Deep within his soul, one voice after another rang out. Yet at this moment, the sounds echoing beside Mirai's ears were extremely faint.
He could not make out what they were saying.
"Ah!"
It felt as though pain was coming from above his soul. Even someone as resilient as Mirai could not endure it and cried out in agony.
"What... is happening?!"
Mirai gritted his teeth and curled up slightly. The pain was beyond what he could bear.
A ripple spread across the entire world. Somewhere in this world, an ancient voice, seemingly tempered by thousands of years, sounded with faint surprise.
"This disturbance in time and space... is even more intense than it was ten years ago."
"This time... is it the Land of Wind?"
No one could hear his voice. After murmuring for a while, he fell silent.
Mirai curled up on the ground in pain, both of his souls shaken.
Only several minutes later did the pain gradually ease before finally disappearing.
"Hah!"
Mirai braced himself against the wall beneath the window, gasping heavily. He was deeply confused.
Why had he suddenly suffered so much pain without any warning?
Just as he was astonished, Mirai's startled voice sounded. "This disturbance is exactly the same as it was ten years ago."
Mirai was somewhat shocked upon hearing this. Then, his eyes tensing, he said, "ten years ago!? You mean when you were reborn inside my body?"
"Mm!" Mirai replied, "Yes. It was precisely this power that, when I was on the verge of death, swept my soul and half of the Nine-Tails' body into a disturbance of time and space."
"We spent a long time within it. Because my human soul was fragile, I gradually lost myself inside. I survived only because of the Nine-Tails' power."
"Though