Sosuke, having mostly guessed the Hogyoku's function, was utterly shocked.
But the moment he thought of how the Hogyoku could help him fulfill his wish, excitement welled up in his eyes.
After struggling to suppress his excitement, Sosuke spoke softly.
"Hogyoku, why have my injuries disappeared? Is this your ability?"
Hearing Sosuke's question, the Hogyoku answered in a babyish voice.
"I only removed your adverse condition, Lord Aizen. That's very easy for the Hogyoku. As for my ability, I don't know either. The Hogyoku only wants to fulfill your wish, Lord Aizen."
Its voice was clear, yet carried a childish resolve.
After hearing it, Sosuke pushed up his glasses, his expression settling.
He had more or less figured out the Hogyoku's ability. Perhaps it really was just as it said!
It could fulfill other people's wishes!
If that was true, then this thing could truly be called an unparalleled existence!!!
After a brief moment of thought, Sosuke spoke softly.
"Hogyoku, can you remove the restrictions on my chakra?"
If the Hogyoku could do that, then there could be no doubt about its ability!
An ability like wish-granting? It was truly incredible!!!
Before Sosuke could finish thinking, the Hogyoku's babyish voice came from within him.
"Do you mean the gates inside your body that block your chakra, Lord Aizen?"
Hearing this, a yearning look appeared on Sosuke's face. He could hardly wait to open those gates!
He forced himself to calm down, then spoke evenly.
"Yes. Break the gates that restrict the chakra inside me. That way, you'll be able to eat more of my chakra from now on."
"Yes, Lord Aizen! But it may be very difficult and might consume the power the Hogyoku has only just managed to recover. Still, since this is your wish, Lord Aizen, the Hogyoku will do its very best."
Then it fell silent.
The room was quiet.
Sosuke sat on the wooden floor, watching his body with a solemn expression as he carefully sensed the changes that might be about to occur.
"Crack!"
It was like the faint breaking of an eggshell, or the sound of a tender shoot pushing through soil mixed with deadwood after the rain, bursting into bloom!
Sosuke stared blankly at his body!
In an instant!
The chakra that had flowed calmly inside him turned as violent and powerful as boiling magma. Like surging waves, it rushed wildly through his body!
The chakra was almost impossible to contain!
It spilled out of Sosuke's body without pause, forming a powerful Chakra Cloak.
Inside the room, the chakra's violent flow created a gust of wind that sent the furnishings toppling in every direction.
Feeling the enormous power surging inside him, Sosuke couldn't help but grow excited. A delighted smile tugged at the corner of his mouth!
This... this is the power that truly fascinates me... It feels endless... Even my heartbeat is growing stronger... And all this came from opening just the first gate!
At the thought, the excitement in Sosuke's eyes deepened.
Hogyoku!!! Open the second gate, the Gate of Healing, for me too!!!
The Hogyoku didn't answer Sosuke.
But!
A second "crack" sounded inside him!
An even more powerful stream of chakra spiraled up from Sosuke like a tornado.
Some of the furnishings in the room were smashed to pieces by the fierce gusts!
Suddenly, a blood vessel on Sosuke's body burst, spraying blood!
But before the blood could hit the floor, the wound rapidly healed under the Hogyoku's power.
Sosuke paid no attention to such details. He tilted his head back, basking in the boiling chakra and savoring the feeling of being filled with power!
His once calm and gentle gaze seemed to grow hungry with desire under the influence of this immense power.
Just then.
Sosuke tried to break through the third gate.
But the chakra boiling inside him began to ease a little. His forcibly widened channels started to carry the vast amount of chakra at a steady pace.
"Hogyoku?"
After waiting a while, the expected third gate still hadn't opened.
Noticing how quiet it had become, Sosuke asked in confusion.
In the room, where chakra still surged faintly, no one answered.
"Did that thing fall asleep again?"
Sosuke murmured softly when he got no reply.
Without giving it any more thought, he gradually turned his attention to his body, which had now opened the Opening Gate and the Gate of Healing.
As soon as he sensed the immense amount of chakra, excitement stirred in him.
It was more than ten times greater than before!
And the two gates opened by the Hogyoku seemed different from those taught in the Eight Inner Gates manual.
If the Eight Inner Gates were a brilliant firework, then his current state was like a candle that could burn continuously!
The Eight Inner Gates was a method of forcibly breaking the restrictions of the gates inside the body to gain immense chakra in an instant!
There was no doubt that, while this method granted explosive power and chakra, it also severely damaged the body's chakra pathways!!
Even a ninja whose body had been tempered by years of chakra circulation could hardly withstand such a vast amount of chakra!
But Sosuke was different!
Under the Hogyoku's power, his gates had been opened permanently!
The immense chakra that poured out would remain inside him permanently. Although this would cause great harm to the pathways in Sosuke's body, the Hogyoku had greatly widened them!!
The Hogyoku! Following its master's wishes, it had fundamentally changed the state of Sosuke's bodily pathways, allowing these two gates to remain open permanently.
It had to be said that, in his ordinary state, Sosuke was now equivalent to someone who always had two gates open!
Both his chakra and physical abilities had improved enormously!
And in order to fulfill Sosuke's wish, the Hogyoku had used up nearly all the power it had left.
After opening only two of the gates in Sosuke's body, it had fallen into a deep sleep from exhaustion!
Sosuke carefully felt this powerful strength.
He slowly brought the rampaging chakra under control.
Gradually, the chakra that had once surged through him like furious waves began to flow steadily.
If the chakra inside Sosuke had once been a thin stream, now it was like a calm river with powerful currents hidden beneath the surface!
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