"Maybe that's part of my goal, to slowly steal the whole team over to my village, even temporarily."

Of course, there was one member that would be the hardest sell to get over. Though she'd have to settle for what rare visits he could spare. And the longest resident of the trio was almost done with her stay in helping train the hospital staff.

"And I promise, you'll get him back in one piece, one way or another. I can't have our villages' relationship fall to pieces over a jounin in pieces, now can I?"