and ties?
Raito couldn't make that decision yet. Having children would have to wait.
"I'm not mentally ready for that yet."
Sasuke couldn't help rolling his eyes, looking utterly speechless. "You're still not ready? How many years has Hinata been waiting for you in the village? And Ino-don't you intend to give her an answer?"
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