This time, Shinji was the one who looked bewildered. "Nameless, what's wrong?"
"My name isn't Nameless. I have a name!" She paused, and pain suddenly clouded the girl's face. "What is my name? Why can't I remember?"
"Damn!"
Shinji silently cursed.
It was obvious that something like this happening in Nameless's mindscape was a sign that she was beginning to lose herself!
Shinji immediately regretted it. Damn it, I was in too much of a hurry and overlooked such a huge risk!
"Nameless" clearly wasn't her real name, which meant she was still missing an important part of her memories. That undoubtedly meant her soul hadn't fully recovered. In this state, Shinji shouldn't have let her rush into awakening the Rinnegan!
Realizing his mistake, Shinji forced himself to calm down.
"If I can find the memories Nameless is missing and heal the damage to her soul, I should be able to stop her from losing herself!"
With that thought, Shinji reached for the iron bars holding Nameless once more.
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle.
But as soon as his hand gripped them, flames burst across the bars, forcing him to let go.
Looking at the burn marks on his palms, he furrowed his brow. "Is this Nameless's subconscious defending itself?"
He was only a consciousness now, and his power was suppressed in Nameless's mindscape, so he could be injured.
And if he tried to break his way in, he would hurt Nameless's soul.
Shinji stepped back and didn't make another reckless move.
"What should I do?"
He thought it over, then suddenly had an idea: Kiseki.
Every time Nameless used Yachihoko to mark someone, a kiseki connected to that person was created. Each kiseki recorded all the memories Nameless shared with that person.
Among all those kiseki, there had to be one