The next day.
Sunlight streamed in.
Hinata finally finished reading the last note.
She closed the thick stack of white papers.
"I had liked Kanami since I was little... because he helped me... and he was very gentle. From the very beginning, he took special care of me... and made sure I had enough to eat. Because of him, I was able to reach this level...
Kanami married me, and he even said he wanted to have a child with me, named Anchu..."
"There are clearly so many details, and every event can be connected together, but why... why do I have no memory of any of it?"
Hinata pressed a hand to her head.
"But I can feel that I must not forget him..."
With that thought, she immediately set off.
After washing up, she headed outside.
Underground laboratory.
"Why are you here again?"
Orochimaru leaned against the laboratory entrance, studying Hinata Hyuga with curiosity.
Hinata Hyuga got straight to the point. "Can you help me open a rift that crosses time and space?"
Orochimaru was visibly stunned. "Cross time and space? Isn't that an ability only you possess?"
"I don't mean crossing time and space within our world like I do. I mean crossing over into another world."
"...What nonsense are you talking about?"
"Please, Lord Orochimaru, help me. Other than you, no one can help me."
Hinata's eyes reddened slightly.
Other than Orochimaru, she truly did not know who else she could turn to.
When it came to research, Orochimaru was the only one capable of something like this.
"You think too highly of me. I couldn't even make the Immortality Experiment succeed, much less cross into another world."
Orochimaru looked at Hinata and continued, "But you're trying to find Kanami, aren't you?"
Hinata froze. "Y-you