Beyond Mirai's sealing barrier, the Four Symbols Seal had contracted to its limit before exploding with a thunderous boom—
A massive black hole appeared out of nowhere, swallowing everything around it: the ground, walls, rubble, scattered weapons—all of it was sucked into that darkness and vanished into the void.
Yet the edge of the black hole was always kept at bay by the golden rune barrier, unable to advance even an inch further.
Danzo himself was sucked into the black hole. He did not even have time to struggle; only his final unwilling roar echoed through the room: "Aaaaaah! I hate this—!"
After the black hole had consumed everything it could, it slowly shrank and vanished. All that remained was a smooth semicircular pit, as though some giant beast had taken a huge bite out of the place.
Hiruzen Sarutobi slumped to the ground behind the barrier, gasping for breath, his clothes drenched in cold sweat.
He stared blankly at the area devoured by the Reverse Four Symbols Seal, then looked at the golden runes slowly fading around him. After a long while, he finally squeezed out a sentence:
"Danzo, you really deserved to die."
At that moment, whatever feelings he had left for his "best buddy" completely vanished.
What adviser, what companion—everything had been wiped clean by Danzo's final madness.
Mirai ignored him.
He closed his eyes, and the perception of Mind's Eye of the Kagura spread out once more, covering the entire Root.
A moment later, he opened his eyes and headed toward a passage in the deepest part of the facility.
After winding through countless turns, he pushed open a half-closed iron door—
The room was simple: a bed, a table, and a Kurenai-haired girl lying quietly asleep on the bed.
Seeing that Kushina was largely unharmed,