A last will?
This was a will!
Veigar's words startled Fukasaku and Shima, who exchanged bewildered glances.
Shima looked at Veigar with great concern and asked:
"Veigar, have you encountered something?"
"Why are you leaving a will?"
Fukasaku, beside Shima, also looked at Veigar with immense worry, wanting to know why Veigar was leaving a will.
Veigar shook his head, offering no further explanation, just stating casually:
"I'm about to do something very dangerous."
"If something truly happens to me, please make sure to deliver the white envelope to Orochimaru-sama."
Fukasaku, realizing he wouldn't get more details from Veigar, took a deep breath and advised:
"If it's dangerous, can you not go?"
Veigar shook his head again, pleading:
"I'm counting on you two for this."
Shima, still wanting to persuade Veigar, was stopped by Fukasaku. He solemnly put away the two letters and said:
"Understood!"
"Go ahead and do it!"
With Fukasaku's promise, and having left himself an escape route, Veigar looked up, revealing a charming smile, and said:
"Thank you."
That night, Veigar sat alone by the window, gazing entranced at the full moon above Mount Myōboku.
In another room, Fukasaku and Shima also tossed and turned, their hearts filled with worry for Veigar.
"Old man, you think..."
As the rising sun appeared on the eastern horizon, Veigar, who had spent a sleepless night, ate the breakfast prepared by Shima, then slung Samehada, which had been in the room for three years, onto his back.
"I'm going out to train!"
With a smile, Veigar earnestly told Fukasaku and Shima.
A simple, everyday sentence, yet to the two Sages, it sounded like a final farewell.
"Veigar..."
Shima tried to follow Veigar's retreating figure but was held back by Fukasaku.
Seeing Fukasaku shake his head, Shima understood at once.
Perhaps, this was the unspoken understanding between men.
Though, Fukasaku was a toad, and quite old at that...
Under the blazing sun, Veigar closed his eyes, feeling the warm, gentle rays.
The next second, Veigar, sitting cross-legged on the ground, opened his eyes and glanced at Samehada, which was stuck upright in the ground before him.
Sage Mode, Activate!
In an instant, Veigar activated Sage Mode, a look of extreme gravity appearing on his face.
This time, Veigar couldn't afford to lose.
To lose meant death, plummeting into an abyss.
Body Enhancement Technique.
The Senjutsu Chakra within Veigar, like water permeating everything, seeped into every cell of his body.
Then came the hand seals.
Snake—Boar—Ram—Hare—Dog—Rat—Bird—Horse—Snake.
A total of nine hand seals, which Veigar performed with the utmost seriousness, as if he were just learning them. The nine seals took Veigar five seconds.
Finally, he brought his palms together.
"Reaper Death Seal!"
Veigar let out a silent roar in his mind. Having completed the hand seals for the Reaper Death Seal, Veigar had at this moment made a pact with the Shinigami.
No one would have expected Veigar to use this sealing jutsu, which guaranteed the user's death, at this time.
It was at this moment that a phantom of the Shinigami, visible only to the caster, appeared behind Veigar, biting a Shinigami Blade in its mouth.
This was also why Veigar had left a will.
For the last Phenomenal Evil Power fragment within him, Veigar intended to fuse not just one ninjutsu, but multiple.
Sage Mode, Body Enhancement Technique, and the Reaper Death Seal were all ninjutsu he intended to fuse.
But that wasn't all.
...
When the Shinigami's phantom appeared behind Veigar, Fukasaku and Shima, observing Veigar from a distance, immediately felt an immense danger.
They sensed that something existed in the void behind Veigar.
"Old man..."
Sage Mode, Activate!
Shima was about to ask Fukasaku if he felt the same, but Fukasaku's actions answered her.
Sage Mode, Activate!
Shima said no more and likewise activated Sage Mode.
However, even with Sage Mode active, they still couldn't see the Shinigami behind Veigar.
...
Mount Myōboku, one of the three great sacred lands of the summoning world. In its central great hall, the Great Toad Sage, patriarch of the toad clan, awoke from his slumber at this moment.
"The devil has descended!"
"Born in Mount Myōboku."
The Great Toad Sage, the ancient ancestor of the toad clan, usually in a state of slumber, was in fact, making prophecies.
His words, low and tinged with fear, escaped his lips. One could only wonder what he had seen in his dream!
With eyes like burning coals, the Great Toad Sage's gaze seemed to pierce through layers of void, seeing Veigar, who had used the Reaper Death Seal.
"The future of the world, the trajectory of destiny has changed."
The Great Toad Sage, who had been in slumber for countless years and usually returned to sleep soon after waking and delivering a prophecy, this time did not fall into slumber after his prediction.
Instead, he remained still, as if waiting for something.
...
It wasn't over, it wasn't over, it wasn't over yet...
Veigar, who had already used the ninjutsu, still hadn't commanded the Phenomenal Evil Power fragment to begin fusing the ninjutsu on his body.
Instead, he continued...
Spirit Transformation Jutsu.
Forming hand seals again, Veigar gently closed his eyes.
The next second, Veigar's soul rose from his body.
"Is this the Shinigami?"
Soul-Veigar looked back at the Shinigami connected to him, his face utterly composed and calm.
At worst, he'd die. He wasn't afraid.
Soul-Veigar walked up to Samehada.
"Samehada, you've devoured my chakra for three years. It's time for you to repay me."
As Soul-Veigar spoke these words, Samehada, which had been stuck upright in the ground, seemed to sense danger.
The bandages wrapped around it instantly unraveled, revealing its true form to Veigar at that moment, its sharp spikes embedded in the ground, supporting it as it stood.
"Screeech..."
An incredibly grating sound escaped Samehada, a mix of fear and rage.
Samehada, sensing danger but not knowing its source, desperately wanted to escape.
It desperately wanted to escape!
But...
"Seal!"
The Shinigami phantom behind Soul-Veigar, at a mere thought from Veigar, extended its soul-capturing hand from Soul-Veigar's abdomen and snatched at Samehada.
At this moment, Samehada's grating cry abruptly ceased. It was utterly powerless to resist. Even with the chakra stored within it violently erupting, it couldn't withstand the Shinigami's grasp.
Whoosh!
Cough!
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TN: This fanfic has been fully translated and is available on my Patreon —— patreon(.)com/PrimalDemon [remove the parentheses ( )]