"The Mugen Tenshin clan was attacked, so we've come here to take refuge."
Momiji's bitter voice caused Mai to open her mouth in shock. She had only ever seen similar scenes involving the attack of an ancient martial arts school in some old texts. Even her grandfather, Hanzo Shiranui, had never experienced anything like this. Yet now, she had actually encountered it herself!
Is the world about to fall into turmoil again?
Thinking of this, Mai's gaze became sharp, because she also realized the implications of Kasumi Shiranui's situation.
If the truth about Kasumi Shiranui were exposed...
Mai looked toward Ryuji, and Ryuji gave a slight nod. Only then did Mai breathe a sigh of relief.
"I understand. I'll go prepare everything right away. There's more than enough space in the backyard of the Shiranui-ryu dojo to accommodate all of you, so you don't need to worry about anything else."
Everyone tacitly avoided mentioning Kasumi Shiranui's situation, so the atmosphere remained relatively harmonious.
Mai quickly led the ninja children into the backyard of the Shiranui-ryu dojo. After preparing food and water for them, both Mai and Momiji finally breathed a sigh of relief. Then she and Momiji followed Ryuji into the main hall, where they saw Kasumi Shiranui, whose expression was also rather complicated.
Looking at that face and expression that were identical to Kasumi's, along with that gentle and graceful temperament, Momiji couldn't help but think that if she only took a brief glance, there was absolutely no way she could tell which one was the real Kasumi and which one was the woman who had now become Kasumi Shiranui.
Especially when she could sense that faint hostility coming from her, there was an even stranger feeling.
However...
Momiji looked at Kasumi Shiranui's legs with some confusion. There seemed to be traces of some kind of dried fluid on them. She wasn't quite sure what it was, but she knew she should at least greet her.
"Y-you're Kasumi Shiranui, right?"
Momiji spoke as politely as she could, while Kasumi Shiranui sighed. Looking at Momiji, who had always been like a kind big sister next door in her memories, and sighed helplessly.
"You don't need to be so polite with me, Momiji. I'm not Kasumi. I'm Kasumi Shiranui. And eventually, I will completely abandon the name Kasumi."
Kasumi Shiranui's attitude was surprisingly calm, which instead made Momiji feel somewhat awkward.
"I-I see..."
Momiji suddenly didn't know what to say, but fortunately, Ryuji spoke at that moment.
"All right, Miss Momiji, tell us what exactly happened. And Miss Athena and Miss Bulma, you two should have something you came here for as well, right? Especially you, Miss Bulma."
Ryuji looked at Bulma, and when Bulma awkwardly smiled, he said something that made her eyes widen.
"After all, you're not from this world, are you?"
Bulma's eyes instantly widened. She immediately opened her radar, only to discover that on the radar, she was now together with another point of light, and that other point of light wasn't very far from here either!
"Y-you're one too?!"
She looked at Ryuji in astonishment, becoming somewhat incoherent, while Ryuji stared silently at the radar in Bulma's hands.
He wasn't blind. Naturally, he could tell that one of the dots on Bulma's radar was himself, while judging from the distance, the other one was obviously Tifa.
But looking at this crude little device, Ryuji really couldn't believe that Bulma had managed to create a Transmigrator Radar in just a few days!
This level of technological capability wasn't merely exaggerated anymore. It was downright ridiculous!
But then again, when he thought about how she had even managed to create a time machine, although it was later proven that it was actually just a device capable of traveling between parallel universes, it was still an absurdly impressive feat that was difficult to comprehend.
"Yes. And not only that, the other point of light on this radar is also someone like you and me. She's currently studying and catching up on general knowledge, so she's not here. Once she comes back, you'll be able to meet her."
Bulma's heart was pounding wildly with excitement. The fact that two transmigrators were together meant that Ryuji might have the ability to find other transmigrators, and perhaps even the ability to return home!
So, she immediately asked,
"Th-then, do you have a way to go back?"
She desperately wanted to know the answer to this question, while Athena, who was standing nearby, also reluctantly moved her gaze away from Ryuji's face and began paying attention to Bulma's situation.
However, Kasumi Shiranui noticed Athena's unnatural expressions and couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
Darling really is quite the sinful man. How many girls is this now?
Mai looked somewhat speechlessly at Cammy, who had quietly come over. Honestly, she was beginning to feel overwhelmed just keeping track of everyone.
Kasumi Shiranui, Cammy, Chun-Li, Tifa, Helena, Marie Rose, and that silver-haired woman whom Ryuji had somehow gone off and found before his recent training, the woman whose hair and even her pubic hair were both silver-white. In short, Mai really felt that bringing Ryuji into her world was a mistake.
She always had the feeling that if she let Ryuji out of her sight for even a little while, he'd somehow find another woman to cheat on her with!
And every single one of them were the kind of beautiful female fighters who were incredibly rare in the world.
Ahhh!! Why is Ryuji so popular?!
Mai screamed inwardly, the resentment in her heart already beginning to rise.
Seeing the look of admiration in Athena's eyes, as well as the conflicted expression of that girl named Bulma, Mai felt that at least one of these two girls was going to end up suffering.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but kick Ryuji under the table to express her dissatisfaction.
Ryuji, on the other hand, looked at Mai in astonishment, not knowing what had gotten into her all of a sudden. So, he simply grabbed her foot, kneading her soft sole while answering Bulma's question.
"Actually, I do."
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