Aoba felt that Kaguya also wanted to speed things up a little.
Just like today's progress bar, it had indeed moved forward a bit.
Usually, although she accepted many things, most of them were external. Today counted as the start of exploring internally.
Maybe it was because the wedding was coming up.
When the time came, everything would naturally fall into place.
———
Several more days passed.
To make things easier for Terumi Mei, Kurotsuchi, Samui, and the others who worked in other villages, Aoba spent this period coming up with something new again.
"What's this?"
The whole family looked at the door-like object Aoba had set up in the corner of the living room, all wearing puzzled expressions.
The most confused, however, were Kurotsuchi, Samui, Mabui, Terumi Mei, Seramu, and Kazahana Koyuki.
Because their names were written on it, and they had no idea what it was for.
"This is... something like an Anywhere Door."
Sensing everyone's puzzled looks, Aoba used a term that most of them had never heard before.
But some people knew what it was.
Ino's eyes lit up as she raised her hand and asked, "Is it the Anywhere Door you told us about before? The one that can go anywhere?"
When she was little, she loved listening to Aoba tell all kinds of interesting stories, and this had been one of them.
Sakura and Tenten, along with the others, remembered it at once as well, because they had usually been nearby whenever Ino listened to those stories.
"More or less."
Aoba smiled, then looked at Kurotsuchi, "Kurotsuchi, want to give it a try?"
"Huh?"
Kurotsuchi walked over in confusion and looked at him curiously.
"So how do I try it? Just open the door?"
"You need to inject chakra into the slot below the one with your name on it first, then open the door," Aoba explained.
"Oh."
Kurotsuchi responded and followed his instructions.
A glow appeared through the crack in the door, and when she opened it, there wasn't a wall behind it but a curtain of light.
"?"
"Now try walking through," Aoba continued.
Kurotsuchi trusted Aoba completely. Without thinking twice, she walked straight in.
Her figure disappeared, and the curtain of light vanished with her.
At once, everyone became curious.
They started asking where Kurotsuchi had gone.
Not long afterward, the curtain of light lit up again, and Kurotsuchi stepped back out.
Her face still carried a look of surprise. As soon as she saw Aoba, she impatiently asked, "The room behind this door is my room in Iwagakure. How did you do that?"
"I designed it using the Flying Thunder God, combined with the Uzumaki clan's sealing techniques, and my dojutsu..."
Aoba smiled and gave a brief explanation.
It was actually more like the Flying Thunder Formation Technique, except he had sealed it into this door and then stabilized it with his dojutsu.
As long as Kurotsuchi and the others injected chakra into designated areas, it would activate the corresponding formation set up at another location, allowing travel between the two places.
"This will make it much more convenient for you to commute when you're working elsewhere."
Aoba looked at Terumi Mei and the others as he spoke.
"So amazing!"
Karin was the first to walk up and knock on the door.
She was also from the Uzumaki clan, but she had never imagined sealing techniques could achieve something like this.
Then she asked, "So can we use it too?"
"Of course. Just inject chakra into the destination you want to go to on the door."
"Then does that mean we can go to other places too?"
Looking at the names on the door, Tenten came up with the idea.
"You can."
Aoba smiled and nodded, "If there are any places you want to go, talk it over. I'll add all of them later."
That immediately made quite a few of the girls' eyes light up. Someone quickly took out a map of the ninja world and spread it across the coffee table in the living room as they started discussing it.
Forests, cliffs, waterfalls, beaches, people suggested all kinds of strange places.
Though it was mostly Ino and the others.
Back when they had listened to Aoba's stories, they had imagined that if they had an Anywhere Door, they could travel all over the world.
In the end, it was Tsunade who brought up places like the Land of Hot Springs and the Fire Capital.
Only then did the discussion become more normal.
Although her reason for suggesting those two places was that the alcohol there tasted better.
As Aoba listened to everyone's discussion, the smile on his face paused slightly.
It wasn't just him. Kaguya, who had also been looking at the ninja world map with great interest, froze for a moment before raising her head.
Only the two of them sensed that something was off.
Because an uninvited guest had arrived nearby.
Aoba exchanged a glance with her. After giving her a nod, he greeted the others before disappearing from the room.
Kaguya didn't say anything.
Aoba was her future husband. If he went to meet them, it was the same as if she had gone herself.
Besides, she wasn't very interested in seeing those two unfilial sons.
Although everyone else was also curious why Aoba had gone out at this moment, he had already left after saying a few words, so there was no chance to ask. They simply continued discussing where else to install the "Anywhere Door."
———
When Aoba's figure flashed into view again, he immediately saw Otsutsuki Hagoromo standing in an open area, dressed in his usual outfit.
"The wedding's still a few days away. You're early," Seeing him, Aoba naturally teased him a little.
"...", Otsutsuki Hagoromo was speechless for a moment before shaking his head.
"I didn't come because of that."
"Then what is it?"
Now it was Aoba's turn to be puzzled.
Other than Kaguya's wedding, he really couldn't think of anything else the other man would come looking for him about.
The moment Otsutsuki Hagoromo saw his reaction, he knew Aoba had completely forgotten, "I remember you told me before that Hamura and I have another younger brother. We want to know who he really is."
"Younger brother? Ah! You mean that..."
Only then did Aoba remember what he was talking about.
He had been so busy with the wedding lately that he had completely forgotten about Black Zetsu.
He hadn't even taken Kaguya to see him yet.
'Come to think of it, if Black Zetsu saw that I freed his mother, he'll probably be moved to tears, wouldn't he'?
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