They hadn't found it.
Or was there some other concern? Looking at her close friend, who was practically family and now seemed to carry the weight of passing years, Yukina saw that he did not speak immediately, and a somewhat uneasy thought flashed through her mind.
Since Hirohiko had stopped trying, there was already a result.
It was just that there were two possible results.
One was success—Hirohiko had found a way to get them out of here.
The other was failure—Hirohiko had no way to connect with Uchiha Nobuhiko's ocular power, much less leave this place.
And according to the movement rules, Neji should be returning soon. Whether they could get out hinged on this. This was the most important matter.
No matter the outcome, they had no way back. Compared to this, whatever they had discovered about Uchiha Nobuhiko absorbing Transcendent Power was utterly unimportant. There was no need to concern themselves with it now, nor was it important that Grandma Saintess, who usually kept her emotions hidden, had repeatedly changed expression.
After all, they were already dead. No matter how strong an outsider was or how much Transcendent Power they possessed, it was nothing significant.
Souls could not enter the world of the living. In this world, souls and the living existed in separate realms. Once a person died, their soul immediately entered the afterlife—the world of souls. Without a physical body, a soul simply could not reach the world of the living.
Even if they got out, Grandma Saintess before them would not be able to stir up any trouble. The moment she stepped into the world of the living, she would return to the Yellow Springs Road. As for whether she would be captured and brought back here, that was beyond Yukina's knowledge.
But one