Space warped, and Nagato entered the Kamui Dimension, leaving the Hidden Leaf Village.
After Nagato left, Hinata also left the hospital.
It would take some time for Nagato's organization to get moving, so Hinata returned to the Laboratory to continue her experiments.
Creating the Mutation Potion would determine whether her strength could grow again. She could not afford to slack off.
This time, however, when she took out the Evil God's vessel to extract the Evil God's power, Hinata sensed through an inexplicable connection that more faith was flowing toward her.
This faith came not only from the Hidden Leaf Village, but from all across the Shinobi World.
In other words, almost anywhere people lived in the Shinobi World, they were providing Hinata with faith.
Although this seemed like a good thing, the problem was that this power of faith was far too mixed.
At the same time, the beliefs people held about Hinata varied wildly.
Some said Hinata was a divine bird of salvation, capable of saving all living beings.
Those were the words of the people who had seen Hinata's Flame Divine Bird shatter the meteorite where Ōtsutsuki Isshiki had hidden, as they knelt and worshipped her.
Others believed that the Flame Divine Bird was a Flame Demon God that would destroy everything in the world.
Naturally, that power of faith also flowed to Hinata.
One belief held that she would save the world, while the other held that she would destroy it.
The contradiction could hardly have been greater.
Early in her research into the power of faith, Hinata had discovered that although absorbing it could allow someone to attain godhood through faith, it would also subject them to its influence.
A deity would change to match the beliefs of their followers.
But a thousand people had