After a series of questions, Mirai remained silent. Before long, Kushina cast him a sidelong glance and saw the deep shock in his eyes, as well as the turbulent emotions beneath it.
"Get out of the way!"
Naruto was fleeing from the pursuing guards, but after entering Sage Mode, his speed and reactions far surpassed theirs. He felt no pressure at all.
"We should hurry too, or they'll get too far away." Kushina shouted in front of Mirai, snapping him out of his daze.
Mirai paused slightly, then looked at Naruto's retreating figure with complicated emotions.
He still remembered Kushina's final wish before her death—to see Naruto after he had grown up.
Now, in Rōran, the three of them had finally come together.
This was a meeting that transcended time and space... transcended time, and transcended life and death!
Just as Naruto was fleeing, several more guards appeared ahead of him. One of them, whose vacant eyes seemed to suddenly regain their light, raised his gaze and looked at Naruto.
"Kid, you've escaped right under my nose twice. Do you think there'll be a third time?"
Naruto was startled when he heard that.
"Up there!"
At the top of the Rōran tower, dark violet light gathered once more. This time, it seemed to form an extremely viscous liquid before condensing into an energy sphere several meters wide and crashing down.
Naruto abruptly looked up and darted away.
Boom!
The dark violet energy sphere struck the ground, causing it to quake violently and blasting out a massive crater. Ripples spread outward like lightning. Although Naruto avoided the beam itself, he could not evade the shockwaves and was about to be swept away.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
At that moment, a flash-like figure rushed toward him and placed a hand on his shoulder...
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