NABC Chapter 100: Only One Head Remains...
Chapter 100: Only One Head Remains...
Chapter 100: Only a head remains...
After waiting for a while, they realized something was wrong: why was there no movement at all?
This isn't right!
Logically speaking, if Uchiha Tsuki is already dead, this area should have disappeared, and Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others should have come out by now. Why is there no movement at all?
It was like throwing a stone into the water, sending a large amount of energy to Uchiha Yue, but to no avail. How could this be?
That's impossible!
After a while—
The heatwave continued to surge, the wind howled incessantly, and this desolate region continued to expand as before. As for Hiruzen Sarutobi and his group, they remained completely still.
"It failed? How could it have failed? It can't be possible—"
Jiraiya collapsed to the ground, staring into the darkness before him, his face filled with bewilderment. Heaven knows how much he had anticipated this; he had always imagined how he would torture Uchiha Tsuki's body after his death, and how he would revive Uchiha Tsuki using the Impure World Reincarnation.
They told Uchiha Tsuki the whole truth and their plan, causing him endless torment and despair.
He even developed a ninjutsu capable of inflicting excruciating pain on Uchiha Tsuki's body. He wanted to cut off Uchiha Tsuki's manhood, chop it up, and feed it to him; he even wanted to tear Uchiha Tsuki to pieces. All because of that damned Uchiha Tsuki. If it weren't for him, his precious thing wouldn't have been lost. Uchiha Itachi and Shimura Danzo, those two idiots, were certainly disgusting, but they were ultimately Konoha people, unlike Uchiha Tsuki…
He had planned it all out, he had been looking forward to it for so long, but now—it had failed?
Why did we fail again?
"It seems we didn't see Uchiha Tsuki. We underestimated Uchiha Tsuki's power. We need more chakra."
Better technology!
Unlike Jiraiya, Tsunade was not discouraged. This area did not have much fluctuation, only the initial rapid increase and the current steady growth. This meant that Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others died on the way without even seeing Uchiha Tsuki.
After all, if he were to meet Uchiha Tsuki, whether it succeeds or not, Uchiha Tsuki would have to make a move, right?
Because of the nature of this so-called domain, Uchiha Yue's movement represents the movement of this desolate domain, which is a signal to them. But now there is no reaction. What else could it be but that he died on the way?
"Let's go back and use the Impure World Reincarnation technique; then we'll know exactly what's going on!"
Despite saying this, they were already convinced that Hiruzen Sarutobi and his companions had never even met Uchiha Tsuki before dying on the way. As for the possibility that they had met Uchiha Tsuki, and that Uchiha Tsuki didn't have the Will of Fire or care about the village, that was simply impossible. They had long believed that Uchiha Tsuki did have the Will of Fire and cared about the village.
They are confident they can seize Uchiha Yue's power! That's their confidence in the Will of Fire!
Hiruzen Sarutobi was right. If he couldn't survive, Tsunade and the others would never have given up on sending people into the Dead Zone to continue persuading Uchiha Tsukito to surrender. As for the fact that Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others' souls couldn't be summoned, after conducting subsequent experiments, they would only assume that Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others died on the way and their souls were absorbed. They wouldn't realize that they actually met Uchiha Tsukito, and their plan succeeded, only failing at the most crucial step.
Upon returning to Konoha, they immediately attempted the Impure World Reincarnation technique. Unfortunately, the reincarnation failed, and Danzo Shimura and Itachi Uchiha were not resurrected. However, it wasn't a complete failure; at least Hiruzen Sarutobi returned alive.
Inside the coffin, Hiruzen Sarutobi slowly opened his eyes, revealing an expression of utter exhaustion. Looking at the people before him, he breathed a sigh of relief. "Danzo, Itachi, thank you. Your power ultimately allowed me to survive."
He almost died completely.
However, the next moment, his expression changed slightly. He found that he could no longer control his body below the neck. He could only blink and speak. However, before he could react, his body below the neck suddenly collapsed and turned into dust, becoming a corpse, with only his head remaining on top of the body.
"teacher!"
Upon seeing this, Jiraiya and the others were immediately shocked and rushed forward. The failure of Shimura Danzo and Uchiha Itachi's Edo Tensei had already puzzled them greatly, and even the successfully resurrected Sarutobi Hiruzen had turned out like this.
Did their Impure World Reincarnation attempt fail?
That's impossible, or...
"Uchiha Tsukuyomi's power has grown to the point where he can absorb souls; Danzo and Itachi are already dead inside!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi's head, stuck on the corpse like a candied hawthorn, seemed to see everyone's doubts and spoke up to explain. Of course, he wouldn't say anything about eating Danzo and Itachi to survive. Let bygones be bygones; at least he's still alive now.
"What?! Devouring souls?!?!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi's words were like a thunderclap in everyone's hearts. So that's how it is! It wasn't that the Impure World Reincarnation had a problem, but that Danzo Shimura and Itachi Uchiha had been completely annihilated!
Without a soul, the Impure World Reincarnation technique cannot be performed!
"It really is a monster, even its soul is gone—those eyes—those eyes—"
Jiraiya, watching Hiruzen Sarutobi, clenched his fists, his desire for Tsukuyomi's eyes growing ever stronger—no,
It wasn't just greed; fear appeared in his eyes. If, in the past, he had died in that realm and his soul still existed, and he could even be reincarnated back into reality through the Impure World Reincarnation, then dying in it now meant utter annihilation and destruction.
If their village could get those eyes...
"Teacher, your body—"
Tsunade looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi and thought, "Good heavens, only his head is left. Has his soul below his head been devoured?"
"My body has disappeared—"
Hiruzen Sarutobi closed his eyes and said helplessly, then opened them again.
"Jiraiya, put away your ideas. And Tsunade, you both must think we died on the way, right?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed and looked at everyone.
Is not it?
Looking at—