The Third Mizukage said nothing. He merely fixed Yagura with a distant stare.
Every hair on Yagura's body stood on end. Instinct told him something was wrong.
He slowly backed away, preparing to leave the Mizukage's Office.
But in the very next instant,
the man who looked like a steamed bun come to life flashed red-eyed.
Yagura felt as though a sea of blood had swallowed him.
He sank slowly beneath its surface, his consciousness growing hazy.
A minute later,
clarity returned to Yagura's eyes.
He examined himself, occasionally reaching down to touch his body.
"Hmm. I'm Yagura now, but I'm also Setsuna... What a strange feeling."
Uchiha Setsuna watched Yagura as he tried to make sense of himself.
...Or rather, she watched another "herself."
She was about to say something when she nearly collapsed.
Her head was spinning.
Drowsiness washed over her in wave after wave.
Uchiha Setsuna murmured,
"Splitting off a Thought took far more out of me than I expected..."
Planting a Thought in someone else's consciousness was another application of Setsuna's Dōjutsu.
She could split off part of her own consciousness.
With ten Seeds of Desire as its vessel, she could create a Thought of her own.
Now,
Yagura, implanted with her Thought, was effectively her avatar.
He still possessed all his previous memories.
But Setsuna had overwritten his personality and consciousness.
"Ten Seeds of Desire, gone forever... Don't disappoint me, Yagura."
As Setsuna spoke to herself,
a sharp gleam suddenly flashed in the Third Mizukage's eyes behind her.
A Kunai slipped from his sleeve.
He drove it viciously toward the unsuspecting Setsuna.
"Oh no!"
By the time Setsuna sensed the rush of air behind her, it was too late to dodge.
At the last possible moment,
Yagura threw a Kunai, stopping the Third Mizukage for