Big Bear's eyes widened as he stared at Yui, who had suddenly appeared before him, his mouth falling open in disbelief.
Wait, were his eyes playing tricks on him? How had Yui suddenly appeared behind him? He turned back toward the image in the mirror. Yui was still inside it; she had not disappeared. Then he looked toward the distant spot where purple mist rose into the air. The Yui there was also still in place, without having disappeared.
Then where had the Yui who suddenly appeared behind him come from?
He turned to look behind him again and saw the newly appeared Yui blink at him a few times.
At the sight, Big Bear struggled to wrap his head around what was happening. He shook his head hard to get his thoughts moving again. He remembered the fake Nai Hyuga from earlier. Could this Yui be a fake too?
But he had no way to tell. What if he guessed wrong? Wouldn't that be embarrassing?
As Big Bear wrestled with whether to warn Nai Hyuga, the newly appeared Yui had already walked up to him. In that instant, he saw her smile at him before brushing past him and heading toward Nai Hyuga, who stood only a few paces away.
"Hey!" By the time Big Bear reacted and tried to stop her, Yui had already reached Nai Hyuga's side.
"This Yui probably isn't a fake..." Big Bear muttered, for no other reason than that he could sense a faint trace of the contract's power.
That was the result of signing a Summoning Contract.
Nai Hyuga was still focused on her conversation with Orochimaru and had not noticed the person who had suddenly appeared beside her at all. Perhaps she had noticed, but had merely mistaken her for Big Bear.