"Don't be so nervous. Don't think of it as entirely a bad thing," Yanbai said with a smile.
Madara Uchiha narrowed his eyes. "What does that mean?"
"It does have its benefits," Yanbai said softly. "Loving me with an undying devotion will give you an extreme urge to kill me, but at the same time, you'll gain abilities beyond those of ordinary people."
"Abilities beyond those of ordinary people?" Madara Uchiha looked at Yanbai in disbelief.
"Yes. That urge to kill will be a natural physiological response, just like drowsiness or hunger," Yanbai said with a smile. "But you can adapt to it. You need to understand that you want to kill me because you love me. The special abilities you gain through that murderous urge are what we call a 'Gift.' It's a 'Gift' I bestow upon you, a power born of my praise for you..."
"You should think of your urge to kill me as nothing more than the price you must pay to receive my 'Gift,' a side effect that comes with it."
Madara Uchiha was torn, unsure what to say.
Then Yanbai continued, "I'm not telling you all this to make you distance yourself from me. I want you to know that your ocular power is evolving. If the seal I placed on you stops working one day, don't leave me because you're afraid of that urge to kill."
At those words, Madara Uchiha's gaze softened, though his expression grew grave again.
Yanbai watched Madara Uchiha's face and said in all seriousness, "Madara, once you adapt to that murderous urge, you'll gain the abilities I 'gift' you."
In every virtual world Yanbai had encountered, anyone whose affection for him exceeded 200 points would inevitably turn dark and receive a "Gift" at the same time.
Yanbai had