"Wuye! You're being unfair to me—"
Uchiha Mikoto did not give up calling out to him.
Facing Wuye's retreating back, she cried herself hoarse. "Only the two of us are still alive! Only us! The Otsutsuki Progenitor's power is far beyond the power of a single planet! In these last three days, are you unwilling to spend them with me?!"
Why hasn't she come yet? Why hasn't she come yet?!
Mikoto screamed frantically in her heart.
Why hasn't my past self, the one who traveled through the Dragon Vein, arrived yet?!
She had been waiting, waiting for her past self to come to this time and space.
Because she knew that once Wuye tore open that passage again, the Otsutsuki Progenitor would descend in an instant!
"I'm sorry, Mikoto..."
Wuye did not turn back. He merely muttered softly in self-mockery.
"Human nature is so fragile. Just as we always sympathize with the weak, we always regret things only after losing them, and only when facing death do we realize what matters most to us..."
A cold wind came with his will, as if it wished to seal away his heart.
"I'm sorry. I failed to break through the limits of human nature. I know I should cherish you, the only one I have left, but I can't control myself..."
He walked farther and farther away. In the sky, a black vortex slowly began to spin into existence.
"If even one of you is gone, I won't be able to go on living for the rest of my life."
Mikoto collapsed limply to the ground.
Yet she felt no discomfort, because the snow beneath her caught her, then slowly lowered her down.
"Big idiot..."
Tears streamed down her face.
Because she knew the snow was under Wuye's control.
Even though he