Vast Wish Power: The Possibility of Two-Shaku-Sama Breaking Straight Through to Three Stars! Mastery-Level Five Thunder Technique Causes a Massive Physical Boost!

Was this Buddha statue alive?

Uesugi Tetsu casually swept his gaze over the Buddha statue.

But when he looked back, the feeling of being watched had already vanished.

Two-Shaku-Sama asked doubtfully within his heartstrings, "Lord Tetsu, what is it?"

Uesugi Tetsu kept his expression unchanged and told her everything he had just sensed.

"It was an illusion... No, this must be why I told you to touch the Buddha statue, Lord Tetsu."

Two-Shaku-Sama's tone was unusually solemn. "I need to use this to confirm something."

"I understand." Uesugi Tetsu replied through their heartstrings.

—Originally, Two-Shaku-Sama, several kilometers away, should have had no way of knowing there was a wooden Buddha statue beside him.

After all, she did not possess eyes like Imagawa Yoshimoto's, capable of observing every detail.

Therefore, this Buddha statue had to possess something special.

Uesugi Tetsu raised his head and met the statue's eyes, carved bit by bit by a master woodworker. He put on an earnest, hopeful expression.

Just like the refugees who saw the other Buddha statues.

"Namu Amida Butsu, Namu..."

As Uesugi Tetsu muttered the prayer, he reached out and "accidentally" brushed his finger against the cushion at the statue's base. He stumbled and nearly fell to the ground.

He then hurriedly apologized to the statue, looking incomparably devout.

In reality—

Uesugi Tetsu immediately plucked at his heartstrings. "Did you sense anything?"

"Lord Tetsu..."

Two-Shaku-Sama sounded hesitant. Somewhat uncertainly, she said, "There seems to be a great deal of wish power stored inside this roadside Buddha statue."

"A great deal?"

"Mm. An enormous amount."

Two-Shaku-Sama paused and stammered slightly.

"Just this one statue contains twice as much wish power as all the Buddha statues in Hongwanji Temple we visited in the real world combined."

"So, Lord Tetsu, when you said the Buddha statue was