Past and Future

"Are you... Uncle Jie?" Seeing the somewhat familiar gold-rimmed monocle, Sarada finally realized. She looked at Uchiha Jie, then at Uchiha Itachi, and continued, "Could it be that you're my actual uncle, Uncle Jie?"

"I'm your cousin-uncle. He's your actual uncle." Uchiha Jie smiled and turned his gaze back to Eida.

He had questions of his own, such as, "Eida, why are you and Daemon here?"

This place had been forged by him. He should have known better than anyone what existed within it.

Even if some things had extended automatically based on his thoughts, Eida's appearance—and her connection to him—was probably not something the Tsukuyomi World could have casually created.

He was even wearing Uchiha Itachi's face and had fused with part of Uchiha Itachi's thoughts.

"Because this is the future where I was meant to exist..." The corners of Eida's lips lifted slightly. Her answer was vague, but it did not confuse Uchiha Jie. On the contrary, he immediately guessed the reason.

He raised his head and stared into those captivating crescent-moon eyes. His lips twitched twice as he praised her, "Just as expected of the Senrigan."

Then he asked, "Can you see beyond this world?"

"I probably haven't been born outside this world yet." Eida smiled softly. "Of course I can't see what happened before I was born."

"But I can infer it from what happens in the future. Father sometimes tells me stories about what happened during this time, too."

"Well? Do you want to hear them now?"

"Forget it..." Uchiha Jie shook his head and finally turned his gaze to the other child.

Ever since he had put on that little gold-rimmed monocle, Daemon had hidden. He had not gone far, merely hiding behind Sarada.

Only the hem of his clothes was slightly exposed, and