A hidden Root Base.
A dim, winding corridor.
"Click!" "Click!" ...
Slow footsteps echoed.
A straight-backed figure slowly emerged from the darkness. It was Sosuke, wearing a white Shinigami Robe, with Kyoka Suigetsu hanging at his waist.
He stopped in front of a massive door.
Two Root Base shinobi stood guard before it.
But Sosuke ignored them and slowly pushed the door open. The two Root Base shinobi seemed not to notice his presence at all, standing silently at their posts!
Inside was row after row of massive bookshelves.
Scrolls of every kind were neatly arranged by category across the shelves, each bearing a title.
Earth Release Scroll, Water Release Scroll, Fire Style Scroll, Lightning Style Scroll, Wind Release Scroll, Taijutsu Scroll...
The different shelves held scrolls of every size and color, so vivid they dazzled the eyes!
Sosuke walked past them one by one without even glancing at them.
He went straight to a row of bookshelves at the very back.
Whether or not it was blood, bright red lettering on the shelf spelled out Summoning Beast Scroll!
The scrolls on this shelf were sparse, nowhere near enough to fill it, yet it was the largest shelf of them all!
Sosuke slowly reached out a pale hand and took down the scrolls one by one to inspect them.
His expression remained unchanged as the contents recorded on the scrolls kept reflecting in his glasses.
"Baku Beast—Dream Eater Clan," a clan of phantom beasts born in dreams, feeding on dreams!
"Turtle Beast—Wise Turtle Clan," a turtle species living along grassy shores. Though slow-moving, they had extremely high defensive strength!
"Magma Scorcher Beast—Magma Clan," born in the magma at the planet's core, with a fiery temper and impossible to tame!
Each scroll contained a fairly detailed description, along with the