"Roar! Roar!"
Satori, who had slowly come back to its senses, saw that it was about to be sealed and naturally could not accept such an outcome.
But because it was bound by the Adamantine Sealing Chains, the chakra inside its body was now completely out of its control.
All it could do was roar in anger, trying to break free of the chains by flapping its wings and rolling its body.
The golden chains wrapped around it also swayed along with its movements, but the sealing process was not affected in the slightest.
This was the Adamantine Sealing Chains that even the Nine-Tails could not break free from. How could a mere Satori possibly escape?
Even among the tailed beasts, Satori's overall strength could only be considered average.
If you set aside its malice-sensing ability, its raw combat power was probably not much different from the One-Tail's.
The boost it gave Sasuke was not particularly large. At most, it was just a small portable power bank.
But the malice-sensing ability itself was indeed quite good. By reading the fear emotions in an opponent's heart, it could achieve an effect similar to mind reading, allowing it to evade all physical and ninjutsu attacks in advance.
If Sasuke could master this ability through Satori, the benefits would definitely be significant.
What's more, Satori's essence was still an aggregate of energy formed through human desires and negative emotions made manifest.
If Sasuke could control this power, then perhaps the Uchiha clan would gain a stable method for awakening the Mangekyo Sharingan in the future.
Of course, Uchiha members without the necessary aptitude would still be unable to awaken it no matter how intense their negative emotions were.
They would even be very prone to developing bloodline illnesses.
But overall, whether for Sasuke or for the Uchiha clan, Satori's existence was a considerable enhancement.
Otherwise, Aoba wouldn't have gone to all this trouble.
The sealing soon entered its final stage.
And as the seal was completed, a sealing formula extremely similar to Naruto's appeared on Sasuke's exposed lower abdomen.
This was the Eight Trigrams Seal that Aoba had learned from Kushina.
Simply put, it was created by stacking two Four Symbols Seals together, producing multiple layers of chakra filtration. As long as it was not destroyed, Sasuke could automatically absorb and use the chakra leaked by Satori, while also avoiding being affected by Satori's negative emotions.
Now Sasuke and Naruto basically had the same configuration.
"Mui."
After finishing the seal on Sasuke, Aoba turned to look at the somewhat dazed Mui, "You should have your answer now, right?"
Mui froze for a moment, then quickly understood what he meant. His tears had already dried up, and he could only give a bitter smile, "I won't indulge in those fantasies anymore. From now on, I'll focus on being a good warden of Hozuki Castle and work wholeheartedly for Konoha."
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Why did Aoba feel like this rhetoric sounded so familiar? It really felt like he'd turned into a heartless boss.
But he had, after all, saved the man's life.
"Mm. Work hard from now on. Bread will come. As for you…"
Aoba looked at Ryuzetsu again and fell into thought.
Ryuzetsu grew a little nervous as well. Last time, she'd already had quite a bit of blood drawn, along with chakra.
It wasn't going to be that the blood supply was still insufficient and he planned to use her as a blood bag again, was it?
"You now have an opportunity to become the leader of the Grass Ninja Village," Aoba said calmly.
"Huh?", Ryuzetsu looked completely confused.
Aoba did not stay long in the Land of Grass.
After resealing the Box of Ultimate Bliss, he took everyone back.
Mui returned to Hozuki Castle, while Ryuzetsu was handed over to Nara Shikaku.
Most affairs within the Land of Grass were currently being handled by Nara Shikaku anyway. It was perfect to have Ryuzetsu follow him and learn for a while, and at the same time receive a baptism of the Will of Fire.
If she passed the Will of Fire test, then she could naturally become the leader of the Grass Ninja Village. If not, then they would just train someone else.
The effort to integrate the shinobi world had only just begun, and Konoha was already starting to lack talent.
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[Konoha Hospital]
"Hm? A strange ceiling?", Sasuke woke up from unconsciousness, opened his eyes, and when he saw the unfamiliar ceiling, he couldn't help but pause slightly. A bit confused.
'Wasn't I wishing in front of that strange box to awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan?'
He couldn't remember much of what happened after that.
He only vaguely remembered that he seemed to have said a lot of arrogant things, and then got beaten pretty badly.
Just thinking about it made him feel like his back was already starting to ache in phantom pain.
"Sasuke!"
While he was still recalling his experience, a head of blond hair appeared in his field of vision. Azure eyes, as clear as the sky.
"Why are you here?"
After a brief moment of blankness, Sasuke frowned and pushed Naruto's head away a little. He was too close.
Naruto examined Sasuke's eyes for a while. After not finding anything special, he sat back down on the chair.
Then he explained why he was there.
"Didn't you say you were going to awaken that Mangekyo thing today? I wanted to take a look too, but I couldn't find you. I went to ask Aoba and found out you'd been admitted to the hospital, so I came over."
"Oh yeah, why did you suddenly pass out and end up in the hospital?", Naruto asked in confusion at the end.
"Mangekyo Sharingan?", Sasuke didn't hear his question at all. It was only then that he realized he really had awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan.
His whole body trembled, and almost instinctively, he activated the Sharingan. Three tomoe appeared, then the tomoe began to rotate, forming an entirely new pattern.
"Whoa? So this is that Mangekyo thing? It looks really cool!"
Naruto couldn't help but exclaim as he watched the change in Sasuke's eyes.
'It really does look cool.'
The corners of Sasuke's mouth curled up slightly, but he ignored Naruto. Because at the moment the Mangekyo Sharingan activated, the dojutsu unique to these eyes appeared in his mind.
That overwhelming sense of power made Sasuke's body tremble, his smile widening uncontrollably, until he finally couldn't help but press a hand to his forehead and laugh out loud again.
"Hahahahaha! With this power, I can defeat even Aoba!"
"Then why are you lying in the hospital while Aoba is working in the Hokage Building?", Naruto felt like he had already guessed why Sasuke was in the hospital.
It had to be that Sasuke, who had just awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan, got carried away again and challenged Aoba.
And then got thoroughly beaten up by him.
"Hahaha—Gah!"
Sasuke's laughter came to an abrupt stop. He glared at Naruto with irritation, "That's because I lost my rationality at the time and didn't use the true power of the Mangekyo Sharingan at all!"
Although in his fragmented memories he had been getting beaten the whole time, that was because he had been fighting purely on instinct back then.
If he had used the third power of the Mangekyo at that time, Aoba absolutely would not have been able to break through his defense.
"So are you going to challenge Aoba again later?", Naruto asked, one hand resting behind his head.
"Of course! Hm?"
Sasuke looked confident, but soon his expression changed slightly, "What's going on?"
'Why does my lower abdomen suddenly feel overly full, like something is about to flow out along my meridians?'
Puzzled, he undid his clothes and then saw the Eight Trigrams Seal.
"What is this?"
"Huh? Sasuke, when did you get this too?"
Before he could investigate what it was, Naruto beside him had already started shouting like he'd discovered a treasure.
"What?"
Sasuke looked at Naruto in confusion and saw that at some point, Naruto had also lifted his clothes, revealing his own Eight Trigrams Seal.
His brain froze for a moment.
"Hm? It feels like it's a little different?"
Naruto compared his own with Sasuke's and found that some parts really were a bit different.
He wanted to check more carefully.
"Sasuke, let me take a look!"
"Huh?"
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