Chapter 74 - 67: Goodbye, for now. (1/2)

After taking care of Tsunade and her apprentice, Hikaru went back to Azumi and Jiraiya with Tsunade still unconscious.

After having done all that, they all went back to Konoha.

By the time they returned to the village, it was already at dusk. Hikaru and Azumi decide to return to their house after stepping foot on the village while Jiraiya and Tsunade will be meeting their sensei, Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Two people were there, respectfully bowing down their heads. Tayuya and Kin were waiting for their safe return.

Just as they returned, Azumi dragged him to their room since she couldn't hold her urges anymore. They made out until she was satisfied.

That night, Hikaru left his house to do some training. He has been practicing a new jutsu after copying Azumi's rasengan. It's basically the upgraded version of Rasengan, he's gonna combine elements to his rasengan. Not just one element, but all 7 elements. He's just doing this for Azumi, since no one in this village has ever finished the Fourth's Technique.

Of course, with such prodigious talents, he has already finished the technique. All he needs now is perfect timing and faster technique formation. After he's done with this, he will give the scroll for this technique to Azumi on her birthday.

This will also be his parting gift for her, he will leave this village after a few days have passed after her birthday. Right now, he is still too weak. Chaortos, the Olden God, is not just strong. She has a lot of amazing techniques, but the one that stood out the most was her ability to control the darkness. Once he starts fighting her, she is not the only one he will be fighting but also all the servants she created through the darkness.

He will also need a lot of techniques, that's why he needs to leave this village to discover a lot of things in this world. There are too many mysteries in this world, and all of it was caused by his predecessors.

Only when he is powerful enough, he will be able to protect Azumi better. By defeating all Olden Gods, he will be able to have children with Azumi and start a peaceful life with her.

A dream that he can achieve through his own hands.

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A few days had passed since the return of Tsunade and it is now Azumi's birthday. A lot of people came for her birthday and brought tons of gifts for her.

Hikaru had thrown one of the largest events in Konoha, all for her birthday. He practically bought the entire Konoha just for her birthday party and all the villagers that hated her had no choice but to congratulate her.

With his ability to make gold, not only is he the strongest person in the whole world right now, he is also the richest person. Even if someone takes dozens of billions in his bank account, that will only be compared to a drop of water. Of course, he also has a lot of connections throughout the entire world. Whether they be underground bosses or nobles of a major country, they were all connected to Hikaru somehow.

Basically, Hikaru is the most influential person and also the strongest in the entire world right now. For other people, this would've been a great achievement for them but not for Hikaru since he had realized earlier that this is just one world, There is still an infinite universe just right around the corner.

But all of his connections were all built in fear, if he were to leave this world, all of them would just move on their own accord. He cannot have that. So, he killed most of the dangerous ones to prove an example to the others that they are nothing but expendable tools.

He had done all of this just this month.

For the whole day, the entire village of Konoha celebrated Azumi's birthday.

Unfortunately, the Kazekage and his children already returned to their village and he and Azumi couldn't go to Suna for their vacation because of other reasons, mainly because Azumi suddenly got sick at the time.

Seeing the whole village celebrate her birthday, Azumi couldn't help but get shy. In just three years since she met Hikaru, her life changed completely. Back then, she had to dig through the trash of other people and sell them to junk buyers just to get by, every single day. Especially at that time, when she met Hikaru for the first time. She was starving at the time and couldn't afford to buy food for herself but her darling invited her to eat with him. He was the one who protected her when she was being attacked by those bullies back then. He gave her everything she could ever want.

She just wishes she could do the same to him.

(A Few Days Later)

And here comes the day she dreaded the most.

Her darling is leaving the village without her by his side.

They are now outside the gate of the village as they stared at each other in the eyes.