"Sweetheart, don't worry. I'm fine. Just wait over there!"
His voice fell silent after that, but those few words were enough to put Mei Terumi at ease.
Uchiha Yin smiled at Utakata, who was lost in painful memories.
He closed his eyes briefly. When he opened them again, his Mangekyō Sharingan spun furiously.
Uchiha Yin lifted Utakata's face until their eyes met, then said softly, "Tsukuyomi!"
The moment he spoke, the scene before Utakata changed.
He was no longer in that pitch-black room. Before him was the place where he and his master had always lived.
For an instant, Utakata felt a stab of pain in his heart.
As scenes of his life with his master unfolded, a faint smile finally appeared on Utakata's face.
Those had been the happiest days of Utakata's life.
But as the scenes kept changing, Utakata gradually grew taller.
The longer he watched, the more his heart ached. That day was drawing near.
The bubbles that had begun to settle surged again.
Uchiha Yin frowned slightly. "This really is the first time I've used Tsukuyomi like this. But it seems to be working."
Utakata watched his master tie him down and approach step by step with a knife. Terror still filled his face.
Then the Utakata lying on the bed changed, slowly taking on Saiken's form.
A surge of viscous Chakra swallowed his master's body in an instant.
Watching from the side, Utakata felt a violent aura rise from his body.
Everything before his eyes seemed to turn gray.
Utakata was on the verge of losing control.
Uchiha Yin acted at once, and the gray scene instantly became clear again.
An old, feeble voice rang through the space. "Utakata..."
Utakata, despair written across his face, immediately looked up. Tear tracks still marked his cheeks.
"Utakata,