News of Mito's passing soon spread throughout the Land of Fire.
Mito was the wife of the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju.
To the younger generation, Hashirama Senju had already become a distant legend.
Mito had passed away, but the Senju Clan still had that undying old fossil Yanbai holding the fort. No one would make a move just because she was gone.
In the original course of fate, Mito Uzumaki had held a position of immense importance in Konoha Shinobi Village.
Her death had coincided with Sasori's defection from Sunagakure and the Third Kazekage's disappearance.
By his reckoning, that would have been around now.
In that version of fate, Mito had been the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. Her death had dealt Konoha a severe blow, and the Third Shinobi World War had gradually taken shape.
Now, however, even Yanbai had no idea whether the Third Shinobi World War could still break out.
A funeral...
This was not the first one Yanbai had attended.
Yanbai stood in an elevated position, listening to the sobs and sniffles of those who had come to the funeral.
He did not shed a single tear.
Yanbai had encountered scenes like this so often that he had grown numb.
If someone lived too long and still never learned to let go, they would probably go mad, wouldn't they?
He had only recently recovered from his depression, after all.
Yanbai murmured, "Another person... to bring back to life."
Remembering Mito's rambling words before her death-"Why did I fall for you?"-Yanbai wondered whether she would want to die all over again when she recalled them after being forcibly resurrected.
Over the years, Yanbai had kept pondering whether there was any point in resurrecting the dead.
Why bring them back?
No matter how many years passed, they would still die. What