Naori laughed despite herself, then quickly put on a stern face. "What after-sales service?"
"Exactly what it sounds like." Mirai stood and rolled his shoulders. "Come on. There's one more thing to do."
"What?"
"Madara Uchiha's legacy." Mirai's mouth curved. "That old bastard ran, but there are things he couldn't take with him."
He formed hand seals, and Chakra surged from the soles of his feet into the earth. "Earth Release: Moving Earth Core!"
The entire ground began to shake.
The earth slowly split open around Mirai and Naori. The fissure widened and deepened until it formed a massive passage underground.
The passage walls still glimmered with Earth Release Chakra, holding the rock on both sides in place.
Naori glanced at the passage. She asked no questions, simply following Mirai inside.
The passage ran deep. The farther down they went, the colder the air grew.
Now and then, traces left by White Zetsu appeared on the walls—white slime, dried vine-like tissue, and sections of passage collapsed by the fighting.
Mirai walked on, extending his senses as he went. Mind's Eye of the Kagura spread beneath the ground, and he soon found his target.
At the end of the passage lay a vast underground chamber.
Countless cylindrical containers stood in neat rows. Inside each floated a white, faceless humanoid figure.
White Zetsu Clones.
They packed the chamber as far as the eye could see.
Mirai made a rough count. There were at least 100,000.
The White Zetsu army cultivated from what the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path had left behind.
Naori frowned at the sight. "What are these...?"
"White Zetsu," Mirai said calmly. "Cultivated by the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. Madara may have escaped, but he couldn't take these with him."
He brought his hands together, and Wood