"And the peace of the ninja world—that was all fought for by you. Master's achievements are brilliant and undeniable, but what you have done has absolutely surpassed Master. I don't think anyone in the future will be able to surpass you, unless they save the entire world."
This praise left Torifu so giddy that he nearly lost his footing, but no matter what, coming from his wife, Torifu felt proud and enjoyed hearing it.
If an outsider praised him like this, Torifu would probably be so embarrassed that his toes would curl up and drill a two-bedroom apartment into the ground.
"Haha, alright, alright, don't praise me anymore, or I'll really get carried away."
Naori spread her hands and said casually, "It's just the truth, isn't it?"
"Fine, since you're about to float away, I won't praise you anymore. It's a good time now, so I'm going for a walk on the street. You rest at home."
Naori didn't ask Torifu to go shopping with her. Torifu was already very tired from the morning, and Naori felt a lot of sympathy, so she was fine going shopping alone.
She just wanted to buy some small toys to take back for Akihara to play with; it wasn't a big deal.
After Naori left, Torifu sat quietly on the sofa alone. The battle this morning had indeed exhausted him. He had consumed a lot of chakra.
Although it had recovered now, his spirit was still quite weary.
"Hmm, the battle is over. Logically, the system should have prompted that the event is complete. Why is there no sound yet?"
Torifu muttered to himself. Perhaps it was because of his urging, or maybe it was just a coincidence.
The system actually spoke up.
[Ding! Congratulations to the Host for smoothly completing the Chaos Event. Completion Rating: SSS]
An SSS rating—that was truly high. It had never appeared before. Torifu thought the highest rating was S.
It seemed his previous missions were not perfect enough.
Since this rating reached SSS, the rewards must also be incredibly generous!
Torifu had spent a lot of time and effort completing this Chaos Event, and he hoped to receive a reward that would help him break through to the Six Paths level.
After all, he had been hovering at the Kage-level peak for a long time. The enemies were getting stronger and stronger. If he couldn't break through to the Six Paths level soon, he might not be able to handle the next enemy he encountered.
His wish for a peaceful life would completely turn into a bubble.
So, Torifu's mood was extremely nervous. At this moment, he was the only one in the apartment, and it was so quiet that he could hear a pin drop.
This profound silence undoubtedly intensified Torifu's tension.
[Ding! Now issuing rewards.]
[The Host has perfectly completed the First Mission. Reward: One map of an Unknown Location.]
"Huh?"
Upon hearing this reward, Torifu was completely stunned. What was a map of an unknown location?
"You lousy system! You're pulling this stunt again, are you?! Before, you dumped a broken door on me that I still haven't used, and now you're giving me a damn map! What are you playing at?!"
What Torifu wanted was never a broken door frame or a map; he needed something that could make him break through to the Six Paths level!
But this lousy system insisted on pulling this trick! Why?! Was it deliberately trying to annoy him?
Torifu's cursing didn't prompt any reaction from the system, nor did his anger change the reward.
Instead, it continued to speak.
[The Host has perfectly completed the Second Mission. Reward: Chakra Coagulation Orb.]
"Chakra Coagulation Orb? What is that? Why are there no follow-up descriptions for the rewards now? Am I supposed to guess their use?"
This time, the system did react to the complaint, and Torifu saw a suffix added after the Chakra Coagulation Orb.
[Chakra Coagulation Orb] (A secret method employed by Blaze to collect the chakra of all the deceased, merge it into an altar, and absorb it into her body. The altar has been destroyed, and the Orb is the core of the altar, the center where all chakra was gathered.)
"Collected the chakra of all the deceased?" Seeing this information, Torifu immediately understood everything.
It turned out that those initial rogue ninja were not meant to stall for time but were specifically sent to die.
Combining this with Blaze's previous methods, Torifu knew that Blaze must have manipulated them.
But he didn't know the deeper reason. Perhaps only Blaze and Hanzō understood it all.
But none of that mattered. Torifu wouldn't care about the schemes of the defeated. If the scheme were truly powerful, they wouldn't have died.
"Hmm... it sounds decent, but this thing was condensed by Blaze's secret method. Could it be useful to me? And it seems to be condensed from the chakra of the deceased. If I absorb it directly into my body, how is that different from cannibalism?"
Torifu wasn't very interested in this item, or rather, he was quite resistant to it. He wasn't lacking in chakra right now.
And advancing to the Six Paths level couldn't be achieved by chakra alone. Otherwise, he would have long since converted all his Peace Points into chakra.
Neither reward was what Torifu wanted, which left him extremely disappointed.
Torifu had pinned his hopes of becoming Six Paths level on this Chaos Event, but unfortunately, it did not happen as he wished.
He shook his head helplessly. "It seems I'll have to find another way. Should I summon the Ten-Tails and become its Jinchūriki?"
This was the only way Torifu could think of to advance to the Six Paths level on his own.
But that thing was a trap. One mistake, and he would become a vessel for Ōtsutsuki Kaguya to break the seal.
Torifu didn't want to pave the way for someone else.
Getting the Yin-Yang Release power from the Sage of Six Paths was also unrealistic. After all, he didn't have the Sage of Six Paths' bloodline and wasn't the reincarnation of Asura or Indra.
The Sage of Six Paths likely wouldn't give his Yin-Yang Release power to Torifu.
And even if he did, it would only allow Torifu to briefly enter the Six Paths level.
When the bestowed power vanished, Torifu would revert to his original state, remaining exactly as he was before.
So, it held no practical value.
"The Baryon Mode also counts as entering the Six Paths level, but that comes at the cost of all of the Nine-Tails' chakra, and it requires the two of us to be perfectly in sync, so that's completely out."
Currently, all the Tailed Beasts were trapped in the Cloud Stone Prison. The 'Jinchūriki' couldn't communicate with the Tailed Beasts at all and could only purely borrow their energy. Naturally, being perfectly in sync was out of the question.
Torifu sat on the sofa, clutching his hair, having thought through almost every possibility.
But he still couldn't think of a reliable, stable, and permanent way to advance to the Six Paths level.
"This is infuriating! Can this damn system not give me something useful for once!"
Torifu couldn't help but shout a curse. Just as he was about to continue his rant, he suddenly froze, his expression caught between anger and astonishment.
[Ding! Host achieves SSS rating for completing the Chaos Event!!! Reward: Six Paths Yin-Yang Release Power (Upon use, permanently advances to Six Paths level)]