With Madara still unmarried and Black Zetsu dreaming of saving his mother, neither could relate to Uchiha Mu's predicament. So Uchiha Mu chose to return alone, leaving them all behind. If they wanted to come back, they could make their own way. He had to go home and face his punishment now.
When he arrived at the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation, the place had transformed yet again. If he had to compare it to somewhere, it was like Shenzhen in his previous life, undergoing sweeping changes every few years before gradually settling down.
The barrier, in particular, was enormous, enveloping the entire village. Unfortunately, it had one flaw: it actually shut him out. Still, he did not have to wait long.
"Well, if it isn't Uchiha Mu. You didn't die out there?" Hyuga Lingnai appeared immediately, anger welling up the moment she saw him.
"Lingnai, let me in," Uchiha Mu pleaded meekly. Truthfully, his heart was still racing.
"Where's all that nerve now? The nerve you had when you left us at home?" Hyuga Lingnai was naturally furious. He had been away for two whole years. Never mind their family-he had left even the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation to fend for itself for two entire years.
"Ah, here's what happened." Uchiha Mu sat down and began explaining everything. They had not actually spent much time in the other timeline. They had finished everything within ten days, which showed just how quickly they had moved. It was just that the Sage of Six Paths there had pulled a dirty trick on them.
If not for the reward from the system, he would never have found his way back. He would have remained exiled in spacetime until he died. That was how perilous his return had been.
Hearing that, Hyuga Lingnai rushed out and