For a moment, the information Sōkyū Hatake had given her left Sara at a loss.
After all, to her, Anrokuzan was like a father, someone who had always steadfastly carried out her mother's last wishes.
So naturally, Sara was more inclined to trust Anrokuzan.
"I don't believe what you're saying. I was going to let you recover here before leaving, but now you can go!" Sara looked at Sōkyū Hatake with some displeasure.
That was only human nature. If someone suddenly came up to you and told you that an elder who had always taken good care of you was a fugitive, that would be hard to accept, wouldn't it?
"I couldn't leave right now even if I wanted to, could I?" Sōkyū Hatake gestured toward his wounds with his eyes. At the very least, they looked quite alarming.
"Well... then you can't leave this place. Once your wounds have healed, you can go. I'll pretend I never heard what you said earlier." Sara hesitated, but her kind nature still led her to let Sōkyū Hatake stay here to recover first.
"Well, thank you very much, Sara." Sōkyū Hatake chuckled.
Sure enough, this girl was still rather quick to trust people.
"Hmph!" Sara snorted, then walked out of the room with her head held high, leaving Sōkyū Hatake alone inside.
"What a girl. A cold face, but a kind heart." Sōkyū Hatake shrugged, though that tugged at his wounds. It hurt a little.
[Use a Senzu Bean?] [Yes/No]
Looking at the system prompt, Sōkyū Hatake pressed confirm.
He had three Senzu Beans anyway, so using one wasn't particularly painful. More importantly, he wanted to see what a Senzu Bean could do.
Sōkyū Hatake tapped Yes on the system.
Soon, streams of warmth spread through Sōkyū Hatake's body. As