Most scenery was usually breathtaking when taken a glance at in first sight, but when you've resided in the same place for millions of years, it tends to not be as impressive as before, even with the blush color and the floating red and orange trees.

This was irrelevant to Khai, the Supreme Kai of Universe 11, as he landed on the lush greenery and vanished in a hot second.

Now, he walked through a seemingly endless room with multiple screens being held by poles, now disappearing as the screens themselves were now lit up in different colors, now displaying faces of other deities part the same role Khai was in.

"Greetings, colleagues," he greeted to the rest of the Supreme Kais. "Welcome to the 11th Universe's Sacred World of the Kais."

None of them returned a greeting, but Khai knew it wasn't necessary. "Now then, my fellow Supreme Kais, I humbly request that you keep this proposal from Grand Zeno a secret from the inhabitants of your universes that aren't participating in the Tournament of Power, if you don't mind."

"I do sincerely apologize," Agu butted in. "But me and Lord Giin have already informed the general population of the planet of which we have chosen our fighters the consequence of defeat."

"I understand then, how about the rest of you?"

"Yes, that's fine by me," Gowasu agreed, since he and Rumsshi had only told the Fairy Tail members about the universal erasure, not hoping for it to get word across the rest of the planet. Then, it was just now he noticed there was someone missing. "But hold on, at the moment we appear to be missing the Supreme Kai of the Seventh Universe."

"That's because I chose not to invite him," Khai bluntly replied, as he began walking, with the rest of the glowing balls following him. "This whole Tournament of Power nonsense was suggested by one of his subjects after all."

Roh, the Supreme Kai of the Ninth was quire frankly getting tired of waiting, having grown adrift of this pointless talk. "ENOUGH! Get to the point! Chitchatting in a futile quorum like this is a waste of our time! Just what are you up to?"

"Actually, I was hoping to discuss our present situation," Khai replied without raising his voice, while Roh kept his at the same volume as previously. "And like I just said, we can't change it so why should we bother?! I'm too busy trying to make the team I formed stronger to beat all of yours, so I don't expect to see any of your faces until the tournament!"

He then abruptly left the call, as the yellow ball his face was in seemingly blinked out of existence as well, not that most cared, Roh was perhaps the most unbearable of all the Kais by date, with his attitude and all.

"Fuwaaa..." the Supreme Kai of the Sixth Universe sighed his own name, usually an absentminded person. "What to do, what to do... Fuwa, what to do..."

"Oh, quit your moaning, Sixth Universe, what's there to be concerned about?!" Pell, the Supreme Kai of the Second Universe scolded his associate for having such a laidback attitude, while he found this prospect quite enticing. "This sounds like fun to me! A bare knuckle brawl, that's something the Second Universe can win easily, hahaha-"

"With all due respect, my brawny colleague from the Second Universe," Eyre, the Supreme Kai of the Third Universe interrupted, with a smug smile, adjusting his glasses. "Perhaps you are unaware of the superior intellectual prowess of the Third Universe."

"A lot of good smarts won't do, you brainiac. It's called the Tournament of "Power"! Sheer brute force is all that's gonna matter!"

"For goodness sake, you musclebound cretins exhaust me."

"What was that?!"

"Oh gee, I'm sorry, should I stick to smaller words?"

"Now, now-" Khai intervened, but was rudely interrupted again by the quarrel, as their balls increased in size.

"How rude! I think I'm insulted!"

"Well you should be!"

"Calm down both of you, and act like Kais!"

Both of their balls quickly reverted back to normal size as their argument came to a halt, with Kuru, the Supreme Kai of the Fourth Universe finding this a combination of humorous and embarrassing, chuckling a bit in the aftermath of things. "What a war of words... how dreadfully unseemly."

Now that all of this was finished, the man of the hour could finally give his reasoning for calling everyone to this meeting. "As I was saying, we should approach Grand Zeno, and ask him to reconsider this contest. I propose that with one voice, we Supreme Kais request each of our universes be granted a short reprieve from this annihilation, and in that time, we shall achieve the Mortal Level of 7 the Grand Zeno desires."

Khai was sure they would agree to this. Their job was to create and secure life, and as much as they respected the pair of Grand Zenos, it was horrendous that they would eradicates trillions of lifeforms over something so trivial. He was a very patient and benevolent deity, and considering how his associates thought of the idea as horrendous as well, surely they would agree that approaching the Zenos to remove the erasing stipulations of the tournament, or put an end to the whole thing itself.

The problem was they weren't sure how the Omni-Kings would react. It was already a pain having to calm down one due to Beerus sleeping out on the All Universal Hide and Seek Tournament, but it would be much more difficult to calm down two of them since both of them had been bored and had no source of entertainment for possibly millennia's. Eons, possibly, as they all voiced their opinions.

Eyre was first. "Is this the ludicrous scheme that you called us here to discuss?"

Pell next. "What good will begging do us? The Omni-King has already made up his mind."

Kuru followed. "I doubt it'll work, and if we upset him, it's entirely possible that he'll simply do away with all of us right there on the spot. Now, I too am quite busy, so if that's all..."

Not even Fuwa was on board. "What to do, what to do... waa... just what to do?"

Even Gowasu. "Sadly, I must agree."

And even Agu. "While I understand your concern for all of us, and while I thank you for it, there is simply nothing I can do, so even if we are against each other, all I can do is wish for you the best of luck in your endeavors."

One by one, the balls disappeared, as the landscape was one again filled with empty screens held down by polls. Khai was all on his own, but this didn't bother him at all, if they wanted to die so badly, it was their own fault.

"Then they leave me little choice. I'd hoped to forge a mutually beneficial agreement so that all nine universes might survive, but if they won't help, only one will by spared, and while it gives me no pleasure to say this, it's clear that my Eleventh Universe will be the lone survivor."

Then all of the screens lit up, showing silhouettes of the many Pride Troopers of Universe 11, Khai's eyes specifically homing in on the silhouette of Jiren.

"After all, we do have the strongest warriors in the cosmos."

Concentrating, Wendy tried to muster the energy of her body into her hands. Breathing calmly, she finally made her hands light up a green color. Then, finally, a small sphere appeared in her hands, as it spread across the land for a few yards.

"I did it... I DID IT!" Wendy rejoiced, jumping up in the air like a small child who had just won the spelling bee.

Then as her sphere floated above her hands, she let it touch Kusu who was right in front of her. Feeling much more relaxed and soothed than before, Kusu congratulated the young Sky Dragon Slayer on her success.

"Congratulations, Wendy, your healing spells have improved quite substantially, and in addition, now you can heal your allies from a distance with this healing sphere."

Suddenly, Wendy grabs her hands while thanking her.

"Thank you very much, Kusu! It's thanks to you that I was able to improve myself so much!"

At first, she was a little surprised by her friendly gesture, but Kusu nonetheless was grateful for her expression of gratitude.

"It was simply my job, Lord Rumsshi asked me to attend to you more than the others. Besides…"

Looking around, she noticed that the other warriors weren't present. After four days, or years of intensive training, the fighters had gone to rest a little. Everyone except Wendy.

"Everyone requires some rest and relaxation, you aren't exempt from this, Wendy."

But Wendy remained strong-willed. "No, I want to practice this again! I have to get even stronger."

Kusu chuckled. "You seem well motivated to me."

"It's normal, I am the weakest of the team, and yet you, the strongest out of everyone here said I was the most important member, so I can't help but feel a bit scared."

"You have no reason to worry, young Wendy. You have made a lot of progress, more so than I assumed."

"If I'm doing this, it's for my friends! They're counting on me and I don't want to disappoint them. "

"Is it saving your universe that concerns you? I know for a fact many mortals would only participate for the simplicity of being granted a wish from the Super Dragon Balls."

"I don't care about that," Wendy retorted. " I don't even know what wish to make, of course I would like to revive Grandeeney but... she died of old age and the Dragon Balls can't revive someone who died of natural causes, so all I want if for us to win the tournament and get on with our lives."

"Do you believe you have everything you need in your lifetime?"

"Of course! I have family and friends that support and care for me, and I have strong Magic that I can use to help people in need! What more would I want?!"

"So something like immortality, wealth or gaining divine status doesn't intrigue you?"

"Not one bit! If I ever wanted any Jewels, my heart would tell me to work hard for them, and I couldn't agree more! It's only by working that I am proud to have the money I've gotten."

"I must admit that mortal who behave like you are rare! You really are purity embodied."

"You're a very nice person too," Wendy assured her. "You spent all your time with us to train everyone."

Kusu chuckled slightly. "I did nothing but obey Lord Rumsshi's orders."

"Perhaps, but you gave us lots of advice, and you trained us without yelling or scolding us, and we're all thankful for you very much, Kusu! Our universe can win this, no problem!"

The Angel couldn't help but feel some sympathy for the girl. There were going to be fighters who were at the levels of a Destroyer at the Tournament of Power, and yet no one in Team Universe 10 could possibly hold a candle to their immense strength.

"Is it cretinous?"

"What does that mean?"

"It means stupid, or foolish. Is it cretinous for an Angel like me to adore my universe? Normally, an Angel such as myself aren't supposed to feel any sort emotion, an Angel must remain neutral even if their Universe is destroyed, but overtime, I've grown to admire and adore it! Yes, while there are many planets home to vicious It's true that there are a lot of bad planets, but… this universe also has good sides."

"It's not stupid, maybe you're just acting like us mortals would, when you have an attachment with something or someone for so long, it might hurt to see it go away, it's perfectly normal."

"I could never be normal."

"Who said you needed to be? What do you think normal means?"

For the first time in possibly forever, she didn't have an answer. Everyone had their own definition of normal, which usually classified on anyone's likes and dislikes, what was accepted in a community, and other factors. Kusu didn't consider herself to be normal as they would put it, it was just a word some say to have others feel as if they fit in.

"HEY, KUSU!"

Natsu was running towards the two females at a rapid speed, before panting and catching his breath as he stopped in front of them, with a big goofy smile plattered on his face. "Come on, everyone else is still asleep, this is the perfect time to practice and get stronger!"

"Are you certain this is wise, Natsu?" the Angel wondered, getting up. "Rest and relaxation is just as important as-"

"Screw that, we can relax later! Besides, what's the point of taking it easy if we might die because we lose, and I don't wanna take that chance! That only makes me wanna train even harder than ever, and plus, you're a great training partner."

"Are you that motivated to improve yourself for the Tournament?"

"Hell yeah! I'm still trying to beat that annoying pink elephant!" he exclaimed, referring to Rumsshi.

"You must be joking."

"I'm gonna be honest, I hate the guy, every fiber of my being just wants to pound him to the ground!" Natsu complained. "I swear I'll beat him before the tournament! I'm gonna hit him so hard he'll know that Fairy Tail is the strongest out there, maybe in the whole universe!"

To Kusu, this was wishful thinking. "I have my doubts, Natsu, as even I'm not positive my Lord will act like this, even in the event of defeat in his case."

"Well, that's too bad, so let's get back to training!" Natsu elated, stretching his arms and legs repeatedly.

"Natsu, let's say you emerge victorious, and are the only one standing in the ring, what would you ask of the dragon?"

Natsu tilted his head in confusion. "Umm, which dragon? Igneel?"

"No, the one from the Super Dragon Balls," she corrected.

"I haven't really thought about it but… actually… I kinda wanna see Gray and Gajeel be a girl for a day. I can already imagine the stupid and crazy looks on their faces," giggled Natsu. "No, wait, maybe I should wish for them to turn into a bird, or a cat for a week! It would be so fun."

A sweat drop appeared on both of the female's faces.

"Is that your wish?" Kusu questioned, not being able to hide her surprise from the mortal's ridiculous request for Super Shenron.

"Well, before you tell me dragon balls couldn't resuscitate the dead of old age, I wanted to revive Igneel! But since I can't do it, I don't know what to decide! Maybe I'll wish I had the biggest banquet in the world! With lots of meat's pig. "

Hearing it, Kusu couldn't help but chuckle, before putting her hand in front of her mouth.

"I don't believe I've mentioned this yet, but you're the first person I've met who's reacted like this, Fairy Tail seems to be comprised of a pack of humorous individuals to me, I must admit that I will miss your presence a bit, whether or not you win this tournament."

"In that case, why don't you just come with us, to Fairy Tail?"

"I... beg your pardon...?"

"I can't... I can't stand it anymore..."

Multiple beads of sweat ran down her face like a waterfall, her hands were all soaking wet too, as she almost collapsed from fatigue, as she laid on the bark of a tree, as Mohito was watching, sitting on the stump of a dead tree, enjoying a cup of tea all to himself.

"It seems all of the basics have just about been engraved in your body and mind, Seryu, now it will be up to you to train yourself to master them."

"And... I could win the tournament... like this?" Seryu whispered, barely clinging on due to amount of sheer agony she had gone through during these techniques. There were indeed some painful processes here and there since she was only a mortal compared to the Guide Angel.

"Perhaps Seryu, but that is partially if luck is on your side and you don't encounter foes such as the man Top spoke of, this Jiren in particular, being stronger than his own Destroyer. But riddle me this, if Lord Sidra resurrects you as your reward for coming out on top, what wish will you make from the Super Dragon Balls?"

During these six days, or years, she had been thinking about the wish most of the time, remembering her sins when she still lived as a psychotic solider for the Empire, praised by Esdeath herself for her ruthlessness, and seeing it now, she wasn't proud of it at all. "I... I want to erase everyone's memory about me when I was alive in my world."

Mohito raised an eyebrow in curiosity. "And what is the reason for this wish?"

"I've always thought I was doing the right thing, that I was delivering justice and protecting the Empire like any good soldier would... but now I realized just how wrong I was, and the sins I committed. If I can wish for that, everyone will forget what I did back then, and I could make a new identity for myself and won't be labeled as a fiend. I want to do good for anyone that needs it, maybe that will make up for all of my mistakes."

Standing up, Mohito walked over to a large tree, which looked extremely old and lacked any leaves.

"Seryu... do quickly respond in a kindly manner, would you prefer to sacrifice your own life, or any other proletariat?"

"W... what are you talking about?"

"If you could, would you resurrect the mortals you killed, but then return to serve your sentence in Hell? You say you want to fix the mistakes of your past, in my opinion, the best solution to this is to resurrect all the mortals you have slain, wouldn't you agree?"

She didn't have any response, so she only nodded and allowed the Angel to continue.

"However, if you make this wish, and return to your planet, your kin will still view you as a callous fiend and all will hunt you down and you will perhaps be forced to endure torture once more! If you ever get killed, before you can show anyone that your heart has become pure from it's wicked ways, you will return to Hell, so what I want to know is, do you still want to make your first wish come true or do you want to revive the mortals you eviscerated?"

At that moment, Seryu's body shook. Hell was the last place she wanted to be, the last thing she wanted to think about, and the last time she would ever return. She didn't want to relive that endless nightmare, all she wanted to do was to help people. She just wanted to be a vigilante, not a ruthless murderer. That's why she wanted to change. She was positive with her wish, she could start a new life and save more people than she killed. And like that, she could go to heaven.

But why not start anew from the beginning? Even better, why didn't she have the great knowledge of the horrors that transpired daily?

Why not just pass on as a happy go lucky girl who's only desire was to put smiles on people's faces?

Was that ever too much to ask for? Apparently so since the universe had always been so against the Empire it seemed, in a rhetorical fashion of course, no other planet was involved with the war.

Nonetheless, she thought back to all the memories she had had. Many were the last moments in the lives of the people she killed, as well as the times their families learning of their deaths. She had caused too much sadness, pain, and death to many innocent people, so in some way, she should have expected some form of punishment for her crimes, but she was led astray to believe in false views.

Finally, she made her choice.

"I really want my first wish happen... but if it comes true, I'll feel as if I'm acting like a coward, fleeing from my responsibilities, and that isn't honorable at all!"

Smiling, Mohito waved his staff around and pointed it towards the old tree, and in an instant, leaves appeared on it's branches.

"Most can change Seryu, emphasis on most, and most can change their opinion of someone. In many eyes, it's a simple procedure, save your planet, resurrect the people you killed and no one will have any reason to hate you."

He laid out his right hand towards her, but motioned for her to remain in her position, as he pointed his staff towards his blue hand, the crystal ball glowing, as a white, sleeping animal blinked out of nowhere onto his hand, driving Seryu to tears.

But these were tears of joy.

"Koro..."

"GRRAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH, HAAAAAAAAAAA!"

The scream almost sounded a bit distorted, a voice crack was even heard, as lighting struck down from the sky, Planet Salada itself shaking from the power Kale, the Saiyan from Universe Six was releasing. Cabba, a Saiyan from the Sixth had attempted to recruit some Saiyans for the upcoming Tournament of Power and found his way to the Caulifla, the younger sister of Renso, the retired Sadala Defense Forces Captain, the former being a leader of a gang of criminals who stole plenty of the Sadala Army. While her intentions weren't noble, she did have potential as she was able to become a Super Saiyan without much difficulty. Kale, her comrade on the other had, was an entirely different matter.

Caulifla wasn't at ease with this sudden change of weather. "Something's wrong! This isn't like when we transformed!"

"Easy, that's too much!" Cabba warned Kale. "Don't raise your energy anymore, Kale!"

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!"

But the dark-skinned Saiyan was out of control, not heeding any of their words as the lime aura widened second by second.

Finally, Kale stopped screaming, and was lowered to the ground as her aura faded away, the weather changing back to a clear sky, her gaze downcast. Looking at her, the duo in front of her noticed there wasn't any physical change in her. Her hair was still black, and she still had a slender figure.

"Ka… Kale?" Cabba stuttered, very nervous and unsettled by this development.

Caulifla tried to reach her as well. "You okay?"

Kale finally looked up, but her face displayed a crazed smile, as well as white blank eyes, cackling demonically.

"And what it this supposed to be?" Mine wanted to know, as Sidra handed her a white stone.

"A nuclix," the God of Destruction told her. "It is a gemstone that has the ability to absorb the energy that surrounds it for a hundred yards, found in most of the planets in the Glacier Galaxy, just a single one of these stones is capable of supplying a megaregion with an limitless supply of energy for six to seven decades, and while extremely common, they are difficult to acquire. With this in your Imperial Arms, you will be able to triple it's already enormous power."

Looking at the stone more closely, Mine finally put it in her pocket, before leaving.

"Thanks, I'll be sure to incorporate it into Pumpkin later in my free time."

"Good, and one more thing."

She stopped to gander at the Destroyer.

"Mohito has informed me he will arrive in a few hours back her with Seryu, and from this point on you will all once again be training partners, I expect to see results from this."

"I'm guessing she got her stupid dog back?"

Sidra responded with a quick nod, which began to infuriate Mine as her bristled slightly, the tomboy growling under her breath. "Look, I don't care about that idiot one bit, but I'm not going to do anything that will put my daughter in danger, so after the tournament, I'm taking care of her personally."

"People can change, especially those who understood their mistakes. I myself used to protect life and for millions of years, I have taken the job of eradicating it for as long as I held my job as a Destroyer God. From what I could understand, Hell has transformed Seryu for the better, and you must accept that fact."

"THEN LET HER STAY HERE, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN I'M GONNA BE ALL BUDDY BUDDY WITH HER!" Mine roared, going leaving to head back to her training, alone where she couldn't be disturbed by any of her friends. She was going to show them all! She was going beat Goku and Top and secure their victory! Not even Jiren was going stop the Ninth Universe from winning!

Not that he was afraid of concurring Mine's wrath, it was just that he didn't want to lower the team morale. With how the hot-headed female was behaving, Sidra couldn't help but be curious and ponder about the mortal's intentions. "Let me ask you this, if you win the Dragon Balls, what exactly are you going to wish for?"

"We're entitled to three wishes, correct? I already thought of them long ago. Wish No. 1: Bring back every dead member of Night Raid. No 2.: Remove social class off the face of the Earth. No. 3: The worst possible kind of Hell in existence for Seryu. Final answers, hope you're satisfied," she spat, her final two sentences spelled out with complete and utter contempt and hatred for whom she still considered a psychopath in her eyes.

Sidra sighed. "Revenge goes nowhere, Mine. Take it from someone like myself who has been driven by such a path during their mortal years."

"Yeah, we'll here's something, you were going around the universe while I stayed on my little planet so why don't you take care of your business and stay out of mine?! No chance I'm letting my daughter live in the same world as that psychopath."

She then snorted off without another word, as Mohito arrived without his student, dropping her off earlier with the rest of the group.

"Yes Mohito?" the Destroyer sighed, lending the Angel a glance as the ball on his staff glowed a bright lime.

"It appears Lord Champa has requested an audience, and it seems you aren't the only one he has alerted."

Finding himself seated on top of a bunch of robots, Teach laughed maniacally to himself. These stupid robots didn't have enough neurons in them to strategize carefully enough to stop the almighty Blackbeard, he was on top of the world, and he would make sure he would come out as the most powerful mortal to exist, outclassing those so called Super Saiyan Gods.

"Blackbeard, I have an offer for you."

He turned to the speak, Doflamingo who's feathers blew by as he walked past him. "With so many of these robots, we can easily take control of a planet, correct?"

"What's your point?"

"What's say we take control of the entire Third Universe together?"

"Logia users, you say?"

"Indeed," said a spy, bowing before him in his throne, wearing a green cloak shadowing over his entire body, a scarf over his face, only revealing his azure eyes. "According to our report, the most dangerous beings on the Universe 3 team are called Logia users. They are people with powers allowing their body to transform into matter making them invulnerable in the face of many attacks."

The spy pulled out a ball, which begun morphing into a small projector, then showing Akainu and Kizaru fighting multiple robots of all shapes and sizes. "From what we can assume, these are the two of them that are going to take part in the Tournament, this Akainu can turn his body into magma, and create and control it while Kizaru in turn, can create, control and transform into light."

Watching the video, Rumsshi saw the two men were either being hit by sabers or being targeted by projectiles. However, the weapons pierced Kizaru's body without causing him any harm, while others were melted down upon hitting Akainu's body.

This brought up way too many concerns for the elephant's liking. He had been expecting good news, not bad news.

"Then there is something else you should know, some in the Third are able to wield a strange power called Haki."

The Destroyer raised an eyebrow. "Elaborate."

"TO THE TENTH!"

They all chugged down their drinks and ate like there was no tomorrow.

Leaving the competitors to eat, drink, get a bit wasted and chatter amongst themselves, Kusu settled down a bit on a table away from the group the First Fairy Tail Building. As surprising as it might be, the contestants were a bit over-excited, almost fighting for the best food at the banquet. In a few days, they were going to have to fight to ensure the survival of their universe and yet, they were living their normal day to day lives, enjoying every minute of it as if it was a normal day and Kusu could only admire them for that fact. To tell the truth, by being in their company, she could only admit one thing: she enjoyed being in the company of these noisy and excited people. Should her universe win, she would actually feel a bit lonely when she returned to Rumsshi's planet without them.

Then again, she still had plenty of time as the Destroyer wanted her and Gowasu to teach them this power called Haki people in the Third were able to use.

"Hey, Kusu!"

She felt a pair of hands wrap around her shoulder, the pink-haired Mage smiling widely. "Come to the party with us, you're missing out on a real feast here, ain't no fun without you."

"Oh, you don't have to go through this, I am perfectly fine," Kusu assured him. "You and your friends seem to be going about pleasantly without me as well, and I do not wish to impede."

"Wait, are you afraid that you'll bother us? You're not a nuisance, not after everything you've done! You're like one of us now! Look, we even made something for ya!" Natsu began rummaging through his jacket pocket, before slapping something on Kusu's left arm, and while the move didn't catch her off guard, as she allowed such to occur, what she received from the Fire Dragon Slayer did.

It was the symbol for the Fairy Tail guild. "I already know one of my wishes, I want you to join Fairy Tail!"

Kusu was at a loss on how to react to this. She was barely ever used to such treatment, as she barely ever interacted with mortals during their visits whereas afterwards, Rumsshi would just destroy the planet since development, evolution, and forward momentum usually halted there.

"But... why...?"

"Because why not?!" Natsu exclaimed, his emotions and words towards the Angel incredibly sincere. "Everyone here likes you, and we're not just saying it, and a part of me would be lying if I said-"

"Hey, Natsu!" the blue Exceed named Happy called out. "Gajeel and Cobra are eating all the meat."

"WHATt?!" Natsu shouted, immediately running to his friends. "Hey, let me have my share! Don't take all of it!"

And as he left, Kusu couldn't help but gaze at her new tattoo, mesmerizing her to no end. Of course, with her powers, she would have had no trouble making him disappear. Still, there was something about this, it was as if one part of her was telling her to keep this before finally smiling.

Deep down, she knew that joining Fairy Tail would be impossible. Her one and only one purpose in life she had given and assigned was to be the teacher of the God of Destruction of this universe. However, looking up to see Natsu fighting the others for his meat, she couldn't help herself speak these words to herself.

"I suppose if I am not occupied, I could find some opportunities to visit them from time to time."