A gentle breeze blew.
It stirred up a floating green leaf and also lifted traces of dust and sand.
However, Kyo's figure, like the formless wind, vanished directly along with the cloth strips!
It wasn't high-speed movement, but direct disappearance!
No trace whatsoever!
Seeing this scene,
Almost instantly, Deidara's hairs stood on end.
He looked incredulously at Zetsu beside him and said in disbelief:
"This... Zetsu, Kyo-senpai... actually masters this kind of... Space-Time Ninjutsu...?"
As his words fell,
Zetsu on this side was also stunned.
This kind of Ninjutsu, wrapping in white cloth strips and then disappearing, even he had never seen before!
No, that's not right.
Not just seeing, he hadn't even heard of it!
Although he had long known that this guy Kyo had been hiding his true strength within Akatsuki,
He never imagined... this guy had hidden so much!!
Even spacetime ninjutsu was hidden!?!
After being stunned for a long moment,
He slowly looked at Deidara and replied in Black Zetsu's deep voice:
"No..."
"I have never seen it either..."
"Perhaps we'll have to ask him after returning to Amegakure."
"Let's go."
Saying this, Zetsu slowly turned and walked forward.
Although he could quickly leave by burrowing underground using his Mayfly Technique, to lead the newcomer Deidara, he naturally had to travel on foot.
And Deidara, after being stunned for a moment, broke out in a cold sweat on his forehead, then followed along, still shaken.
He was naturally somewhat bewildered by Kyo's sudden display.
After all,
Deidara had grown up never seeing such a thing.
The term "Space-Time Ninjutsu" was something he had only heard from others.
This was completely his first time seeing it...
...
And at this moment, on this side.
At the same time Kyo disappeared.
Amegakure.
In a certain abandoned building amidst the torrential rain.
Konan still stared at the scroll before her, her gaze complicated.
There was only a single character, "Strong".
Other than that,
Nothing happened.
This...
This was what Kyo gave to those three children...?
A useless, discarded scroll...?
In an instant,
Konan's gaze dropped,
And a faint sense of disappointment involuntarily arose in her heart.
So...
I had always... overestimated his character, huh...
A cool breeze slowly blew.
It stirred her blue hair.
Konan's expression slowly began to return to its usual indifference. Then, she slowly turned around, preparing to leave directly.
Since she already knew it was a deception,
There was no need to stay here any longer...
As for this discarded scroll,
She would just throw it awa...
Swish!
Just as Konan's thoughts reached this point, a sudden change occurred, directly interrupting her train of thought!
Then, a gale instantly swept up from the scroll behind her!!
Boom!!!
--!!?
Realizing this sudden situation, Konan's expression changed, and she quickly turned her head to look back!
However, the moment she looked, she was completely frozen!
There,
On the scroll ahead, a soft white light flickered. Then, countless pure white cloth strips began to emerge, swirling rapidly.
Finally, they slowly began to dissipate, turning transparent.
However,
The moment the white cloth disappeared,
At the location above the scroll, a familiar figure unexpectedly appeared!
Red cloud black robe, brown long hair, golden pupils...
"!!"
Seeing this series of characteristics, in an instant, Konan was completely frozen!
"K-Kyo?!"
She unconsciously spoke the name of the person before her!
At the same time,
The shock in her heart at this moment was beyond words!
What's going on...
This so-called discarded scroll... could actually summon Kyo himself directly?!?!
No... no way...
Could it be,
That so-called... power to resolve all their danger... refers to... Kyo himself?!
Realizing this, Konan's heart suddenly contracted violently.
At this moment,
All her previous suspicions, guesses... were completely interrupted!
Her mind was almost blank.
She just stared blankly at Kyo ahead, involuntarily holding her breath.
However,
At this moment, what she didn't know was,
Kyo, standing on the white scroll ahead, was also dumbfounded.
When he saw the figure before him, he was equally stunned.
Huh???
This is... Konan???
What's going on?
Where are those three children???
Kyo immediately looked around in all directions subconsciously.
But when he saw the distant rainstorm and small buildings, and the familiar iron structures nearby...
He paused slightly.
Wait...
This place, could it be... Amegakure?!?
Realizing this,
And looking again at Konan ahead,
Kyo couldn't help but feel somewhat amused and speechless inside.
It seemed,
The reason the scroll was opened didn't seem to be because those three kids were in danger, but because of Konan's doing...
Thinking this,
A helpless smile appeared on Kyo's face.
He took a step forward, raised his hand and snapped his fingers, retrieving the scroll on the ground into his hand.
Then, holding the pure white scroll, he looked at the stunned Konan and chuckled:
"So it was you who opened it..."
"I thought those three little ones were really in trouble."
"I even specially left Zetsu and Deidara behind in the Land of Earth, how troublesome..."
Kyo said, smiling and shaking his head.
And hearing this,
Konan on this side was even more stunned.
She stared at Kyo in disbelief, and after a long while, finally said softly:
"You..."
"The purpose of giving them this scroll..."
"Was so that... in a moment of crisis, you could use the scroll to teleport yourself... and thus save them...?"
Konan asked, stunned.
Kyo chuckled lightly, spreading his hands:
"Otherwise?"
"How could I just let them leave on their own?"
"After all, before we departed, I promised you I would bring them back safely."
"Have you forgotten?"
"...!?"
At these words, Konan's expression froze again.
It felt as if something in her heart had been touched.
She suddenly recalled.
About half a month ago...
Back then, the invitation for the Joint Chunin Exams had just arrived.
She and Kyo had gone together to the Amegakure's Shinobi Academy to select the students to participate...
And at that time,
Konan had told Kyo,
She hoped they could return safely after the exams...
But,
Konan had never imagined...
He actually... truly kept this promise!!
Before heading off on a new mission,
He actually... specially gave this precious scroll... to those three unrelated children...
And,
Within less than ten seconds of the scroll being opened... he actually... really came.
Almost,
Without any hesitation,
He genuinely... worried about those three children...
Thinking this,
Konan's eyes widened slightly.
For some reason, at this moment, the cold heart within her seemed to begin to melt.
Although,
She still had no idea how this scroll's teleportation technique worked...
But,
Now, she no longer wanted to question...
She just stared blankly at Kyo before her, her gaze flickering.
Because,
At this very moment,
She felt it,
The man before her... was different from others.
Despite experiencing the pain of displacement, despite wielding immense power,
He did not fall into darkness like others, but still maintained... such a heart full of love and protection...
Even a seemingly insignificant promise, he did his utmost to fulfill.
Even for three completely unrelated lives, he did his utmost to rescue...
This kind of radiance,
Was a warmth that Konan, deeply immersed in darkness, had never felt before.
Like the Sunday sun,
Melting everything.