"Mm... you're right about that. I really am already dead."
Faced with the two's strongly puzzled questions, Yukina paused slightly, then slowly sat down and made a welcoming gesture, signaling for them to sit as well. She spoke as though preparing for a long conversation.
"Then..."
Seeing Yukina's gesture and hearing her words, Neji Hyuga and Hinata Hyuga also sat down. With some hesitation in their voices, they began to ask.
Already... dead? How was that possible?
Could it be that we were already dead too?
Both their hearts skipped a beat.
With a dead person standing before them, the only possibility they could think of was that this space was actually a place for the dead—the so-called Pure Land.
No.
This place did not look like the Pure Land either. It should be the world after death. Perhaps the so-called Pure Land was merely a lie meant to keep people from fearing death.
And judging from the current situation, their Aunt Yukina had remained here for more than a decade, which undoubtedly made them think of something even more terrifying.
Then, they might be trapped here forever. Their souls might also have to endure the torment of this endless time.
Without a doubt, they might soon have to face the most terrifying reality.
They were not only dead.
They would also be trapped here forever, unable to be reborn.
Nothing could be more terrifying than that.
"Is this the world after death? The Pure Land?"
Then, almost instinctively, they blurted it out.
"No, it isn't."
Yukina shook her head and gave them the denial they most wanted to hear.
"However, saying that this is the world after death would probably be fairly accurate."
But in the next instant, Yukina's words made their hearts leap into their throats again.
"From