Kasi walked slowly away from the hospital.
Within those foreign memories, he had seen countless strange images and stories—an entire world told through a screen.
A show.
A show about ninjas.
About the Leaf Village.
About people he knew.
He saw Minato—acting like the hero he truly was.
He saw Kushina.
He saw Kakashi, Jiraiya, the village, the missions, the wars… everything.
But in those memories—
in that story—
he was not there.
Not even once.
It was a world almost identical to his own.
Except for him.
Kasi stopped.
He hadn't noticed his hands shaking until he looked down at them.
"So… in that world," he whispered, "I didn't exist."
He didn't know what it meant.
Was it a dream?
A world where he had died that night?
Or a vision of what reality would have become if he had never been there?
He didn't have an answer.
It had taken him nearly two hours just to accept those memories . Even now, they felt unreal—but so did his condition. His chakra reserves had increased beyond reason. His body felt… mutated. Changed in ways he does not know how but he could clearly sense there are changes.
He tried to clench his fist.
The chakra responded instantly, vast and obedient—but his muscles lagged behind.
No matter who he used to be, right now he was just a man who had slept for eight years.
Kasi let out a slow breath.
"Before anything else… I need my strength back."
Before the coma, he had been strong. Maybe not as brilliant as Minato—but close enough. His power had never come from talent alone. It had come from effort. From discipline.
He looked out over the village. People walked, trained, laughed. Life moved on, calm and ordinary.
His path was clear.
Rest and recover his body.
Train every day until he could move as he once did.
Then uncover the truth—about Minato, about Kushina… and about himself.
Kasi lifted his gaze to the sky. Clouds drifted slowly overhead, unbothered, unhurried.
He took a steady breath, calming himself. there were still thousands of things going on his mind but first things first.
"...So," he murmured, "training again."