In the blink of an eye, Uchiha Madara had returned to the spot where the square stone had been placed. There, he felt an inexplicable sense of security.
"Release... release..."
That voice came again. Uchiha Madara could not make sense of it. "Release? Do you mean I should release something from this sealing stone?"
"Release... release..." The voice still seemed unable to hear anything, merely continuing to direct Uchiha Madara's actions.
"All right, I'll release it... release... But how? And what am I supposed to release?"
"Stone pillar... stone pillar..."
This time, Uchiha Madara understood. "If I place this sealing stone on that stone pillar, something will be released?"
Without waiting for the voice to answer—since it clearly could not hear him anyway—he placed the sealing stone directly onto the pillar where the square stone had originally rested. Suddenly, a flash of golden light streaked past, and behind it, the figure of a person appeared!
"Tita? Isn't that Tita?!"
Uchiha Madara said in astonishment, "Tita, how did you end up here?"
Tita looked as though she had just woken up. "Ah, today was the day Agate was coming over as a guest. I needed to get up early... Huh?"
The adorable Tita rubbed her eyes and stared at the astonishing world before her. "Where is this? Could I have been transported into some kind of alternate space?"
As expected of Tita, the genius girl engaged in scientific research—she was remarkably familiar with things like alternate spaces. Uchiha Madara smiled. "That's right. We've both been transported into an alternate space. As for how this space came to be, I have no idea at all."
Tita got to her feet. "I think I may understand a little. Something similar happened once before..."
Uchiha Madara stared at Tita in surprise. "Something similar... happened