"Naruto, perhaps things are not as simple as you imagine," Orochimaru said, his expression neither happy nor sad, though fine beads of sweat trickled steadily down his face. "To you, these are just two heroes of Konoha, but to Tsunade, they are her everything."
The opposing debater pressed harder.
"How many people in this world can truly treat everyone without distinction?"
"If sacrificing two living creatures could bring back your loved ones, Naruto, perhaps you too—"
Bai Luoshi took a few light steps toward the large tree, pausing to tilt her head and gaze up at its branches. Watching her slender and graceful figure, Gu Bei thought of a saying from the twenty-first century.
Although Iron Fist Chen Zhao had never officially acknowledged taking him on as a disciple, those two words silently signaled that he had already accepted Zhu Feng as his own.
Chapter 132