When Wu Ying returned to the estate with Kushina, Mikoto, Tenten, Temari, and Izumi, the elderly Steward Uesugi was already busy cleaning up with a group of servants.
However, the entire atmosphere felt unusually heavy, as if veiled by a faint layer of sorrow. For ordinary people living in a world perpetually cast under the shadow of war, mere survival was a stroke of fortune. Thus, they understood all too well how fragile and precious life truly was.
Wu Ying exchanged a few brief words with the steward and the servants, trying to soothe their spirits. Once he saw that the heavy mood had lifted somewhat, Wu Ying spoke up:
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