Inside an Alternate Dimension some distance from the Shinobi World.
This Alternate Dimension was not very large, only about the size of a soccer field.
There was no sun or moon in the Alternate Dimension, nor any light. Apart from a huge slab of stone underfoot that served as land, there was nothing.
The spatial walls of this Alternate Dimension were extremely sturdy, even though it was now filled with ominous black mist and a blood-red haze of vital energy that was no less dangerous.
Black and red filled the entire Alternate Dimension.
At the center of those colors lay the source of the mist that drifted and gathered throughout the Alternate Dimension.
A massive, oval cocoon stood suspended in midair.
As though something were holding it up, the cocoon, also black and red, did not fall to the ground.
Thump... thump...
With each thump, the black and red colors on the cocoon flickered on and off.
The black-and-red glow of the cocoon was the only source of light in this Alternate Dimension.
But that was not the most important thing!
A heartbeat came from within the cocoon, as though something alive lay inside.
The heartbeat was incredibly loud, echoing throughout the Alternate Dimension.
Through the cocoon's occasional flashes of light, a human silhouette could faintly be seen inside!
A figure lay curled up within the cocoon.
It was Hinata, undergoing her transformation.
Several days had already passed.
The cracks in Hinata's skin had healed. Her eyes were tightly shut, and she lay curled inside the cocoon like an infant.
By now, the corrosive effects of her own blood and the black mist had eaten away all her clothes, leaving nothing.
But with the cocoon around her, she was not exposed.
Besides, she was the only person in the entire