Chapter 244: Can We Reconcile?
How could it be? Is there truly a power in this world capable of killing me?
Moryo was starting to doubt its existence.
Even the priestess could only seal it, yet the ninja standing before it, whom it had previously dismissed, could destroy it outright!
When did this world change into something it no longer recognized? Caught once more by the Truth-Seeking Orbs, Moryo's mind was in turmoil. Cornered, it was driven by desperation to charge at Hyuga Miyuki, lacking the courage to continue its confrontation with Hyuga Fuji.
It had tested the range of the black spheres—only about a hundred meters. As long as it moved beyond that range, the dangerous orbs wouldn't be able to touch it.
Among those present, Hyuga Miyuki, who controlled the puppets, was undoubtedly the second most important figure after Hyuga Fuji in the Land of Snow. If it could capture her, there might still be a way out!
With this plan in mind, Moryo weaved through the puppet soldiers, using them as cannon fodder to block the Truth-Seeking Orbs.
Just as it was about to reach Hyuga Miyuki, it glanced back and saw Hyuga Fuji standing calmly in place, watching it without moving.
'Why are you just watching?'
Moryo was puzzled.
The distance between them was five hundred meters, far beyond the hundred-meter range of the black spheres, so...
Its gaze swept around Hyuga Fuji and widened in shock.
Where were the two black spheres?
The sound of something cutting through the air came from above.
—Boom!
Another consuming explosion echoed, this time rendering Moryo incapable of further action, leaving it barely hanging on by a thread.
Hyuga Fuji appeared silently beside it, the victorious Truth-Seeking Orbs returning to his shoulders.
Watching from the side, Hyuga Shenyue shook her head. "Racing against the fastest ninja in the world—where did you get that confidence?"
Sighing, Hyuga Miyuki resumed collecting the puppet soldiers.
Now that their leader had been captured, she needed to speed up her efforts.
One by one, the puppets were swiftly controlled and stored away in her scrolls.
There were too many puppet soldiers; even with Fuji supplying chakra, she couldn't control all twenty thousand at once.
She would have to store them for now.
In the crater, Moryo, whose body was mostly destroyed and barely maintaining form as a dark mist, looked up at the figure standing on the crater's edge, unwilling to accept its fate.
"Don't celebrate too soon. Even if you can kill me, so what? As long as darkness exists in the ninja world, I am immortal. One day, I will return!"
"Why would I want to kill you?" Hyuga Fuji glanced at Hyuga Miyuki's actions. "I still need you alive to continue serving as the energy source for these soldiers."
The puppet soldiers' ability to revive came from their connection to Moryo, sharing its traits. Killing Moryo would be a waste.
Moryo was stunned for a moment, then sneered. "How absurd. Do you think you can covet my power? You'll regret this!"
As long as darkness existed in the ninja world, its power source was endless. If it couldn't succeed this time, it would in the future. Once it gathered enough power, one day, one day...
Glaring at the rotating Truth-Seeking Orbs, Moryo's heart steeled with resolve.
One day, I will return with the power to destroy other nations and kill you!
"There's a lot of darkness in the ninja world, indeed, and it's ever-present. But right now, your power is only at the level of the tailed beasts. Your ability to absorb emotions is limited, isn't it?"
As Moryo was laying plans for the future, Hyuga Fuji smiled. "You always claim to be born of darkness. Then I'll send you to a place without negative emotions."
Moryo didn't believe such a place existed, but the smile on Fuji's face made it uneasy.
Could it really be true? Before it could ponder further, before it could discern Fuji's methods, the world around it changed.
A magnificent giant tree stood tall on the vast land.
The trunk of the tree, resembling pure crystal, radiated a soft white glow, clear yet shrouded in a mysterious haze. It was so massive it seemed capable of supporting the weight of the entire universe, grand and unfathomable.
Looking up at the crown, the branches and leaves stretched infinitely, forming a vast green ocean. The trunk shimmered with a pure, dazzling light, like a brilliant galaxy.
How vast, how grand, how... beautiful! Moryo combed through its memories and could only use these hollow words to describe this tree, which seemed to represent all life.
As it gazed at the tree, countless scenes surfaced in Moryo's mind.
There were people with disabilities running freely in their dreams.
Those who had lost loved ones were reunited with them.
People striving to achieve their dreams found themselves living out those dreams.
...
There were no negative emotions, just as Hyuga Fuji had said. Here, only positive emotions could be found.
How was this possible?
Moryo couldn't believe that such a beautiful place existed in the world!
It frantically searched for negative emotions. If there were no negative emotions in the ninja world, what purpose would it serve?
After some time, Moryo found it.
In the scene, three burly men restrained a spiky-haired man while a black-haired woman conducted experiments on him. (T/L: Is that you, Madara!🤣)
From this scene, Moryo could sense intense negative emotions emanating from the spiky-haired man, while those around him exuded faint pleasure.
Hahaha, it knew it! As long as humans existed, there would be oppression.
Undoubtedly, the spiky-haired man was the oppressed one.
It was pitiful, but that's the fate of the weak!
If only you had Hyuga Fuji's... no, if you even had Hyuga Miyuki's strength, none of this would have happened.
Moryo's smile reappeared, but it quickly faded, replaced by a sense of confusion.
The reason was simple: there were too few negative emotions here!
Moryo, being intimately familiar with human negativity, knew that nothing could satisfy everyone. Yet here, it seemed possible.
Ninety-nine percent of the people felt satisfied with this place called Ideal City, most fretting only about how to stay there permanently.
Why, why does a place like this exist in the world? If the ninja world had been like this, it might never have come into being! As Moryo pondered these emotions, so far removed from negativity, it began to feel that its existence had lost its purpose.
...
Watching Moryo disappear, seemingly sealed by Hyuga Fuji, the leader of dark medics's face turned pale, then flushed, like a spinning green onion.
Defeated? The demon Moryo actually lost? Wait, didn't you say before that everyone in the ninja world except the priestess were mere weaklings and rabble?
Why did you fall so quickly?! —Whoosh!
The sound of air being sliced rang out. Before the leader of Dark medics could react, he was surrounded by enemies from all directions, with no escape.
The leader of Dark medic forced a stiff smile. "Can we reconcile? I was just an ordinary person controlled by Moryo."
Uzumaki Kana returned his smile, then drove a punch into his face.
Reconcile? At this moment? You must be joking!
(End of chapter)
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