Kesha's corpse was thrown into the sea.
This was a traditional method of execution for criminals in the Land of Waves. After all, Gato did not merely hold the advantage in force; he also had the official endorsement of the Land of Waves' daimyo. His monopoly over the Land of Waves' shipping was, in fact, reasonable and legal.
Thus, when Kesha led the villagers to protest at the docks and surrounded Gato's ships, Gato's execution of Kesha under the charge of "launching terrorist activities" was strained, but still barely justifiable.
Those in power never lacked such "justifiable" reasons to conceal their crimes.
That day, Mother Tsunami and Grandpa Tazuna searched the sea by boat for a long time.
That day, everyone seemed to have lost their voices.
That day, Inari buried Kesha's birthday gift to him in the earth as though it were a body.
Peace could not be begged for.
But other than that, what could they do?
Inari covered his tears and thought.
The world before him was a flawless expanse of pure white.
There was no direction here. Up, down, front, back, left, and right had all completely lost their meaning.
There was no weight here. Ning Qi's palm could pass directly through his own body.
There was nothing here, only boundless white. If Ning Qi had not been able to lower his head and see himself, he might have thought he had been blinded by an unceasing beam of intense light.
Just like the information that had suddenly appeared in his mind every time his Byakugan advanced a stage, Ning Qi had already more or less figured out what this pure white world could do for him before his Byakugan's weakened state had fully faded.
This was the ability Ning Qi had awakened after his Byakugan