Game of Shadows by Adrian King1

Chapter 134

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Cover Art: Kissuli.

Chapter 134

It took a while for Eiji to even move from where he was, really. Not because he was worried something would happen. If anything, he felt like he could trust the system on that. Moreover, the system said Zetsu was out too, which meant the team had succeeded too. The only reason he'd doubted to begin with was because of paranoia and the constant fear he'd lived through his life with so far. That had been dashed by the Quest screen and with it...

With it came the greatest sense of relief, which was why he didn't move. It was almost overwhelming, in all honesty. It felt like he'd been trapped in a cave somewhere, shackled inside, barely able to see the world and then... And then freedom had eventually, finally, come for him.

It was over.

All of it. The preparations, the fear, the threats, none of that was in his mind anymore. Sure, maybe he'd need to prepare for stuff still, the world he lived in wasn't precisely nice. However, he wouldn't have to fear the apocalypse anymore. He was done with that, he could sit back and relax, enjoy himself and his life.

'Live life to the fullest,' he remembered. Maybe he'd finally be able to truly embrace that nindo he'd come up with those first days. He had tried his best until then, but he had done either not a very good job at it or a positively terrible one. Now though, now he could do whatever he wanted without having the weight of the world on his shoulders.

"Congratulations," he heard the twins say in his mind, coordinated as if they were real twins. With them came a cheerful bark from Tsuchigumo too. The adorable little thing probably didn't even know what the fuss was about.

'Thanks,' he whispered back, a smile on his face as he considered what step to take now. There were a number of things that needed to be done, for sure. There was Nagato and Konan, who were probably somewhere around the Land of Rain. There were the shinobi forces he'd called to be stationed on the borders of the nation. There was Itachi, still trapped in the Spider Realm. There were many things that he could do, and yet...

He had a handful of things in mind and none of them were on the list that he should do. That was the great thing of being free, he thought as he decided on where he wanted to go. He could do whatever he wanted, regardless of what he should do. Those things would be there when he decided to come back to them. The world wouldn't end if he left those waiting for a bit. For the moment, well, he'd enjoy himself.

And that involved doing a few things he'd had to push to the side for a while now.

Sealing Obito's body almost felt like a chore at that point. It was the sensible thing to do, just in case, but it was another should that he suddenly seemed to despise. 'Come on, it's over, yes, but no need to become a child,' he chastised himself before sighing.

His sudden bout of frustration didn't last long though, as he started moving after only a few seconds. The rain and the rocky landscape of the nation he was in were the only company he kept for a while, but he didn't mind them. They were certainly not the worst company he'd had, that was for sure. And soon he'd replace them with much better options, one in particular.

"Took you long enough, Fearless Leader!" called Fu, the first one to notice his arrival. "That light show was awesome! Much better than we-" she started exclaiming enthusiastically before she was interrupted, or maybe it was better to say that she interrupted herself. "And he's gone and made things awkward now... Fearless Leader~," she whined, but he ignored her.