He could not stand by and watch a five-year-old girl die before his eyes.
Recalling Terumi Mei's resolute expression when she left, Mirai's thoughts were immediately occupied by another beautiful face.
"Kushina..."
Mirai could not help but laugh. Perhaps part of the reason he had saved Terumi Mei was because the two of them shared certain similarities.
Thus, he reined in his thoughts and pressed both hands against the terrifying sea.
Whoosh, whoosh.
Feeling his chakra resonate, Mirai vanished once more.
In front of Mirai's residence in Konoha Village.
After several space-time shifts, a rather bedraggled figure flashed into view.
About a minute earlier, Mirai had still been fighting for his life in Fugen Village. Yet now, he had already returned to the village.
That was the terrifying aspect of space-time ninjutsu. No matter how fast anything else was, it could not compare.
Mirai looked at his tattered clothes, gave a wry smile, and opened the door to enter.
Mirai took a hot bath. The damp weather of the Land of Water and over a month of traveling at sea had left him deeply uncomfortable.
After changing into clean clothes, Mirai discovered that the wounds he had sustained in his battle with Ninja Shuki were gradually scabbing over.
He could still feel an itch on his back. At this moment, Mirai was clearly recovering rapidly from his most severe injuries.
This was Mirai's self-healing ability. As he grew older, not only had his chakra increased severalfold, but even his self-healing ability had become unbelievable.
He now had enough chakra to use "Uzumaki Burst Wild Dance Zero"...
"Haa!"
He took a deep breath. Because of his unauthorized actions, the trip to Fugen Village had become extremely convoluted. Even now, Mirai did not know the true identity of the person proficient