Konoha.
Outside the small world.
Uchiha Mikoto held the sleeping Sasuke in her arms and stared open-mouthed as an aurora suddenly appeared in the pitch-black sky.
Then...
A dark, pixelated hole appeared before her. She stared at it blankly. "What is that?"
She turned and glanced at the clan members who had come out onto the street at the strange noise. They looked just as baffled by the roof tiles scattered across the ground.
The confusion in her eyes deepened.
But soon...
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Figures landed in the Uchiha Clan Compound, right in front of Uchiha Mikoto.
Madara Uchiha watched the shrinking passage through space and shook his head, arms folded. "Shinji's work..."
At the same time,
his Rinnegan widened slightly, and his fist clenched.
That kid...
He's gotten this strong?
Hashirama Senju nodded in agreement. "But what kind of enemy could make Shinji cause such a huge commotion inside the village?"
As he spoke,
he looked up with the others at the aurora overhead, bewildered and stunned.
Uchiha Fugaku, meanwhile, looked at his wife and the Sasuke in her arms.
He fell into thought...
Sasuke bore signs of a fight.
Was he back?
Inside the small world.
Shinji looked at Uchiha Izumi, who had awakened without a scratch.
His gaze was cold.
He tossed a Kunai at her feet with a clatter. "Want to continue?"
Uchiha Izumi stared blankly at the Kunai on the ground. Then she turned her head stiffly toward Uchiha Itachi, who lay on the ground, seemingly lifeless.
It felt as though a fishbone were lodged in her throat. She could not say another word.
All she could make was a rasping sound.
Bracing herself on her palms, she inched backward across the ground.
"Since you attacked me, I assume you've worked out what