Seeing Natsume strike so brazenly, the other party finally stopped pretending.
He took the initiative to ask:
"How did you see through me?"
"By all rights, you shouldn't have been able to see through me..."
Natsume sneered and raised the iron box in his hand.
"You were too stingy. You couldn't bear to bring out the real thing."
"How do you know this is fake?"
"You should have never seen the genuine Method of Divine Ascension Through Sentience."
A trace of contempt appeared on Natsume's face.
Indeed, having never seen the real thing himself, he had no way to tell whether this copy of the Method of Divine Ascension Through Sentience was genuine.
But the system could!
When he had closed his eyes just now, Natsume had tried to recycle the Method of Divine Ascension Through Sentience through the system.
The system had rejected it outright.
It had not exchanged for even a single Gold Coin.
If that did not mean it was fake, what did?
Thankfully, he had verified it with the system at the end.
Otherwise, he really might have fallen for it.
Still, he had to admit it.
Although Natsume suspected that he was still within the [Divine Palace], he had yet to detect any trace of genjutsu.
Therefore, Natsume had deliberately tried to bluff the other party, hoping to draw out more information.
Of course, it was also because the other party might be controlling Kuramitsuha. Before he found a way to remove him, he truly could not bring himself to kill without restraint.
"Who exactly are you?" Natsume demanded coldly.
He stalled for time while thinking of how to save Kuramitsuha.
But the other party's reply made Natsume jolt in shock.
"I'm you!"
"I'm Uchiha Natsume!"
The next moment, the 'Kuramitsuha' before him began