Hearing Kai's words, Ōtsutsuki Urashiki laughed from sheer anger.
That ingrained sense of superiority burst out of him almost instinctively.
"Compensation?! Since when has my Ōtsutsuki clan ever paid compens—"
Clatter!
The chains, which had only just loosened slightly, tightened again.
The pitch-black chakra wrapped around his soul also bloomed once more!
This was a trait obtained from a god of the Pure Land. Its threat level was simply not something ordinary ninjutsu could compare to.
And Urashiki, who had already been tortured for so long, did not manage to struggle even half a breath before he immediately begged for mercy.
"Ow, ow, ow! I'll pay! I'll definitely pay!"
He said those words with absolute certainty, without the slightest hesitation.
Only, his voice trembled slightly.
That was the lingering aftereffect of pure pain.
The way he looked at Uchiha Kai was also somewhat difficult to maintain.
What decent person tortured others this honestly?
And this ninjutsu might not necessarily be the strongest in pure destructive power, but when it came to tormenting people—
It truly had skill!
He took a deep breath and tried hard to smooth away the ugliness on his face.
To restore his original appearance.
This was his final dignity.
"So slow and fussy."
Kai glanced at this pretentious man. Without even thinking, he reached out and slapped the pitch-black Tailed Beast Ball from earlier toward him.
Buzz, buzz, buzz.
"Hhh… don't!"
Feeling the stabbing pain coming from his waist, Urashiki instantly spat blood and tried to stop him!
Those narrow, pale-blue Rinnegan stared fixedly at Kai's palm. Looking at the spinning pitch-black Tailed Beast Ball, his pupils shrank sharply.
"Don't press it! Don't press it! I'll pay! I'll absolutely pay!"
His voice was somewhat hoarse. That was because his throat had been corroded.
But it was also somewhat shrill. That was purely because he had been scared half to death.
Under multiple layers of pressure, he could no longer care about anything else and immediately shouted, "I have a treasure! A secret treasure of the Ōtsutsuki clan!"
Buzz—click!
The rotation speed of the Tailed Beast Ball at Kai's fingertip paused for a moment.
He tilted his head, his baby-fat cheeks carrying undisguised disdain.
"Save you? You can't even pull a single fish out of that fish basket, and now you're talking about secret treasures?"
"Why don't you say you have something huge too?"
As he spoke, he raised his hand to slap it down again.
Buzz—riiip!
The violently rotating Tailed Beast Ball had already shredded Urashiki's clothes.
"Hhh… I do! I really do!"
Urashiki twisted his body, which was pierced through by the chains, causing them to rattle loudly.
"The supreme treasure of our Ōtsutsuki clan—Karasuki! It is a treasure capable of traveling through time and space! Spare me, and I'll take it out!"
"Karasuki?"
Kai's little brows lifted.
Inside, however, his heart was already blooming with joy.
That was exactly what he had come for.
But on the surface, he still looked disdainful.
"That name sounds so rustic it's practically falling apart. Like some farming tool… Are you sure it's a secret treasure and not agricultural equipment?"
Urashiki: "…"
He nearly failed to catch his breath.
In the past, anyone who dared speak of an Ōtsutsuki treasure like that would have been erased long ago!
But now, he could only explain.
Seeing that Kai seemed to show an interested expression, Urashiki mocked him disdainfully in his heart.
Foolish.
So what if I hand this thing over to you? Without the pure bloodline of my Ōtsutsuki clan, don't even dream of using it!
As long as I can kill you, what does it matter if I give it to you first?
Thinking this, he hurriedly put on another smile.
A fawning smile.
In the distance—
"Karasuki? The time turtle?"
Boruto's bright blue eyes instantly lit up.
"The one that can go back to the past? Isn't that the thing we used to come here?"
"If it can really return to the past… then can it also travel to the future? Or…"
Sasuke's eye flickered.
The Kusanagi Sword in his only hand gradually began to glow.
If it could truly travel through time, then he wanted to see what the future of this time-space would become!
Would it be as he thought—
Completely separate from his own?
"Oh? Is that so…"
Kai seemed to become interested. His small foot stepped on the scorched tree stump as he leaned forward slightly.
"Then take it out and let me see?"
"But…"
Urashiki lowered his head.
A hidden trace of laughter and madness flashed deep in his eyes.
After struggling for a long while, he finally spoke with difficulty.
"But I'm being restrained. I can't activate it…"
He could not activate it.
In other words, only if Kai released him could he take it out.
Release him, or obtain the treasure?
This was a choice.
Unfortunately, that was only what Urashiki thought.
In Kai's eyes, this was not a choice at all.
He lightly clapped his hands.
Clap, clap.
Clatter~
The chains shifted.
The pitch-black chakra on them also receded like a tide.
Crack, crack.
Urashiki moved his eyes.
Then his arms.
The chakra flowing inside his body made him let out a faint breath of relief.
His power had returned.
Of course, to buy time, he did not hesitate too much. He directly opened his mouth and spat.
From deep in his throat, a tiny point of faint golden light was forced out with great difficulty.
Then it grew larger and larger.
Larger and larger.
Plop.
Soon, a small pink turtle about the size of a palm, its shell engraved with mysterious space-time formulas, was spat out.
It fell to the ground, drooping its head and looking completely lifeless.
"Here… here it is!"
Only then did Urashiki speak with difficulty.
It seemed that spitting out this treasure had consumed a great deal of strength.
"So this is Karasuki?"
Kai picked up the turtle and rubbed it between his fingers.
He was not that little muddlehead Boruto, who had obtained such a thing and actually chose to release it.
Nor was he that big muddlehead Sasuke, who had watched Boruto release it without stopping him.
A treasure with this kind of strategic significance was something one could only encounter by luck.
And just as his attention was drawn to Karasuki, Urashiki moved.
He struggled to stretch out his arm, grabbed the fish basket, and stuffed it into his mouth!
Then he dug out both of his Rinnegan and stuffed them into his mouth as well!
He began chewing in great mouthfuls.
Crunch.
Crunch.
He vividly demonstrated what it meant for a fisherman to eat anything when he was starving.
Kai naturally noticed what this guy was doing, but he did not bother interfering.
After all…
He had already tied Urashiki up and whipped him, yet the system prompt declaring victory still had not sounded.
So, in Kai's eyes, the system had not yet judged Urashiki as defeated.
In that case, he could only give Urashiki a chance to display his full strength.
Of course, although he was watching, he did not forget to pocket the little turtle on the ground.
This thing might have great use in the future.
"Ugh… hhh… hhh…"
Along with those items entering his stomach, Urashiki's face gradually began to change.
Even his throat emitted a nonhuman shriek.
From hoarse, it turned sharp and ear-piercing.
Then he abruptly threw his head back and swallowed the scarlet fishing rod and fish basket he had stuffed into his mouth!
Pfft!
Pfft!
As changes erupted inside his body, blood sprayed wildly from the wounds pierced by the chains as if it cost nothing!
Gurgle—
Crack, crack—
His body swelled like an inflated balloon, bulging one moment and twisting the next.
"Lowly insect! You actually forced me to abandon elegance!"
"Hehehehe! Then—let me send you back to the Pure Land!"
"Crane—Form!"
From the wounds pierced by the chains, dark-blue blood sprayed wildly!
But Urashiki ignored it entirely.
His body swelled and twisted violently like a balloon being inflated.
"Lowly insect! Forcing me to abandon elegance…"
"Then let us return to the Pure Land together!"
"Crane—Form!"
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