Chapter 244: As Long As I Can Reach That Place
"Recite the cultivation method and hand seals of the Heavenly Transfer Technique, and I'll let you go."
Shiromo looked at the gigantic planetary-level chest kneeling before him, the corner of his mouth twitching slightly.
As expected…
Some things were not better simply because they were bigger.
This already looked somewhat… grotesque.
"Ah?"
[Mabui] opened her eyes in confusion.
In the spectator stands, Yugito and Samui, who had been watching with amusement, suddenly froze.
Shiromo was asking Mabui of the Limited Tsukuyomi world for the Heavenly Transfer Technique.
If this [Mabui] handed it over…
Would the technique be real?
Or fake?
Clearly, this was precisely the experiment Shiromo wanted to conduct.
"That's impossible. We've seen Mabui use the Heavenly Transfer Technique. Even if someone knows the hand seals, they wouldn't know the actual cultivation method."
"This illusionary world cannot know something even we ourselves don't know."
Yugito immediately shook her head, rejecting the thought.
Naturally, Shiromo already knew Yugito wouldn't know the full training method.
Even if she was one of the Limited Tsukuyomi's core anchors.
What Shiromo wanted to determine was something else entirely.
As a world automatically simulating reality…
Did the Limited Tsukuyomi world possess an automatic correction mechanism?
After transferring the Nine-Tails from illusion into reality and sealing it into the Gedo Statue, Uchiha Hikari had pointed out a detail.
The sensation of materializing Tailed Beast chakra remained the same.
Yet after materialization…
There was no noticeable change.
It felt completely different from the first experiment—when Kakashi brought back Rin's fragment.
The difference lay here:
One was ordinary Tsukuyomi—a world manually constructed by Uchiha Hikari.
The other was Limited Tsukuyomi—with only three core anchors, everything else generated automatically.
Under controlled variables, suspicion naturally arose.
Because two of the anchors were jinchūriki, Tailed Beast chakra in the Limited Tsukuyomi world already possessed authentic characteristics.
Thus, materialization required no further "reality correction," unlike Rin's fragment.
If that was the case…
What about ninjutsu?
Or more precisely…
Knowledge and memory?
Yugito had undoubtedly witnessed Heavenly Transfer before.
She knew the hand seals.
Could the missing cultivation method be automatically corrected?
If so…
Then things became very interesting.
Limited Tsukuyomi might hold far greater applications.
The only question now was whether Mabui would cooperate.
If she chose death over compliance…
There would be little Shiromo could do.
However…
"I'll talk! I'll talk! I'll tell you everything!"
[Mabui] hurriedly agreed.
No surprise there.
In a world where even [Raikage A] abandoned his brother, his comrades, and fled for his life…
How firm could anyone else's will truly be?
At present, the most unbreakable will in this Limited Tsukuyomi world still belonged to that [Hyūga Neji] who, even after being pierced through and blinded, continued peeping into bathhouses.
"According to archaeological intelligence records, the dark-skinned people of the Kumogakure Village are actually descendants of the Eight-Tails Gyūki and humans."
"The Eight-Tails produces black ink, which stained humans over generations."
[Konan] walked over.
"…Why are you here? Weren't you supposed to stay with Hikari? And maybe save the history lecture for later."
Shiromo sighed.
Fortunately, Mabui's survival instinct was overwhelming.
After Konan fell silent, Mabui rapidly explained the Heavenly Transfer cultivation method in exhaustive detail.
As if the person who had just been kneeling in resignation moments ago had been someone else entirely.
After memorizing everything, Shiromo asked: "Then why didn't you surrender earlier? Unless the method you gave me is fake, and you were hoping I'd kill myself practicing it?"
"No! No!"
[Mabui] panicked.
"I… I'm afraid of pain. I just wanted a quick death."
"Afraid of pain? What kind of bizarre reason is that? You're a ninja, how can you be afraid of pain?"
Shiromo had spoken casually, yet the answer genuinely surprised him.
"It's true! Yugito and Killerdio are also afraid of pain!"
[Mabui] frantically explained.
'I must survive.'
"Jinchūriki afraid of pain?"
"Before fully mastering Tailed Beast chakra, what happens when it leaks out?"
"And during chakra extraction?"
"They're afraid of pain?"
Shiromo looked unconvinced.
"It feels very comfortable."
"…?"
"It's true! Yugito told me that when Tailed Beast chakra overflowed, she felt extremely comfortable—like receiving an oil massage!"
"And the previous Eight-Tails jinchūriki even offended Raikage-sama during extraction, forcing him to go wash his face!"
"…What kind of ridiculous setting is this now…"
Shiromo glanced into the distance.
Thankfully, Uchiha Hikari already despised jinchūriki.
Each chakra extraction had been conducted wirelessly, without physical contact.
Keeping a considerable distance.
Speaking of Hikari…
Shiromo finally understood why Konan had walked over.
After witnessing Mabui's desperate surrender, Darui and C had also removed their defenses and prostrated themselves.
The Kumogakure Village had instantly transformed from disciplined elites into complete pushovers.
"Shine my shoes. I want to check your credentials."
"Stay here."
Shiromo left those words behind and walked toward Hikari.
Hikari had already absorbed the entirety of the Eight-Tails chakra and was transmitting it into reality.
What surprised everyone was that Killerdio was still barely alive.
"That vitality is absurd. Even stronger than Uzumaki Menma."
"Could it be that the Uzumaki clan in this world are actually frail?"
"My lord, it was the Eight-Tails!"
[Darui] ruthlessly sold out his comrade.
"Before extraction, the Eight-Tails filled Killerdio's body with ink. The ink's life force kept him alive!"
"Yes, that's correct."
[C] eagerly joined in.
"The previous Eight-Tails jinchūriki, Burudio, survived extraction because Gyūki left large quantities of ink inside his body."
"If not for Bluedio and the Third Raikage pushing things too far, resulting in liver… er… intestinal rupture…"
"He would still be alive today."
Shiromo stared blankly.
Unbelievable.
One named "Kill Drop." (Killdiao)
One named "Leave None Drop." (Bluediao)
Were Eight-Tails jinchūriki all doomed to tragic irony?
Meanwhile…
Killerdio ignored everything.
Seizing the moment when everyone's attention drifted, he began crawling painfully across the ground.
Slowly.
Desperately.
As long as he could reach that place.
As long as he could reach [Mabui].
The Heavenly Transfer Technique would save him.
Not only would his injuries be restored…
He could escape this nightmare entirely.
(End of this chapter)