Free mind

Mizuki woke up fresh the next morning and yawned, remembering the events of last night, he turned on his perception and checked the house.

" Alright, nothing is broken, and they remembered to close the door, good news. "

Said Mizuki as he snapped his fingers.

* Wissh *

And a sleeping clone Mizuki appeared besides him, teleported straight from the sofa.

Waking up from the change in space coordinates, clone Mizuki sat up begrudgingly.

" Man.. what time is it? "

Asked clone Mizuki as he looked around the room.

" 6:30 so what happened? "

Asked Mizuki as he got up and started to prepare and wash his face.

Clone remembered what happened and twitched his lips.

" Oh, they spoke for a long time. Only went out a few hours ago, that's why I couldn't sleep. "

Stretching himself, clone Mizuki said what he heard.

" They are convinced you are using the kotoamatsukami to sacrifice yourself and save the world from Kaguya. "

Mizuki almost choked on the water he was washing his mouth with.

* Cough cough! *

" What gives? "

Asked Mizuki, taking deep breaths to remove any discomfort.

Clone laid back down again, as he remembered with his hands behind his head.

" Anko remembered Kotoamatsukami, snake sage fed her some nonsense about Kaguya, and now everyone is convinced you are reborn to save the world. "

Telling further, clone laughed.

" Man, you should have heard the theories they were crafting, it's absurd, sure we used Kotoamatsukami, but our experience is very much real. "

Mizuki nodded, fully understanding something like this could have happened.

" Yup, Kotoamatsukami is pretty misunderstood, it only changes the willpower, not memory, I had to use it on myself to actually trust someone again, not to fake everything, why bother. "

Clone Mizuki nodded

" Yup, our experience certainly did a number on us, our cautious nature doesn't matter normally, but any subconscious hesitation we show before Kaguya we die, this was our only option. "

But Mizuki didn't nod this time around, he thought for a while before clone Mizuki's confused eyes, then said his personal feelings.

" You know, I would have loved to normally rid myself of any hesitation, but I suppose we can't do it in the limited time we had. "

Clone Mizuki agreed as he got up and prepared to wash his face, now that Mizuki was done.

" Yup, don't worry, we only used it to give us the confidence we needed, to do what we want, whatever happens afterwards, Kaguya stabs us or not, we will get closure and naturally let go of everything, we are honest about the entire thing here. "

Mizuki seriously agreed, yes, that was the plan, he would understand his life choices were right or wrong and he would have given Kaguya an honest chance as well.

It was up to her if she could grasp it, but according to Mizuki, she was very much honest with him, no betrayal thoughts here.

Then again, her partner also couldn't sense anything before he was torn in half, she could be pretty good at hiding.

" I always wonder, if the reason Kaguya hangs on me all the time, is for the ease it gives in stabbing me through the heart, like black zetsu did to Madara. "

Said Mizuki and clone Mizuki thought for a while and nodded

" Could be, it's possible, or maybe it's because she is an alien, who knows her habits and what she finds cute. "

Mizuki and clone Mizuki shrugged, as if they weren't talking about their own death.

They moment they had split into two, the reason to fear death was gone.

" So, you wanna go watch the genin fight? "

Mizuki thought for a while and said.

" Yes, let's wake Gaara up, tell him about everything, I want to see three jinchuriki fight. She is there right? Fu? "

Clone Mizuki remembered for a while and confirmed her existence.

" That's good, we leave in an hour, and before I forget, what was the conclusion of their discussion? "

Clone Mizuki shrugged

" They said they will stick with you, they don't want to leave when you are trying take everything upon yourself. Nobody wanted to leave you alone. "

Clone Mizuki had a smile upon his lips and he remembered their decision.

" Though not entirely right, we are indeed trying to take everything upon us, they understand the risks of standing with you, but they still want to do it. "

The clone looked up and smiled.

" I confirmed, it was their actual thought, everyone was really ready to stake their life to help you, after all, you helped them all in their time of need didn't you. "

Hearing the clone's words, Mizuki stopped for a while, pursing his lips he pondered upon the information he received.

Clone Mizuki gave him time, it was something they both needed, he did too when he first heard their decision last night.

In a sense, this was what they were chasing after, they could actually confirm if trust was possible or not in this world of chakra.

This was no longer a question without answer, it had a quantifiable value he could calculate, trust was never permanent, but neither was suspicion, maybe Ninshu was the answer, when humans understand each other supernaturally, there is bound be more trust.

" They said that huh.. "

Said Mizuki as he raised his head, his eyes were free and his face had a happy smile upon it.

Maybe, he will get the closure he wanted sooner rather than later.

" Good, I understand, if they are serious about this, they will receive what they gave, this much I can promise. "

Announced Mizuki infront of the clone's narrowed eyes.

And so, at long last, three more people were added to Mizuki's mental checklist.

The only one who could achieve this feat in this world before was Haku, Haku's selflessness had touched Mizuki for a reason, it reminded him that such people still exist, that's why he had made sure Haku's future changed for the better. ( Chapter 55 )

He made sure both Zabuza and Haku survive, and they have a stable place to live afterwards, it was also one of the reasons he let Zabuza's wanted order be cancelled.

" Alright prepare, I am done. "

Said Mizuki as he smiled and teleported to Kaguya for while.

He will come back discreetly to watch the fighting between jinchuriki.

" There he goes. "

Said clone Mizuki as he shook his head, now he had to deal with facing Tsunade and co the entire day.

What a troublesome task.