And so it went.
Liao Wu and Mikoto settled down in Leaf Village, right on the Uchiha Clan's former grounds.
They casually tidied up a house and moved in.
As for how to help Sasuke, Mikoto's idea was to offer him a mother's care.
Sasuke needed a great deal of time to practice Ninjutsu, so his meals were slapdash every day.
This was where Mikoto put her cooking skills to work, making delicious food and packing it into a lunch box.
Then she had Liao Wu deliver it to Sasuke without attracting anyone's attention.
After just one bite, Sasuke shouted that it tasted like Mom's cooking.
He gradually began to suspect that his encounter with Mikoto that day had not been a dream, and that his mother might not have died.
But Sasuke searched Leaf Village for two days without finding her.
He gradually came to understand that Mikoto either did not want to see him or had become some special kind of existence.
For instance-a ghost.
After that, Sasuke stopped searching for Mikoto.
He knew his mother would never harm him, and ate the nutritious meals she prepared for him every day.
Whenever practicing Chidori injured his body, a Ninja Cat would appear to help treat him.
No matter how serious his injuries were, they would heal with that gray-and-white cat's help.
Sasuke found it amazing.
He instinctively believed this was his mother's spirit familiar.
Meanwhile, in Rōran.
Sasori cursed, "Goddammit, that blasted Uchiha Ryobu! We've been waiting here for three days. Where the hell has that bastard gone?"
Sasori hated waiting. When he used to go on missions with Deidara, Deidara would frequently waste time.
This made Sasori very impatient.
He had turned his own body into a Human Puppet, so in theory, the concept of time should