"Actually, I do."
"What?!"
Bulma cried out in surprise, instinctively standing up and staring at Ryuji in disbelief.
When she had asked the question, she had already prepared herself for disappointment. She had never imagined that Ryuji actually had a way!
So, this extremely intelligent and quick-witted woman immediately grabbed Ryuji's hand and asked expectantly,
"Then can you send me back right now?! My parents must be really worried!"
Ryuji glanced at Mai, then at Athena and decided not to directly reveal the conditions for his method of sending someone back. Instead, he explained,
"Well, the way I send people back is rather demanding…"
But Bulma didn't care about that. She was practically desperate to go home!
"It doesn't matter! No matter what the price is, I'll..."
But after saying that, she looked at Ryuji's indescribable expression and awkwardly continued,
"Well, you should tell me what the conditions are first and let me see... After all, there are some conditions that I really can't agree to…"
She scratched her head somewhat awkwardly.
After all, if the condition involved her life, lifespan, beauty, body, or something like that, she felt it would probably be more reliable to rely on her own intelligence.
"Though, if it involved my body..."
Looking at Ryuji's face and remembering how he had saved her, as well as that warm feeling, Bulma couldn't help but rub her thighs together. She couldn't help imagining Ryuji pressing her down beneath him, and her cheeks instantly flushed red.
At that moment, when she looked at Ryuji's muscles again, her resolve became even firmer.
"...It might not be completely unacceptable."
Ryuji felt as though something had locked onto him, but he paid it no attention to it and instead thought about his return mechanism.
He had already discovered in the world of 7 Days to Die world that his condition for sending someone back didn't necessarily require sleeping with them. What was actually necessary was for them to have strong emotional feelings toward him.
Hermione, who had been hypnotized by Rin and Rias together, had been able to return precisely because she had fallen in love with him.
Although he didn't know whether hatred would work as well, Ryuji glanced at Bulma, who seemed to have developed feelings for him, and then at the completely empty options above her head. He immediately understood that although she appeared to have fallen for him, in reality she hadn't.
Or rather, it hadn't reached the level of love yet.
In other words, this kind of hero-saves-beauty feeling isn't strong enough. Bulma looks like she has fallen for me, but in reality, she hasn't.
Ryuji then thought of Tifa. There was no option to send her back either, but he felt that was perfectly normal. Because Tifa's feelings toward him so far were only gratitude.
But with Bulma added to the mix, it's about time I told them.
He thought about it for a moment. He would leave this world after the World Martial Arts Tournament, and there were still two months before the tournament began.
Within that period of time, it should be enough for Tifa to think things through.
Whether she wanted to continue living in this world, or return home after having a relationship with him. And considering Tifa's current rate of learning, along with some additional tutoring, she should also have learned enough knowledge by then.
After all, unlike students who simply went through the motions, Tifa was genuinely ravenous for knowledge!
Because only someone who knew how precious knowledge was would cherish the opportunity to receive an education more seriously than ordinary people!
So, he spoke.
"We'll talk about the specific method of returning once Tifa comes back. After all, this method isn't particularly friendly to women, but we'll wait for Tifa before going into the details. It's time she knew about it too."
Ryuji's words left Athena and Bulma confused for a moment, but Athena didn't interpret them in any strange way. Bulma, on the other hand, wore a rather peculiar expression.
After saying that, Ryuji turned to Momiji.
"Miss Momiji, what happened on your side?"
While Ryuji and Bulma were talking, Momiji had also sorted out her thoughts and began explaining.
"Earlier, when Ryu and I were entrusted by Hayate to hunt down Kasumi…"
When she reached this point, she glanced at Kasumi Shiranui. Only after seeing that she showed no unusual reaction did Momiji continue.
Thus, Ryuji heard the entire story.
The matter was actually quite simple. A large group of people had inexplicably attacked the Mugen Tenshin clan's village, after which Momiji led the children away to escape. The reason Momiji had taken these children and fled was because Ryu had judged that the Mugen Tenshin clan would inevitably be attacked by countless people and ultimately lose their village.
It had to be said that Ryu's judgment had been incredibly accurate. Just as he had anticipated it, the Mugen Tenshin clan was attacked, proving his words correct.
"I see... Then, do you think the Mugen Tenshin clan can continue to exist?"
Ryuji nodded and asked about the condition of the Mugen Tenshin clan members who had been surrounded and attacked.
According to Momiji, the mercenaries and military forces had arrived in vans, making at least some effort to remain concealed. They hadn't cleared the area beforehand, merely setting up a temporary cordon. That was why neither Douglas nor Ryuji, who had been concentrating on his meditation, had noticed them.
But at the Mugen Tenshin village, she had seen mortars.
The barrier protecting the village had quickly collapsed under the bombardment of the mortars, followed by the machine gun fire from armed helicopters. Once they had ensured that the villagers had lost their ability to resist, they immediately began deploying various forms of sleep-inducing gases.
Moreover, whenever anyone attempted to break through in a particular direction, they were immediately met with machine-gun fire and artillery bombardment, forcing the ninjas to make a desperate breakthrough and create an opportunity for the village's children to escape through the tunnels.
As for the casualties, there was naturally no need to say anything.
After all, martial artists who hadn't reached a certain level of strength really weren't much in the face of modern weaponry.
Even if you can dodge machine-gun bullets, what about a heavy-machine-gun position conducting saturated fire?
What about mortar bombardment?
Or even incendiary bombs and poison gas?
Momiji pursed her lips.
She didn't know either. And she wasn't a ninja of the Mugen Tenshin clan. With the leader of the Mugen Tenshin clan missing, their strongest ninja Kasumi having become a rogue ninja, and her having been cloned and had her memories read, the secrecy of the Mugen Tenshin clan's defenses had been completely compromised.
So, most likely, the blame for this would also be placed on Kasumi and her clones...
If that was the case, then the future of the Mugen Tenshin clan was basically predetermined.
It would be destroyed.
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