Early in the morning, Mirai knelt before two graves in the new courtyard the Hatake Clan had arranged for him.
Yesterday, an old man named Qimu Dazheng had finally said something Mirai could not refuse. Before long, he accepted Qimu Dazheng's help and chose to enroll in the Ninja Academy. Once that matter had been settled, Mirai, already deeply indebted to them, stopped standing on ceremony and made another request: he hoped the Hatake Clan could find his mother, or at least bring back her body for burial. Qimu Dazheng agreed to this small request. That was why Mirai was now kneeling before his parents' graves.
As for the burial sites of Kimura Takuya and Suzuki, the Hatake Clan had suggested burying them alongside the ninja who had died in the attack. There was no doubt that granting them the status of "martyrs" would benefit Mirai and Nohara Rin, but Mirai ultimately refused.
It was not that he had not considered it. But in the end, he was unwilling to "make use of" his dead parents. Besides, he did not want to bury them somewhere else. Letting his parents and Rin remain in the empty rooms of the courtyard was good enough. As for those unknown evil spirits, that was simply beyond Mirai's concern.
After Mirai buried his parents, Qimu Dazheng sent someone to take him to the Ninja Academy to complete the necessary procedures. During the turbulent years of the Second Shinobi World War, transferring schools was not unusual. The school, experienced in handling such matters, quickly resolved Mirai's enrollment. However, it was already late, and classes had ended, so he was unable to learn which class he would be assigned to.
Now, every morning, he paid his respects to his parents. That was his own request. When today's