The next second.
Urushi's figure appeared.
Almost at the same time.
Boom!
Satoru not far away flapped its wings and soared high.
Whoosh!
A flickering figure.
In an instant.
It flew directly to the immediate vicinity—a fierce posture, an extremely ugly appearance, an existence that could make an ordinary person faint at a glance.
But Menma was unhurried.
Clap!
He slammed his hands together.
"Wind Style: Great Breakthrough!"
He released the Wind Style jutsu after forming seals.
Below.
Urushi also cooperated with his master, slamming his front claws forcefully on the ground.
Rumble!!
Layers of lifted earth blocks instantly gathered together, forming giant balls. Under the enhancement of Menma's jutsu, they smashed toward the flying Satoru with even faster speed.
Densely covering attacks.
This was a suppressive attack far beyond the range an ordinary ninja could dodge or resist.
But in Satoru's eyes.
It was commonplace.
Completely anticipated attacks. Before the jutsu attack arrived, Satoru's figure swayed, easily dodging the assault of these jutsu.
Then, with an indomitable momentum, it pounced toward the position of Menma and Urushi.
Can it really probe hearts? That's too convenient...
It was purely a probing attack.
And seeing Satoru easily evade his attack, Menma felt confident.
Hmph, this guy is a collection of all human emotions. He is very sensitive to all human emotional fluctuations!
The Nine-Tails also snorted lightly inside Menma's body.
As a special creature spawned by human emotions and desires, it could indeed capture various human emotional fluctuations very clearly.
Satoru couldn't really see through hearts.
But relying on its super-strong emotional capture...
It was a BUG-like skill approximating mind-reading.
"You can read it, but you also have to be able to block it!"
Menma smiled lightly.
"Go! Urushi!"
"Yes, Lord Menma!"
Urushi responded in a muffled voice.
Boom!
Exploding chakra directly, he leaped and pounced toward Satoru rapidly.
Swinging his tail in sync, he whipped fiercely toward Satoru in mid-air.
Frontal assault.
Satoru still let out a weird laugh.
Drifting its body, it easily dodged to the other side. Although underground, this space was wide enough to fully deploy its flight advantage.
In Satoru's view, such attacks were as laughable as child's play.
However.
Just as it was about to dodge...
Below.
Menma smiled lightly.
"!?"
This emotional fluctuation needing absolutely no concealment.
The moment Satoru detected it.
Its heart couldn't help but shake. But before Satoru could react...
Clang!
Whoosh!
Clatter!
Four thick golden chains soared into the sky, encircling Satoru and blooming with dazzling golden halos.
Zip!
With unimaginable speed, they rushed fiercely toward Satoru's location. Even though Satoru reacted very quickly to dodge, flapping its wings at maximum speed to escape this area directly...
But how could Menma, determined to succeed in one blow, let Satoru escape easily?
Nine-Tails chakra erupted further.
Fox-like pupils fully manifested in his eye sockets.
Boom!
Swaying demon fox tails instantly manifested seven tails, filling this world with violent chakra fluctuations.
Making Mui and the four elders, who had already pulled away to a long distance, show varying degrees of shock.
Especially Mui.
Originally, while Mui felt Menma might be stronger than him, he didn't think it would be by much.
So what if he's the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki?
Isn't it just having "a billion" more chakra points?
Mui didn't believe a kid could utilize the Nine-Tails' power to a high degree. This was his territory. If Menma couldn't do it or was conning him, Mui had ample confidence before that he could counter Menma.
Mui didn't believe the various rumors in the ninja world before.
Like most people, he thought Menma's successful defection from the Leaf must be thanks to Orochimaru.
But the scene before him completely shattered Mui's cognition.
This wasn't just slightly stronger than him.
They weren't even in the same weight class!!
Looking at Menma wrapped in Nine-Tails chakra, Mui's eyes were full of shock, but at the same time, he revealed a very genuine look of hope. Because the stronger Menma was, the more methods he had...
The higher the probability his son would return!
Powerful chakra fluctuations.
Golden chains permeating with special energy aura.
The moment they converged from all directions.
"!? Bastard!"
Satoru's fierce and ugly face seemed to show an anthropomorphic look of rage.
Unable to dodge.
Bang!
It was blatantly grabbed by a demon fox tail!
Terrifying chakra spread rapidly, temporarily restricting Satoru in a very forceful manner.
Expanding and contracting.
"Aaaaaah!"
Satoru's expression became even more vicious. Just as it erupted powerful chakra aura intending to break free...
The next second.
Contrasting with Menma's soaring figure...
The four golden chains arrived closely behind.
Under Menma's control.
"Crush!!!"
Clang!
Front and back.
Left and right.
Binding firmly.
Bang!
Snap!
Perfectly wrapping around Satoru, releasing further powerful suppressive force, weakening Satoru's resistance even more.
"What is this!?"
Adamantine Sealing Chains that could suppress and weaken Tailed Beasts' chakra.
Even if Satoru was a special existence produced from the Box of Ultimate Bliss, it ultimately relied on chakra to be born!
Adamantine Sealing Chains could exert a powerful restraining effect all the same.
Binding Satoru tightly.
Bang!
Unable to utilize its abilities, Satoru could only fall from high altitude.
Smashing fiercely onto the ground.
Kicking up a violent cloud of dust.
Whoosh!
Urushi on the side also pounced, pinning Satoru firmly with his four limbs. Under triple suppression...
Satoru completely lost the ability to resist.
This pitiful Satoru could be said to have been suppressed by Menma's direct assault before even displaying half of its strength.
Whoosh!
Thud!
When Menma leaped down, looking at Satoru struggling in impotent rage, a faint smile appeared at the corner of his eyes.
Easier than expected!
To be honest, Satoru's combat power was very formidable. Judging from the original movie, although there was suspicion of using tricks, treating Satoru as a combat power approximating the Eight-Tails shouldn't be a big problem.
Normally.
Menma would inevitably have to spend more time and energy to defeat Satoru.
But in this battle, Menma was obviously well-prepared, while Satoru showed obvious maladaptation at the beginning.
This was ultimately not a pure individual creature.
But a specially derived existence.
After the first wave of attacks, Menma knew the score.
The subsequent perfect combo naturally subdued Satoru smoothly.
Of course, even if it failed, it didn't matter. Menma had other means. The worst result would just be a physical brawl with Satoru.
"Now, let me see if you have really been completely assimilated by the Box of Ultimate Bliss. I still hope you can show some backbone, Muku-kun!"
Menma took a deep breath.
Looking at Satoru struggling frantically.
Kurama!
While extending a giant chakra hand to press on Satoru's face, he shouted synchronously in his heart.
Hmph!
The next moment.
The three-way consciousness linked directly.
"Ugh!?"
The moment a cold, evil aura spread rapidly.
Menma, who seemed to sense all different emotions, couldn't help but shake all over.
But only for a second.
The massive malice of the Nine-Tails covered it synchronously.
Directly and forcefully expelling all the joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness absorbed from many humans on Satoru.
Sensing carefully.
"Hoh? Seems there is still a bit of hope!"
A faint look of joy appeared in Menma's fox-like pupils.
"Hah!"
With a deep shout.
The next moment.
Heaven and earth spun.
The space changed directly.
In Satoru's perspective.
Just in that instant.
Immediately after, it appeared on an endless open field, gray everywhere.
Silence and desolation were the only things in this space.
A look of confusion appeared subconsciously in Satoru's eyes.
"This is your mental space. Why? Still want to keep such an ugly appearance?"
Almost at the same time.
The faint words fell.
A trembling sensation seemed to pierce directly into the depths of the soul. After a violent shudder...
"Ah!!!!"
Satoru let out a sharp and extremely mournful scream.
Following the gradually weakening aura...
As the scream slowly dissipated into invisibility, Satoru's figure seemed to start shrinking slowly at that moment. The black feathers disappeared out of thin air bit by bit.
In less than three to five seconds.
That monster form with huge fleshy wings and pitch-black body completely disappeared, re-revealing the appearance of the white-clothed youth from before.
"Sure enough. Welcome back, Muku-kun."
Menma also manifested.
Looking at the white-clothed youth with a pale face, Menma said with a light smile.
"I should be the one thanking you. If you hadn't forcefully suppressed that part of the consciousness, I couldn't have temporarily regained clarity. Thank you, Menma-kun."
The white-clothed youth, Muku, looked at Menma stepping in front of him and shook his head gently.
"Temporarily?"
Menma raised an eyebrow.
"Yes, maybe Menma-kun really wants to help me recover completely, but I am Satoru, Satoru is not me. I have become part of the Box of Ultimate Bliss. It is impossible to return to the previous human form."
Muku said with a look of misery.
Turning into a monster that only knows slaughter.
Any normal human couldn't accept such a result.
But Muku knew very well that during the eight years of being swallowed by the Box of Ultimate Bliss, even though he maintained his last wisp of independent consciousness with great will, that was all. The Box of Ultimate Bliss had completely assimilated him.
Muku didn't think Menma could help him detach from the Box of Ultimate Bliss; he was already part of it.
And as long as the Box of Ultimate Bliss existed, he was immortal.
This was Satoru's characteristic.
"Heh, impossible to recover? Muku-kun, you're not wrong to say that. Forcibly separating you from the Box of Ultimate Bliss to fully restore you to your previous individual human form is indeed impossible. But just restoring your human consciousness and letting you regain control of yourself isn't impossible."
Menma smiled lightly, speaking dismissively.
The Box of Ultimate Bliss.
This was ultimately a treasure of the Sage of Six Paths.
The current Menma wasn't qualified to mess with it (touch porcelain).
Even with the Nine-Tails' assistance.
It was far from possible to easily strip the relationship between the Box of Ultimate Bliss and Muku. It should even be said that if Muku himself hadn't retained a sufficiently strong consciousness, Menma would truly be helpless.
"Huh? What did you say?"
Muku froze instantly.
As if not understanding Menma's words.
He asked back subconsciously.
"I mean, I can make you the dominant consciousness. Not controlled by 'Satoru's' consciousness, but you controlling 'Satoru'! In that case, you can also restore your human form at any time. The only drawback is probably that you still can't leave the range limited by the Box of Ultimate Bliss."
Menma smiled lightly. The method he stated...
Was also the result of discussing with the Nine-Tails inside him when he first had the corresponding plan.
To put it bluntly.
Muku.
Satoru.
Both now lived dependent on the Box of Ultimate Bliss.
The difference lay in whether Muku could make his own consciousness the master controller.
Others indeed couldn't do it, but Menma could try.
Relying on the Nine-Tails' powerful malicious negative emotions!
To suppress the "emotions" of the Box of Ultimate Bliss!
Helping Muku become the controller of the Box of Ultimate Bliss in reverse. Of course, this control was also very delicate or even weak. Even if successful...
It still depended on Muku's own will.
With a moment, even an instant of weakness...
Muku's consciousness would be swallowed again.
Truly welcoming death!
The kind where not even dregs remain.
"Is this really something that can be done? Letting me become the controller of the Box of Ultimate Bliss?"
Muku widened his eyes, looking at Menma in front of him with a look of disbelief.