After settling the Tailed Beasts near the village, Yura tossed the Three-Tails into a mountain lake and the Six-Tails into a marsh, then returned with Mito and the others.
"You're just leaving them there unattended?" Mito asked on the way back, still somewhat uneasy.
"What do you think they are?" Yura retorted. "People?"
After thinking it over, Mito said, "I was overthinking it." She had been considering Yura's plan involving the Tailed Beasts, but seeing that Yura had no intention of explaining, she smiled and said, "I thought you'd make me a Jinchuriki."
Yura stopped and looked at Mito. "Nice thought, but don't think it again."
"You're lying, aren't you? I've noticed..." Mito narrowed her eyes, clasped her hands behind her back, and skipped along with a smile. "You never say anything honestly, Yura. Do you have some purpose behind this?"
"A purpose?" Yura considered it briefly.
"Look, you're only thinking of a suitable excuse now. Isn't that a little late?" Mito smiled.
"What purpose do you think I have?" Yura asked.
"That isn't important." Walking with her hands behind her back, Mito kicked pebbles along the road with the tips of her toes like a little girl. "As far as the outcome goes, no one became a Jinchuriki. That's enough for me. I like this outcome."
"Is that so..." Yura caught up, lowering her eyes without replying.
"It's fine. Even if you don't say it, I understand..." Mito turned to look at Yura, walking backward as she spoke. "No matter what the future brings, since I've boarded this ship, I'll stick with you to the end."
"Mito..."
"Hm?"
Yura raised her eyes. "What kind of world do you want to create?"
"You think too highly of me. I'm not the Shinobi World's god like Senju Hashirama." Mito smiled. "The