"Uchiha Itachi..."
"You coward!"
"You ungrateful bastard!"
"I hate you!"
Danzo's fists clenched until they creaked. His knuckles bulged, his nails dug into his palms, and blood seeped between his fingers onto the stone floor. He looked like a cornered beast making one last struggle before death.
Yongye stood watching him, his smile spreading from his lips to his eyes.
In his Mindscape, a familiar, rousing theme began to play!
After listening for a moment, Yongye recognized it as the entrance theme of the coolest grand helmsman!
He was startled and delighted, his anticipation soaring!
The system had never gotten this elaborate before!
[Target Shimura Danzō detected: his spirit is broken!] [Host has successfully seized his fortune, leaving him with no hope or convictions. Heartbreak points have reached the maximum. Congratulations, host! You have received one Ultimate Mystery Box. Open it now?]
Yongye's pupils widened slightly. Then, heedless of where he was, he threw back his head and laughed.
An Ultimate Mystery Box!
"Open it."
[Ding—Ultimate Mystery Box opened!] [Congratulations, host! Reward obtained: Xingtian Immortal Body!]
The next instant, an unprecedented power exploded inside Yongye. It was not Chakra, not Senjutsu, not Yin-Yang Release, and certainly not the searing heat of Dragon Essence.
It surged from the deepest reaches of his soul, seeped through the spaces in his marrow, and burst from every nerve ending.
His Mindscape shook as though a massive war drum were being beaten deep within his consciousness. Every strike made his soul tremble.
Then he saw...
A headless giant stood in a chaotic void, shield in his left hand and axe in his right. His nipples were his eyes, his navel his mouth. Dark-gold markings covered his bare upper body, each one flowing with blazing light.
The giant walked toward him.
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