Uchiha Xuan's sight was like an invisible ice pick, nailing Chiyo Saori's trembling soul.
He didn't answer the question because the answer made no sense.
Does it matter if she wants to jump?
The important thing is that she didn't jump in the end, and he caught what he wanted.
"A good puppet master will not ask whether the puppet really wants to dance when it is pulled by the silk thread." His voice was cold without any warmth, but it had some kind of calming magic power. "She will only care about whether the dance is perfect and whether it pleases the audience."
Chiyo Saori's body stopped shaking.
She understands.
Master Xuan doesn't need her confusion or fear, he only needs her value.
This question is her final weakness as "Chiyo Saori".
"Go to the main formation of the ruins." Uchiha Xuan's voice sounded again, carrying an unquestionable order.
The space in front of the throne was slightly distorted, and a dark scroll appeared out of thin air, floating in front of Chiyo Saori.
It unfolded automatically, with countless runes that were scarleter than blood and darker than the abyss flowing on it.
It was the brand new "Final Lesson Protocol" that had been tampered with by the system, erasing the "sacrifice" preconditions, and reshaped by Xuan's own will.
"Implant it into the main formation eye." Uchiha Xuan's will was directly imprinted in her mind through the spiritual link. "From today on, you are no longer the puppet master of Sunagakure, nor the successor of Flame Master. Your new identity is the 'Final Course Supervisor'. That 'door' and everything related to it are under your jurisdiction."
As soon as he finished speaking, a loud rumble came from deep underground.
The floor of the throne room cracked with cracks, and twelve taboo puppets, whose entire bodies were made of bones and obsidian, slowly rose from the ground.
Their eye sockets are burning with blue soul fire, and the aura they exude is comparable to that of the strong Kage Level.
"They, as well as all the taboo creations left by Flame Master lineage, are all yours to mobilize." Uchiha Xuan's voice seemed to carry the supreme Grace, "This is a reward for the 'dance' you just performed."
Chiyo Saori bowed his head deeply and took the scroll that exuded an ominous aura.
She knows that this is not only a reward, but also another shackles, a more gorgeous and deadly stage.
A true ruler never worries about the blade being too sharp. He only tests whether the knife will be pointed at his hand.
And the testing has only really begun now.
"Go to the execution chamber." Uchiha Xuan's next order made Chiyo Saori's heart suddenly tighten. "There is a crystal coffin there, and inside lies one of the eight students who executed 'Final Lesson Plan', the host who was most deeply eroded by the shadow behind the 'door'. I need you to execute him with your own hands."
He paused and added the most crucial sentence, "Don't use puppets, don't use Chakra Threads. Use your own hands."
Strip away the puppet master's most proud method and force her to face the nightmare of the past in the most primitive and direct way.
This is the final crushing and reshaping of her will.
"Subordinate... I obey." Chiyo Saori's voice was without a trace of ripples.
In the cold and damp execution chamber, only a few dim ghost lights on the walls provided dim light.
In the crystal coffin in the center, a young man with a distorted face was bound by countless black spell chains, his eyes closed, as if he had fallen into an eternal sleep.
He was one of the students who personally ignited the flame in Ghost Cleaver.
Chiyo Saori stepped forward slowly, each step feeling like stepping on his own broken memories.
She stretched out her hand and gently touched the cold crystal coffin lid with her pale and slender fingertips.
At this moment, the man in the coffin opened his eyes without any warning!
Those were not a pair of human eyes, but two bottomless black Uzumaki Clan, with countless ghosts of pain and resentment superimposed inside.
A strange voice, a mixture of dozens of voices, came from his throat. "You... are also waiting for that day, right? Waiting for this new owner named 'Xuan' to become like the 'Gate', an existence that needs to be burned..."
That voice was full of vicious temptation, piercing the most secret corners of people's hearts.
Chiyo Saori's movements stopped for a moment, and his face still had that cold mask.
She did not answer the question, but more slowly, inch by inch, pulled out a dagger from her wide sleeve robe.
The shape of the dagger was extremely simple, neither gold nor iron, and presented a sinister bone-white color.
It is not an extraordinary thing. It was made from the ribs of the first-generation Flame Master that she dug out from the ashes of the original Flame Master Ruins and ground by her own Teuchi!
This is the origin of the Flame Master inheritance and a symbol of its end.
Pfft--!
Without any hesitation, the bone blade pierced the crystal coffin cleanly and accurately penetrated the heart of the young host.
But the force was controlled to the extreme, and the tip of the blade only penetrated three points deep, which was enough to bring the most severe pain, but it skillfully avoided the fatal blow in an instant.
The young host's whole body twitched violently, and the double shadow eyes were instantly filled with endless pain.
Chiyo Saori leaned down, his cold mask almost sticking to the crystal coffin, and whispered like a devil in a voice that only two people could hear:
"I'm not waiting for that day."
"I want to make sure that when that day does come... I will be the one to take action."
After saying that, she suddenly raised her head, her eyes seemed to have penetrated the thick rock formations, penetrated the invisible monitoring technique, and collided with the pair of Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan on the throne in the void!
"Knives shouldn't have faith." Her voice conveyed clearly, "But the person holding the knife must know who is worthy of being believed in!"
On the top of the tower, on the throne, Uchiha Xuan watched the entire process quietly through the system light curtain.
In his eyes of black fire that swallowed everything, there was no trace of anger because of that arrogant declaration, but instead a flash of extreme appreciation and satisfaction.
Loyalty? That's too cheap.
What he wants is a "similar person" who can understand his will and be willing to become the most extreme extension of his will!
[It is detected that the mental model of the host's "authority agent" is established...]
[Conforming to special evolution protocol...]
[Unlocking hidden data...]
The system's cold beep sounded deep in Uchiha Xuan's consciousness.
He called up his own genetic evolution map, and on the evolutionary path leading to the ultimate [gene template·Rinne Sharingan], an unprecedented branch was quietly lighting up.
The end of the branch is marked with a new line of text--[Canon Overseer's Eye].
There is only one line of small print under the unlocking conditions: it must be activated by the "selected sword holder" with absolute loyalty to kill and self-will.
Uchiha Xuan The curvature of the corners of his mouth became even colder.
It seems that it is time to hand over some of the real power.
Only when the sword feels the trust of its owner will it cut off the gods for you.
That night, Chiyo Saori returned to the stone room assigned to her alone.
The room was empty and as cold as a tomb.
She took out something from the closest part of her arms that she had never shown to anyone before - a miniature puppet only the size of a thumb.
The shape of the puppet was that of a curled-up baby, and its material was exactly the fragments of Newborn Skull that she had taken off from Ghost Cleaver's last "student"!
This is the last bit of obsession deep in her heart that is connected to the past.
The baby puppet lay quietly in her palm, like a dead thing.
Suddenly, its closed eyelids blinked very slightly, as if in an illusion.
Chiyo Saori's face couldn't be seen clearly in the shadow, but there was no hesitation in her movements.
Her fingers suddenly closed together, and the baby puppet, which represented the last bit of warmth, was mercilessly ground into the finest powder in her palm.
Ashes drifted from between her fingers, her face expressionless, and she murmured in an almost inaudible voice:
"You're right..."
"An obedient knife will not cut its master."
And at the deepest level of the system where no one can pry, a brand new log line was quietly generated outside the authority of Uchiha Xuan:
[The emotional isolation module has been activated...]
[Emotion simulation progress: 67% | Target personality synchronization rate: 89.3%... The synchronization rate threshold breaks through, the passive influence phase ends, and the active 'assimilation' protocol is started...]
On the throne, Uchiha Xuan was completely unaware of this.
He had just completely handed over the authority of "Final Course Supervisor". At this moment, his entire mind was immersed in another torrent of data that had just been completely cracked by the system.
The corners of his mouth curved into an interesting arc.
The deepest data of the law of cause and effect template intercepted from the "Flame Master's Rite" ceremony does not point to an alien dimension.
It is a complete action log.
A record of the entire process of "Final Lesson Plan" from birth to execution, spanning hundreds of years.