With Uxas's death, the [Curtain] shrouding all of Black Mountain disappeared as well.
The thousand-odd people trapped inside began scattering for their lives.
Shinji paid them no attention, nor did he care how many of the survivors were from the Land of Vegetables.
He had done his best, anyway.
Without him, not a single one of them would have survived. They would all have died.
Afterward, they searched the interior of Black Mountain once more. Finding nothing else, they left with the corpse.
Although it was of little use to him, he could trade it for quite a few things.
At the very least, the force behind the Bounty Station was willing to play the sucker.
He wondered whether those people had managed to discover anything in their research after all this time.
After all, Kirigakure and Sunagakure, along with Orochimaru, had all revealed some of their research results. Presumably, the others were about the same.
That was why the corpse of a special grade cursed spirit would always be in demand.
At that thought, Shinji's heart bled.
Several times before, he had smashed his enemies to pieces, leaving no remains whatsoever. Adding it all up, that was a pure loss of several hundred million!
Although he had long since told himself to leave their corpses intact whenever possible, his enemies were no pushovers. Striking that balance was hardly easy.
This time was a perfect example. He might not have won without going all out, so how could he have worried about anything else?
The good news, though, was that he had kept the corpse this time.
After they reunited with Sasuke and his companion, Tamamo Hotaru excitedly hugged Bright Moon's head and checked every part of Bright Moon's body.
Only after confirming that Bright Moon really was unhurt did