The instant Muzan took the wooden box, he froze as though an electric current had struck him.
He did not leave immediately, instead looking at Uchiha Zongyan with gratitude.
Uchiha Zongyan spoke calmly.
"This is the reward you've earned for serving the Uchiha all this time."
Muzan's lips quivered violently.
"Young Master Zongyan..."
His voice was unbelievably hoarse, utterly unlike his usual aristocratic manner.
"The Blue Spider Lily... so this is the Blue Spider Lily."
His gaze locked onto the few blue flowers inside the wooden box, his entire demonic body trembling.
"A thousand years... I've searched for nearly a thousand years, and today, at last... at last I've seen it."
Watching Muzan like this, the corners of Zongyan's mouth curled up slightly.
"All right, Muzan. Go become a perfect demon. Let the entire Shinobi World see a demon without weaknesses."
Muzan jerked his head up, what burned in his eyes almost spilling over.
He nodded firmly.
"Yes, Young Master Zongyan."
He closed the wooden box and hugged it tightly to his chest, beginning to call out to Nakime in his mind.
The next second, the wooden sliding door to the Infinity Castle slowly opened, and Muzan turned and stepped inside.
Inside the Infinity Castle.
Muzan placed the wooden box on the laboratory bench and slowly opened it.
The Blue Spider Lilies' blue glow shone on his face, illuminating his trembling crimson slit pupils.
Failure!
Failure!
Another failure...
There was no longer a single clean spot in the laboratory.
Broken vessels and dried medicinal stains covered the bench, while the walls were splattered with residual fluids sprayed out during failed experiments.
Muzan stood before the laboratory bench, his hair disheveled, his clothes covered in bloodstains and hardened clumps of dried medicinal fluid.
His crimson eyes had sunk into their sockets