When Garuda saw the familiar face before her, she froze on the spot, tears streaming down her face.
"Yes, yes, is it you?"
"It is I, Uchiha Tenchi, Garuda, welcome back!" Tenchi nodded and opened his arms.
"Tianqi!" Garuda rushed forward and hugged Tianqi. It was all worth the thousand-year wait to see Tianqi again.
The two embraced tightly.
"Garuda, I'm sorry for making you wait so long..."
"There's no need to say anything, Tianqi. All of this was my own choice. I'm willing to wait a thousand years just to be with you again!"
"Thank you, Garuda!" Tianqi didn't know what to say; all his words were condensed into two simple words: thank you.
"Don't thank me. I've already said that all of this was voluntary. Tianqi, all these years you..."
"Wait, Garuda, ask your questions later. Let me restore your physical body first!"
"Okay!" Upon hearing Tian Qi's words, Garuda realized that her body seemed to have no feeling, as if it did not belong to her own body. She then took a few steps back.
As the nine tomoe in Garuda Tensei's Rinnegan began to rotate, he clasped his hands together, and a surge of chakra burst forth from his body.
"The Path of Hell!"
Hades was summoned by Tian Qi. As soon as Hades appeared, he opened his huge mouth and a tongue shot out and pierced directly into Tian Qi's body.
"Ugh!!!" The moment Hades' tongue pierced him, Tian Qi showed a slight pain. He could feel his chakra rapidly draining away.
"Tianqi! Are you alright?"
Seeing Tianqi being attacked by the suddenly appearing monster, Garuda was also very worried.
Garuda was about to step forward when Tianqi stopped him.
"Don't touch me, I'm fine. You have to pay a price for what you want. If I want to help you restore your body, I have to exchange a huge amount of chakra with Hades. Don't worry, I'm fine!"
"Well... okay, please don't force yourself!"
Garuda chose to believe Tianqi's words, even though it didn't know what the monster was. But since Tianqi said everything was alright, everything must be alright. This was unconditional trust.
Hades' tongue withdrew from Tian Qi's body and retracted into his mouth, carrying with it a large amount of chakra. With the chakra extracted, the deal was done.
"Heretical Path – The Art of Reincarnation and Heavenly Life!"
Tianqi used the Rinnegan as a medium to launch an unorthodox technique, and Hades also spat out a green ball of light that merged into Garuda's body.
As the light sphere entered Garuda's body, the impure earth cracks on his body emitted white smoke that quickly coalesced and disappeared. His black eyes were replaced by blue and white Tenseigan eyes, and the contract of Impure Earth Reincarnation also disappeared. With the removal of the bindings of Impure Earth Reincarnation, Garuda's strength returned to the mid-stage of the Six Paths Realm.
"This technique... it's amazing! It actually restored my physical body!"
Garuda clenched her hands tightly and discovered that she could feel something in her body, which immediately filled her with curiosity.
It worked! I didn't expect that the Outer Path Samsara Rebirth technique would consume one-tenth of my chakra to revive someone. I guess this technique is related to the strength of the person being revived. It's understandable that Garuda, as a Six Paths level expert, would have to give up one-tenth of his chakra. Did Nagato sacrifice his life to revive someone from Konoha? Using this technique on someone with insufficient strength can really be fatal.
Tianqi, who was using this technique for the first time, also gained a general understanding of it.
"Phew, it finally worked!" Tianqi exhaled a breath of relief.
"Are you alright, Tianqi?" Garuda came to Tianqi's side and wiped the fine sweat from his forehead.
"It's nothing, I'm just a little unaccustomed to having one-tenth of my chakra suddenly drained. This technique really does feel a bit like it could kill you."
"Tianqi, what is this thing? It can actually restore my physical body! It's truly heaven-defying!"
"This external technique of the Rinnegan is a forbidden technique used through a deal with Hades. It can be considered a unique ability of the Rinnegan..." As he spoke, Tianqi sat cross-legged on the stone bed, put his hands together, and began to recover his chakra.
"Oh, so it's the unique ability of the Rinnegan. No wonder it can act so defied the heavens. But where is Tianqi? I can sense that there seem to be a lot of people around here."
Garuda sat down next to Tianqi and asked where they were.
"This is the era I live in, which is the world you live in a thousand years from now. People here also call this world the Ninja World, a world where ninjas reign supreme!" Tianqi explained simply while quickly replenishing his chakra.
"The world a thousand years from now? The ninja world? So what you told me back then was all true. I thought..." Garuda looked embarrassed as he said this.
"What do you think? Don't you believe what I'm saying?"
"Uh... I thought those were just excuses you used to refuse me. After my uncle passed away, I came down to look for you more than once, but I just couldn't find you. I didn't expect that those weren't excuses. It turns out... they were all true!"
As Garuda spoke, her expression became somewhat downcast. She had searched the entire continent but could not find Tianqi. She went down to look for him again and again with hope, but each time she returned disappointed. She did not know how she persevered. Just because of Tianqi's words, she persisted even if she died, believing that Tianqi would come back to take her away. Until today, her persistence finally paid off, and all her perseverance was worthwhile.
Seeing Garuda's somewhat downcast expression, Tianqi knew that she must have had a very difficult time all these years, waiting for an agreement that was not yet known how long it would take. This was destined to be a painful thing.
So Tianqi asked calmly, "You must have suffered a lot while waiting all these years, right?"
"Pain? No, it wasn't exactly painful, just a bit unbearable. I was quite happy when I was alive!"
Seeing Garuda's seemingly happy expression, Tianqi was a little confused. He tried to see if Garuda was lying, but he couldn't.
What's going on? This is completely different from what I imagined. Could it be that Garuda couldn't wait for me and found a new love, living happily ever after? No way, could the clown be me?
Just as Tianqi was lost in thought, Garuda's next words completely confused him.
"Every day after returning to the moon was tough at first, but I was able to persevere because of my promise to you. Three months later, I found out I was pregnant. After enduring a long ten months, I gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl. I am very happy to have my children by my side!"
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