Hidden Leaf Village.
Mirai Uchiha was in the middle of training—guiding Aoya and Touno Shinshi through some essential basics—when he suddenly heard someone calling him from outside.
"Mirai, the Hokage wants to see you."
"Got it."
Mirai responded simply before resuming his training session without pause.
It wasn't until nearly midday that Mirai Uchiha finally stepped out of the room and made his way toward the Hokage's Office.
As soon as he entered, he saw Neji Hyuga stood up excitedly.
"You're Hokage now—you should act more composed."
Looking at the flustered Neji, Mirai Uchiha reminded him lightly.
Neji Hyuga smiled. "I don't need to pretend to be serious before the Emperor."
Observing how much smoother Neji Hyuga had become over time, Mirai asked, "Neji, what did you call me here for?"
Neji immediately replied, "Lord Mirai, this morning, a spaceship crashed near the village outskirts. According to reports, this spacecraft wasn't manufactured by the Shen Nation."
Mirai raised an eyebrow and asked, "Did they find anything on the spacecraft?"
Neji picked up a folder from the desk and handed it to Mirai Uchiha.
"Lord Mirai, there was a teenager with roman numerals carved onto his face, along with a small amount of documentation aboard the ship."
"This file contains information about that boy."
Mirai skimmed through it briefly before a strange smile appeared on his face.
The documents explicitly stated the boy's name—Kawaki.
He was the carefully selected reincarnation vessel chosen by Isshiki Ōtsutsuki.
According to all logic, Isshiki Ōtsutsuki should place extreme importance on Kawaki, his perfect vessel.
Yet now, the boy's spacecraft had crash-landed near Hidden Leaf...
Interesting!
This was truly fascinating!
Recalling how recently Koji Kashin had intentionally left information about Kara behind for Itachi Uchiha, Mirai instantly pieced together the entire sequence of events.
For some reason, a fracture had appeared within Kara.
Someone didn't want Isshiki Ōtsutsuki successfully reincarnated into Kawaki's body.
Thinking this far, Mirai looked at Neji and asked, "Where is this child named Kawaki now?"
Neji answered, "He's currently under treatment by the Medical Team."
"I understand. Leave this matter to me—you don't need to handle it further. I'll go check on him personally."
After saying that, Mirai focused his mind, and in an instant, he appeared inside the room where Kawaki was located.
As soon as Mirai Uchiha arrived, the two Anbu guards present bowed slightly and withdrew.
Kawaki had already awakened by then, yet upon seeing Mirai's arrival, he remained surprisingly calm.
"You are Kawaki?"
Faced with Mirai Uchiha's question, Kawaki let out a soft snort and turned his head away.
Mirai didn't particularly care about this reaction.
He placed his hand on top of Kawaki's head and began brutally rifling through the other's memories.
"Ahhh!!!"
Kawaki screamed in pain as his mind was invaded.
He struggled desperately, but his body was completely beyond his control.
Fortunately, the pain didn't last long. After only a short while, Mirai removed both hands.
"Wipe your own drool."
Mirai shot Kawaki a look of disdain.
Kawaki regained his senses and glared furiously at Mirai.
"What the hell did you just do to me?!"
Mirai shrugged. "Since I figured you wouldn't cooperate willingly, I simply dug into your memories."
"You?!" Kawaki's face changed expressions.
Because of his childhood experiences, he had always kept his inner thoughts sealed off, unwilling to say even an extra word to others.
Yet now, his own memories had been read!
In Kawaki's mind, this was far more infuriating than being killed outright.
"Abandoned by your mother from childhood, living with your alcoholic father, enduring daily beatings and abuse..."
"Later, your father directly sold you to Jigen."
Mirai spoke casually, as if not seeing Kawaki's murderous expression.
"After being purchased by Jigen, you've since endured hellish training, suffering endlessly until now..."
"Tsktsktsk..."
Mirai couldn't help shaking his head.
In your past life's foot spa parlors, such a background would make you a gold medal technician for sure.
Of course, you'd need to change gender first.
"Shut up!"
Kawaki roared and lunged violently at Mirai.
Mirai simply extended one finger and lightly tapped him, sending Kawaki crashing straight to the ground.
"It seems you dislike staying here, so you're free to leave."
Struggling and trying to fight back once again, Kawaki suddenly heard Mirai's words and wore an expression of complete disbelief.
"Y-You just said what?"
Mirai repeated calmly, "I said, you're free to leave."
Looking at Mirai, Kawaki stood there stunned.
The other had already read his memories and should know his identity by now.
Yet now they were letting him go?
Impossible!
No way!
Seeing Kawaki's shifting expressions, Mirai couldn't help chuckling softly, "Relax, I'm not about to waste my time on someone like you."
Kawaki finally couldn't help but ask, "You've been gathering intelligence on Kara all along, right? Then why are you deliberately letting me leave?"
Mirai Uchiha stroked his chin and replied slowly, "If I had to give a reason, it would be that I don't like the feeling of being used."
Kawaki frowned. "What do you mean?"
Sitting on the chair, Mirai Uchiha smiled and said, "Since you asked so earnestly, I'll be generous enough to tell you."
"The Kara organization has a traitor. They sabotaged your spaceship, which is why it crash-landed near Konoha."
"Their goal was to use me to prevent Isshiki Otsutsuki from getting you."
Upon hearing this, Kawaki frowned even more deeply.
He gave a slight snort and said, "Then you must have misunderstood. Although I was taken from that scumbag by Isshiki Otsutsuki when I was young, aside from giving me brutal training, he never showed me any particular favor."
"There's no reason for Isshiki Otsutsuki to risk coming to Konoha for my sake."
As a member of Kara's Inner Faction, Kawaki knew Mirai Uchiha quite well.
Jigen had repeatedly warned them to avoid conflicts with her as much as possible.
Nearly every member of Kara was well aware of this, and Kawaki doubted anyone was foolish enough to believe he could draw out Isshiki Otsutsuki.
However, to Kawaki's surprise, after hearing his words, Mirai Uchiha couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"Ahhaha... Kawaki, you're truly naïve."
"As a vessel, you're probably the only one in the entire Kara organization who doesn't know about this."
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