A flash of golden light.
Hiroki reappeared in Orochimaru's laboratory, dragging along the future Minato, who had been bound like a dumpling by Adamantine Attacking Chains and had already fallen unconscious.
There was no one else in the laboratory—only Hiroki, who had just returned through space, and the future Minato. Yet Hiroki still frowned.
Interrogating someone from the future on someone else's turf felt highly inconvenient.
This was an "information bomb" from the future.
What he carried in his head was enough to overturn all of history. He had recorded everything about the future—its entire development!
If nothing unexpected happened, learning any of that information would be enough to change the entire future. If Hiroki told anyone of this era, who knew what uncontrollable changes it might cause.
So it had to be kept even more secret!
Grabbing Minato, Hiroki began using Earth Release to burrow underground!
Only after descending another three hundred meters or so did Hiroki swiftly carve out a sufficiently large space within the earth, meant for interrogating Minato and reading his memories!
However, Hiroki did not rush into the interrogation. He quickly created Shadow Clones and had them bring more sealing tools before turning to Minato, ready to deal with him.
Looking at the future Minato lying on the operating table, bound layer upon layer, with even his thoughts temporarily sealed by Hiroki's mental interference formula, Hiroki took a deep breath.
He reached out and pressed a hand against the future Minato's forehead.
[ Ding-dong~ ]
[Detected another connectable computer: "Namikaze Minato." A temporary connection has been established through the "Chakra Communication Protocol."]
[Would you like to open and view the files?]
Hiroki's consciousness instantly sank into the other party's "computer." He could not wait to open the other party's "Memory Disk" and see what he