"Tanaka-kun left?" Tsunade received the news.
Not only her but Mito and the rest as well. After all, his actions were now being watched by everyone.
Although two clones stayed behind with Shiori, it wasn't the same as when he was there in person.
Of course, at this point, even though they were just two shadow clones, no one dared to underestimate him anymore. His clones alone had considerable fighting strength.
"How will we return these items?" asked Jiraiya, retreating after receiving a powerful punch from the Raikage.
Looking at Jiraiya, who came out unscathed, and hearing his question, Tsunade responded a bit sourly: "I think we should leave it with Shiori."
Hearing Tsunade's sour tone, Jiraiya raised an eyebrow, finding it odd. But he didn't think too deeply about it.
"That's a good choice," Orochimaru added, with his hands behind his back. "After all, aren't his clones by her side?"
Hearing this, Tsunade nodded, and Jiraiya did the same.
Not far from them, Sakumo Hatake clashed once again with the Raikage.
"Boom!"
"Sakumo-senpai's strength is even greater than ours, even with those items..." Jiraiya sighed.
Orochimaru's eyes gleamed slightly as he stroked the blade of his sword. If possible, he wished it were his. 'I wonder if he's willing to trade or sell that sword?'
Although he also coveted the vest he wore, he felt it would be harder to negotiate for that than the sword.
[2x3=VI]
In Uzushio.
After being summoned by his clone, Tanaka appeared in the special room in Akane's house.
He was only noticed after he took a bath and changed clothes.
Of course, until then, they thought he was the clone until he announced: "I'm back, Akane-san, Kushina-chan."
"Kawaii! Kawaii! Kawaii!"
Running toward him, Kushina threw herself into his arms: "Onii-chan, welcome back~!"
Catching her mid-air as she jumped towards him, Tanaka embraced her as she wrapped her delicate arms around his neck, rubbing her cute face against his.
Laughing, Tanaka showered her face with kisses, making her laugh, her giggles echoing through the entire house.
Afterward, while holding Kushina with his left arm, he looked toward Akane, who was smiling gently at him.
"Welcome back," she said warmly.
"Mhm, I'm back." He smiled.
He missed this. The familiar atmosphere and the feeling of belonging. Even though it hadn't been that long since he left to join the war in the Land of Fire.
Now that he was back, he planned to spend a little more time with his family, especially to test the new dungeon, something only he, as the main body, could do, since the clones were prevented from attempting to open it. Only after that, he would go to Amegakure to check how things were going and plan the creation of a barrier around Uzushio.
"Come, sit down," Akane gently asked. "Have you eaten? Are you hungry? Are you tired? Do you want to rest a bit while I prepare something for you to eat?"
Hearing her concerned questions, Tanaka chuckled warmly: "I'm fine, really. But I won't say no if you want to make me a nice cup of tea with some toast and eggs."
Smiling in response, Akane, who was wearing a white shirt with sleeves reaching her forearms and a burgundy one-piece dress, went to where her yellow apron was and put it on.
Striking a pose while flexing her left arm, she confidently said: "Of course, leave it to me!"
Tanaka and Kushina laughed.
"Thank you," Tanaka expressed his gratitude.
Laughing a little, Akane went to work in the kitchen.
"Onii-chan, look, look! Sit here with me; I want to show you something!" Kushina, after being placed on the ground, pulled him over to the table. She sat in a seiza position and patted the spot next to her, indicating for him to sit as well.
When she saw him sit down, she brought a small yellow kitten with white stripes made of modeling clay. With a mysterious smile, chuckling discreetly, she placed it in the center of the table. Soon, thin threads of chakra emerged from her small fingers, connecting to the kitten.
As the kitten, now connected by her chakra threads, began running across the table, performing flips and other tricks Kushina found cool, Tanaka clapped.
"That's amazing, Kushina-chan, you did great." He patted her long red hair, saying with a soft smile.
"Hehee~~" Giggling like a bell, Kushina seemed ridiculously happy.
Minutes later, Akane arrived with the food.
"Thank you for the meal." Tanaka put his hands together, and Kushina, who had just returned from washing her hands, did the same.
Akane didn't seem hungry as she sat in the armchair near the table with a smile.
To her, it finally felt like the family was complete.
Of course, Tanaka's clones were still around, but it wasn't the same, know?
[2+3=V]
In the training room, it was nearly 10 p.m. when Tanaka finally decided to open the level 100 dungeon.
Before him, a long list appeared when he clicked on: Arcane Dungeon – Level 100 up to Rank S Lv 20.
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1: Classic Naruto – Naruto Universe, in the classic phase, following the original storyline.
2: Naruto Shippuden – Advanced Naruto phase, after the main team reunites after two years.
3: Random Naruto.
4: Bleach – Bleach following the official storyline.
6: Random Bleach.
11: One Piece – When Luffy sets sail.
12: One Piece 2 years later – The story of One Piece after the two-year time skip, with more developed characters.
13: Random One Piece.
69: One Punch Man – The official version of One Punch Man, following Saitama's story.
....
Warning: [The time difference is 1/100. While 100 hours pass in the dungeon world, only 1 hour will have passed in your original world!]
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Faced with the options that appeared, Tanaka was particularly tempted to choose number 11. After all, even though he was interested in what it would be like to choose Classic Naruto or even Naruto Shippuden, he was already in the Naruto world, so he thought it would be more interesting to explore the unknown. As for the rest of the options, though they also intrigued him a little, they didn't appeal to him as much as Naruto and One Piece.
Decided, he reached out his finger to click on number 11...
"Ahh, ahh..."
Before he could click, he felt a sneeze coming on. The moment he thought it had passed, the sneeze hit him full force.
"Achoo!"
"..."
He felt his vision darken even with his eyes wide open, and soon his sight was overwhelmed by daylight.
Blinking his eyes to adjust, he found himself on a plain.
"Kill!!!"
While still feeling a bit disoriented, and even a little sluggish, he heard a shout in the distance. As his vision adjusted to the new place, he saw a medieval-style sword fight taking place.
'Where am I?' he wondered.
He couldn't sense chakra, so he felt he wasn't in the Naruto world. But this kind of battle made him think it could be One Piece, which got him a bit excited. However, he still felt something was off with this whole scenario.