Opportunity

Seeing Moryo trying to escape, the Miko's face immediately drained of color. "Stop it!"

Once Moryo's soul escaped, this sealing operation would be a complete failure, followed by endless trouble.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...

Before the Miko had even finished speaking, the sound of something cutting through the air rang out!

They were Shisui's Shuriken, flying toward Moryo's soul.

However, although the Shuriken struck their target with precision, every one of them passed straight through it, causing no substantial harm whatsoever to Moryo's soul in its chakra state.

Shisui's expression darkened, but it was already too late to launch another attack.

In just a few breaths, Moryo's fleeing soul was only a dozen meters from the tunnel entrance.

At that moment, Hyuga Kagami decisively used Rotation.

In an instant, Moryo's soul, which was only a few meters from the tunnel entrance, suddenly froze as though it had been firmly seized by an invisible hand. Even as a body of chakra, it struggled to break free.

"If I really let you escape, wouldn't this whole fight have been for nothing?!"

With that, Hyuga Kagami strengthened Rotation and violently pulled Moryo's soul toward him.

As Hyuga Kagami's strength had increased, so too had the range of Rotation. Now, no object within twenty meters could escape its control.

The prepared Miko hurriedly took a wooden box from the Scroll she carried, then performed a Sealing Jutsu as Hyuga Kagami drew Moryo's soul over.

"No..."

Without the protection of its shell, Moryo in soul form had no way to resist the Miko's Sealing Jutsu. With one final unwilling roar, it was completely sealed away.

After Moryo was fully sealed, the three people in the cave collapsed onto the ground and let out sighs of relief.

All three of them were somewhat exhausted.

The Miko had used Sealing Jutsu several times in succession. In particular, sealing Moryo's shell had nearly drained all her strength. Though she had not participated in the battle, her expenditure had been considerable.

Shisui's condition was no better. Before obtaining the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, even activating the Mangekyō Sharingan alone was a substantial burden on him. On top of that, he had fought a fierce battle against Moryo using Susanoo, so his exhaustion was far greater than it appeared.

As for Hyuga Kagami, he had even used the Physical Regeneration Secret Technique. That alone had cost him at least two or three months of his lifespan.

This showed just how powerful Moryo truly was. At the very least, it was on the level of an ordinary Tailed Beast.

After resting for a while, the Miko sincerely thanked Hyuga Kagami and Shisui. "I truly have the two of you to thank this time. If not for you, the consequences would have been unimaginable!"

The Miko's gratitude came from the bottom of her heart. She had originally believed that only by perishing together with Moryo could she avert this catastrophe, yet she had never expected the matter to be resolved so smoothly.

As Hyuga Kagami put away the Third Kazekage Human Puppet, he said, "I have done what I promised you."

The Miko nodded. "Please rest assured, I will definitely honor my promise!"

Shisui also got to his feet at that moment and curiously asked Hyuga Kagami, "Senior, was that a puppet you used just now? A puppet capable of using Magnet Release?"

Hyuga Kagami did not conceal anything and directly answered, "Yes. I obtained it by chance. As for why it can use Magnet Release, that is because it was originally the Third Kazekage."

"What?!"

Not only Shisui, but even the Miko beside him was shocked.

The Third Kazekage, hailed as the strongest Kazekage, had been turned into a Human Puppet. It was no wonder they were stunned.

"The Third Kazekage was assassinated by a puppeteer from Sunagakure and turned into a Human Puppet. During a battle, I was fortunate enough to seize the Third Kazekage Human Puppet from that puppeteer. It is that simple."

Hyuga Kagami briefly explained how he had acquired the Third Kazekage Human Puppet.

Shisui looked astonished. "The Third Kazekage was actually assassinated by a ninja from his own village?!"

Hyuga Kagami cautioned, "Precisely because the Third Kazekage's assassination and conversion into a Human Puppet are too shocking, I have rarely used this Human Puppet since acquiring it. This matter has far-reaching implications and concerns Sunagakure's honor. The two of you must not spread it around, or it could very well cause conflict between Sunagakure and Konoha!"

Since Hyuga Kagami had dared to use the Third Kazekage Human Puppet, he was not worried that the Miko or Shisui would leak the secret.

The Miko was the kindhearted sort who would truly perish alongside Moryo for the sake of peace in the world. Furthermore, she now owed him a great favor. He believed she would not betray him.

As for Shisui, first, he trusted Shisui's character. Second, Shisui also had a weakness in Hyuga Kagami's hands. If everything came out, neither of them would benefit.

Even taking the worst-case scenario, if the matter of the Third Kazekage Human Puppet were exposed, he could simply hand it over to the village. It was merely a trophy of war, after all, and he had not killed the Third Kazekage.

Hearing Hyuga Kagami describe the matter so gravely, even elevating it to something that could affect the two great ninja villages of Konoha and Sunagakure, the Miko and Shisui quickly promised, "We will never reveal it!"

Hyuga Kagami changed the subject and asked Shisui, "There are rumors that beyond the Three Tomoe, the Sharingan has another form. That would be the Mangekyō Sharingan you mentioned earlier, right?"

Shisui did not avoid the matter either and smiled. "Yes. What I used just now was a unique ocular technique of the Mangekyō Sharingan, called 'Susanoo'!"

Exchanging secrets was the fastest way to open one another's hearts.

After the Miko, Hyuga Kagami, and Shisui shared their secrets, their relationship immediately became much warmer.

After temporarily reinforcing the seal on the wooden box, the Miko said, "I intend to select a suitable location within the Land of Demons to seal Moryo's soul. That way, with its shell and soul separated by a thousand miles, its chances of escaping will be very small."

Compared with the seal on Moryo's shell, the seal on Moryo's soul was much weaker. Therefore, the Miko needed to choose another suitable location and set up a new sealing formation to seal the wooden box within it before it could be considered secure.

Hyuga Kagami and Shisui naturally had no objections to the Miko's arrangement.

In truth, Hyuga Kagami's mind was no longer on Moryo. He had already begun considering how to ask the Miko to teach him the sealing techniques of her lineage.

From the sealing of Moryo, Hyuga Kagami had confirmed the strength of the Land of Demons Miko lineage's Sealing Jutsu. In his view, even if the Miko had an innate advantage against Moryo, the mastery of Sealing Jutsu she had displayed surpassed that of the overwhelming majority of ninjas in the village.

If he missed this chance to learn Sealing Jutsu, his Artificial Tailed Beast Plan might remain forever out of reach...