At the end of the Pier...
Uchiha Yoru paid no attention to the bustling docks.
With his back to the others, the Mangekyo in his left eye spun rapidly, draining his Eye Power.
"Amenotejikara!"
Voom!
A massive doorway shimmering with the light of a deep starfield slowly opened in the air before him.
Yoru turned to the others. "Time to go."
Fugaku nodded firmly. Without looking back, he strode through the doorway.
The Uchiha elites filed in after him.
The members of Akatsuki followed them into the light.
The Pier fell quiet again.
Standing before the doorway, Yoru took one last look at the legendary pirates on the docks.
Unless Imu intervened personally, nothing could stop these people from sweeping across the entire Grand Line.
If he had not been away from the Hokage World for so long, with Itachi and the others missing and their fates unknown, he would have loved to lead everyone across the Grand Line himself and crush the Marines and the World Government's forces.
So what if he could not beat Imu? He could still run.
But time would not wait. He had to deal with matters in the Hokage World first.
With that, he turned and stepped through the doorway.
Voom!
The doorway slowly closed, breaking into countless specks of light that vanished into Hueco Mundo's sea breeze.
In the distant docks, Moria was still laughing.
Yoriichi Tsugikuni stood with a hand on his sword, the sea breeze stirring his red hair.
Aizen had somehow found another book. Leaning against a dock piling, he flipped through it idly.
Konohagakure, the Hokage Office Building.
The light of dusk slanted through the windows, casting mottled shadows across the floor.
The air rippled slightly. A massive doorway shimmering with the light of a deep starfield appeared from