chsdbacks Chapter 441 Guoxin Jushi
Chapter 441 Guoxin Jushi
Kaguya Ōtsutsuki remained silent for a long time, shifting her gaze from the branches and leaves of the Divine Tree to the distant starry sky, as if she were recalling something.
She recalled what she looked like before absorbing the fruit of the divine tree, the innocent kin who died tragically in the internal war, and the planetary creatures that were devoured by the divine tree.
Uchiha Mitsunori's words completely revealed the essence of the Otsutsuki clan, and also made her feel completely at ease about her sense of belonging to the clan.
"What are you thinking about?"
Kaguya Otsutsuki didn't turn around, but let out a long sigh: "I was thinking... about those who can never come back."
"The sins of the past cannot be undone, but we can decide what the future will look like... Those high-ranking members who led the plunder should no longer hold the reins of power over the tribe... As for those tribesmen who were misled, they should learn to take responsibility for their choices... And the children should have different lives."
The wind rose again, stirring her clothes and ruffling her long hair.
Kaguya Otsutsuki withdrew her gaze from the starry sky, and after a long while, she spoke softly, with a calmness that came from having experienced many vicissitudes.
"Sanfeng, your arrangements are excellent. I'll follow your lead."
Uchiha Mitsunori frowned slightly, a hint of probing in his voice: "You really don't blame me? After all, the people I'll be dealing with in the future are all your clansmen."
He knew Kaguya was soft-hearted and was also afraid that his decision would put her in a difficult position.
Kaguya Otsutsuki gently shook her head, a smile she had never shown before playing on her lips: "Fellow clansmen? True fellow clansmen wouldn't treat life like dirt. Those people, they are no longer the Otsutsuki I knew. What I despise has never been the Otsutsuki clan, but those corrupt rules. You gave the children a new beginning, and you gave me new hope, why should I blame you?"
Upon hearing this, Uchiha Mitsunori embraced her tightly, unable to let go for a long time.
Kaguya Otsutsuki pressed her cheek against his chest, feeling his steady heartbeat. In that moment, all her unease and confusion vanished.
The stars in the night sky seemed to have become much brighter, and a few shooting stars quietly streaked across the sky, leaving a dazzling trail against the deep background.
"After I've taken care of some things, I'll go to the planet of the Otsutsuki."
Kaguya Otsutsuki didn't want him to face danger alone anymore. Over the years, he had sacrificed too much for her, and this time, she wanted to fight alongside him.
"Sanfeng, I want to fight alongside you."
Uchiha Mitsunori felt a warmth in his heart and lowered his head to kiss her lips: "Okay, let's do it together."
After a night of passion, the next day in the shell tissue laboratory.
Guoxin Jushi was leaning against the workbench, a cigarette between two fingers, his gaze casually falling on the experimental data.
As a clone of Jiraiya, he inherited that carefree attitude.
A voice suddenly broke the silence of the laboratory.
"How's the progress?"
Guoxin Jushi paused slightly, then casually extinguished his cigarette. "Chief, this can't be rushed. Awakening divine arts depends on fate; perhaps I don't have that talent?"
Uchiha Mitsunori stepped forward and lightly tapped the control panel with his fingers. The experimental data on it was almost identical to that of the previous week. He knew some of the plot points in the novel "Fujin no Den," that Kashin Koji would awaken the divine technique "Ten Directions," a magical power that could foresee multiple futures and was crucial to his future plans.
His eyes changed instantly, revealing obvious impatience: "I don't have that much time to wait for your opportunity! The Shell Organization doesn't need useless trash, you should know that."
Guoxin Jushi's smile froze. He knew that Sanfeng always kept his word, but he never expected that the other party would be in such a hurry.
"Chief, I've been trying... I'm just a little bit short."
"Since you can't awaken it on your own, I'll give you a hand."
The next second, the two figures disappeared from the laboratory and appeared in a desolate battlefield.
Broken weapons and dried bloodstains littered the ground, and a fierce wind whipped up sand and dust that stung the face.
Uchiha Mitsunori slowly raised his hand, his eyes blazing with undisguised killing intent: "If you can't awaken divine techniques, then you're useless. I have no choice but to destroy you and have someone clone you."
"Chief, you...you didn't need to go this far, did you?"
Guoxin Jushi's pupils contracted slightly. He had thought it was just a friendly sparring match like usual, but the killing intent emanating from his opponent was definitely not fake.
Whether it's necessary or not is up to me to decide.
Before Uchiha Sanfeng could finish speaking, he had already appeared in front of Kashin Koji in an instant.
Despite his initial shock, Koji Kashin remained calm. His battle instincts, inherited from Jiraiya, instantly awakened, and he rapidly formed hand seals: "Shadow Clone Technique!"
Two clones suddenly appeared, one on the left and one on the right, blocking his way. At the same time, his main body quickly retreated, shouting, "Fire Release: Flame Bullet!"
A burst of blazing flame shot from his mouth, heading straight for Sanfeng's face.
Uchiha Mitsumine kicked away the shadow clone on the left, then ignored the burning flames and punched away the flames before slamming them into Kashin Koji's abdomen.
Guoxin Jushi felt as if his internal organs had been displaced, and his body was instantly thrown into the air, crashing heavily onto a rock not far away, which immediately cracked and collapsed.
The intense pain caused Guoxin Jushi to spit out a mouthful of blood on the spot.
He struggled to get up, only to find his arms numb and extremely difficult to lift. It was then that he truly realized the other person wasn't joking.
Uchiha Mitsunori walked slowly toward him, each step feeling as if he were stepping on Kashin Koji's heartbeat.
"With my next attack, I'll break your left hand."
"If you still can't awaken, it's your right foot, then your left foot, and finally your right hand. And lastly, it's your head."
Uchiha Mitsunaga paused, his gaze falling on the man's terrified face: "If you don't want to die, then give me the power to awaken divine techniques."
Driven by his survival instinct, Kashin Koji completely abandoned his past laziness. He gritted his teeth, endured the excruciating pain, and propped himself up, mobilizing all the chakra within him in an attempt to awaken the hidden divine power.
While attempting to awaken, he rapidly devised a countermeasure, knowing he couldn't simply sit and wait for his doom.
Seeing that he had made no progress, Uchiha Mitsunori remained unmoved. He simply waited for the appointed time to appear once more.
Seeing this, Guoxin Jushi quickly used "Earth Release: Yellow Spring Swamp", and the ground instantly turned into a sticky swamp.
Uchiha Mikado's footwork was unpredictable, as if he were walking on flat ground, easily avoiding the bindings of Yomi Swamp and precisely seizing Kashin Koji's left arm.
With a sharp "crack," intense pain instantly swept through his brain.
"ah......!"
Guoxin Jushi let out a painful roar, clutching his broken left arm, his clothes instantly soaked with cold sweat.
Looking at the devilish man before him, he finally understood that the other man truly intended to torture him to death, bit by bit. His former complacent attitude vanished completely, replaced by a deep-seated fear.
"I'll give you five more minutes. After five minutes, I'll break your right leg."
Uchiha Mitsunori glanced at the timer on his wrist, his tone indifferent.
Koshin Koji slumped to the ground, enduring the excruciating pain in his left arm, frantically circulating his chakra.
Countless thoughts flashed through his mind as he desperately tried to recall information about Otsutsuki Shibai's cells, attempting to find the key to awakening divine arts, while at the same time not giving up the idea of resistance.
The five-minute time limit passed quickly, and Uchiha Mitsunori arrived in an instant, delivering a precise kick to Kashin Koji's right foot.
Another crisp cracking sound rang out, and Guoxin Jushi's body convulsed violently, his facial muscles contorted in agony.
He bit his lip hard until he tasted the blood in his mouth, which stopped him from screaming again.
"Very well, I'll give you five more minutes. In five minutes, I'll break your left leg."
Uchiha Mitsunori's voice remained calm, as if he had only done something insignificant.
The intense pain caused Guoxin Jushi to tremble all over. He could not even stand up and could only lie paralyzed on the ground.
Despair overwhelmed him like a tidal wave, and he even considered giving up and ending his life.
Five minutes passed again, and Guoxin Jushi still hadn't awakened the divine magic.
Uchiha Mitsunori's movements were swift and decisive. The excruciating pain from his broken left leg made his vision go black, and he almost fainted.
"It hurts so much... I feel like dying..."
His cold sweat kept sliding down his forehead, accumulating into a small puddle on the ground.
Seeing his disheveled appearance, Uchiha Mitsunori remained expressionless, as if everything before him was within his expectations.
"If you still can't awaken in 5 minutes, I'll break your right hand."
Guoxin Jushi's heart clenched violently, and he broke out in a cold sweat.
He exerted his last bit of strength, but the power within him was like a stagnant pool, unable to awaken the dormant divine art no matter what he did.
Time ticked by, and when Uchiha Mitsunori approached him again, the light in his eyes went completely extinguished. He had used every ninjutsu he knew, yet he had no chance to resist.
"Click..."
His right hand was also broken, and three of his limbs were broken. The intense pain caused Guoxin Jushi to almost lose consciousness.
He lay on the ground, panting heavily: "You might as well... just kill me!"
Uchiha Mitsunori didn't speak. He slowly squatted down, reached out, and tightly gripped Kashin Koji's neck.
As he slowly increased the pressure with his fingers, Guoxin Jushi's breathing became increasingly difficult, his face gradually turned from pale to purplish-red, and his consciousness began to blur.
As the shadow of death loomed over him, he could clearly feel his life slipping away bit by bit.
"This... is this what it feels like to be about to die...?"
Just as Koshin Koji felt he was about to completely lose consciousness, the Otsutsuki Shibaju cells within his body seemed to be stimulated and began to operate wildly, with countless future trajectories unfolding in his mind like a galaxy.
He saw himself being killed, he saw himself surviving after awakening his divine powers, he saw countless possible futures...