Sanzu Amado, Kara Organization

"I'm heading back."

Kanami used the Flying Thunder God Technique to leave the Hokage's Office.

Afternoon arrived quickly.

Kanami and the others went to the commercial district to buy bedding and other supplies. As for Nagato and Madara Uchiha, the two of them stayed home to watch the house.

The only reason they brought Konan was that her appearance was less frightening, and most Konoha residents did not recognize her.

The residents of Konoha more or less had some impression of Nagato and Madara Uchiha.

It would have been inconvenient to bring them along.

Elsewhere, in some unknown small country.

An uninvited guest streaked through the sky.

"Even after searching through more than half the Ninja World, I still can't find a single suitable vessel..."

Jigen muttered.

Just then, he noticed a white-haired man sneaking into an underground area.

"..."

Jigen considered it, shrank himself to the size of a mosquito, and followed directly behind him.

Before long, the white-haired man went deep underground and arrived at a secret research facility.

The equipment here was quite crude, but there were many different instruments.

A woman lay behind the instruments.

She looked to be around twenty years old.

"Akebi, I'll definitely find a way to bring you back to life."

The white-haired man began operating the instruments. Soon, electric currents and similar things flowed toward the woman lying in the hospital bed.

But the effect was negligible, practically nonexistent.

The woman did not react at all.

She looked as though she were already dead.

However, another instrument displaying her pulse and heartbeat showed that she had merely fallen unconscious and had not died yet.

Her current condition was similar to that of a vegetative patient.

After some time, the white-haired man angrily removed his orange-lensed glasses and rubbed his eyes.