CH 503

Looking at the leaving figure of Shizune and Yui, especially Shizune’s, Tsunade’s heart was full of self-blame.

Although Shizune has been her disciple for over a decade now, for most of that period Tsunade was either playing around from one place to another or she was indulged in gambling and drinking, so she had no intention of training Shizune, just wanted Shizune to be by her side because Shizune was her lover Kato Dan’s niece.

Tsunade’s selfishness and carelessness are clearly reflected today because even though Shizune has been by her side for over a decade, Shizune’s growth in strength and skills has not been very good as Shizune barely even reaches the level of a low-class Jonin.

“Sigh, it’s all my fault… instead of wallowing in grief, if I had focused on training Shizune, then maybe…” sighed Tsunade in a guilty tone.

Compared to Shizune, Hyuga Yui’s strength is already quite high because of receiving systematic training under the guidance of the deceased wife of the Patriarch of the Hyuga Clan.

While Tsunade was guilty, Fujin flew back into the air and looked around.

It stands to reason that since Satori has been solved, the Akatsuki Organization should also start their follow-up offensive by now, however, when Fujin looked around, he found no trace of any member of the Akatsuki Organization anywhere near the village, and this has made him a little confused.

At the same time, he also realized that the Village’s response was very strange previously.

Satori has destroyed a large section of the Village, but the village only sent two powerful people including Tsunade and Jiraiya, as for Sandaime Hokage, Elder Koharu, and Elder Mitokado, as well as the Patriarchs of all the Shinobi Clans and the other elites of the village, did not show up.

“Are they still so calm?” muttered Fujin and started to analyze the possible cause. And it didn’t take him too long to realize something.

Before he had been focused on dealing with Satori and didn’t have any extra energy to analyze the situation, but now that he is free, Fujin realized that the reason why both Akatsuki Organization and the Village are so silent is probably because of his intervention.

Thinking so, Fujin was a little dumbfounded, ‘Huh? Does Sandaime-sama, Obito, and Nagato think that the entire Amatsukami is also standing behind this one, so they have to stop their previous actions and reformulate their strategies accordingly?’

This thought is quite reasonable, but only Fujin knows that the current him has no support, because, except for him, Shisui, and Itachi, there are no official members in Amatsukami. And since Fujin has lost contact with both Shisui and Itachi, so currently, he is the only one present here who can deal with the Akatsuki Organization!

Of course, there is also Sandaime Kazekage, but his body has not been cultivated completely, so his combat effectiveness is not high enough to fight against the likes of Hiruko, Obito, and Nagato.

As for the other members? Nobody else is active because his soul is currently present inside the Fujin Clone. Of course, Fujin can change his body and reappear on the battlefield with a different identity such as Uchiha Tsukihi or Suijin or Yama, but it’s all him essentially, so it is highly unlikely that more than a single member of Amatsukami will appear at the current battlefield in order to resist the Akatsuki Organization.

While Fujin was analyzing the situation, the wailing and crying of Satori stopped, and the fire covering his body was gradually extinguished at the same time its figure shrank and changed back to the appearance of a nine or ten years old boy.

“Muku!” said Mui with a joyous expression and hurried forward.

The boy lying in the pit slowly opened his eyes and weakly murmured, “Otou-san.”

Mui cried in joy and hugged his son, “It was all my fault, please forgive me, Muku!”

But Muku did not share the same joy as Mui, he pushed away Mui, and staggered to his own feet.

Mui pleaded, “Muku, please don’t get controlled by the Box of Ultimate Bliss anymore, look at me, this time, no matter where you go, I will accompany you!”

Muku flashed a mocking grin, and said, “It’s useless and it’s too late… I can’t get rid of its control anymore, so just live alone!” As he finished speaking, Muku forcibly mold Chakra and deliberately inspired the ‘Great Celestial Fire Prison!’ Cursed Seal that imprisoned him.

People who are imprisoned in ‘Great Celestial Fire Prison!’ Cursed Seal must not mold Chakra, because if they do so, it will trigger the ‘Great Celestial Fire Prison!’ Cursed Seal and the person will be swallowed by flames.

Therefore, Muku’s whole body was instantly covered in fire.

“NO! Muku, please don’t!” – Mui exclaimed and rushed towards Muku in order to stop him.

However, Mui was too late as Muku, whose entire body had been swallowed by the flames spun around a little and quickly rushed into the Box of Ultimate Bliss.

As Muku said earlier, people who fall into the clutches of the Box of Ultimate Bliss can not get rid of its control. Even if the entire physical body is burned or destroyed by some means, the spiritual body will still return back to the Box of Ultimate Bliss and will further be used to corrupt the other individuals who enter inside it.

Therefore, saving Muku was impossible from the beginning, and Fujin wasn’t surprised by this turn of events.

The moment Muku entered the Box of Ultimate Bliss, the entrance of the Box also gradually closed, and all the crying, and wailing, stopped, at the same time, the substantial evil Chakra that was being released from the Box of Ultimate Bliss also disappeared abruptly.

Swish

The cold night breeze blew and a momentary peace was restored all around.

And Mui who was chasing after his Son collapsed in front of the Box as its entrance was closed, his current expression was a dazed one, his eyes were hollow, as if… as if… his soul had also left with Muku.

While everyone around looked at Mui with either pity or a complicated gaze, an incredibly fast figure suddenly flashed in front of him and before anyone could react to his sudden appearance, the figure directly pierced his hand through Mui’s heart, as a result, killing Mui in a single blow.

Fujin who was floating in mid-air suddenly muttered, “Finally appeared?”

Tsunade and Jiraiya on the ground were taken aback by the sudden appearance of this new party, because the speed of the other party was too fast, completely exceeding their reaction speed.

Vigilant, Jiraiya and Tsunade looked at the appearance of this figure, as if wanting to figure out who exactly is he…

At this time, the figure that had suddenly appeared tossed aside Mui’s dead body, and muttered in disdain, “Kusagakure’s waste! Couldn’t even complete the one task he was given!”

As he tossed aside Mui’s dead body, his appearance was also revealed, and it turned out that he is not just anyone, but a contemporary of Tsunade and Jiraiya’s generation.

“Hiruko!” – Tsunade’s face sank and she shouted at him, “Why? Why did you join the likes of Akatsuki? Have you forgotten that you were a Konoha Shinobi!?”

Jiraiya also echoed from the side, “It’s still not too late to stop! We will help you intercede with Sensei… don’t make mistakes again and again!”

“I don’t have any nostalgia for this village that didn’t even bother to take me seriously.” Said Hiruko indifferently, then turned his head and looked at the Box of Ultimate Bliss.

Noting the Iron Sand nailing the Box to the ground, Hiruko pressed his hands on it, and as soon as he did so, the Iron Sand lost the Chakra support and scattered on the ground.

With that done, Hiruko lifted the Box of Ultimate Bliss and threw it into the air abruptly. Immediately afterward, he too jumped into the air along with the Box of Ultimate Bliss.

Whoosh Whoosh

Accompanied by the sound of breaking wind, the Chimera Bird glided across the air and caught the Box as well as Hiruko on its back.

“Do you think it would this easy?” muttered Fujin as he clapped his hands together.

Naturally, Fujin wouldn’t allow Hiruko to take away the Box of Ultimate Bliss. And as soon as he clapped his hands together, countless Iron Sand particles rushed towards the Chimera Bird from all directions as it took the form of a Giant Tornado at the center of which was Hiruko and his Chimera Bird.

Hiruko wasn’t panicked as he saw the Iron Sand encircling heaven and earth, he just raised his hands and shouted, ‘Dark Release: Inhaling Maw!’

Whiish

Instantly, the air around Hiruko’s plan looked like two small twisters as it continuously absorbed the Chakra controlling the Iron Sand.

And with the loss of chakra Support, the Iron Sand also scattered around immediately.

After resolving the Iron Sand Tornado, Hiruko chuckled, and said in a mocking tone, “Do you think that the likes of you who merely rely on Magnet Release can come close enough to stopping me? Just wait for a little while, after I deal with this thing, next I will be coming for you!”

Fujin’s face sank.

The restraint of Dark Release on Ninjutsu is too remarkable, and unless it is a highly advanced Ninjutsu like that of Uzumaki’s Naruto’s ‘Futon: Rasenshuriken!’ which is the epitome of Shape and Nature Transformation, otherwise, ordinary ninjutsu simply doesn’t work on him.

Not to mention. Fujin isn’t even sure whether ‘Futon: Rasenshuriken’ would work on the current Hiruko, after all, the current Hiruko is completely different from what he was in the Canon.

While Fujin was pondering over whether to use Shikotsumyaku against Hiruko or not, Hiruko stretched out his arm and released the absorbed Magnet Release Chakra, then while controlling the scattered Iron Sand to attack Fujin, he said with a chiseled grin, “Why don’t you have a taste of your own Magnet Release!?”

Jiraiya and Tsunade on the ground glanced at each other and decided to join the battle in order to prevent Hiruko from taking away the Box of Ultimate Bliss.

This time, the member of Amatsukami found someone who can restrain Satori does not mean that they will be so lucky next time, therefore, Jiraiya and Tsunade would never allow the Box of Ultimate Bliss to fall into the hands of Akatsuki.

Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom! EXPLOSION!

But before Jiraiya or Tsunade could make their move, suddenly there were bursts of explosions that came from all over the village. Obviously, it wasn’t just Hiruko who entered the village, the other members of Akatsuki have also launched a full-scale attack.

Looking at Konoha that has again fallen into a chaotic state, Zetsu muttered, “And now… It begins!”