Chapter 439: Such was fate-what could be done? Thud!
Under Nagato's control, Muliujin dropped to his knees before Gentō.
His clothes were in tatters, blood covered him, and a cloth concealed the ruined socket of his blinded right eye. He looked utterly wretched.
Yet he still held his head high. No matter how much force Nagato applied, he could not push it down. Left with no choice, Nagato let him kneel before Gentō with his head raised.
Nagato asked, "Gentō, how should we deal with this man?"
"This man..."
Gentō raised an eyebrow and looked down at Muliujin, bound tightly by the brilliant golden links of the Adamantine Sealing Chains, before turning his gaze toward the raised platform.
Thick gray concrete lined the walls on all four sides, with metal pipes crisscrossing around them. A massive stone tablet stood on a raised platform near the eastern side.
Three prohibitions were inscribed upon it:
No leaking secrets. No infighting. No Uchiha.
Judging by the fresh marks, it was clearly the work of Muliujin and his two companions.
"Heaven is not on my side, heaven is not on my side... what can I do..."
His neck stiff beneath Gentō's scrutiny, Muliujin ground his teeth and forced the words out one by one.
What humiliation!
What utter humiliation!
He had never imagined this would happen.
One moment, he had been dreaming of reaching the pinnacle of his life and fulfilling his ambitions.
The next, Gentō and Nagato had suddenly arrived, and he had become a prisoner in a cage, his life and death in someone else's hands.
The gulf between the two was immense.
Even with his wealth of life experience, Muliujin struggled to accept it.
His grand undertaking, his ambitions, his desires-everything had come to nothing overnight.
"Heaven is not on your