The sun was setting now.
It wasn't early anymore.
Lexon didn't use his power to return to the apartment quickly.
Instead, he walked back slowly.
It was quite leisurely...
How should he put it?
It gave Lexon a sense of spiritual peace.
It was already a bit dark by the time he returned to the apartment.
When he opened the door to Naruto's room, the three brats popped out from behind the door, holding a small pull-string party popper and spraying it at Lexon.
"Congratulations on us becoming Chunin!"
As the confetti flew, the three of them said to Lexon with smiles on their faces.
Lexon, who had sensed the three behind the door long ago, played along with their ideas and showed a slightly surprised expression, then smiled and said: "Since you passed the Chunin Exams, you should be spraying yourselves."
"This is all thanks to Lexon (Lexon) (Sensei)!" the three brats responded loudly.
Lexon's expression remained unchanged as he patted their heads one after another.
Several people walked into Naruto's room, which had been slightly decorated and had a festive atmosphere.
"Have you seen Shisui and the rest of the clansmen yet?" Lexon asked Sasuke first after sitting down.
"I have!" The expression on Sasuke's face was clearly very excited.
"How is the situation?" Lexon asked with a light smile.
"Everyone seems to be doing great! I even saw my old friends! I even saw Sister Izumi!" Sasuke replied happily.
"That's good," Lexon replied.
However, the expression on Sasuke's face soon shifted, becoming a bit somber as he said, "But I did ask everyone indirectly about their thoughts on my brother..."
"And?" Lexon asked curiously.
"Some clansmen are very resentful towards Brother..." Sasuke said hesitantly.
"That's unavoidable," Lexon said, patting Sasuke's small head.
"I'll try my best to find a way! Lexon," Sasuke said firmly.
"Keep it up," Lexon replied with a smile.
After asking about the Uchiha matters, the four of them officially began the celebration for the three brats' promotion to Chunin.
In reality, it was just a few simple things.
Chatting, playing games...
Sasuke and Naruto were clearly at loggerheads over a fighting game. Whenever it was their turn to face off, they looked like they were in a life-and-death struggle.
Sasuke even used a physical hack, his Sharingan, to play against Naruto, beating Naruto until his head was full of bumps.
Only after physical hacks were explicitly banned did Naruto's situation improve.
And so... they played until very late...
The three brats were the first to give in; at their young age, sleepiness came quickly.
Haruno Sakura went home to sleep, while Sasuke and Lexon simply stayed overnight in Naruto's room.
After all, for boys, it didn't really matter.
"It's about time..." Lexon stood up and looked at Naruto and Sasuke, who had already fallen into a deep sleep, and murmured.
Immediately, the scene shifted.
Lexon arrived in Naruto's seal space once again.
The familiar sound of a fox playing games was still there.
Except this time, the Nine-Tails noticed Lexon's presence very quickly.
Because in order not to be startled by Lexon again, it had specifically chosen a position where it could clearly see anyone coming in to play games. This way, there would be no problems.
Kurama couldn't help but think it was a clever fox.
Pausing the game.
Kurama looked at Lexon and asked, "What are you here for again?"
"To say goodbye," Lexon replied.
"To say goodbye?" Kurama furrowed its fox-like brows and repeated Lexon's words in confusion.
"Yes," Lexon nodded.
Kurama asked in confusion, "With your strength, you can quickly return from anywhere you want. What's there to say goodbye for?"
Vaguely, there was a hint of worry in its tone.
"It's not that I'm never coming back, it's just that I'll be back less often," Lexon said.
"Oh... is that so? Then what's there to say goodbye for." Hearing such an answer, Kurama's tone lost all trace of worry and returned to being that slightly arrogant fox.
"I just remembered and wanted to mention it to you in passing."
"Oh."
"It's just that your games and anime will be updated much less frequently in the future."
The high-tech monitors and game consoles created by the Reincarnators for Kurama were filled with anime and games based on Lexon's memories. If Lexon wasn't around, these things wouldn't appear out of thin air.
Unless Lexon gave Kurama a computer connected to the real-world internet, so he could surf the web and watch anime or play games from another world.
But even if Lexon were willing, the Main God would likely not agree.
It would probably be like how the Main God's information was censored... the network would be blocked...
"Oh no!" This time the fox became worried again and hurried to follow up with Lexon: "Then how often will you come back in the future? Can't you come back once a day?"
"Definitely not," Lexon replied.
He felt that he probably wouldn't return to the Naruto world often in the future. He would likely only return after completing each story mission.
Coming back once a day was even more impossible.
"Damn it... This old man thinks what you're doing is wrong..." Kurama raised a fox paw and criticized Lexon's behavior.
"Your opinion isn't very useful," Lexon said.
"Humph... You really are an annoying brat!" Kurama crossed its arms to express its displeasure.
"I'm leaving. Goodbye," Lexon said, preparing to leave.
"Remember to say goodbye to the brats too," Kurama reminded him.
Lexon looked at it and said, "It's too much trouble to tell Naruto, Sasuke, and the others. They won't let me leave."
"As if you wouldn't leave just because they won't let you," Kurama said.
Lexon remained silent.
"Anyway, this old man still thinks you should tell the brats," Kurama suggested anyway.
Lexon waved his hand and left the seal space without saying much more.
...
The next morning.
Naruto woke up from his sleep.
With bleary eyes, Naruto saw at first glance that Sasuke was already up, standing by the table in the room and looking at something.
"Naruto, come here."
It seemed the sound of him waking up was heard by Sasuke. Naruto heard Sasuke's serious voice calling him.
"Ha... what's wrong, Sasuke?" Naruto yawned as he approached Sasuke, asking at the same time, "Where's Lexon? Why don't I see him?"
"You'll know once you look at this." Sasuke moved aside, allowing Naruto to see the note left on the table.
"What's this?" Naruto asked, puzzled.
"Lexon left it," Sasuke replied.
Naruto perked up and seriously read the words on the note.
[I will be leaving for a while, don't miss me.]
[Lexon]
"Leaving for a while?" Naruto was still a bit confused.
"I don't quite understand either. Lexon might have some urgent matters to attend to... that's why he left without saying goodbye," Sasuke pondered.
"It's fine. Lexon has done this before, no need to worry." Naruto, who used to be unable to find Lexon for days at a time, said very optimistically.
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