Shin extended his sensory ability and quickly detected several familiar Chakra signatures.
That sense of familiarity came from the world he had visited not long ago. The most obvious and eye-catching one belonged to Uzumaki Naruto.
Shin carefully studied the faces of Haruno Sakura and Yamanaka Ino. Though they were adults now, they did not seem as mature as the Hinata he had seen before.
It might still be that world, but at a different point in time.
"How are you?" Haruno Sakura asked again.
"I'm fine," Shin replied.
"I see. Good, then." Haruno Sakura smiled softly.
Shin rose from the ground, and Haruno Sakura and Ino watched in surprise as the dust and dead leaves clinging to him fell away the moment he stood.
It was the first time either of them had seen such a dust-repelling method.
"Are you a ninja from the village?" After exchanging glances, Ino spoke up as well.
"Yeah."
"Is that so? I'm a jonin from the village too, but I don't think I've seen you much before." Haruno Sakura smiled.
Shin had already sensed the wariness and probing hidden in her words, but he did not care in the slightest.
"Did you marry Sasuke?"
"Huh?" The abrupt change of topic left Haruno Sakura and Ino both stunned.
"You... know me?"
"I'm Sasuke's friend."
Sasuke's... friend?
Both Haruno Sakura and Ino looked suspicious.
Sasuke had friends they did not know about?
And if he was an acquaintance, why would he not introduce himself directly?
Suddenly, Shin sensed something and looked up at the sky. Then a scene that shocked all three of them unfolded: the sun, which had been hanging high in the sky, visibly began sinking behind the distant mountains. Then the moon rapidly rose overhead, radiating an unusual halo.
The moon did