Chapter 451: Purification Thud!
Thud!
Thud!
Heavy, muffled footsteps drew closer from the distance as a vast crowd rushed toward them, their faces cold.
One moment, they were far away; the next, they were right before them.
Dressed uniformly in black, they presented an imposing sight. From afar, they looked like a black torrent charging forward to crush and destroy everything in its path.
Every onlooker except Gentō and Hikari immediately scattered like birds.
As old hands in the Pure Land, they knew which spectacles were safe to watch and which were not.
One side was a base firmly established here, with a record of annihilating souls. The other was a man and woman capable of using force in the Pure Land. Neither was to be trifled with...
The crowd retreated several hundred meters away and watched from a distance.
"So many familiar faces..."
With Gentō's composure, mere numbers naturally could not frighten him. Instead, he studied the people in the crowd with interest.
There were quite a few old acquaintances from his days in Konoha:
Shimura Danzō, Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura, Aburame Torune, Yamanaka Fū...
And many, many people who had once been hostile toward him:
The Daimyō of the Land of Fire, Gato from the Land of Waves, Victor of the Kara Core Members, high-ranking officials from the Land of Earth...
Of course.
Beyond those "old acquaintances," there were also plenty of strangers mixed among the familiar faces.
Gentō's lips curved as he gave Danzo, who stood at the head of the crowd, a friendly smile.
He was already considering sacrificing Danzo to the God Tree.
Under the Pure Land's special rules, Danzo's missing right eye and the arm withered by his numerous Sharingan transplants had been restored. He had fully regained the presence he once possessed as