The Box of Paradise

According to the inscriptions on the Stone Tablet in the Kaguya's Royal Palace, Otsutsuki Kaguya once created White Zetsu army to recover chakra and deal with powerful enemies.

However, a problem arose during the creation of the White Zetsu.

Those are human emotions: joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness!

As primates, humans, possessing chakra, developed a great deal of emotion by creating the White Zetsu army.

Puppets don't need emotions, so Kaguya's solution was to seal all those emotions in a giant container.

This so-called enormous container is— the Box of Paradise!

Mui, still with a stern face, walked stiffly through the outer buildings of Hozuki Castle to the central square.

It was completely dark outside, and all the prisoners who had been free to roam outside were sent back to their cells.

The vast square was deserted, except for a dark figure standing in the middle of it, his black robes making him completely blend into the darkness.

"Huh? Why don't I feel anything at all?" Tōka Mui Wuwei through the Tenseigan, and at the same time, he could steal the memories in Wuwei's mind.

In Mui's memory, the Box of Paradise was located directly beneath this square.

There is a hidden Laboratory there, and within the Laboratory lies an evil door.

"Since it's a sealing artifact made by my mother, it should bear her aura."

Through Mui senses, Tōka couldn't detect the slightest trace of Kaguya's presence, which was something he couldn't understand.

"Never mind, let's just go to the Laboratory and take a look."

Tōka plans to use Mui's identity to go to the secret Laboratory directly below the square, where four sinister guys wearing animal helmets are located.

Their strength is at least at the Jonin level, perhaps even stronger.

However, none of this mattered to Tōka; he only wanted to know what was going on with Muko inside.

According to Mui's memory, Muko has been in the Box of Paradise for almost a year.

Did it actually lead to enlightenment...?

Tap tap tap...

The heavy shoes clattered on the flagstones Mui stepped through the hidden door into a dark passage, descending the steps...

A huge door was at the end of the passage.

"Mui, what are you doing here?" Just as Mui reached out to push open the door at the end, a cold voice suddenly rang out.

Looking in the direction of the sound, he saw a figure wearing a bull horn hood standing behind him.

The Minotaur among the four old monsters...

"Just a routine check." Wuwei Mui had a stern face, and his expressionless face was hidden in the darkness, so it wouldn't arouse the other party's suspicion.

"Inspect? You're being too cautious, Mui." The Minotaur shrugged nonchalantly. "With the four of us watching over things, what problems could possibly arise?"

"That's true, but it's better to be cautious." As soon as Mui finished speaking, he reached out again to push the door open and enter.

Whoosh!

A sudden gust of wind arose, and a sharp glint flashed in the darkness.

The Minotaur lunged forward, thrusting a sharp blade into Mui's vital point in the back.

Bang!

Mui reacted quickly, turning around and striking the Minotaur's wrist with a palm strike, deflecting the blade in the Minotaur's hand and sending it veering off course and embedding itself in the wall.

"What are you doing?!" Mui patted his clothes, stood up straight, and glared at the Minotaur, shouting fiercely.

"Hmph, what are you doing?" The Minotaur sneered, his fingers secretly Hand Seals hidden in his sleeve.

Bang bang bang!!

Three wisps of white mist suddenly appeared, revealing three people also wearing animal masks: Horse-faced man, Sheep-headed man, and Monkey-faced man.

"You are not Mui, who are you? What is your purpose here?" The four quickly surrounded Mui, Minotaur shouted in a deep voice.

"Not Mui? What are you talking about?!"

The Horse-faced man looked at the Minotaur and Mui strangely, but he couldn't see any trace of Transformation Technique on Mui.

The Sheep-headed man and the Monkey-faced man were also very puzzled, but they still decided to stand on the Minotaur's side.

"Don't you understand Mui? He would never set foot here unless absolutely necessary, yet this person claims to be here for a routine inspection!"

The Minotaur explained in a cold voice.

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately glared at Mui with hostility.

Even as he controlled Mui Tōka instantly realized where he had slipped up. "So it wasn't the Tenseigan that was seen through! You scared me!"

A somber atmosphere, dim lighting.

A somber atmosphere pervaded the narrow passageway, where five people huddled together, making the space feel unusually oppressive and stifling.

As time passed, the four guards of the Box of Paradise gradually lost patience.

"Not going to speak?" The Minotaur secretly made a hand gesture, then lunged forward, a cold glint One Flash in his hand as he brandished his blade!

Buzz!

A streak of silvery-white light flashed through the air, particularly dazzling in the dimly lit passage.

At the same time, the other three burst forth with chakra, accelerating rapidly and taking up positions in the four corners with the Minotaur, their attacks merging into one!

The seemingly simple hand seals and ordinary Kunai blades could unleash unimaginable power in the hands of these four people.

Puff... Bang...

Mui seemed to be frozen in fear, standing Budong on the spot.

The four attacks landed squarely on Mui's chest and back, piercing through his solid chest in an instant, and pungent blood gushed out uncontrollably.

"What happened?" The Minotaur was slightly taken aback, staring in astonishment at the now-lost Mui.

"Mui shouldn't be this weak!"

The Horse-faced man withdrew the Jutsu Formula he was casting, then flashed in front of Mui, reached out and pinched Mui's chin, lifting his head up.

After examining the body for a long time, the four finally confirmed that the corpse in front of them was Mui, the person in charge of Hozuki Castle!

The exposed pieces were decisively discarded, which was Tōka's consistent practice. Just as the group was studying Mui's corpse, a strange black wheel flickered in the secret Laboratory.

Immediately afterwards, a ghostly figure floated out from it.

The Laboratory was small, with simple instruments placed on both sides, an operating table in the middle, and a large door facing the operating table.

A gate painted with monster faces!

"It's right in front of me, yet I can't sense its presence." Tōka slowly Earth Flow, stopping five steps away from the ghost-faced gate.

The four doors of the Box of Paradise represent joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness.

This thing was once entwined within several branches of the Divine Tree, which devoured human chakra and trapped them in beautiful dreams.

When all emotions are absorbed into the Box of Paradise, the puppet army of White Zetsu is born!

"As expected of a sealing artifact created by Mother, even the Eternal Tenseigan cannot see through this tiny door."

Tōka stared at the ghostly face with slight surprise; it was ugly, evil, and resembled the face of an ancient ferocious beast.

The Box of Paradise will only open after absorbing enough chakra.

In other words, the Box of Paradise cannot be opened until enlightenment is attained.

Enlightenment requires an evil belief and a vast amount of chakra...

"The evil belief is enough, but it lacks the massive chakra to generate enlightenment." At such close range, Tōka could clearly feel those incredibly terrifying evil thoughts.

The chilling aura of darkness seemed capable of completely eroding a person in an instant.

An endless darkness descended, all emotions transformed into fear, and fear gave rise to destruction...

Bang!

Suddenly, with a muffled thud, the Laboratory door was opened, and the four Grass Ninja guarding the Box of Paradise rushed into the Laboratory.

Who exactly are you?

"So it was you who controlled Mui?"

"You came here for the Box of Paradise?"

Three questions came out of the mouths of three people in a row, Minotaur, the Horse-faced man, the Sheep-headed man, and the Monkey-faced man spread out and surrounded Tōka.

He was cornered, with the door to the Box of Paradise on one side and four masters on the other.

It seems Tōka is in dire straits and completely unable to move!

The cramped room instantly became oppressive, the stifling atmosphere making it hard to breathe. The oppressive force of the situation is extremely important in a duel between masters!

"There are quite a few problems..." Tōka suddenly grinned, and the oppressive atmosphere that the four of them could create instantly collapsed.

What?!

The four of them were startled and stared at Tōka with inscrutable expressions.

This boy, only a teenager, why does he possess such a terrifying aura?

In an instant, their combined suppression was shattered.

Moreover, an immense, boundless aura emanated from Tōka, rendering it impossible for anyone to even think of resisting.

At that moment, Tōka's smile faltered, and a chilling aura appeared on her profile.

The slightly relaxed atmosphere became stagnant again.

As if frozen in ice, everyone felt as if a huge boulder was blocking their chests.

"What if I don't want to answer any of them?" Tōka slowly opened her mouth, uttering each word slowly and deliberately.

"Do it!"

The enemy was strong and we were weak. Before our momentum was completely suppressed by the enemy, the four of us decided to strike first and seize the rhythm of the attack.

However!

The moment the four men made their move, Tōka moved.

A fleeting Ice Blue halo One Flash in his deep eyes, and a surge of immense chakra erupted, transforming into an invisible Repulsive Force.

The Repulsive Force transforms into an exaggerated blast wave, comparable to a bomb exploding at close range.

Crackle!

The cramped Laboratory began to shake violently, as if the giant boulder on the ceiling would fall down and bury the place completely at any moment.

All kinds of laboratory glassware were shattered, and shards of glass were scattered on the ground...

Bang bang bang!!

The four were thrown backward by the shock, crashing heavily into the thick stone wall before landing softly on the ground, where they were covered in shards of broken glass.

But no one had time to pay attention to their own injuries; their shocked eyes were fixed on Tōka.

With a soft gulp, someone nervously swallowed, the faint sound unusually clear in the deathly silence.

"Your eyes, flames of Ice Blue?"

"Could this be the legendary Tenseigan?"

"An eye comparable to the Rinnegan? It's actually real..."

The four stared in disbelief into Tōka's eyes, screams escaping their lips.

Tōka raised an eyebrow, looking at everyone with a surprised expression.

"They actually know about the Tenseigan. It seems that Kusagakure is hiding quite a few secrets!" A mocking voice rang out, pulling everyone back from their brief astonishment.

Would you mind sharing your secret?

Tōka grinned slightly, revealing an innocent and harmless appearance.

The nearest Minotaur stiffened, feeling a chill run down his spine, as if Tōka's gaze was subtly fixed on him.

"What? Don't you want to talk to me?" Tōka moved swiftly, appearing like a black mist in front of the Minotaur.

The two were almost face to face, nose to nose.

Tōka slowly extended his palm, his slender fingers pinching the Minotaur's bull-head mask.

Wow!

He ripped off the other person's bull-head mask.

"Tsk, this is not quite what I imagined!" Tōka squinted as he examined the human face beneath the bull-head mask.

A mysterious power emanated from Ice Blue Tōka's eyes, reflected through his fingers and into the Minotaur's eyes.

The eyes are likened to the windows to the soul, and visual Genjutsu directly invade the Minotaur's mental world.

In a daze, the Minotaur suddenly felt that the surroundings had become bright.

The dimly lit, flickering Laboratory was gone; under the azure sky, even the prisoners in Hozuki Castle had become docile.

"What's going on? That wasn't... this is Genjutsu?" The Minotaur was slightly startled, then immediately realized what was happening.

Even knowing this was an illusion, the Minotaur had no desire to leave!

The Six Harmonies Divine Technique: Perfect World!

The most cherished dream of those who are under the spell is one they are unwilling to wake up from, even after they realize it's Genjutsu.

After subduing the four grass ninja, Tōka used the power of his Tenseigan to examine their memories one by one, and he discovered something interesting.

"An ancient Scroll? It records major events that have occurred from the time of the Rabbit Goddess to the present day."

Tōka slowly withdrew his gaze, never expecting that the Kusagakure would possess something like this.

I need to find some time to go and take a look...

The thought flashed through his mind, and Tōka raised his hand and waved it. A force transformed into a whirlwind that swept the four of them up and sent them toward the Box of Paradise.

The demonic gate of the Box of Paradise suddenly opened its massive maw, and endless suction emanated from the empty Black Hole.

The chakra within the four individuals resembled wisps of mist, which were then completely devoured by the evil, demonic gate.

"This amount of chakra is far from enough to open the Box of Paradise. Are we really going to capture the Nine-Tails?" A hint of hesitation flashed in Tōka's eyes. Taking action now might affect the course of history.

Besides the Tailed Beast, the immense chakra capable of opening the Box of Paradise...

Giant creatures that had appeared in the Ninja World flashed through Tōka's mind.

"Perhaps that guy is a good choice."

Having made up his mind, the remaining issue was how to move such a large box. Coming to Hozuki Castle was not a spur-of-the-moment decision.

Tōka had specifically asked Kaguya Shōtarō to send someone to make arrangements in advance, so the departure route had already been scouted.

"In that case, let's go!"

Snap!

Tōka clasped his hands together, and the chakra within his body surged like boiling water.

A tremendous force surged forth, acting upon the ghostly gate that was trapped by countless layers of rock.

Rumble!!

The ground began to shake violently, and the entire Hozuki Castle began to tremble, with rocks and sand swirling and gushing upwards.

The noise woke the sleeping prisoners...