The pressure these two people sent toward Hyuga Sho
had already surpassed that of anyone Hyuga Sho had ever seen.
Even Uchiha Madara was not the slightest bit comparable to the two of them.
"Now... we can have a proper talk, right...?"
The voice coming from behind made Hyuga Sho turn around.
Atop Kage Rock, the highest point in this area,
the face of a little girl entered Hyuga Sho's eyes.
She looked to be in her early teens.
She had black hair parted down the middle.
She wore a fashionable sleeveless outfit.
"Who are you?"
Hyuga Sho had never seen this face before.
"I'm Sarada... Sarada Uchiha."
Not long afterward,
under Sarada Uchiha's guidance, Hyuga Sho passed through a barrier space and entered another dimension.
The ANBU clones stared at Hyuga Sho with tense expressions.
Hyuga Sho could sense the fear in their gazes and their emotions.
Clearly, every one of them was on guard against him to the extreme.
When Sarada stopped walking,
there was a building before them that could be called a military base.
Sarada... also known as the girl called Sarada,
invited Hyuga Sho inside.
The busy figures of ANBU "clones" could be seen everywhere.
When they reached the office hall,
Sarada sat in the office chair and sized Hyuga Sho up across the desk.
Hyuga Sho knew without looking around that various forces were still guarding against him, both openly and covertly.
"Welcome to 'Konoha'... Oh, perhaps I should say... 'Mental Copy World.'"
"Mental Copy World?"
"That's right."
Sarada answered readily.
"I'm a consciousness that was created. You can think of me as an Artificial Intelligence."
Sarada's words made Hyuga Sho frown.
Artificial Intelligence?
"These clones... can be considered the security force that maintains the normal operation of this world."
Sarada extended a