Yongye silently gave the command: Open.
[Ding! Super Blind Box opened. Congratulations, Host! You have obtained the One-Tail Tailed Beast Origin.]
The next instant, a vast, turbid power surged into Yongye's body.
It burst deep within his Dantian like a boulder dropped into deep water, sending out rings of dark yellow ripples.
The ripples climbed through his Meridians, spread across his limbs, torso, and organs, then seeped deep into his bones and cells.
He felt his Chakra reserves soaring. It was not the abrupt doubling of previous system rewards, but a deeper, more fundamental fusion.
The Tailed Beast Origin was merging with his own Chakra.
He was not a Jinchūriki borrowing a Tailed Beast's power. He was absorbing the One-Tail's origin, digesting it, and making it his own.
His physique surged another level in that instant. Faint dark-gold patterns appeared on his skin, then faded after a few breaths.
Yongye looked down at his hand, spreading and closing his fingers. That vast, turbid power had fully entered his Chakra system, like a tamed river flowing into the sea.
He raised his head and looked back at Obito.
Obito still sat on the pile of rubble, head lowered, staring at the blood-soaked slab before his knees.
The Spiral Mask had slipped half an inch down his face, revealing features still young but ravaged by despair.
Yongye shook his head.
"Obito."
"Your Eye of the Moon Plan was wrong from the start."
"Because the foundation of that dream—the woman you wanted to create a world for, Lin..."
He paused, then added with pointed amusement:
"I've already brought her back to life."
A figure leaped from the rubble at the ravine's edge and landed on a broken wall ahead of Yongye.
Tsunade.
Her Hokage Robe had several tears. Rubble had