At the Hoshigakure Hospital.
Looking around, Seiki felt a bit surprised.
Other facilities in Hoshigakure lagged far behind Konoha, yet the hospital was relatively close in standard.
As if reading Seiki's thoughts, Natsuhoshi voluntarily explained, "Because there are so many villagers suffering from illnesses, the village has invested the most in medical facilities."
Letting out a heavy sigh, Seiki encouraged, "Don't worry, I will definitely cure you all!"
Natsuhoshi's eyes sparkled with gratitude. "Thank you!"
Entering the ward specially arranged for him, Seiki sat down and said decisively, "Let's begin now!"
Natsuhoshi sat across from Seiki and nervously asked, "Is there anything I should do now?"
"Just relax," Seiki replied. "Clear your mind!"
With his soul abilities, even the most precise instruments couldn't match his perception.
In his eyes, any illness would be clearly revealed!
Natsuhoshi obediently closed her eyes, her lashes fluttering slightly as a gentle smile formed on her lips, looking like a delicate flower about to bloom.
However, Seiki wasn't admiring the beauty before him. Instead, he frowned in deep thought.
"What kind of power is this, hidden deep inside her body? Even I feel a faint sense of caution toward it!"
Compared to eight years ago, his power had increased dramatically!
Back then, he couldn't detect its origin, but now, with a single sweep of his soul, he had already discovered the root cause.
The problem was—this root cause was actually giving him trouble even now!
"At first, I assumed the illnesses among Hoshigakure ninja were caused by radiation from the radioactive meteorite, or perhaps infections from fragments of the Ten-Tails. But now it seems it's not that simple!"
"With my current strength, even the Ten-Tails itself wouldn't easily make me feel wary, let alone just a fragment of it!"
After a moment of contemplation, Seiki called out toward the door, "Come in, two more people."
Soon, two Hoshigakure ninja entered.
Although puzzled, Natsuhoshi didn't ask anything since Seiki hadn't called for her.
"Lord Seiki, we…"
"Just sit down and clear your minds."
Seiki did the same as before, scanning their bodies with his soul perception.
"Just like Natsuhoshi… this same energy exists inside them too! So this isn't an isolated case!"
Seiki rubbed his chin, thinking to himself, "Actually, thinking about it makes sense. If it were radiation, the ordinary villagers nearby should have been affected too. Yet the reality is that only those who've trained in Star Chakra are suffering from these illnesses."
"As for Ten-Tails fragments, even chakra from regular Bijuu is wild and uncontrollable. The conscious will contained within Ten-Tails chakra would be even more violently intense—it should be unimaginably fierce. But in reality, the Star Chakra in their hands is incredibly obedient. It can even morph into various forms!"
"What's more, there's the physical activation of Star Chakra! That hidden power continuously activates their bodies, driving them toward a transformation of some kind!"
"A weak body with poor adaptability collapsed right at the beginning of the transformation. Even someone like Natsuhoshi, who had reached an extremely high level in cultivating the Peacock Mystical Technique, could only adapt to a small portion—barely surviving a dozen or so years more than an ordinary ninja!"
"This method of gradually altering the body sounds somewhat like genetic infection, but this genetic factor seems overly dominant!"
The room and the area outside fell into an eerie silence, as no one dared interrupt his thoughts.
After a moment of silence, Seiki stood up.
"Troublesome. Please take me to see the meteorite. It seems I underestimated its influence."
Upon hearing Seiki's words, many people felt a chill in their hearts.
If even Lord Seiki said something like that, did that mean there was no hope left for them?
Natsuhoshi also felt a surge of alarm, but he pushed it down and stood up, saying, "Please follow me."
All the way, Natsuhoshi looked deeply worried, hesitating several times as if wanting to speak but holding back. Only when they were nearly at the shrine did he finally ask, "Seiki, our... our illness, can it still be cured?"
Seiki shook his head slightly. "I can only remove the source causing your illness, stopping it from worsening. However, the damage already done cannot be undone. You can only replenish some lost vitality with Greer Crystals."
"Huh! That's already good enough." Natsuhoshi replied with a relieved sigh after listening to Seiki's explanation. Then he asked, "Was it really caused by the meteorite?"
"Not certain yet, but most likely it is."
As they spoke, the two walked into the shrine.
In the center of the shrine sat a meteorite full of holes, wrapped in purple Chakra, placed on a pedestal.
"This is the Star?"
After a moment's contemplation, Seiki created a wooden clone and sent it closer to the meteorite.
Seeing how seriously Seiki was taking this, Natsuhoshi once again heightened his vigilance toward the Star.
Seiki's wooden clone placed his right hand on the surface of the Star, sensing the power within it.
The Chakra surrounding the Star remained unaffected and showed no reaction to Seiki's arrival.
"As long as one doesn't actively absorb the Star's Chakra into their body, there shouldn't be any problem. Seems I was overcautious."
Thinking this, Seiki stepped forward and personally began experiencing the Star's Chakra.
"The nature of this power is identical to what's inside Natsuhoshi and the others, but much more complete!"
"This feeling is like copying a data file, but due to insufficient memory, the copy crashes after only part of it is transferred. No wonder the ninja of Hoshigakure can hardly learn any ninjutsu other than the Peacock Mystical Technique—it's like their memory's already full!"
...
Almost the moment Seiki stepped into the shrine, in a certain extradimensional space,
a monk dressed in flowing white robes, bearing a diamond-shaped mark on his chin, suddenly opened his eyes.
He lightly tapped his index finger in midair. In the next instant, an image showing the scene inside the shrine—Seiki and Natsuhoshi standing before the Star—appeared before him.
Looking at the diamond-shaped mark on Seiki's forehead, the monk instinctively touched the identical mark on his own chin and softly chuckled.
"I never expected that there would still be people practicing [Nouin] cultivation in this era. It must have been passed down by Kaguya herself when she was selecting backup 'vessels'..."
"Ordinary humans are fundamentally incapable of adapting to our mighty power. But those who cultivate [Nouin] store unused Chakra within their bodies, gradually expanding their meridians to eventually create a 'vessel' barely capable of containing our power!"
The Monk continued, shaking his head, "Unfortunately, this method rarely succeeds. Trying to turn a stream into an ocean—the frail bodies of these inferior creatures simply can't handle it. We'll just have to keep searching for better candidates..." He suddenly gasped. "What? How is this possible!"
He turned toward where the Monk was staring, and Seiki placed his right hand on the meteorite's surface.
Through the Sensor transmitted via the meteorite, he sensed an incredibly powerful and immense life force.
"A human possessing such an extraordinary physique, who also cultivates [Nouin], making himself compatible with my Chakra! If it's him, he might actually become the perfect 'vessel' capable of containing my power!"
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