At Shinji's insistence, everyone waited on the upper level.
As for whether Hiruko posed a threat to his safety?
Shinji had only one thing to say—
Unless Shibai Otsutsuki suddenly decided to pull a deus ex machina on him, Shinji couldn't think of anyone in the Shinobi World who could threaten him right now.
Plip.
Plip.
In the dark, damp cavern, Shinji watched Hiruko's excited face and shook his head to himself.
This guy...
No matter how much Shinji changed the course of his life, Hiruko remained a terrifying obsessive. If Shinji didn't keep guiding him and instead let him do as he pleased...
Hiruko really might cause a disaster.
"Lord Shinji! Please wait by the entrance!"
"Oh—"
Shinji stopped without a care and looked around. It was still the same cavern, with sunlight pouring through the hollow summit above.
But it was unexpectedly clean now.
That raised Shinji's opinion of Hiruko a little.
He actually listened.
Meanwhile...
Under Shinji's puzzled gaze, Hiruko carefully rose onto his toes and felt his way along the rock wall, searching for something in the dark.
"?"
Shinji grew a little more alert.
After all, he had already activated Mind's Eye of the Kagura, yet he sensed no Chakra flow anywhere underground.
That was far from normal.
Hum—
Light flashed through his crystal-clear pupils.
He swept his gaze around.
Still nothing.
"What is it? Even these eyes can't see through it?"
Shinji frowned.
The fusion of the Byakugan and Sharingan had given Shinji an enormous boost in combat strength.
He could keep the Three Tomoe and Byakugan active as a matter of course.
That gave him a full 360-degree field of view without blind spots, along with dynamic vision. Even at night, he could see more than ten kilometers away.
At the same time,