After the Konoha Court proceedings ended.
Uchiha Yato escorted Mito Uzumaki home.
Uchiha Yato said, "Grandma Mito, honestly."
"I told you, it was just for show. You didn't need to get so worked up."
Hearing Uchiha Yato's concerned words, Mito Uzumaki felt a warmth rise in her heart for no reason.
If her grandson were still alive, he would probably be just as lovable as Uchiha Yato now.
But the moment she finished feeling sentimental, Uchiha Yato started talking nonsense.
"But you don't need to worry. With the Quick-Acting Heart-Saving Pill I prepared for you, I guarantee it'll save your life."
Fine. That tiny bit of emotion she had felt vanished in an instant.
Mito Uzumaki said, "Seeing those infants' corpses made my heart ache for no reason."
"Children from ninja clans have it a little better. No matter what, they would never end up in such a situation."
"I can imagine how desperate those children must have been before they died."
Sure enough, women ninjas were more easily saddened by such things.
Tsunade had seen those photographs long ago. Afterward, she immediately went up and slapped Danzō twice while he was still trapped in the genjutsu.
Then she rushed to the infant pits to help bury them.
She truly felt sorrow for those children.
At this moment, Mito Uzumaki asked something completely out of character.
"Nawaki!"
Of course, Uchiha Yato understood what Mito Uzumaki meant.
He nodded gently.
Then he took out a bundle of scrolls, which had been found in Shimura Danzō's secret chamber.
Uchiha Yato had originally intended to explain.
But Mito Uzumaki said nothing. She merely nodded, signaling for Uchiha Yato to tactfully leave.
There was no helping it. Learning that her grandson's death had been connected to people in the village was still something a