That eye stared fixedly at him in the darkness.
It was not a human eye. It belonged to the Ten-Tails.
A Rinnegan, a full ten times larger than Pain's, glowed with an eerie purple light that made his skin crawl.
Shuo stood still, pushing Lightspeed Thinking to its limit, his mind filled with the paths of flowing chakra-this thing's chakra could not even be measured. It was not merely vast; it was boundless, like standing on a shore with no end in sight.
"Your light..."
That voice rang out again, muddled as though countless people were speaking over one another. "It's very special. It doesn't belong to this world."
Shuo said nothing and instinctively felt his pocket. Empty.
Oh, right. He had already eaten all the candy.
"Do you have any fucking candy?" he suddenly asked, as casually as if he were asking the owner of a sweet shop.
The enormous eye visibly froze for a moment.
"...What?"
"Candy," Shuo repeated, spreading his hands. "The sweet kind. Chestnut flavor would be best. Got any?"
Silence, for three full seconds.
Then the eye smiled-not in amusement, but with the mocking smile of someone looking at an idiot.
"Do you think..."
Its voice turned cold. "This is your family's sweet shop?"
Shuo shrugged, looking utterly unconcerned. "Worth a try. What if you did?"
He took a step forward, his footfall light, yet carrying a reckless disregard for death.
The eye narrowed, its oppressive presence instantly reaching its peak. "You're not afraid?"
Shuo thought for a moment and answered quite honestly. "I am. But what good does being afraid do? Would you let us go just because I was scared?"
He took another step forward, moving closer to the Ten-Tails' eye.
"Your light," the Ten-Tails said, its voice deepening. "Can you give it