Chapter 166: Now, It's Time to Clear the Field
"No wonder the mission requirement prioritized those with large amounts of chakra. So Mui wants to collect chakra."
Kisame watched with great interest the black technique formulas that appeared beneath his feet.
These formulas were continuously absorbing his chakra, which then gradually flowed towards that giant box.
The prisoners, who had been trapped by the Heavenly Prison technique for a long time and were unable to refine chakra, were directly sucked dry by this formula, their bodies becoming more and more shriveled.
"What the hell is that thing! Mui is actually feeding it people!?"
"This thing is actually absorbing my chakra? Could this be that bastard Mui's goal?"
"Hurry up and escape now! If we don't, we'll be sucked dry!!"
The prisoners all showed looks of terror, shouting as they turned to flee.
But bound by the Heavenly Prison technique's chakra restraint, they simply couldn't use the ninjutsu they specialized in.
They were quickly struck down by the surrounding guards and then thrown into the mouth of that box.
But these prisoners were weak to begin with and were sealed by Mui's ninjutsu, so the chakra they could provide was very little.
Even after all the prisoners were eaten by the box, the fearful demon face's mouth remained open, looking as if it were still unsatisfied and hungry.
"Is it still not enough?"
Seeing this, Mui shifted his gaze towards the hired bounty ninja.
When looking at Kisame and Uchiha Itachi among them,
He hesitated for a moment and did not order his subordinates to act.
He just requested calmly: "Everyone, it's time for you to play your part. I need you to provide more chakra."
Uchiha Itachi couldn't help but frown upon hearing this.
"Is that box the legendary Box of Ultimate Bliss?"
"Even several hundred people can't satisfy it? What are the benefits after feeding it enough chakra?"
The other bounty ninja also had the same doubts.
However, Mui did not attack them.
And they, as bounty ninja, also found it inconvenient to proactively attack their employer.
"Hehe, Mr. Mui made a wise choice."
Kisame grinned, revealing his sharp teeth: "Although the feeling of having my chakra absorbed is very unpleasant, since it is the employer's request, then I will naturally satisfy it."
"I just hope that after the mission is over, not a single ryō of the twenty million bounty will be missing."
BOOM!
With that, the chakra in Kisame's body erupted, even kicking up a visible wave of wind.
The "Heavenly Prison Formula" originally used to restrain chakra had no effect whatsoever.
Uchiha Itachi at the side, although not making such a grand scene,
the black formula on his body also gradually dissipated and faded.
"Indeed, my ninjutsu cannot restrain you two."
Although Mui's tone was calm, he also felt relief for his choice.
He had, of course, heard of the "Tailless Tailed Beast's" great name.
He was very clear that his ninjutsu could at most restrain the chakra of a Jōnin-level ninja.
Looking at it now, not forcing them was indeed the correct choice.
Vrooom!
Following the chakra output from numerous bounty ninja and Kusagakure ninja,
the demon face on the box actually showed a hint of human-like excitement.
BOOM!!!
A shockwave erupted with the box at its center, sending some people in the square flying.
When everyone looked intently,
they saw the strange box spinning wildly in place, the four different expressions on the four demon faces becoming even more vivid.
It was as if... this box had completely come to life.
"Hahahaha! Our long-cherished wish is finally about to be realized!"
"Kusagakure's glory from the era of the Sage of Six Paths is about to be recreated now, hahaha!"
The Kusagakure ninja standing behind Mui all showed irrepressible looks of joy.
"Lord Mui! What are you waiting for? Quickly make the wish for Kusagakure to dominate the ninja world!"
These radical Kusagakure ninja were extremely excited and frenzied at this moment, as if the ninja world had already fallen into the hands of their Kusagakure.
"Dominate the ninja world? Hahaha..."
Looking at the ferocious, twisted Box of Ultimate Bliss, Mui smiled somewhat mockingly, two lines of clear tears slowly sliding down his cheeks.
Immediately, under the expectant gazes of the Kusagakure ninja behind him,
"Box of Ultimate Bliss!"
He shouted with a firm expression: "Please give me back my son, Muku!"
"...What?"
The group of Grass Ninja were all stunned, then, with looks of horror and anger, they all started cursing Mui's betrayal.
"Mui! How dare you!!"
"Bastard! You actually abandoned the village's wish for your own selfish desires!"
But the moment Mui's voice fell, everything could no longer be changed.
Crack crack crack!
"ROAR!!"
The relief carvings on the Box of Ultimate Bliss began to fall off continuously, revealing one twisted face after another.
Then, it opened its great mouth and let out a monster-like roar.
It also revealed the bottomless gloom and profundity within the box. A shaky figure seemed to be walking out from it.
But the malice, almost condensed into substance, made everyone present feel a strong sense of fear.
"Muku! My son!"
Only Mui, tears welling in his eyes, proactively went to meet him.
But, just then.
"Wait! This chakra..."
Uchiha Itachi abruptly looked up at the sky, the three tomoe in his eyes turning into Mangekyō.
"In the sky... what is that?"
Whether the cursing Grass Ninja or the wary bounty ninja, all sensed the terrifying chakra fluctuation above.
They squinted and raised their heads, looking at the figure shrouded in the sun's light in the sky.
They saw the person slowly raise his right hand, a black sphere like a ringed star slowly condensing in his hand.
"That guy... what is he planning to do?" Kisame drew Samehada, his face filled with suspicion.
He couldn't see the person's face clearly, but he could feel an extremely dangerous aura.
As if some great terror was brewing.
"Sorry, although I'm late..."
Menma, standing high in the sky, looked down at the crowd below, his tone calm: "But now, it's time for me to clear the field!"
As his voice fell,
his palm tilted slightly downwards.
A palm-sized sphere, at the speed of freefall, slowly descended towards the crowd on the square.
In that instant,
everything before them seemed to turn blank.
The surrounding space seemed to fall into stillness.
All sounds seemed to disappear completely.
Under the gazes of the crowd, a grand firework blossomed silently upon the earth.
RUMBLE RUMBLE!!
The sound of the explosion seemed to shake the heavens and the earth.
But the surviving ninja only felt their five senses completely disappear.
When their vision returned to normal and their senses came back,
the faces of the survivors were all dazed.
Soaring flames also shot up from the ground.
Before them, only devastation remained.
Only a blank space, as if wiped clean by the hand of a god.
Under this heaven-sent-disaster-like destructive blow, everyone except a very few had been turned to ash.
(End of Chapter)
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