Chatting with the grandfathers had been pleasant. After taking care of the relevant matters, Mimi was going to meet the last person of the day.
As in her childhood, Mimi went to see Mito, as she always had.
The temporary Earth Release shelter had been built from earthen rooms and lacked the grandeur of the Senju Clan. Yet even in such surroundings, Mito's bearing remained unchanged.
Inside the room, the two sat facing each other.
"Mimi, is it really all right to go this far?"
After a long silence, Mito suddenly asked.
"What do you mean?" Mimi stopped speaking and asked.
"Breaking the boundary between life and death." Mito said, "I imagine it will bring plenty of troublesome problems."
"No problem." Mimi replied.
"No." Mito shook her head and said softly, "You've already done too much for us. Don't force yourself."
"It's also for my own sake." Mimi said, "You know I like getting to the bottom of things."
"Honestly." Mito looked at Mimi tenderly and said, "I still prefer life and death to have a clear boundary. If no one in the world could ever die, wouldn't that just mean the passage of time had stopped here? In that case, everyone would have died forever."
"Have you been thinking about things like this these past few days?"
"Mm." Mito nodded. "Seeing Hashirama's face makes me unable to stop thinking about all sorts of things."
To be honest, Mito really didn't know what happened after death.
When she first entered the Underworld and didn't see Hashirama, she had secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
She had grown used to living a peaceful life alone. Then some idiot suddenly barged in. It was fun, yes, but it was also a headache.
Once the initial novelty wore off, she found herself unable