Standing by the boundary of the Bonsai World and looking at the wall that seemed to pierce straight into the sky, he knew that he could get out just by breaking the wall, like in the plot.
Although he could easily do it, he wanted to try if he could climb over this wall to see what the "sky" was really like.
Looking up at the wall in front of him and the sky above, the Shadow Clone exerted force with its feet and quickly rushed up the wall surface.
As the height climbed, the square panorama of the bonsai gradually unfolded, and the clouds above also got closer and closer.
Just as he was about to touch that patch of blue cloud, he suddenly felt himself pass through an invisible Barrier.
Next, the blue sky and white clouds instantly dissipated, replaced by a stone roof, and the wall beneath his feet reached its top.
Standing on the edge of the bonsai, the Shadow Clone could see the entire bonsai scene at a glance, without the clouds he had seen before blocking the view.
"This thing is really interesting," the Shadow Clone murmured in amazement. Just as the words left its mouth, "Poof!" its figure turned into white smoke and dissipated.
Outside, Retsu instantly received the information from the Shadow Clone and felt relieved; this spell that turned people small wasn't as troublesome as he had imagined.
He turned to Kikyo and said, "Let's go, let's go in and see. Be careful of the bonsai in the center of the room; after getting close, it will shrink people and suck them inside. Many people are living in this bonsai."
"Many living people... living inside?" Kikyo was stunned upon hearing this, looking at the bonsai in the room in surprise, her tone full of disbelief.
"Yeah," Retsu said, reaching out to hold Kikyo's hand, a warm touch coming from his palm. "This spell's power isn't very strong; I can use Sage Mode Chakra to isolate its influence."
Kikyo held his hand tightly and followed him to the bonsai with a heart full of curiosity, looking down into it.
Because Sage Mode Chakra covered both of them, isolating the influence of the spell, neither of the two standing by the bonsai was affected by it.
Looking at the busy "little people" in the bonsai, Kikyo couldn't help but ask softly, "Are... are these people living inside?"
"Yes, it's a miraculous creation, unfortunately it wasn't used for the right purpose." Retsu nodded, a cold sneer forming at the corner of his mouth. "Do you remember the human face fruit we saw before?"
Kikyo was focused on observing the scene inside the bonsai; hearing this, she suddenly snapped out of it and turned to look at him, her voice carrying shock: "You mean... these humans are being kept in captivity as nutrients for the man-faced fruit tree?"
"That's right." Retsu confirmed her guess. "In these deep mountains, if it weren't for these captive people, how could so many people be found to cultivate the human face fruit?"
"To actually keep humans in captivity as nutrients for a demon tree... this so-called 'Sage' is simply a demon!" Kikyo furrowed her brows, her face instantly turning cold, and a killing intent flashed in her eyes.
"He's not a good person anyway, let's go meet him." Retsu said, pulling Kikyo to turn around and heading up the stairs on the other side.
Just as the two stepped into the room upstairs, they were discovered by three little demons who were cleaning the room.
Seeing the two people who suddenly appeared, the little demons' eyes widened, and they were about to let out a scream.
Kikyo reacted extremely quickly, raising her hand to draw her bow and notch an arrow. A Demon-Slaying Arrow was shot instantly, accurately piercing through the body of one of the little demons and purifying it instantly.
Before the other two little demons could escape, they were accurately pierced through the head by two Kunai thrown by Retsu, falling straight to the ground and dying instantly.
Retsu walked forward, bent down to pick up the blood-stained Kunai nailed to the ground, condensed Chakra at his fingertips, and lightly wiped them to clean the blood before tucking them back into his ninja tool pouch.
This stuff is hard to get in this world; Kagome had them custom-made for him before, so he should be frugal when he needs to be.
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