Chapter 528: Activating The Box Of Ultimate Bliss (Part 4)

Finally, the figure stopped at the entrance of the great mouth, fully exposed before everyone's eyes.

It was Morihara Hayato.

His eyes were closed as he stood there quietly, and the madness that had covered his face before he was sucked inside had completely disappeared, replaced by utter numbness, as though every trace of emotion had been drained away.

His complexion had also changed from its previous sallow yellow to an entirely pale...

No! Rather, it was an ashen white! The ashen white of a corpse!

As if sensing everyone's gaze upon him, Morihara Hayato slowly opened his eyes.

What kind of eyes were they?

A pair of pitch-black eyes, bleak and chilling, seemed to contain emotions such as joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness, yet as though those emotions had been intensified to their absolute limit before transforming into a cold emptiness devoid of grief or joy, anger or pleasure.

Just one glance into those eyes made them feel as though their soul were trembling, their every hair standing on end, and their entire body turning ice-cold.

Although everyone present realized that something was terribly wrong with Morihara Hayato, among the twelve elders of Village Hidden in the Grass, Ox Advisor and Horse Advisor, the two most impatient advisors and the ones most fanatical about the Box of Ultimate Bliss, could no longer concern themselves with such things.

The two hurried forward and stopped before Morihara Hayato before asking anxiously, "Hayato! How do you feel now?"

Morihara Hayato tilted his head, his gaze moving back and forth across their faces several times, as though he were identifying two objects that looked somewhat familiar but that he was not entirely certain about.

After a moment, as though he had finally confirmed their identities, he slowly spoke, "So it's Ox Advisor and Horse Advisor."

"I feel wonderful. I've never felt better."

At this point, a strange smile appeared on Morihara Hayato's corpse-like face. "Come to think of it, although the two of you have never gotten along particularly well with me, you truly did put in a great deal of effort regarding the Box of Ultimate Bliss. How should I reward you both?"

'Hm?'

Hearing this, Ox Advisor and Horse Advisor were momentarily stunned, and before they could respond, the corners of Morihara Hayato's mouth suddenly stretched all the way to his ears.

"I'll reward you by having you remain by my side forever in the underworld."

'Remain by his side forever in the underworld?'

The expressions of the two advisors changed drastically. Instinctively, they tried to retreat, but it was already too late.

Puchi!

The sound of flesh being pierced sounded!

Under everyone's uncertain and horrified gaze, Morihara Hayato's hands shot out like lightning. His hands moved so quickly that almost no one could see them before they instantly pierced straight through the two advisors' chests.

Ox Advisor and Horse Advisor opened their mouths as though trying to say something, but in the end, neither of them managed to utter a single sound before falling into eternal darkness.

Ox Advisor and Horse Advisor, dead!

"Hayato, what are you doing?!"

Seeing this, the remaining ten advisors of the Village Hidden in the Grass were both shocked and enraged as they shouted their questions.

Morihara Hayato ignored them completely. He merely withdrew his hands, lowered his head, and gazed at the blood with great interest, as though he were seeing such a color for the first time.

"Who exactly are you? Are you still my teacher?"

At that moment, Mui finally spoke. Only after hearing his voice did Morihara Hayato shift his gaze away from his hands and slowly turn toward him.

"My dear student."

Morihara Hayato smiled at Mui, his tone incomparably gentle yet indescribably strange.

"Of course I'm your teacher. Otherwise, who else could I be?"

Hearing this, Mui took a deep breath. He wanted to say something more, but at that moment, Morihara Hayato seemed to remember something and tilted his head.

"Oh, right, Mui. You went to such great lengths to save me, your teacher. I am truly touched."

As he spoke, Morihara Hayato's eyes became as gentle as water, and his voice grew even warmer, like a loving teacher softly whispering to his most outstanding student.

"Tell me, how should I, as your teacher, reward you?"

Hearing those words, Mui closed his eyes in pain. He had already realized that the one standing before him was nothing more than an unknown monster wearing his teacher's skin.

"Are you people finally done with all this endless chatter?"

At that moment, Gari, who had been watching coldly from the sidelines for quite some time, finally spoke.

"Oh? So it's someone from the Village Hidden in the Stones."

Only then did Morihara seem to notice that there were others present. He slowly turned around.

"I nearly forgot about all of you. Come to think of it, everyone from the Village Hidden in the Stones also played a part in this matter..."

"Spare me the nonsense."

Gari coldly cut him off. Taking a step forward, he stared at him with a sharp gaze and asked slowly, "Tell me. What exactly are you?"

"What exactly am I?"

Morihara Hayato repeated softly. A meaningful smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and then, as though speaking to himself, he began chanting in a singsong tone, "Brings forth with Satori, actuates with Satori, and ends with Satori."

As he recited those words, that nightmare-like voice echoed once more within the hearts of everyone present. It seemed to come from the abyss of hell itself, like a devil whispering beside their ears, filled with an indescribable temptation.

"I am Satori!"

The instant those words fell, Morihara Hayato's body erupted with boundless black chakra. It surged upward like ink spreading through water, layer upon layer condensing into enormous streams of black veins that churned and writhed behind him.

Within that black chakra, countless twisted faces seemed to appear and disappear, letting out wave after wave of mournful wails.

At the same time, the four human-faced mouths on the Box of Ultimate Bliss behind him slowly opened once again, releasing a deep, resonant hum, as though responding to some kind of summons.

Under everyone's horrified gaze, two transparent, illusory shadows suddenly emerged from the corpses of Ox Advisor and Horse Advisor lying on the ground.

Those shadows looked exactly like the faces of the corpses. They twisted and struggled desperately, yet could not free themselves in the slightest before finally being dragged into the enormous mouth of the Box of Ultimate Bliss.

Morihara Hayato!

No!

It was Satori!

It spread its arms wide, and its bleak, chilling eyes swept across the surroundings, while a smile so wide it nearly tore its corpse-white face apart bloomed upon its lips. Its voice sounded as though thousands of personalities were speaking at once, echoing layer upon layer beside everyone's ears and shaking their very souls.

"Come, everyone! Join me, and together let us enjoy eternity in the underworld!"

Whoosh!

After devouring the souls of the Ox Advisor and Horse Advisor of the Village Hidden in the Grass, the terrifying suction force of the Box of Ultimate Bliss became even more violent.

The four giant mouths unleashed a ferocious pull like a colossal vacuum tunnel. Massive air currents roared through the valley floor, whipping up sand and stones with thunderous force.

Several Kusagakure and the Iwagakure ninjas standing closest to it, lacking sufficient strength, were caught off guard and dragged into the vortex. They managed only a single brief scream before vanishing into that incomparably profound darkness like stones sinking into the sea.

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