As Might Guy and his son left, Charlotte looked toward Shino Aburame at the side, then said, "Shino, this time I brought your Future Self back from the Ninja World. You'll fuse with him and increase your strength."
Hearing that it really was his turn to fuse with his Future Self and improve his strength, Shino Aburame said with some excitement, "Thank you, Lord Charlotte."
Torune Aburame, standing nearby, was somewhat puzzled by Charlotte's words, but he did not ask anything. He simply stood quietly to the side.
Charlotte nodded, then sent his consciousness into the System Space.
He removed Shino Aburame's Ninja Card from the Deployment Slot, and Shino Aburame's figure vanished from the office along with it.
Torune Aburame stared at Shino Aburame, who had suddenly disappeared, and was shocked to discover that he had not sensed the slightest thing.
Inside the System Space, Charlotte fused Shino Aburame's Ninja Card with the Naruto Shippuden Shino Aburame Ninja Card, then placed it back into the Deployment Slot. The next second, Shino Aburame reappeared in the spot where he had vanished.
Torune Aburame in the room froze. Shino Aburame had reappeared, and his appearance had changed noticeably, becoming much closer to the grown-up Shino he remembered. The Shino Aburame he had seen before had been too immature, looking as if he had graduated from the Ninja Academy less than a year ago.
Was this the Future Self Lord Charlotte spoke of?
Crossing time directly to fuse with his future self.
At that moment, Shino Aburame absorbed three years' worth of memories as if watching a movie. Although Shino Aburame had already learned the general situation in the Ninja World over those three years through conversations with his companions, it was nowhere near as detailed as his own memories.
After accepting