Yui came to her senses, instinctively assuming it was a scroll Nai Hyuga had tossed in.
But when she glanced over and discovered an unusual white object, she was taken aback. She looked closer, and what she saw next left her stunned.
It was a small mouse with fluffy white fur. It lay curled up with its eyes tightly shut, seemingly fast asleep.
"Wait... am I seeing things? Why am I seeing Xiao You?" Yui instinctively stood up and rubbed her eyes, then looked at the white object again to make sure.
When that familiar figure came into view once more, Yui froze on the spot, her lips slightly parted in disbelief.
"Xiao You? How did you get in here?" Yui hurried over to check its condition, while looking in shock at the spatial passage it had emerged from.
What was going on? Why had Xiao You suddenly come out of the spatial passage? Didn't it know that passing through was dangerous? Hadn't Nai Hyuga stopped it?
Despite the many questions in her mind, Yui set them aside for the moment and carefully examined Xiao You's physical condition.
"Ugh..." Xiao You shook its head, its consciousness slowly emerging from a murky haze. The instant it opened its eyes, it sensed Yui's familiar presence beside it, along with a concerned gaze.
It looked up to find Yui wearing a worried expression, asking how it was doing.
"Yui..." It shook its heavy head, reassured by her familiar presence.
"Xiao You? Are you all right... how do you feel... is anything wrong with your body?" Through Yui's Byakugan, Xiao You's body appeared completely unchanged. It was no different from when it had been in the Black Mist Space before, perfectly normal.
Yet that very normality puzzled Yui.
Yui's earlier guess had been that