"Heh. What a coward!"
Shinnō looked at Yomi's wretched state, and a hint of mockery rose on his face despite himself.
Obito Uchiha could not help stealing a glance at Shinnō beside him, his eyes strange.
If he remembered correctly, Shinnō had only joined them after Madara Uchiha beat him into submission back then.
But he did not say it aloud. What if Shinnō flew into a shame-fueled rage?
They also made no move to stop Yomi from calling for help, because they likewise needed the thing behind that door to come out.
And so the two of them silently watched Yomi's miserable display as he cried for help.
"Kekekeke!"
A chilling sneer came from behind the stone door. Even separated by the door, the sound still rang clearly in the ears of all three.
"Yomi, did I not just grant you my power?"
"And you have brought two difficult guests with you as well."
Moryo was a collective mass of emotions, so he could easily sense the emotions contained within other people's hearts.
Like Shinnō, who was observing them from not far away—that unconcealed greed, and all the negative emotions filling his body, were perfectly clear to Moryo.
And then there was Yomi, who was asking for help now. The emotions in his heart were completely different from last time too.
The last time this fellow came to see him, his heart had held only boundless desire and greed.
Now, there was only fear.
"Lord Moryo, the power you lent me was too weak. It had no effect on them at all."
Sensing that Shinnō and Obito Uchiha would not stop his actions, Yomi's emotions calmed somewhat.
"Yomi, what I have here is only a soul. Without a physical body, I can no longer help you any further. Even