The mocking words fell. Genki slowly withdrew his gaze from Obito and looked up at the roof of the Konoha Military Police Force building. His gaze pierced the tiles, pierced the clouds, and fixed on the depths of the earth—
That was the land of the dead, the abyss where the souls of the deceased dwelled, dark and cold, filled with endless silence.
His spiritual sense spread like an invisible net, following his gaze into the land of the dead. Amid countless chaotic souls on the verge of dispersing, he searched swiftly.
The pale golden Takamagahara Power stirred silently, becoming a guide that precisely locked onto a faint yet still pure soul—
It was Nohara Rin's soul. Though the land of the dead had worn it down until it was increasingly faint, it still carried the gentleness and purity she had possessed in life, utterly out of place in this silent abyss.
In less than a moment, Genki had found the person he wanted.
Nohara Rin.
He curled his lips into a cold smile. His fingers tightened slightly, and the pale golden Takamagahara Power burst forth, forming a mighty beam of light that pierced the earth and reached the land of the dead, wrapping tightly around the faint soul.
Without the slightest hesitation or pity, Genki raised his hand sharply. A powerful force of attraction surged forth, forcibly dragging Nohara Rin's soul out of the land of the dead's grasp!
Inside the Konoha Military Police Force building, a faint white light slowly appeared. Within it, the faint outline of a slender soul could just be made out. It was Nohara Rin.
Her soul was semitransparent, her eyes vacant and bewildered. She had clearly not yet awakened from the confusion of the dead. She didn't know why she had suddenly left