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Hozuki Castle. Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki put on their prison uniforms, regaining some dignity. Since both were prisoners sent by Konoha, they were confined together.
"Sasuke, are you okay? You look terrible," Naruto Uzumaki asked, looking around.
Sasuke Uchiha snorted softly, saying nothing. His personality was quite proud, so something like having his clothes burned off today felt like a great insult. Naruto Uzumaki, being thick-skinned, didn't think much of it.
"Sasuke, lighten up," he turned back, smiling.
"..." Sasuke Uchiha glanced at him and said, "Let's start the escape." After finding the Box of Ultimate Bliss, he would get his revenge on Mui.
"Action!" Naruto Uzumaki was easily diverted and became excited. He reached out, instinctively wanting to gather chakra, but suddenly froze.
"Sasuke, I can't seem to access my chakra." Naruto Uzumaki gritted his teeth, exerting all his might, but it was still useless. Sasuke Uchiha frowned, said nothing, and directly tried to extract chakra. It was also useless.
"It must be the effect of that ninjutsu called Fire Release: Heavenly Prison," he said calmly. "No wonder they were so confident in leaving us alone."
"Then what do we do?" Naruto Uzumaki scratched his head. "If we can't escape, we can't complete the mission Teacher gave us."
"No rush," Sasuke Uchiha thought for a while, then abruptly activated his Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
"Oh right! We can just use dōjutsu!" Naruto Uzumaki's face lit up with expectation.
Sasuke Uchiha, seeing this, slightly raised his chin, a hint of smugness and pride on his face. Finally, something I can do better than Naruto. But the next second, he screamed. His white prison uniform was immediately burned away, and flames transformed into chains, tightly wrapping around his body.
"Sasuke!" Naruto Uzumaki reached out, but was suddenly scalded, and instinctively recoiled.
"I... I'm fine," Sasuke Uchiha said through gritted teeth. But blood marks had already appeared on the surface of his body. Fortunately, the flames didn't last too long.
"Give me your shirt," after the pain subsided, Sasuke Uchiha felt a little cold. The coldness was secondary; the main issue was that he wasn't wearing anything. His dignity was once again severely attacked.
"Oh, oh," Naruto Uzumaki immediately took off his shirt.
"Fire Release: Heavenly Prison is a bit troublesome," Sasuke Uchiha tied the shirt around his waist like an apron. "I might need time to decipher it." Pride usually went hand-in-hand with stubbornness. Especially in front of Naruto Uzumaki. He absolutely refused to admit that he had no solution for this ninjutsu.
"Hmm," Naruto Uzumaki nodded, his consciousness sinking into the sealing space. In this situation, he could only cheat—oh no, ask his parents for help. Over the past few years, Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki had taught him basically everything they could. Except for the Flying Thunder God Technique and sealing jutsus. Because Naruto Uzumaki couldn't learn them. If he had that talent, he wouldn't have stubbornly focused on the Rasengan in the original story. To cultivate Naruto Uzumaki's independent combat awareness, Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki had now implemented a free-range policy. They would absolutely not intervene unless it was a life-or-death situation. But when it came to Sasame's mission, it was another matter. Perhaps Sasuke Uchiha had a way, but it seemed he wouldn't be able to get out anytime soon.
"I've heard of the Fire Release: Heavenly Prison ninjutsu," Minato Namikaze stroked his chin, pondering for a moment. "It's a secret technique called Imprisonment Jutsu."
"What Imprisonment Jutsu? It's just Fire Release plus a sealing jutsu," Kushina Uzumaki patted Naruto Uzumaki's shoulder. "Mom will help you break it in three days at most."
"Why bother?" The Nine-Tails, not far away, looked up disdainfully. "As long as there's enough chakra, there's no ninjutsu that can't be broken."
"But you're locked in here," Kushina Uzumaki glanced at it, smiling.
"..." The Nine-Tails' fox face flushed, and it muttered fox-like words. "That was an accident, an accident, understand?" Naruto Uzumaki suddenly noticed that its expression at this moment was very similar to Sasuke's just now.
"Alright, Naruto, don't mind it. Go out and wait for a while," Kushina Uzumaki waved her hand. "It won't delay Sasame's mission."
"Hmm," Naruto Uzumaki reopened his eyes and saw Sasuke Uchiha's gloomy face. At the same time, the shirt he had lent him was already shredded. Oh no? What to do now? Should they both wear the same pair of pants?
At this moment, the atmosphere in the castle lord's residence was equally heavy. Mui looked at the intel from the Hidden Grass Village, his hands trembling. Shen, Wei, Wu, and Chou were dead. He alone could no longer open the Box of Ultimate Bliss. Unable to open the Box of Ultimate Bliss meant he couldn't revive his son, Muku. All his painstaking efforts managing Hozuki Castle for so many years had turned into smoke overnight. Mui was unwilling.
"Who's there?" He was suddenly startled and turned to look at the windowsill. A masked young man.
"Mui," Sasame called out. "Pleasure to meet you." Mui's eyes narrowed, and the white glove on his hand immediately turned red. Concentrated chakra solidified into a flaming sword, which abruptly stabbed towards Sasame.
Fire Release: Heavenly Prison Flame Sword! If struck, one would be burned to ash. Sasame had come uninvited and was acting suspiciously. Since Mui was already in a bad mood, he couldn't be bothered to talk and directly attacked.
"That move is quite cool," Sasame praised with a smile. The flaming sword pierced through his body but caused no damage.
"What?!" Mui's face changed drastically. It was the first time he had encountered such a situation. But being experienced, he quickly realized the problem. Is it genjutsu? When did this happen? Mui formed hand seals and shouted, "Release!" There was no change. He frowned deeply, and another flaming sword appeared in his hand, which he threw. The scene repeated. Sasame was still completely unharmed. Didn't break it? Mui's expression was horrified. What kind of genjutsu is this? A layer of cold sweat quietly broke out on his forehead.
"Who is Your Excellency?" Mui stopped testing, took a deep breath, and asked, "May I ask your purpose here?"
"The Box of Ultimate Bliss," Sasame said calmly.
Indeed. Mui was silent for a few seconds, then said, "The Box of Ultimate Bliss can no longer be opened. Even if Your Excellency obtains it, it would be meaningless."
"Shen, Wei, Wu, and Chou, I killed them," Sasame suddenly said.
"..." Mui stared at him, demanding, "Since you knew you needed them to open the Box of Ultimate Bliss, why did you kill them?"
"I think Lord Castle Head can guess the reason, can't he?" Sasame's tone was flat.
"You can perform the activation jutsu?" Mui was startled, and joy subconsciously appeared on his face, but then quickly vanished. Cooperating with Shen, Wei, Wu, and Chou at least offered hope for a wish. But with this mysterious and supremely powerful young man, he would be at his mercy. How could he revive his son, Muku? For a moment, he was lost. Cooperating wouldn't save Muku. Not cooperating would mean his own demise.
"The Box of Ultimate Bliss can be opened multiple times. If you help me with something, you can get one chance," Sasame said casually. He truly wasn't lying to Mui. Opening the Box of Ultimate Bliss required absorbing massive amounts of chakra. If there was enough, it could naturally be opened repeatedly. But Mui would probably give up after seeing the results of the first opening. He currently held hope because he didn't know the true nature of the Box of Ultimate Bliss.
Mui's eyes narrowed upon hearing this. He couldn't trust Sasame, yet he couldn't refuse the offer. Unless he could defeat him, or find four other ninjas skilled in sealing jutsus. Neither option was easy.
"What do you want me to do?" Mui's question undoubtedly signified his agreement to cooperate.
"It's nothing big," Sasame's lips curved slightly. "Help me torment the two new prisoners who were brought in today, named Musashi and Kojiro, especially Kojiro." He wasn't being malicious. Firstly, it was to train his two students. Secondly, it was to help Sasuke Uchiha awaken his eyes, giving him some stimulation beforehand so he wouldn't break down when absorbing the Box of Ultimate Bliss. Mui nodded, his eyes flickering slightly. He was already thinking about what relationship these two people had with this mysterious masked man. Sasame glanced at him, completely unconcerned with his thoughts. Too weak, so no matter what he thought, it was meaningless. He went through this whole convoluted plan just to gain more Destiny Value.
"One more thing," Sasame said calmly, his expression unchanged. "Ryūzetsu, she's in Hozuki Castle right now. Capture her and hand her over to me." Ryūzetsu? Mui immediately remembered she was his son Muku's friend. But it was nothing significant.
"I'll find her," Mui composed himself, returning to his expressionless state. For his son, everyone else could be sacrificed.
[Due to your actions, the fates of Mui, Ryūzetsu, Naruto Uzumaki, and Sasuke Uchiha have changed. You have gained a total of one hundred sixty points of Destiny Value.]
Sasame nodded with satisfaction.
"I'll come find you next time," the voice still echoed, but the person had already vanished. Mui breathed a sigh of relief. Just then, he finally detected traces of genjutsu. He formed hand seals and dispelled the genjutsu.
"Lord Castle Head?"
"He's awake! You're finally awake!"
"Lord Castle Head, why did you suddenly fall into a daze after using two ninjutsu?"
"Yeah, no matter how we called you, you didn't respond."
"We even thought you were under genjutsu, but inputting chakra didn't work."
Mui's body turned cold upon hearing this. What on earth was that mysterious person's genjutsu? Why didn't they detect it? There were several methods to break genjutsu. The simplest was to have a teammate help. Yet this method had failed on him. Mui said coldly, "You may withdraw." After they left, he was silent for a moment, then walked towards the cells. Soon, the sounds of punches and kicks echoed. Mui did not use Fire Release but fought the two with taijutsu. But he still overpowered them. After losing their ninjutsu and chakra, Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki's strength had significantly decreased.
"Worthless trash," Mui pointed at Sasuke Uchiha. "Especially you." He was executing Sasame's orders.
"Bastard! I'll kill you!" Sasuke Uchiha immediately lost his composure.
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