Mangekyō: Kamui

Early morning, deep in the forest

A black bear held a huge fish in its mouth as it poked its head out from the grass and looked around.

There had been a huge commotion here yesterday. It had scared Bear Lord into staying indoors, leaving him hungry all night. Today, Bear Lord wanted to see what had happened.

The former site of the Black Heaven Guild had completely collapsed. Half the ruins had been annihilated, and aside from a few tree stumps, nothing remained in the clearing.

A black-haired boy was half-reclining beside a tree stump, holding a white-haired girl in his arms.

The black bear felt a little weak-kneed at the apocalyptic sight before it. Bear Lord could only break a tree with all his strength. Just how powerful did someone have to be to cause this?

Bear Lord silently retreated, but halfway through, he felt unwilling to leave. Those two hairless monkeys were so small, and there was no movement or frightening aura from them. Had they been caught up in it?

Had Heaven taken pity on Bear Lord and sent him food?

That was right. Winter had only just passed, and Bear Lord was starving. Thank you for nature's bounty!

The black bear carefully approached the two children and activated Stealth.

Closer and closer.

When the black bear realized it was only two meters away and they still had not reacted, it grew bolder.

Just as Bear Lord said, this was nature's bounty!

The black bear stood upright. With the fish still in its mouth, it planned to carry one child in each paw and take them home.

Who said bears did not eat corpses? When he was hungry, anything would do. Bear Lord could even put on a show of chewing tree bark for you.

Just as the bear paw was about to touch the girl, Bear Lord suddenly froze. Cold sweat poured down its body. After wearing this bear coat for so many years, this was the first time it had ever felt uncomfortable.

The moment Qian Guang woke up, he sensed something approaching. Opening his eyes, he saw a huge claw reaching for Mirajane. His Sharingan began spinning unconsciously, transforming directly into a Mangekyō.

Bear Lord had never imagined that, as an ordinary black bear—one like those whose paws Qian Guang had eaten in his childhood—he would be worthy of witnessing a Mangekyō.

It did not dare move. Its legs trembled uncontrollably, and it clamped down hard on the enormous fish to keep its mouth from shaking too.

Qian Guang finally saw what the shadow was: a huge black bear. It had no magic power. It was simply an ordinary, big, black bear.

He sighed in relief. Feeling the warmth in his arms, his gaze instantly softened. He examined her body with magic power and found that she had merely overdrawn her magic power. Only then did he slowly relax.

He felt the strange change in his eyes. It was as though something was flowing from them, and he could clearly sense the spatial particles around him and manipulate them at will.

Could it be that one?

Qian Guang gathered the little magic power left in his body and formed an ice mirror.

In the mirror, Qian Guang's face was pale. What a sickly beauty!

Bloody tears streamed from his eyes, while a pinwheel formed from three small scythe-like shapes had replaced the former Three-Tomoe.

Mangekyō!

Kamui!

Tobi's account!

Qian Guang had thought that since he looked like Itachi, he would get Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi. He had not expected Kamui!

Perhaps it was also related to how desperately he had wanted to grab Mirajane at the time. It truly was an eye that reflected the heart. So this was giving up the red Gundam and starting the blue Gundam route.

I'll inherit Tobi's main account.

Qian Guang was excited. Not only had he protected Mira, but he had also leveled up. To celebrate, he decided to try Kamui.

Watching the hairless monkey's expression change from fierce to bewildered to delighted, Bear Lord wondered whether he was sick. It slowly tried to slip away unnoticed.

Then a vortex appeared at its side, frightening it into freezing again! This time, no matter what, it did not dare move carelessly!

Qian Guang covered his eye and panted heavily. He could not take it anymore; the magic power consumption was too great. But through that test and the new knowledge that had appeared in his mind, he confirmed that it was exactly the same as Tobi's.

Qian Guang was excited, incredibly excited—so excited that he even wanted to slaughter a bear and eat bear paw to liven things up.

The black bear immediately stood ramrod straight! It felt an incomparably malicious intent!

"Mm~"

Just as Qian Guang was considering how to prepare bear paw, Mirajane woke up in his arms.

But girls really were adorable when they woke up!

Mirajane opened her gem-like eyes. The first person she saw was Qian Guang, and she looked at his eyes, which had returned to black, and the bloodstains at their corners.

She smiled weakly. "So, is this hell?"

"How could it be? Are there bears in hell?" Qian Guang lovingly stroked her head. Unfortunately, he had no magic power right now and could not help her recover.

Since she was being held, Mirajane had not seen the bear and did not want to turn around to look. She merely reached out and brushed Qian Guang's cheek, wanting to wipe away the bloodstains.

"So, why were you so foolish? Why wouldn't you listen? Didn't I tell you to run?"

"Well, there was nothing I could do. I was unconscious then. My body moved on its own." Seeing that she had awakened, Qian Guang was finally at ease and even had the mood to joke with her.

"You're all talk." The corners of Mirajane's lips lifted slightly. She hugged Qian Guang tightly and snuggled deeper into his arms.

"Don't take risks next time. It hurts me to see you like this."

"Mm, I won't."

The two embraced each other, savoring their feelings for one another.

Smack.

A sound shattered the beautiful scene.

Qian Guang turned a blade-like gaze on the black bear, which could not read the mood at all. Perfect—it could help Mira replenish her strength!

The black bear trembled even harder. Its fish had just fallen. Bear Lord had not meant to drop it! The fish was too big; Bear Lord simply could not keep hold of it!

Its tiny black eyes pleaded with Qian Guang. Bear Lord was wrong. Please let Bear Lord go. Bear Lord would eat tree bark from now on.

"Eh, there really is a bear. Did you come to bring us dinner?" Only now did Mirajane notice that there truly was a black bear.

Looking at the huge fish by the bear's feet, she assumed the black bear had brought them fish.

But upon hearing that, the black bear thought the female hairless monkey wanted to eat it too, and it anxiously began roaring.

"Roar, roar, roar!"

As it roared, it pushed the fish over and pointed toward the distant woods, indicating that it could go pick some fruit too.

Mirajane stared at the gesticulating black bear with a puzzled expression. Why had it started dancing? (°ο°)

Qian Guang looked at the black bear, which was adding drama for itself, with a dark expression. "All right, all right. Go catch another fish and bring back some fruit too!"

It had to be said that this bear was far smarter than that big bug. Though he did not know whether it understood, it at least immediately got up and ran into the forest.

"Pfft, did that bear think we were going to eat it? How cute." Mirajane suddenly understood what the bear had meant earlier and burst out laughing.

Qian Guang looked at the fish with some disdain and did not tell Mira that he had indeed been thinking exactly that.

There were no tools around, so Qian Guang could only use the most primitive cooking methods.

Skewer it, then light a fire!

Who knew how much time had passed.

One person and one bear sat around the campfire, drooling. Around them were many unattractive but exceptionally delicious fruits.

Qian Guang was grinding medicine on the other side.

"So why is this bear here too? Emergency provisions?"

Without turning around, Mirajane stared at the three huge grilled fish before her. "Don't say that. Big Bear caught three fish and lots of fruit for us. Let him be our guest."

"Roar, roar, roar!"

Big Bear could no longer wait. If Qian Guang had not stopped it earlier, it would have already dug in.

After receiving the white monkey's assurance, Big Bear was still uneasy, but delicious food overcame fear! It only wanted to eat the fish now!

Looking at those two gluttons, Qian Guang sped up his grinding. He feared that if he went over too late, they would steal and eat even his portion!

"All right, you can eat now!"

After finishing the medicine, Qian Guang looked at the person and bear and sighed. What else could he do? He would spoil them.

"Yay!" The moment Mirajane heard that, she kicked Big Bear away and snatched the large portion in front of it.

Big Bear was utterly confused, unable to understand why it had been kicked. But when it saw that only the smallest fish remained by the fire, it understood.

"Roar, roar, roar!!!" m9(｀д´)!!!!

Bear Lord protests!!! Bear Lord did all the work! Bear Lord should get more to eat!

"Eat quickly! If you don't, there won't be any left!"

"Roar~"

All right, Bear Lord was just a worker. Workers could only eat what the boss left behind.

Evening, bear cave

Qian Guang and Mirajane did not return immediately. After clearing out the valuable items from the ruins, they came to visit Big Bear's home. However, the poor owner was currently keeping watch outside.

Inside the cave, Mirajane lay there with her back bare.

"Hiss! You're killing me! Be gentler! I'm bleeding!"

"Don't move! Of course you'll bleed—it's so big."

"Waaah, gentler!"

"Almost done, almost done. Don't move!"

"Whew, I'm exhausted." Qian Guang wiped the sweat from his forehead. Mira's reaction had been far too intense.

Of course, the two had not done anything improper. After her transformation had been undone, Mirajane's back had been covered in cuts. Some wounds even had pebbles lodged in them, and Qian Guang had just been removing those pebbles.

But because they had only found medicine that was not very suitable, the results were less than ideal, and it hurt terribly!

"Bastard! What kind of doctor did you learn to be?!" Mirajane crossed her arms over her chest.

Qian Guang felt that was entirely unnecessary. Her upper body was already wrapped in bandages. He had seen a little of what he should and should not have seen, and the handprint on his face was the best proof.

What could he do? She could not conveniently wrap the bandages herself, and he had only seen a tiny bit. Before he could even look carefully, she had slapped him away.

As a doctor, Qian Guang felt he did not have such worldly desires. So he tried to reason with Mirajane, wanting to explain his medical principles.

Smack!

There it was—another handprint. Hmph, utterly unreasonable!

Big Bear yawned at the cave entrance. Ah, Bear Lord understood now. These hairless monkeys were full of lies. They had claimed to be treating injuries just now, but then they had started shouting nonsense. Now they were playing around by smacking each other. Hmph, they had even taken Bear Lord's home! Utterly unreasonable!

That was what it thought, but Big Bear did not dare resist the two hairless monkeys. It feared that the two might suddenly get hungry and decide they wanted a late-night snack, with Bear Lord delivering himself right to their door.

Hopefully, they would not touch Bear Lord's treasured honey! Otherwise, Bear Lord would absolutely never forgive them without five grilled fish meals!