Chapter 412: Awakening the Eyes
In the spiritual space, the clash of souls continued.
Facing Masahiko's "Yama recruitment," the Sage of Six Paths didn't say a single word. Stamping his Sage's Staff into the ground, he attempted to break free from Masahiko's spiritual space.
But Masahiko wasn't having it. He was a hospitable person; when a friend comes from afar, shouldn't they at least stay for a cup of tea before leaving?
One wanted to leave, the other wanted to block him. The Sage of Six Paths wore a grave expression, while Masahiko looked completely relaxed, even having the spare energy to protect Kagami behind him.
The Sage of Six Paths' Yin attribute was also at level ten. Normally speaking, he should be roughly on par with Masahiko.
However, he was dead after all, and the power he could call upon was limited. Not only did he fail to snatch Kagami away, but he was also dragged over by Masahiko in passing. Now that he was in Masahiko's territory, the gap between them was even wider.
"Stop struggling. You should know you're not my match here. If you don't want to be this Yama, then send the souls of Hitomi, Nanako, Yoriko, Tobirama, Kenji, my eldest nephew... and Naori over to me, and I'll let you go!"
Hearing this, the Sage of Six Paths paused. He looked up, gave Masahiko a deep look, raised his Sage's Staff, and suddenly withdrew all of his resisting power.
Masahiko was startled and hastily canceled the mental impact he was about to unleash on the completely defenseless Sage of Six Paths. Then, the Sage of Six Paths disappeared... appeared... peared...
Masahiko stood completely dumbfounded for a long while: "Is this the Sage of Six Paths or a Hooligan Sage? He actually played the 'I have hostages' card on me!"
The Sage of Six Paths was absolutely certain that Masahiko wouldn't dare do anything to him, not even dare to attack him. Because the souls Masahiko needed were in his 'hands.' If anything happened to him, the Underworld would collapse... and in that case, the souls of the people Masahiko wanted to resurrect would all be gone.
"Elder Masahiko, was that person just now... the legendary Sage of Six Paths?" Kagami asked softly.
Masahiko turned his head upon hearing this, feeling a bit more balanced in his heart. Anyway, he had won the tug-of-war for this soul. As for those souls already in the Underworld, he would just have to figure out a way to get them slowly later.
"So stingy, refusing to give me even a few souls. This old man Six Paths creating an Underworld... his motive doesn't seem very pure. And his two sons reincarnating back and forth, what exactly are they trying to do? He doesn't care about the bastard who took the Rinnegan trying to resurrect Kaguya, but he insists on making things difficult for me. What kind of grudge or grievance is this..." Masahiko murmured with a sigh.
"Elder Masahiko, is it convenient for you... to explain the current situation to me?"
Masahiko nodded: "That guy just now was the legendary Sage of Six Paths... Bah! As if he deserves to be called a Sage. I, Sage Masahiko, am ashamed to even be associated with him!"
Kagami let out a deep sigh: "Elder Masahiko, please calm down a bit."
Masahiko looked completely helpless. Under the circumstances of having a massive advantage, his opponent played rogue and ran away—how was he supposed to calm down?
Pondering for a moment, Masahiko slightly raised an eyebrow. The scenery in front of the two transformed, and a teahouse slowly rose up: "Let's go, we'll go inside and talk."
Kagami revealed a look of surprise and followed Masahiko into the teahouse. The interior was fully equipped with everything needed—tea tables, tea sets, and even tea inside the cups...
Masahiko picked up a teacup and took a large gulp of iced cola, finally calming down: "What a nostalgic taste... Kagami, ask whatever questions you have."
Kagami pondered for a moment: "What... are you drinking?"
Masahiko paused: "Black tea, haven't had it before? Cough, can you ask something a bit more serious?"
"This is my spiritual space, which was just built. And the Underworld is the Sage of Six Paths' spiritual space. So regarding this... and that... do you understand what I mean?"
Fortunately, Kagami's comprehension skills were quite strong: "I am the first resident of your Underworld? What an honor."
Masahiko shook his head: "You are the first permanent resident. In order to experiment with how to use the spiritual space, I sent some animals and people in earlier."
Kagami breathed a long sigh of relief: "No wonder you told me before that there would be a pleasant surprise after death."
Masahiko took another sip of iced cola: "For now, you are the only person here... oh, the only ghost. But don't worry, in a little over half a year, Mito and Hashirama will come in to keep you company. You can use this time to... practice your gambling skills."
Kagami smiled: "I understand."
"Stay here with peace of mind. I'll drop by every few days, so just tell me if you have any needs. Right now... let me do an experiment." Masahiko's expression became slightly serious.
Kazuki Uchiha was startled and subconsciously raised his hands. The wrinkles on his hands were slowly being smoothed out by an inexplicable force.
A moment later, Masahiko nodded in satisfaction: "The spiritual space really can allow you to survive in this state. After all, your soul is still young."
Kagami Uchiha's appearance had now reverted to his youth. The old-man-like lamentation on his face looked incredibly out of place: "I didn't expect to regain my youth and live another life after death. Thank you so much, Elder Masahiko."
"This life will be long; just make sure you don't get tired of living. Familiarize yourself with the new environment first. I'm going out to check the situation outside." Masahiko's body slowly turned transparent and disappeared.
In the space, Kagami Uchiha sighed deeply once again. The events of today were truly absurd and unreal. Pausing for a moment, he revealed a hint of curiosity and picked up the teacup in front of him: "Black tea?"
He took a small sip: "Pfft...!"
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Outside world.
In order to clash with the Sage of Six Paths, Masahiko had poured most of his consciousness into the spiritual space. His physical body in the outside world had almost grown completely cold...
As his consciousness returned, Masahiko stretched his body, frowned, and muttered: "Even with a Level 10 Yang attribute, the body gets slightly stiff. This proves my previous state was akin to astral projection... In that case, can I achieve 'ghost possession'? Kind of like the Yamanaka clan's Mind Transfer Jutsu..."
"These clans' secret jutsu really have their own unique points," Masahiko sighed softly. He looked at Kagami Uchiha's corpse in front of him, which was almost completely cold, turned his head, and shouted: "Obito! Obito! Where is he?"
As the Fifth Hokage, although Obito was worried about Masahiko's situation here, during a time when most of Konoha was sleeping like dead pigs, he had hastily arranged for the unconscious Uchiha clansmen and then hurried to the outskirts of Konoha. Along with all the conscious people, he was guarding against any enemies taking advantage of the opportunity to invade. Naturally, he couldn't respond to Masahiko.
Masahiko shouted twice, then lightly opened his perception, realizing Obito was indeed not around. He looked at Kagami Uchiha's corpse and started to worry.
"Does Great Ancestor have to dig out the eyes himself? Maybe I should wait a bit... Eh?"
Masahiko turned his head in surprise. The door was slowly pushed open, and a young man walked in unsteadily, holding his head with both hands.
"Senior, what... happened earlier?"
"Nothing much, just got into a fight with someone, you don't need to worry about it. Kazuki, what you should be caring about right now is yourself." Masahiko stared closely at the 'triangular' pattern in the youth's eyes opposite him. "What great luck. Kagami's death coupled with the mental impact..."
"Caring about myself? Senior, is there something wrong with me?" Kazuki Uchiha rubbed his forehead.
"Kazuki Uchiha, you... have awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan," Masahiko said with a smile.
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