Jugo had just woken up from a good night's sleep. After warning Ino, he felt that the girl wouldn't say anything foolish and although he returned to reality, he went back to the hotel with his three werewolves, Dosu and Kin. Ready for a good night's sleep.
Even if, in the worst-case scenario, she spoke, Jugo still thought it wouldn't be the end of the world.
This is not a world of churches where an evil god must be hunted, especially since that may be something the Village of Sound was "studying".
Just like a Bijuu, but as long as it wasn't directly harmful to Konoha, there was no reason to act directly.
There could still be behind the scenes maneuvering, but at the very least, he would be safe in the open.
Sure, he still hoped it wouldn't come to that, but for now he just went on with his life and forgot about Ino.
Jugo, on the other hand, was thinking about something else, the full moon. It was very close, it would arrive in a few days.
He had already thought of a solution.
Like Fors Wall, he could remain in the Tenebrous World, free from the moon's influence.
As for his "dogs"...
Jugo made them pray to himself and managed to drag them into the Tenebrous World.
Since he reached sequence 7 he has some control over the place, spending a night there with the dogs is not a problem.
As for the duration of his time there, was it limited to his spirituality? Well, he used chakra as "spirituality", his chakra was constantly replenished, so... he didn't need to worry about anything, he could stay there indefinitely, at the very least, he could spend the night there peacefully.
The downside? It would leave his body completely exposed and vulnerable while he and his dogs "slept".
But this was a better solution than chaining ourselves up and hoping for the best.
Jugo decided to try pendulum divination to find out if it would be safe.
As for his current sequence having nothing to do with divination? Well, he was planning on doing it in the Tenebrous World, using it as a means should be enough, right? The Devil's sequence has an extremely high level of intuition, without a demon hunter, it's very difficult to hide his malice against devils.
That should be enough to prompt a question like: "Am I going to be in danger tonight?". Right?
Jugo hopes so.
So, before training that day, Jugo went out to do some shopping.
He found a silver chain with a ruby and thought that would suffice, perhaps even a stone tied to a string would be useful, but he still thought it best to find some more sophisticated items.
He had to ask the jeweler to transform what was a necklace into a pendulum, but everything worked out.
Well, Kin and Dosu followed him, Kin went from extremely happy to sad very quickly, making Jugo roll his eyes, he wasn't buying expensive jewelry to pick up women.
In the end, she didn't mind much, after all, she saw that he had transformed the necklace into a pendulum. Even if she didn't know what it was for, it couldn't be given to another woman, right?
At the very least, she hasn't seen Anko since the Chunin Exams.
Jugo knew that Anko had faced Orochimaru in the exam and was probably very angry at that point, not wanting to mess with him, so he didn't care about it.
Jugo's next problem was sending this item to the Tenebrous World.
Well, the sacrifice ritual isn't difficult.
Jugo went to train as usual that day while working with Getsu, Yoru and Yami, the clones continued to do all sorts of training while he searched the forest for hunting.
But that night, as soon as he was alone, he began to act.
Taking a piece of paper, Jugo began to draw, he needed a symbol, so he used the head of a chained goat, representing the two paths.
He didn't need any additional items because he himself was the "deity" he was trying to summon, so he began the ritual. As for the magical language? Sorry, he doesn't know any. Let's hope English works, if not, he can only try Japanese.
-Lord of Abyss... Chained Curse... Father of Devils... I pray for your attention, I pray that you receive your offerings, I pray that you open the gates of your kingdom...- Jugo concluded.
The next moment, he let out a sigh of relief, he clearly felt the pull of the Tenebrous World.
Following his intuition, he quickly returned to the obsidian throne and looked at the fifth star that appeared there, the first representing Ino, the others representing the werewolves, and finally, his own.
Placing his hand on it, he felt the pull of that world's energy as a gate opened before him. Seeing the scene of him still praying to himself, he waved his hand and the pendulum flew towards him.
The gates closed soon after.
He gave a satisfied nod.
Unlike the path to the abyss, the path of the chained man has no information about rituals, so he had to remember Klein's ritual on his own, luckily, he managed to find something that worked.
Raising the pendulum, he held it in front of him, while keeping his hand slightly loose so as not to impede its rotation.
He needed to repeat the same phrase 7 times and then observe the movement of the pendulum, rotating clockwise meant "yes" or success, while rotating counter-clockwise meant "no" or failure.
-Spending the next full moon in the Tenebrous World will allow me to regain control... - x7
He felt a movement in the energy of the place and his chakra was also slightly consumed, when he opened his eyes, he saw the pendulum spinning clockwise at high speed.
Smiling, he was pleased, it worked!
He asked a few questions to find out if the result was accurate with information he already knew, at the very least, all of them were accurate.
Thoughtfully, he asked what he wanted to know.
-Will spending the next full moon in the Tenebrous World be dangerous for me? - x7
Opening his eyes, he saw the pendulum spinning counter-clockwise, it was weak, unlike the first question.
That meant no, but wasn't it 100% accurate? Maybe it depended on what he would do in the future?
He couldn't say.
Sighing, he thought it best to ask again shortly before the event.
He tried asking a few more questions about the future, but even if there were answers, the amplitude of the rotation was always low and sometimes it didn't rotate at all...
Jugo sighed, after all, he was only a Sequel 7 and the Tenebrous world wasn't the Sefirah Castle. What could he expect?
If he were on the path of the Monster or the seer, he would be much better in terms of divination.
In any case, it was better than nothing.
Returning to his room, he first burned the paper with his symbol on it, it was a simple transformation of the nature of the fire attribute. Of course, currently he could barely produce sparks, but it was a start.
Opening the window to let the stench of burning air escape, he looked up at the night sky, staring directly at the moon. He narrowed his eyes, he couldn't wait to become a demigod and rid himself of these idiotic curses.
Honestly, the prisoner's path is tough, but also extremely irritating because of that.
Shrugging, he went back to bed, he was still tired from the day and training and the next day wouldn't be any better.
//-//
In the clearing where they trained, the group's training was in full swing. Dosu had to move further away because the amount of fog had created a large cloudy area. He was still constantly struggling with the clones, but the progress was significant.
Kin can also enhance hearing with chakra, but compared to Dosu, it still leaves something to be desired.
The guy could now fight with his eyes closed, even though he still got beaten up most of the time, because even Jugo's clones still had Jonin speed, the fact that he could dodge a few times was already showing clear progress.
Kin, on the other hand, had already managed to touch the ground through chakra threads, which was quite an achievement for her. As long as it wasn't too far, she could already use genjutsu with bells through chakra threads, but the current distance was only ten meters, she still had a long way to go.
Her hair, on the other hand, was progressing slowly, she could only make it sharp for a moment and it barely grew, but she didn't give up.
Jugo continued to fight her, improving his combat technique through combat. She suffered several blows, but there was still progress, even if her progress was slower compared to Dosu's, it was still there.
Jugo, on the other hand, had been observing the werewolves for several days and noticed something interesting, when they transformed into werewolves, their chakra continued to be replenished, as did the power of his curse!
Jugo didn't know how he transmitted his ability along with the werewolf venom, but he did. He didn't realize it at first because the trio barely used chakra, only to speed up their running and strengthen their teeth or claws, but when they spent an entire day hunting non-stop and none of them showed any signs of exhaustion, he understood that something was wrong.
So, to test him, he was quite direct, he began to drain Getsu's chakra in his werewolf form, which made Getsu uncomfortable, but the truth came out, he continued draining enough to see the chakra of a jonin, but Getsu barely seemed to notice.
Thus he discovered that the werewolves he created were like a modified version of Orochimaru's cursed mark, at least they share the characteristic of continuously absorbing natural chakra.
This made him doubt whether a werewolf he created would actually die out over time, but he tested it by creating a new werewolf, this time with a wild wolf.
He could only create three that were truly connected to him, but that wasn't a problem, he just needed to knock out the crazed werewolf after transforming it and observing.
But the werewolf died after a few hours, clearly exhausted from chakra.
Confused, he tried again, this time sucking the wolf's chakra until it died, it took less than a minute for the wolf to die.
Curious, he picked up the pendulum and raised it. -Do werewolves possess my power of the curse? - x7
Opening his eyes, he saw that he was spinning rapidly counter-clockwise, which made him frown.
Confused, he asked another question. -Can werewolves draw natural chakra because they're connected to me? - x7
Opening his eyes, he saw the pendulum spinning, but at a much slower speed.
True, but there's probably more.
Guessing is really useful, Jugo began to understand why Klein liked it so much.
He had no idea how to attempt dream divination, so that was all he could think of for the moment. In the end, he shrugged, at least he knew his werewolves had one more advantage.