In Orochimaru's southern base, Karin sat on a crude wooden crate, leafing through a thick ancient book.
"Karin! Karin! Look! Look at the Canopy Screen!!" Hozuki Suigetsu burst in from outside, practically dancing with excitement, his silver hair bouncing wildly.
"Did you see that? I was on there too! Me, Hozuki Suigetsu! I made it onto the Canopy Screen! Haha!"
Karin did not even look up. She merely raised an index finger and used its knuckle to push her signature round glasses up her nose. Her red eyes remained fixed on the pages, her voice thick with disdain and impatience. "I saw. You were just an extra in the background. What are you so excited about?"
"In the background?!" Suigetsu sounded like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. His voice shot up. "What do you know? This is the Canopy Screen! The Canopy Screen that reveals the future!"
"Getting even a moment on there proves that I, Hozuki Suigetsu, will be somebody in the future! Just look at that sneaky bastard Kabuto Yakushi!"
"He already has a special position in the base, and in the future he actually becomes a legendary spy? All those people even mentioned him!"
"That means I, Hozuki Suigetsu, will definitely be a legendary ninja too! Maybe something like 'Water Release grandmaster' or 'Kirigakure's last great hero'!"
Karin snapped the thick book shut with a smack and gave a sharp, derisive laugh.
"Heh. A great hero? Suigetsu, try using that waterlogged brain of yours." She stood and fixed him with an imposing stare. "Didn't you notice? When those Kumogakure ninja in the future mentioned Kabuto Yakushi, their expressions weren't just respectful. They were mostly afraid, even shaken by what had happened."
"And the way Lord Orochimaru treated Kabuto Yakushi in the future was clearly