Harboring

Natsume shook his head and answered candidly:

"Not every divine artifact is suitable for me."

"You said it yourself: below the level of a [True God], using any [Divine Artifact] comes at an immense cost."

"With you here, the Yellow Spring Lineage's divine artifacts can be used, albeit barely."

"With my chakra system, I should also be able to barely use the Otsutsuki Clan's divine artifacts."

"But the price of using a Maha Clan divine artifact would definitely be different for the two of us!"

"It's not something that can be managed with just one or two sage arts."

"Even if we seized that Maha Clan [Divine Artifact], we probably wouldn't be able to use it..."

"So there's no need to be overly greedy."

Hearing this, Kuramitsuha praised him happily.

"Very good. I was planning to remind you of that, but it seems there's no need now."

She was very pleased inwardly as well.

Greed was one of the driving forces behind life's progress.

But excessive greed was a flaw—a sickness!

Sooner or later, it would get one killed.

Kuramitsuha was delighted that Natsume knew when to stop and was not excessively greedy.

Only then could he go farther and live longer!

As expected, she had not misjudged him!

Of course.

She had no idea that Natsume had another reason for giving up.

Divine artifacts were certainly valuable, but they were merely a small immediate gain.

They naturally could not compare to the long-term benefits of having Hashirama and the other man infiltrate the Maha Clan.

Besides, even if they made a move, there was no hundred-percent guarantee they would succeed.

What if, in a desperate fight, the other side managed to activate that [Divine Artifact] one more time?

Wouldn't that make him an idiot serving himself up for the