Uda Blood Plain. All three thousand members of the Ōtsutsuki clan had gathered here.
Basara's sharp gaze swept across the crowd before finally settling on the inconspicuous Urashiki. He said darkly, "Urashiki..."
Urashiki Otsutsuki suddenly shuddered!
Urashiki replied timidly, "Lord Basara, Urashiki is here..."
Basara said, "Come forward. I have something to ask you..."
Urashiki stepped forward beneath everyone's watchful eyes!
He stopped beneath the divine platform where Basara stood, dropped to one knee, and could not stop his body from trembling!
Basara looked down at him. "You seem very nervous. What are you afraid of?"
Urashiki Otsutsuki stammered, "L-Lord Basara, your heavenly might... makes Urashiki tremble in fear!"
Of the more than three thousand people present, even those who usually disliked Urashiki did not mock him. This was the proper bearing of a lowly god before the leader of the Heavenly Gods!
Called out by name in front of everyone, no one would have fared much better than Urashiki did now!
Basara asked, "You once served Ryushiki, didn't you?"
Urashiki answered nervously, "Yes... I once followed Lord Ryushiki!"
Basara said, "You fell into hardship in Reed Plain Country, then returned to Takamagahara three years ago. Since then, you have served Gandharva. Your fate truly has been quite turbulent..."
Urashiki prostrated himself. "This subordinate is lowly. After surviving that calamity, Lord Gandharva graciously took me in! But this subordinate truly does not dare presume to be worthy of Lord Gandharva, so I absolutely cannot call myself a follower. I am merely a servant...!"
"Oh, a servant. At least you know your place." Basara's gaze was unfathomably deep. "But guess what I saw in the Netherworld."
Urashiki's eyes trembled. "This subordinate... does not know!"
"I saw your soul imprisoned in the depths of hell. They built a shrine for you and