What Kurenai Yuhi did not know was that after Sarutobi Hiruzen arranged the teams, his expression suddenly changed, leaving him at a loss.
As for the reason, he did not understand why he had placed Mirai in Kurenai's investigation team.
Although the explanation he had given at the time seemed perfectly reasonable, what Sarutobi Hiruzen wanted to say was... he had no idea why he had said that!
In truth, this was how outrageous the system's identity setup was. No matter what the identity was, as long as it had been chosen by the system, he could place even the most powerful characters into it—and the arrangement would seem entirely reasonable. It was terrifying!
So, let us return to Kurenai's memories.
As Kurenai Yuhi looked at Mirai, Reid did not know why, but when she looked at this sixteen-year-old "boy," the faint resistance in her heart vanished. Then she heard Mirai's answer.
"My name is Mirai. I'm sixteen this year. If I had a dream... I would want to become strong. Strong enough to protect the people I want to protect. I could... stay alive, return to where I came from, and protect my people."
Mirai's answer left Kurenai somewhat stunned. She did not understand what he meant by that last sentence—return to where he came from and protect his people?
Hadn't his village been destroyed? Hadn't his relatives died as well?
After thinking about it for a long time, Kurenai could only interpret Mirai's final words as an imagined fantasy.
Then she began analyzing his personality based on what he had said earlier.
Kurenai suddenly found it somewhat addictive to analyze someone's personality through their dreams.
Yes, Kurenai found it very addictive. If Reid had the time, she ought to ask other people about their wishes too, such as