Ryou sneered, "Do you really think I would grant your wish?"
Humans are products of desire. Once they are well-fed, they develop many desires and spawn all sorts of arrogant, naive ideas.
Ryou looked at Mui again, "What is your dream?"
"..."
Seeing the painful expression on Shirakawa's face, Mui knew that their Kusagakure leader had been subjected to a nightmare by Ryou.
He hurriedly shook his head, "Lord Ryou, I have no dreams! I only want to see my son grow up safe and sound."
Ryou nodded, "Someone, throw Muku into the Box of Ultimate Bliss and use him as a sacrifice!"
"Wait! Lord Ryou! My lord, don't kill my child! I'll leave, I'll leave!"
Mui grabbed Muku's hand and quickly distanced himself from the Box of Ultimate Bliss.
Seeing this, the elders of Kusagakure realized that this was not a place for them to stay, and that the promise of a wish might not be guaranteed.
But it was true that Ryou could easily kill them.
Ryou looked at the cleared Box of Ultimate Bliss and nodded. This wasn't intentionally tormenting the people of Kusagakure, but rather to save them.
The Box of Ultimate Bliss would not grant anyone's dreams; it sealed away a monster from the ancient era—Satori.
If it were to emerge, the Kusagakure Shinobi would immediately become its targets.
The Seven-Tails continued to release chakra, and the Box of Ultimate Bliss finally absorbed enough, blooming with layers of red light.
The Seven-Tails stopped releasing chakra and flew onto the high wall to await Ryou's command.
The Box of Ultimate Bliss began to react, and an extremely uncomfortable aura emanated from it, making one feel suffocated just by the smell.
Shukaku crawled out from Ryou's shoulder, looked at the Box of Ultimate Bliss, and asked in confusion, "The Box of Ultimate Bliss, isn't this the box that the old man used to seal Satori?"
The Tailed Beasts all belonged to the same era as the Sage of Six Paths, so naturally, they knew about the Box of Ultimate Bliss.
Even if it didn't know, Shukaku existed when the Land of Grass used the Box of Ultimate Bliss to rule the world during the Sengoku period, so it also knew of those past events.
Candy looked at Shukaku in confusion, "Satori? What is that?"
Shukaku replied, "The so-called Satori is a monster that takes pleasure in destruction and slaughter. It lives by Satori, moves by Satori, and ends with Satori."
"Lord Ryou, this thing is not easy to deal with. It can directly read an opponent's thoughts, fears, and attack intentions, and even predict their next move."
Ryou nodded, "I know, but do you think it can compare to Uchiha Madara's Rinnegan?"
Shukaku shook its head, "Impossible. The Rinnegan is a power only the Old Man possessed. Satori is just a monster of slaughter and destruction; how could it compare to the Old Man's power?"
Ryou spread his hands, "Then that's settled, isn't it? It's not even as strong as Uchiha Madara, so do you really think I would avoid its edge?!"
Shukaku thought about it, and it was true.
Ryou then looked at the Box of Ultimate Bliss.
Although the Box of Ultimate Bliss had already absorbed the Seven-Tails' Chakra, Satori still had not emerged from its seal.
Shukaku reminded him, "A sacrifice. The Satori inside the Box of Ultimate Bliss is a mass of extremely evil energy. To break free, it needs a sacrifice to contain its power."
Ryou immediately thought of Muku, who was sacrificed to the Box of Ultimate Bliss in the movie.
In the movie, Mui threw his own son, Muku, into the Box of Ultimate Bliss to open it, but the box wasn't satisfied, and it failed to grant Kusagakure's wish.
Afterward, Mui regretted his actions and used the chakra of Naruto's Tailed Beast to open the Box of Ultimate Bliss, betraying the elders of Kusagakure.
The wish he made was for his son to return.
His son, Muku, did return, but he had already been devoured and possessed by Satori, becoming a monster wearing human skin.
Ryou glanced back at the father and son, Mui and Muku, in the crowd of Kusagakure Shinobi.
As soon as Muku saw Ryou's malicious gaze, he hugged Mui's leg and hid. Mui hurriedly pulled his son to hide behind the crowd.
This guy is never up to any good!
Ryou looked at Candy, and Candy slapped him across the face, "You aren't thinking of using me as a sacrifice to release Satori, are you?"
Ryou laughed awkwardly, "How could I? You are my right-hand."
The Box of Ultimate Bliss requires a sacrifice with life and a soul.
Ryou couldn't find one at the moment.
His spores could provide life, but they couldn't provide a soul.
But Ryou immediately remembered that this was Hozuki Castle, the maritime prison where dangerous criminals from various countries were held.
The criminals here were heinous villains who had committed monstrous crimes in the outside world; every one of them deserved to die.
Ryou immediately ordered the people of Kusagakure to find a criminal with heavy sins.
The people of Kusagakure guessed that Ryou wanted a sacrifice, so they went to the prison and found a female prisoner.
When Ryou saw her, she was quite pretty, and he didn't want to waste her on the spot.
Candy gave him a swipe, "You idiot, don't waste everyone's time!"
It was Candy who sent the female prisoner into the Box of Ultimate Bliss.
Then, everyone watched the reaction of the Box of Ultimate Bliss with caution and anticipation.
The Box of Ultimate Bliss finally reacted; the face representing "joy" opened its large mouth, as if something was about to come out.
Ryou hurriedly made a wish, "Box of Ultimate Bliss, please give me a cute, soft, and adorable catgirl!"
"(((ﾟДﾟ;)))"
The people of Kusagakure were stunned; they hadn't expected Ryou to make such a vulgar wish.
They had imagined many wishes Ryou might make, such as gaining power surpassing Madara to dominate the Shinobi World.
Such as supreme Ninjutsu, eternal life...
But they never expected him to ask for a sweet, soft catgirl?
This guy is really wasting their Kusagakure's supreme treasure.
"This chakra!"
Ryou immediately became solemn. He sensed a massive and evil chakra emerging from the Box of Ultimate Bliss.
The next moment, a petite and slender figure appeared from the Box of Ultimate Bliss.
She was wearing a dark ink-green long-sleeved maid dress, covered by an off-white ruffled apron, with a deep purple wide sash tied around her waist.
She had black shoulder-length short hair, a pair of Kuroneko ears standing on top of her head, and her cheeks were flushed with a faint pink hue.
Behind her trailed a fluffy Kuroneko tail, the tip slightly upturned and swaying gently, looking extremely soft and adorable.
"(☉д⊙)"
The people of Kusagakure, as well as the Hozuki Castle prisoners secretly watching the Box of Ultimate Bliss, all widened their eyes.
It came true! Ryou's wish came true! What came out really was a sweet, adorable catgirl!
What a waste of a wish!
A Kusagakure elder collapsed to his knees in despair, "The supreme treasure that it took generations of Kusagakure to open! A wish that could have completely revolutionized the Shinobi World was actually wasted by this detestable guy!"
The elders of Kusagakure were in so much pain they couldn't breathe. Even if they couldn't make a wish themselves, they had hoped Ryou would make one with some constructive significance.
Instead of satisfying his own personal desires, making the pursuit of generations of Kusagakure look like a joke, and making them look like a group of clowns.
Candy immediately laughed, "Is this Satori? Lord Ryou, get out of the way, let me subdue it!"
Candy jumped up, preparing to solo the legendary monster Satori that once dominated the world.
But the next second, the somewhat shy and timid black-haired catgirl changed instantly. Her pupils turned a poisonous, ink-black color, and the corners of her lips curled into a faint, imperceptible arc.
It wasn't a smile, but the playfulness and contempt of a predator toward its prey.
The black-haired catgirl reached out, her hands becoming sharp and hideous, like the claws of a demon.
Candy panicked. Oh no, they had been deceived; this was definitely not a soft, shy catgirl.