After Yahiko finished speaking, the two fell into an awkward silence. He turned and quickly left, while Konan narrowed her eyes. Only after he had been gone for a while did she murmur to herself, "I don't need anything! I just want to stand by your side!"
"You really are quite at ease, Lord Anrokuzan!"
Wearing a mask, Mingye suddenly appeared before Anrokuzan, who was crafting puppets—Mukade, who had come from the future. Startled by the mysterious figure's sudden appearance, Mukade swiftly retreated as over a hundred puppets moved to shield him.
The plot had changed far too much. Something had to be done to make up for it. Mingye suddenly realized a problem. Lost Tower should originally have appeared before the war, when Kakashi's eyes had yet to become yin-yang cats. Yet for some unknown reason, Anrokuzan of Rōran had appeared nearly four years later than in his memories.
The war between the Land of Wind and the Land of Fire had now entered its final stage, and also its cruelest. Knowing that defeat was unavoidable, Sunagakure of the Land of Wind had become utterly reckless. Even with the flames of war spreading to their homeland, they fought Konoha shinobi like mad dogs, seeking mutual destruction. That was also one of the reasons Shimura Danzō and Orochimaru had wanted the orphans of the Land of Wind to return there as spies.
Whether this would become an obstacle, he did not yet know. But leaving it alone was not an option either. He had to find Naruto, who had traveled through time, and get some answers.
"Why aren't you attacking him already?!"
Mingye suddenly located Naruto and reminded Anrokuzan. Though Anrokuzan was alarmed by the mysterious man before him, he wanted even more to kill Naruto, who had likewise escaped