"Then why did you let me out?"
In the life she had lived until now, Uchiha Hikari, who knew only how to kill, could not understand what he was thinking.
If he had no interest in her power, then why had he undone her seal?
Naruto smiled. "Because your power is too strong. As long as it's a seal, there will always come a time when it's undone."
"To me, and to Wave Country, that makes you a hidden danger."
"A hidden danger?"
At those words, Uchiha Hikari's pupils shrank. But when she looked away and turned her gaze toward the azure sky, her heart suddenly grew calm again.
Perhaps this, too, was a kind of release. Compared with that dark, numb existence, death was not frightening. It was also liberation.
"Being able to see a sky like this again isn't so bad."
After giving Naruto a smile that left him completely baffled, Uchiha Hikari closed her eyes.
Naruto's eyes went uneven, his tone puzzled.
"Don't tell me you think I'm going to kill you?"
Uchiha Hikari opened her eyes again and blinked at Naruto, her gaze still carrying a clear, innocent foolishness.
"Wasn't that what you meant just now?"
Naruto shook his head helplessly.
"If I wanted to kill you, I would've killed you outright during the fight just now."
"Then what exactly do you want to do?" Uchiha Hikari was even more confused.
Naruto still did not answer her directly. Instead, he asked in return, "Do you know Utopia?"
"U...topia? What is that?"
It was not only Uchiha Hikari. The three people beside Naruto, including Uchiha Shisui, had likewise never heard of it. All of them were waiting for Naruto to continue.
"Utopia is a world that does not exist, a world of fantasy."
"There, all property is