Yu glanced sideways. Through his unfocused vision, he saw Tongtong lying by the bed, her eerie purple eyes staring unblinkingly at him, her smile carrying a childlike delight in his misfortune.
He withdrew his gaze. "Ah, so it's you..."
Aside from when she accompanied him on assignments, Tongtong generally wandered about everywhere else.
She never interacted with anyone besides him, yet no one found Tongtong's presence out of place.
She possessed an ability to naturally blend into her surroundings. Even if she behaved strangely, people would simply find it perfectly normal.
Tongtong was one of the very few people Yu still could not see through.
But at this point, Yu had no mind left to delve into Tongtong's affairs.
He asked, "Is Teacher Ubiji really dead?"
Tongtong smiled. "Hee hee, he's dead. Completely dead. He no longer exists in either the living world or the Netherworld."
Yu sighed. "Sigh... The people who should die are still alive, while those who shouldn't have died are gone."
Tongtong smiled. "Hee hee~ By the way, it'll be the same after you die~ Your soul will disappear completely. Whether in this world or your former world, no trace of your existence will remain."
Yu closed his eyes and murmured, "Is that so? Then that's a small blessing amid this misfortune..."
He would rather have his soul scattered to the winds than return to that three-dimensional world.
Yu had long regarded this two-dimensional world of the Hokage as his birthplace.
That was why killing the innocent beings of this world filled him with guilt.
That was the consequence of becoming too immersed.
Looking at Yu, who had nearly resigned himself to fate, Tongtong's gaze turned strange. "Hey, hey, have you thought about surviving? There's a way that might work."
Yu opened his eyes and glanced