"Ow!!"
Obito immediately clutched the top of his head and wailed. It hurt so badly that tears nearly flowed from his eyes.
Obito rubbed the bump on his head, and in the next moment, fury surged through him as he began chasing Akira.
But how could Akira's speed possibly be something he could compare to?
Just like that, the two of them chased each other around for a while.
"Hehe!"
"Serves him right!"
When Kurenai and the others saw this, they immediately laughed.
"That direction seems to be Kakashi-kun's house, right? Looks like Akira is planning to go to Kakashi-kun's place. Let's hurry and follow too! Since Akira-kun is finally back, we can have a proper gathering!"
Nohara Rin looked over and suggested to the others.
"Sounds good!"
Kurenai, Asuma, and the others had no objections and immediately hurried after them.
A few minutes later, at Kakashi's house.
With two large bumps on his head, Obito looked at Akira with a resentful expression. "You bastard, did you get addicted to hitting me? I'm telling you, my head is precious! If you hit me stupid, you won't be able to afford the compensation!"
After hearing this, Akira looked him up and down. "Are you sure?"
This guy was still wearing the same green skintight suit as Guy.
His physique had become much sturdier.
But as for his brain?
Akira felt this guy had probably become even more simple-minded.
He felt that Obito should actually be thanking him.
Because judging from the current situation, Lord Madara had most likely already given up on choosing Obito.
After all, this guy was now leaning more and more toward becoming a rare beast.
Presumably, Lord Madara would not want to choose this kind of proxy either, right?
Just that head full of muscles alone would make him difficult to fool.
Of course, Akira still had to pay attention in the future to prevent any accidents from happening according to the original plot.
Kakashi also glanced sideways at Obito, his gaze looking as though he were staring at an idiot.
That gaze immediately angered Obito. He directly slammed the table, stood up, stared at Kakashi, and shouted, "Kakashi! What's with that look? Do you want to fight?"
"Idiot!"
Kakashi could not help rolling his eyes.
Can you even beat me in a fight?
"Obito!"
At this moment, Nohara Rin looked at Obito with a stern face.
Obito immediately wilted and honestly sat back down.
After that, everyone began chatting casually.
They mainly talked about their recent situations.
The topic that came up the most was Akira and Kakashi's experiences on the front line.
Everyone was clearly more interested in that.
When they learned that Akira had displayed overwhelming might on the Kumogakure front line, Kurenai and the others all looked at Akira with admiration.
Even Asuma looked shocked.
However, more than that, he felt powerless.
"The gap has grown even bigger! I thought that with my efforts, I could narrow it. Looks like I still haven't worked hard enough!"
Asuma smiled bitterly and shook his head.
As expected, Akira was born to crush their confidence.
"Don't compare yourself to that monster! We aren't even the same species!"
Kakashi spread his hands.
He had already passed the stage of trying to compare himself with Akira.
"That's true!"
Asuma nodded.
Comparing himself to Akira was too discouraging. It was better to compare himself to Kakashi.
Even if there was a gap, it was still visible and tangible. There was hope of surpassing him.
"What's the situation on the front line? I heard you single-handedly defeated the Cloud ninja and even defeated the Third Raikage. Is that true?"
Kakashi then asked Akira about what had happened on the Kumogakure battlefield.
When Kurenai and the others heard this, they also looked at Akira one after another, their faces filled with interest.
They had often heard about these things in the village recently. At first, they had been somewhat unable to believe it.
"It's true!"
Akira smiled and nodded. "The Third Raikage is quite strong."
"You bastard!"
When Obito and the others heard this, they looked speechless.
What did he mean, quite strong? He was insanely strong, alright?
They had heard that he was an existence capable of fighting the Eight-Tails head-on and suppressing it without taking any injuries.
"Is my father still over there?"
Kakashi asked again.
"No!"
Akira shook his head again. "The war on the Kumogakure battlefield has already ended, and even the alliance agreement has been re-signed. Both sides have basically withdrawn!"
"Teacher was ordered to return to the Kirigakure battlefield. That side has started fighting again instead! He probably won't be back in the short term."
Without him stationed there, it would be strange if Kirigakure did not start fighting again.
Kakashi also understood this. He wanted to ask whether Akira had been suppressed by the village, but in the end, he did not ask.
After all, Asuma, Obito, and the others were also present.
These things were not suitable for them to know.
The entire afternoon passed in conversation.
After they were done, everyone went to a barbecue restaurant together and enjoyed a wonderful meal.
In the end, Kakashi paid the bill.
"Shouldn't you have been the one treating us?"
On the way back, Kakashi looked at Akira resentfully, as though he had been tricked.
Akira spread his hands helplessly. "No choice! I bought quite a lot of materials today, and I spent almost all my money. I'm already poor."
Kakashi was immediately speechless.
What kind of friend had he ended up with?
After sending Kurenai home, Akira finally returned to his own house.
He released Pikachu and originally wanted to let it go play by itself. However, Pikachu tugged at Akira's pant leg and called out, "Pika-pika!" I want to go play in the ring space world!
What was so interesting about the house or even the village?
The spatial ring world was much more fun.
There were plenty of small animals and forests there.
As time passed, Akira would occasionally transplant some forests into it, put some animals inside, and so on. Now, it was becoming more and more lively.
"Haha! Sure! Go ahead! I happen to have something to do inside too!"
Akira immediately laughed, picked up Pikachu, and with a thought, brought it into the spatial ring world.
Then he let it go.
Pikachu happily ran toward the distant forest.
Meanwhile, Akira took out the sealing scroll containing the Eight-Tails' chakra.
He opened the seal slightly, extracted a basin-sized mass of chakra from inside, then sealed the scroll again.
Next, he took out a copied copy of the Chakra Refinement Technique and condensed a mass of ordinary chakra. In his heart, he silently said, "Exchange!"
In the next moment, the three items in his hands all disappeared, and a scene appeared in his mind.
Soul Society. Hueco Mundo.
Aizen Sōsuke looked at the complete Hōgyoku that had just finished fusing in his hand, and a faint smile appeared on his face. "It's finally complete! Next, I only need to wait for the fusion!"
As he spoke, Aizen prepared to fuse the Hōgyoku with himself.
Suddenly, the Hōgyoku in his hand vanished.
"What?"
Aizen's expression changed drastically, and he abruptly stood up. He completely opened his perception, wanting to search for the Hōgyoku's whereabouts.
In the end, he did not sense any possible target at all. At the same time, he could no longer sense the Hōgyoku's aura either.
It was as though it had directly disappeared from this world.
"Lord Aizen! What happened?"
At this moment, Ichimaru Gin heard the movement and walked in, narrowing his eyes as he asked.
"It's nothing!"
Aizen was just about to say something, but suddenly, a scroll and two crystals appeared out of thin air in front of him.