After an entire week of work, the two people involved in the Mirai incident finally managed to completely repair the barrier wall.
Once the repairs were complete, they both breathed a sigh of relief, but Mirai was still filled with doubts.
After inspecting it, he found that the situation was indeed as the people in the hospital ward had described. Aside from the passage of time and routine loopholes, there was nothing unusual about the ward.
In other words, whoever had entered Konoha and captured Kushina had either reached the pinnacle of barrier techniques.
Or... they had bypassed the barrier altogether.
The only possibility Mirai could think of now was the masked man who had attacked when Kushina gave birth.
His student's [Mangekyou Sharingan] had the ability to shift his body between intangibility and solidity.
But... did he truly exist in this era?
"Mirai, what's wrong?"
Kushina stared blankly at the distracted Mirai and could not help asking.
Mirai snapped back to his senses and said, "Nothing..."
The two of them immediately left the place...
The following evening, Mirai came to the gates of the Ninja Academy again. This time, school had just ended.
Parents led their children out of the academy one after another, laughing as they made their way home and talked about everything they had seen that day.
Among the crowd, a thin and lonely figure appeared...
Mirai had once been the same—without a father, without a mother, without anyone to rely on, living alone.
Seeing someone so much like his former self, Mirai immediately followed after him.
After school, Obito did not return to the Uchiha compound. Instead, he bypassed Konoha's bustling streets and headed to the back mountain.
This was precisely where Mirai practiced every day after school.
When he arrived, Obito sat in