Chapter 36 A Safe World
"Sister Meiling, this proposal is finished, and I've put it on the table!"
"Okay, thank you for your hard work."
After her colleagues left, Meiling rubbed her tired eyes and continued to review the unfinished documents in the morning.
After working for many years, I was finally promoted last month. Although it was quite tiring at first, it was worth it to earn more money.
In the morning, Meiling took a moment to look at the photos on the computer. They showed her and her husband smiling and leaning on each other, with their daughter standing in the middle, looking dazed. Her eyes softened instantly.
Alright, get back to work! Then go home early to be with Haruko!
"Honey, I'm home!"
When Meiling opened the door in the morning, she found only the nanny and her daughter there. She guessed that her husband was working overtime again. She wasn't upset, as working overtime was commonplace for adults.
After putting her things down, Zaojian Meiling tiptoed to the cradle and looked at her daughter, who was still in a daze. She smiled and gently squeezed her little hand.
"Has Qingzi been a good girl today? Mommy missed you so much at the company!"
"Haruko Hayama" seemed to know that her mother had returned, and smiled happily at her.
"The baby is so cute!" Mirei resisted the urge to take a picture.
After showering and getting ready, she glanced at the clock on the wall, somewhat puzzled. "Why isn't my husband home yet? He usually finishes his missions by this time."
"Huh? What task?" Mirei wondered what she had said; it should have been about finishing overtime.
What's going on... something feels off?
"Never mind, let's go make dinner first." No matter how hard Meiling thought about it, she couldn't come up with a solution, so she happily gave up trying.
The other side of the world.
When the morning father returned home after finishing his mission, he found that his wife and daughter were not at home. At first, he thought they had gone out, but when they still hadn't returned by dinner time, the morning father finally realized that something was wrong.
After searching his house, he rushed out to look for help, but after asking around without getting any useful answers, Zaojian's father finally decided to report it to the Third Hokage.
He knew about his wife's special status. Even though he hadn't seen her for only a few hours, he knew that he had to ask the Hokage for permission to leave her whereabouts.
The Third Hokage also attached great importance to this, and directly dispatched ANBU members who were not on missions to search for it. This secret search operation was still classified as top secret.
Hiruzen Sarutobi kept wondering who this person was who could take away Kaba-gan from Konoha's territory so quietly.
Haruko Hayama, feared by the Third Hokage: ...?
Help! Help!
What should I do? How do I get it back?!
Someone please save me!
Haruko didn't know how much time had passed, but she felt that her love-struck father must be going crazy.
He went out for a short while, and his wife and children were stolen.
After careful observation, Haruko Hayama felt that she had created a virtual space. It wasn't very large, but after being wrapped in the worldview of her previous life, it seemed like she had entered a new world.
It has to be said, it looks very safe.
The little one her mother was playing with wasn't her; the real Haruko Hayama was observing everything happening in the space from a god-like perspective.
So how do I get rid of this? I'm so anxious!
Haruko racked her brains for a long time in the morning, but still couldn't come up with a solution. She wanted to repeat the feeling she had just experienced when using it, but she kept getting stuck at that critical point.
Oh my god, stop cooking! Your husband is going crazy looking for you!
Although Haruko's body was floating in space, she could still see the scenes in reality for some reason.
The house was already surrounded. Her good-for-nothing father seemed calm as he searched, but Haruko, who knew his temperament, knew that he would probably burst into tears if she couldn't find him soon.
"The food is getting cold, why hasn't he come back yet?" Meiling kept glancing at the clock on the wall in the morning.
Today was really strange. From the morning at the company, Meiling had a vague feeling that something was wrong, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it, and her husband still hadn't come home.
With years of battlefield experience, Hayama Mirei was no slouch; her sixth sense was always spot-on. What was going on with this situation where everything seemed off...?
"Wait, we clearly have a nanny, so why do I still have to cook?"
In the morning, Meiling looked at the food on the table in front of her and suddenly realized that something was wrong.
She suddenly stood up and looked at the nanny who had been silent in the distance. "We have never hired a nanny!"
As soon as she finished speaking, the nanny, whose face was obscured, vanished into thin air, and the surrounding scene began to shake and tremble. In the morning, Meiling grabbed the edge of the table to steady herself and carefully observed her surroundings.
"Could this be... the space of the Reverse-Sword Eye?!"
That's it, that's it!
Only under the spatial packaging of the Reverse-Sword Eye could it feel so real. If she didn't also possess it and be able to distinguish between reality and illusion better than others, she probably would have become so immersed in this space that she would never wake up again.
In the morning, Meiling tried to activate her pupil technique to break the spell, but her eyes felt a stinging pain. The aftereffects of the war had not healed even after so many years.
She gritted her teeth and quickly formed hand seals.
"break!"
Click... Click...
The surrounding scenery was like a shattered mirror, slowly collapsing after breaking into pieces, revealing a deep space beneath the gorgeous exterior.
Before she could examine it closely, a violent repulsion from all directions swept her away.
In reality, the father and others who were still searching were suddenly blinded by a bright white light, and they immediately raised their hands to cover their eyes.
After about a minute, the bright light slowly dissipated, and the previously empty floor revealed the woman being searched for, Mirei Hayama.
When her father rushed forward to hug her, crying tears of joy, Mirei Hayama looked at Haruko Hayama, who was fast asleep in the rocking cradle, with a complicated expression.
...
"Later, Huan Chen took the initiative to report the whole story to me. Although she no longer remembers what happened in the illusion, it is said that the illusion was very well constructed." Hiruzen Sarutobi turned his gaze away from the window.
"It seems that Huan Chen only awakened his eye technique when he was in a life-or-death situation, but that child... awakened the Reverse-Sword Eye at birth and can use it without any resistance."
Kakashi paused for a moment, then used his eye technique without resistance. Even their elite Jonin couldn't do that. Putting aside the chakra consumption, they also had to control their chakra to invade the enemy's brain and weave an illusion.
The ability to activate it without any setup is truly terrifying...
"So my mission is..." Kakashi Hatake asked after learning the truth about what happened back then.
Since the Third Hokage chose to tell me all this, he probably wants to assign me a related mission.
As expected, Hiruzen Sarutobi sat back down in his seat. "Kakashi, you know the power of the Kabana Eye. We've lost the Phantom Dust, but perhaps Haruko Hayama will give us an even more brilliant answer."
"Yes, I will keep an eye on Haruko Hayama's every move." After saying that, Kakashi Hatake disappeared from the spot.
Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at the spot where he had disappeared and uttered a faint remark: "The future, after all, belongs to the young..."
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