Ch. 501Exploring the Dark Chamber, Alluka!
- Key events: Tobirama leads his companions into a sealed chamber beneath the ruins, after Silva—badly injured—shows him the hidden entrance. There they find Alluka chained in a dark, oppressive room, with Nanika inside her. Tobirama’s presence awakens Nanika, whose uncontrolled power distorts space, creates a vast black hole, and tears apart the chamber’s restraints. Tobirama stops the attack with Sage Art: Yang Release Divine Light, pinning and purifying the black hole and the surrounding dark resentment.
- Character developments: Silva is reduced from a powerful figure to a gravely wounded guide, yet continues helping Tobirama. Alluka appears frightened and isolated; Nanika responds to the perceived threat with overwhelming, instinctive violence. Tobirama remains composed throughout, demonstrating both his power and authority.
- Interactions: Silva directs Tobirama to the passage. Canary and Menchi accompany him into the chamber, armed and vigilant. Nanika confronts Tobirama, while he tells the World Child to stand down and handles the danger himself.
- Themes: The chapter contrasts divine light and purification with darkness, resentment, and destructive power. It also emphasizes the cost of treating a child as a containment threat: Alluka is imprisoned and alone, while Nanika’s awakening turns that captivity into a catastrophe.