Chapter 869: Chapter 35: Arrangement
Awakening from a deep darkness, Ruri felt a severe headache.
Opening her eyes, she saw an electric light hanging above, shining with a bright white glow.
The air was filled with the smell of disinfectant, a slightly cool sensation that made Ruri quickly clear-headed.
"Awake? How does your body feel?"
A man’s voice sounded by her ear.
Hakushi walked over from the side, bringing a cup of hot water and inquired with concern about Ruri’s current condition.
"Very well, nothing unusual."
Ruri answered honestly.
Taking the hot water handed by Hakushi, she sipped a little, and the chill on her body dissipated quite a bit.
This was a dark room in Hakushi’s private laboratory, highly secretive and secure.
Outside the dark room was the cultivation lab where the Yang Clone was kept.
Then, Ruri remembered something and looked up at Hakushi: "How long was I in a coma?"
Hakushi replied without hesitation: "Six days."
"I was unconscious for that long?"
Ruri’s memory of the events before her coma was quite blurry.
She only remembered that she and Ayane were being eroded by Moryo’s dark will, then using the power of their pupil technique to counter-devour, intending to convert Moryo’s darkness into their own and amplify the ability of their eyes.
After that, things became somewhat unclear.
But seeing how she was now safely brought back by Hakushi, the plan to seal Moryo had probably succeeded.
"It indeed took a bit longer than expected, but I’m relieved you’re awake now."
Anyway, making Ruri and Ayane, along with himself, act as vessels to seal Moryo’s darkness and share Mire’s burden, was extremely risky.
Although Hakushi had a final protective measure, it was ultimately a rather aggressive plan.
If it really hadn’t worked, then he could only do as he did, removing the Chakra from Ruri and Ayane, putting them in a state of false death to avoid the influence of Moryo’s darkness.
As long as they lost Chakra, Moryo’s darkness lost its means of spreading.
But that would mean the Sharingan and Byakugan would lose any further potential.
"How is Ayane? What’s her status?"
Ruri asked about Ayane since she didn’t see her, prompting the question.
"She woke up an hour before you, and is now outside getting used to her new power."
"Is that so? Didn’t think she’d wake up earlier than me."
"..."
This kind of boring competitive mindset apparently wasn’t unique to Ayane. Hakushi smiled bitterly in his heart.
"Now that Moryo is dealt with, the Land of Demons will hold the succession ceremony for the new Witch."
Gathering his emotions, Hakushi spoke earnestly to Ruri.
"A new Witch? What about Mire Witch?"
Hakushi remained silent. The answer was obvious.
Ruri nodded, seemingly understanding something.
The new Witch’s succession ceremony meant that Mire Witch might no longer be in this world.
As for where she went, considering Moryo’s essence, that might be where a Witch’s ultimate destination is, becoming the final light, fulfilling her mission to restrain Moryo’s darkness.
To prevent Moryo’s power from growing stronger with each resurrection, each Witch, at life’s end, bids farewell this way.
It wasn’t a beautiful death, rather extremely desolate.
With Ruri awake, Hakushi felt much relieved, yet the aftermath of the Moryo incident still needed to be handled hastily.
He needed to visit the Shrine once more to manage Shion’s Witch succession ceremony.
There were many Witches in the Land of Demons, but those Witches weren’t from the mainline, rather minor branches, mostly ordinary women with some medical knowledge. Occasionally, some outstanding ones could cultivate pure power, having a certain lethality against monsters.
Only the mainline Witch’s position was unshakeable.
With Mire departing, Shion was the mainline Witch of the Land of Demons, and would be the absolute main force against Moryo in the future.
After explaining some matters, Hakushi left there, heading to the shrine where the mainline Witch resided.
Ruri didn’t mind Hakushi’s departure either.
What she needed to do now was quickly adapt to the new, unknown power residing in her Sharingan.
She slowly closed her eyes, injecting a large amount of Chakra into both pupils. When she opened them again, three black Magatama appeared in her crimson pupils.
This state only lasted a second, and then the three black Magatama changed again, their gaps disappearing, tightly connecting.
The crimson glow shone brilliantly in her eyes.
Feeling the new donjutsu infusing in, the part of darkness from Moryo was entirely devoured by her Sharingan, leaving none behind.
"Is this the power of Mangekyo? Doesn’t feel much different from before..."
Stepping off the bed, she came to a mirror, examining her brand-new Sharingan.
From a realm perspective, this should be beyond the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, the Mangekyo Sharingan above it.
The embodiment of the Uchiha Clan’s ultimate donjutsu.
Those from the Uchiha Clan who reached this realm could use the Susanoo Jutsu symbolizing the ’God of Destruction.’
And each Mangekyo Sharingan housed a donjutsu of tremendous power.
It can be said that obtaining these eyes results in a revolutionary change in strength compared to before.
Uchiha Obito was a living example.
