Chapter 172: Naruto's Mangekyo Sharingan
Born with Satori, moving with Satori, ending with Satori.
Satori is attached to the box of bliss.
And the box of bliss is a ninja tool of the Six Paths Sage, arguably the sturdiest thing in the world.
In the original work, even the Prince's Sage Modecould do nothing against it.
But the appearance of Satori must be accompanied by a wish.
Because only a wish will open the box of bliss.
Usually, it stays inside the box, absorbing the power of emotions.
In a sense, it should be the ultimate manifestation of Yin Release.
The so-called wish is more like the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
If Naruto wished to it to resurrect the Six Paths Sage, it would absolutely not happen.
It would only produce a bootleg version of the Six Paths Sage and then start a slaughter across the world.
In other words, its power cannot compare to the Six Paths Sage.
With Naruto and Kurama's Chakra, who else could compare besides a few people like the Six Paths Sage and Senju Hashirama?
So, under the consumption of his Chakra, the box of bliss began to impact violently.
If anyone could see the situation inside the box, they would find a monster with hands, feet, and wings, but whose body looked like a black coal ball, kneeling on one knee, its hands and head constantly colliding with the walls of the box.
100% Certainty of Catching a Blade with Bare Hands.
It means that no matter where you are, you will be forced to come.
But what if the person affected is in a space that cannot be opened?
It would be just like Satori.
And this force was ridiculously large.
Satori felt like it was being hit repeatedly by ten million dump trucks.
Its body was crushed into mush and then reconstituted.
Although it indeed had an immortal body, that didn't mean it didn't feel pain.
Worst of all, the box of bliss was almost indestructible.
This meant its pain was eternal.
Satori itself possessed a certain level of intelligence, plus it couldn't figure out the current situation.
Facing endless pain, for the first time in a thousand years, it actually sensed its own fear.
This feeling was quite uncomfortable.
But it couldn't get out.
Because a wish must be made.
After crashing for a few minutes, it suddenly had an idea.
It would make a wish itself.
This was the only way.
Although it had never done such a thing before and didn't know what would happen, it couldn't take it anymore!
"box of bliss, I wish to be let out."
Naruto, outside, was suddenly stunned.
Because he noticed the box of bliss was slowly opening.
"This is impossible!"
If anyone was the most shocked, it was Mui.
As a box guardian who had guarded the box of bliss for generations, he was seeing this for the first time.
It overturned his understanding.
Because opening the box of bliss required three things: first, a massive amount of Chakra; second, a specific opening ritual; and third, a wish.
But in the current situation, not a single one was met.
Mui looked at Naruto, recalling his actions just now, and then thought of his own encounter.
Is this freaking Ninjutsu?!
Truly a case of looking at the sky with one's rear—having eyes but being blind.
The gates of the box of bliss opened completely.
The hideous Satori immediately flew out, kneeling on one knee with its hands pressed together.
Naruto immediately jumped up.
Satori's palms were too large, directly covering his body.
After dodging, he simply stood on its palm.
Just when he thought it was over, the box of blisstrembled violently again.
Countless plumes of black smoke billowed out.
Naruto was a bit confused.
Not to mention Mui and Ryuzetsu.
They had no idea there was such a monster inside.
After all, the legends from before were from too long ago.
More and more black smoke appeared, eventually condensing into the shape of Satori.
Just as it was born and couldn't help but howl at the sky, its body suddenly took flight and knelt before Naruto, also with its hands pressed together.
But there was no sword.
For a moment, the scene was extremely eerie.
Mui and Ryuzetsu looked at each other, both seeing fear in their eyes.
They subconsciously backed away, distancing themselves from Naruto.
Although Satori looked terrifying because of its massive size, in their eyes, Naruto was even more terrifying.
"You're Satori too?"
Naruto scratched his head, "How can there be two Satoris? The original work didn't say anything about this."
He suddenly remembered what a certain literary master said: he had realized it.
Before me are two Satoris; one Satori is Satori, and the other Satori is also Satori.
Cough, cough.
According to the settings of the box of bliss, after the user makes a wish, Satori will appear.
If the wish is to resurrect someone, Satori will merge with them.
If not, it will merge with the user.
But what if the user is Satori itself?
So that means... Naruto raised an eyebrow, pulled out Enma, and stepped back.
The two Satoris immediately began to brawl.
Because they wanted to merge.
But they couldn't merge because they both had immortal bodies, so they would fight until the end of time.
Naruto stroked his chin.
I guess this counts as cracking the box of bliss?
"What's the situation now?"
Ryuzetsu's voice trembled as she looked at Mui.
The scene had caused her brain to stop thinking, to the point where she even forgot her hatred for Mui.
"I don't know either."
Mui shook his head, looking equally bewildered.
He didn't understand why two monsters had appeared and why they were fighting to the death.
But regardless, the box of bliss had opened.
He avoided the two monsters and rushed straight for the gates.
But before he could get close, his body suddenly froze.
Endless emotions enveloped him.
Fear, joy, delight, and so on.
Naruto quickly pulled him back.
Once out of range, Mui looked back with lingering fear.
But then thinking that his son Muku had actually stayed here for so many years, his heart felt like it was being pierced by a knife.
"Let me go!"
Mui broke free from Naruto's Chakra.
"Idiot!"
Naruto couldn't help but curse, "What's the rush?"
"I..."
Mui didn't dare talk back.
"Muku, catch the blade."
Naruto raised Enma and swung down.
A moment later, a young man with closed eyes flew over and knelt before him.
According to the setting of 100% Certainty of Catching a Blade with Bare Hands.
As long as the person wasn't dead, even if they were unconscious or severely injured, they would involuntarily come out.
"That works too?"
Mui blurted out as he looked at his unconscious son.
He was a step too slow, and Muku was caught by Ryuzetsu.
"Ryuzetsu, save him first."
Mui suppressed the excitement in his heart and said quickly.
Ryuzetsu was a medical Ninja, and she also possessed a very special Bloodline Limit.
Dragon Life Reincarnation, a technique that shares one's life with others.
Of course, the price was also quite severe.
Naruto ignored the two of them and slowly approached the box of bliss.
Gradually, he felt a chill.
He woke Kurama in the Sealing Space and ran inside himself.
Various emotions enveloped him.
Laughing one moment, crying the next, and feeling afraid the moment after.
Kurama was left stunned.
"What are you doing?" it asked.
But Naruto didn't answer.
Kurama dithered for a moment and then yelled, "Brat! Don't cause trouble!"
It pulled Naruto into the Sealing Space.
"Brat..."
Kurama saw a Naruto it had never seen before.
His body was shaking, and his pupils were constricted; clearly, his mental state was no longer normal.
Its heart tightened.
If something happened to him, where would it find a second Naruto?
Kurama extended its Chakra, breaking through the seal gates to touch him.
An extremely frigid aura surged up.
It couldn't help but shudder.
It was as if it were frozen by a thousand years of cold.
The box of bliss was a claustrophobic space with no light.
Once a human stayed there for a long time, they would undoubtedly break down.
Kurama felt that Naruto's current state was as if he had stopped thinking.
Because in a state of absolute darkness, time would be stretched infinitely.
If he didn't wake up, he might become a vegetable.
Thinking of this, Kurama got anxious!
"Brat, aren't you usually pretty capable? What's going on now!"
Its nine tails flew around wildly.
If Naruto became a vegetable, it would truly be locked in a dark room forever.
And most importantly, it didn't want to change Jinchuriki.
After all these years, it had finally found a guy it could stand.
Kurama began to output frantically.
"Brat! You damn...! Are you really this weak!"
"Bastard! Mere emotions, wake up for this old man!"
"..."
"Brat, if you die, this old man will be very bored."
Kurama's voice grew weaker and weaker.
It was jumping up and down in anxiety.
"This old man was locked up for over a thousand years and never ended up like you! Wait!"
Kurama immediately had an idea and flooded Naruto's body with Chakra.
A golden coat surfaced on him.
Nine-Tails Chakra Mode.
The next second, it broke through again.
Kurama Mode!
In the original work, it wasn't until the fight with Obito, when Kurama was moved by Naruto and they understood each other, that the Jinchuriki and Tailed Beast merged into one, and the final version of the perfect Jinchuriki, Kurama Mode, appeared.
As Kurama predicted, the emotions Naruto felt were shared with it.
It shivered.
Damn!
That's quite a kick.
But fortunately, it had plenty of experience being locked in dark rooms, plus these were human emotions, and it was a Tailed Beast, a collection of Chakra.
It was also the Yang Nine-Tails.
Emotions belonged to Yin Release.
The two canceled each other out.
So Kurama felt okay.
Outside, Mui and Ryuzetsu, who were treating Muku, looked at Naruto in shock.
A brilliant golden light.
Chakra that surpassed cognition.
"Is he really human?"
Ryuzetsu asked subconsciously.
She had never seen such massive Chakra.
"A Tailed Beast... he's a Jinchuriki!"
Mui blurted out.
But he immediately felt regret.
There were only nine Jinchuriki in the entire Ninja World, but no matter who it was, this was a huge secret.
He felt like his life might be in danger.
Naruto slowly opened his eyes.
A scarlet light replaced his original color.
Black triangular shield blades spun in his eyes.
"Thank you, Kurama."
Naruto thanked him sincerely.
He had been a bit too arrogant this time.
He had wanted to use the box of bliss to awaken his Sharingan, but he hadn't expected it to be so terrifying; if not for Kurama, he might have had a big problem.
"Mangekyo Sharingan?!"
Kurama was triumphantly preparing to accept his thanks and mock him a bit, but then it suddenly saw his eyes.
"You really aren't Minato's biological son!"
Its first reaction was to blurt that out.
"..."
Naruto's mouth twitched.
Your imagination is truly ridiculous.
Directly cuckolding Minato.
"It's because I exchanged Dōjutsu Power with Sasuke," Naruto explained.
"But this is just too heaven-defying."
Kurama still found it hard to understand.
Just exchanged Dōjutsu Power could open the Mangekyo Sharingan?
The Uchiha Clan members might as well find a piece of tofu to kill themselves with to avoid further embarrassment.
"It's a bit complicated, but it's a good thing."
Naruto smiled, sizing up Kurama.
Should I try out the Mangekyo Sharingan?
Don't come over here!
Kurama sensed the malice and took a step back in fright: "This old man just saved you! Don't mess around!"
"What are you talking about?"
Naruto waved his hand. "I'm not that kind of person."
"..."
Kurama really wanted to say, 'Do you think this old man's malice sensing is a fake?'
But on second thought, it decided to let it go; it really couldn't beat Naruto right now.
The Mangekyo Sharingan was its natural counter.
"Huh, Kurama, I think I can sense your malice."
Naruto was suddenly taken aback.
He had just felt a trace of malice coming from Kurama.
But it was very faint.
It was probably because Kurama had just been complaining about him in its heart.
If Naruto remembered correctly, a Nine-Tails Jinchuriki did indeed have this ability.
But he hadn't had it before, which made him think something was wrong.
Now that he finally had it, combined with Kagura Minds Eye, he felt invincible.
"Making a fuss over nothing."
Kurama said disdainfully, "Be grateful to this old man, otherwise, how could you have obtained such a sensing ability?"
It had just shared a heart-to-heart connection with Naruto.
"Alright, thank you, Big Fox."
Naruto smiled and said.
"Perfunctory."
Kurama couldn't help but complain.
But it didn't really care.
"What abilities does your Mangekyo Sharinganhave?"
Kurama was somewhat curious.
Aside from the Uchiha, it was the person—no, the beast—who understood the Mangekyo Sharinganbest.
After all, it had experienced it firsthand.
"Let me take a look."
Naruto was also curious.
He hadn't checked it before.
The Mangekyo Sharingan is a reflection of the heart, awakening abilities based on the situation when the eyes are opened.
The problem was that Naruto hadn't been thinking about anything just now; he was just overwhelmed by various emotions.
Plus, he didn't seem to have any particularly strong desires himself.
"Interesting."
Naruto received the information in his mind and couldn't help but smile.
Both abilities were quite useful.
"Everything that is born must have an end. Even a so-called immortal body has a means to end. Nothing can last forever. This is materialism; the essence of the world is material, matter determines consciousness, and when matter is destroyed, it signifies the end of everything."
Naruto spoke a rather philosophical sentence.
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Kurama's head was buzzing. "Speak human!"
"Simply put, my left eye's ability is to see the lines or points of death appearing on a target. As long as I hit them, I can kill the target, and the damage is permanent and irreversible," Naruto explained with a smile.
In other words, relying on Medical Ninjutsu or abnormal physical recovery would be useless.
For example, Senju Hashirama's Sage Body or Tsunade's medical forbidden techniques.
Kurama thought for a moment and asked, "Isn't this ability just weakness detection? But it's not very useful for you. With your current strength, how many people in the Ninja World can beat you? Do you really need this?"
Under normal circumstances, that was true.
Weakness detection is more suitable for the weak to defeat the strong.
With Naruto's Kurama Mode plus Sage Mode, he didn't need to see any weaknesses at all.
One Rasengan, and everything would be gone anyway.
But there are always exceptions to every rule.
For example, Satori outside; he couldn't be killed unless the box of bliss was destroyed.
"Kurama, you're defaulting to the target being just a person."
"You mean...?" Kurama was startled. What if the target wasn't human?
"Exactly. Targets include everything; even conceptual things can manifest death lines."
Naruto looked at it and said, "Ordinary Ninjas cannot kill a Tailed Beast. Even if some weaker Tailed Beasts die accidentally, they can be reborn. But my eyes can prevent them from ever being reborn again."
Kurama's body trembled.
Holy crap!
It slightly regretted saving Naruto.
Anyone would have to kneel before this ability.
"However, this is only a theoretical possibility."
Naruto saw its expression and knew what it was thinking. He wished it were that simple, but unfortunately, it wasn't.
"Everything comes with a price. The stronger the existence, the harder it is to perceive its death lines."
In fact, his left eye was the legendary Mystic Eyes of Death Perception.
There were two interpretations.
One is that it sees the end and brings it to the present.
Take Orochimaru's Living Corpse Reincarnation, for example.
Theoretically, he is immortal, but he has flaws.
Naruto's eyes could see the day of his end and pull it forward to the present.
The second is that it sees the birth and brings it to the present.
If you won't end in the future, what about your past?
It could bring your starting point to the present and take you out.
Unless you can hide your future and your past.
So his Dōjutsu might look like weakness detection, but it's actually a time-based Dōjutsu.
"Unless my Chakra and Dōjutsu Power were truly infinite, I couldn't possibly do it."
Naruto sighed and said, "For example, if I wanted to completely kill you, the price paid wouldn't just be blindness, but potentially my life."
"..."
Kurama patted its little heart.
Though theoretically, it didn't have a heart.
Good, it wasn't that perverted.
But even so, it was scary enough.
The price to deal with it was high, but what about weaker Tailed Beasts?
Like Shukaku.
Thinking of this, Kurama couldn't help but ask curiously, "If you completely kill a Tailed Beast, where does the Chakra go?"
"Two possibilities: either it returns to the world, or it returns to the other Tailed Beasts. I lean towards the second one," Naruto speculated.
Because of the Gedo Statue, he felt that if one were killed completely, the Tailed Beast's Chakrashould be absorbed.
If it returned to the world, what if it gathered together again one day? Wouldn't that be a new rebirth?
"If all the other eight are taken out, then this old man becomes the Ten-Tails?" Kurama's eyes lit up.
"What are you thinking?"
Naruto shook his head speechlessly. You only have the Chakra; you don't have the shell.
"This old man was just asking."
Kurama waved its paw.
It also thought of the Gedo Statue, or rather, the Divine Tree.
It had been sealed on the moon by the Six Paths Sage.
Even if it got the Chakra, it couldn't become the Ten-Tails.
Well, it didn't know that the Ten-Tails' body had already been stolen by the Rinnegan.
Although the price of this Dōjutsu was high, Naruto felt satisfied.
He would start accumulating Dōjutsu Power now, and when the grand finale came, he'd give Ōtsutsuki Kaguya or Black Zetsu a shot, so there would be no more need for seals, but a solution once and for all.
"By the way, Kurama, can you produce Dōjutsu Power?"
"I am the Yang Nine-Tails, not the Yin Nine-Tails."
"Meaning the complete form could?"
"Correct." Kurama nodded.
Naruto was deep in thought.
Can my '100% Certainty of Catching a Blade with Bare Hands' exploit a bug with the Shinigami?
Could I pull the Yin Nine-Tails out directly?
But it's probably going to be difficult.
Setting aside the Chakra consumption, there's no way for the Yin Nine-Tails to break through the Shinigami's belly.
Otherwise, it would have escaped long ago.
So if Naruto used '100% Certainty of Catching a Blade with Bare Hands', the only consequence would probably be the Shinigami getting a stomachache.
"What about the right eye's ability?" Kurama asked again.
"The right eye is simpler: it negates Genjutsu."
Kurama was shocked; it wanted that!
How envious.
If it had this before, would it have ever worried about being controlled by the Uchiha?
"What do you mean by negate?" Kurama snapped back to reality and asked, "Can Genjutsu be negated?"
"Performing Genjutsu is nothing more than consuming Chakra or Dōjutsu Power. For example, if a Genjutsu Ninja uses a technique on me and consumes one Kakashi's worth of Chakra, I have to consume one Kakashi's worth of Chakra to negate it. The same applies to Dōjutsu."
Naruto paused and smiled, "With my strength, only Mangekyo Sharingan Genjutsu is effective; the others don't matter."
"That's a good one."
Kurama said sincerely.
As long as it stayed in Naruto's belly in the future, it wouldn't have to worry about being controlled by Uchiha Madara or anyone else.
It thought of another question: "What if your Dōjutsu Power is insufficient?"
"It will overdraw my Dōjutsu Power, and even my life force."
"That's still okay."
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Naruto glared at it. What on earth are you thinking?
Actually, there was one more thing he hadn't mentioned.
This Dōjutsu was useless against the Rinnegan or Tenseigan.
Unless his Mangekyo Sharingan also evolved into a Rinnegan.
In other words, if Kurama went out, it still wouldn't escape the fate of being controlled.
Forget it, better not tell it this pitiful fact.
"I'm going out first."
Naruto left the Sealing Space and deactivated the glittering golden Kurama Mode.
He snapped his fingers, and a ball of fire floated up, illuminating the box of bliss.
Inside was a large number of unconscious Ninjas.
But many had already turned into white bones.
Solitary confinement was not a pleasant experience.
So they had simply committed suicide.
Some with strong willpower had, over time, turned into a vegetative state.
Naruto couldn't tell if they were good or bad.
He'd leave them be for now.
One day he'd send them to the Land of Snow or the Land of Demons to contribute to his cause.
Aside from that, the box of bliss was empty; there was nothing else.
Actually, that wasn't quite accurate.
Various kinds of Yin Release were floating around.
That's why these Ninjas hadn't died.
After all, Chakra is versatile.
It can be used as food.
Naruto turned to leave.
Mukou had already woken up.
With Mui explaining everything, Naruto saw the scene of their family of three in harmony.
However, as soon as he came out, the beautiful atmosphere was ended.
Mui stood at the very front, protecting Mukou and Ryuzetsu, and said, "Thank you for saving our lives, my lord. As long as it doesn't endanger their lives, I am willing to do anything for you."
He caved very quickly.
Or rather, he knew how to read the situation.
Naruto nodded casually and looked at the two fighting Satori.
He took out Enma, and his eyes turned crimson.
The Mangekyo Sharingan was activated.
He hadn't named the two Dōjutsu yet, but that didn't stop him from wanting to try them.
He activated the left eye's Dōjutsu.
Immediately, he saw the red lines on Satori.
Did a third of his Dōjutsu Power vanish?
And this was only the first stage.
Naruto shook his head; if he killed them, his eyes would go blind.
As expected of Satori, who had the combat power of the Eight-Tails.
Then he would seal them.
Naruto directly entered Kurama Mode, and golden chains emerged from his body, instantly locking the two Satori down.
The rest was simple.
He looked around and simply sealed the two of them into the two sides of the box of bliss.