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"Get there!"
—Susanoo: Five Wheels of Tribulation!
Chapter 40 The Journey of Opening Eyes (Part 1)
(The chapter order has also been adjusted, so the paragraph comments have been cleared. I look forward to everyone adding them~)
When Chen saw Jin's figure in his mind, his memories were also pulled back to the autumn of Konoha in the seventy-third year.
In the 73rd year of Konoha, the Chen and Jin families participated in the Six-Patterned Lantern Festival in Saiga-gen Village of the Land of Earth.
They were just taking care of their families and were away for a short while.
Jin had already fallen on the riverbank below the Shinazugawa Shrine.
When Chen arrived, Jin had already lost all vital signs. His eyes were fixed on the sky, as if he had seen something extremely terrifying before he died.
The dust that flows from the Muddy River can manipulate the critical point between life and death.
Just like when we found those masterpieces back then.
Dust desperately tried to reverse time, but even as his eyeballs were ripped open by blood vessels, he couldn't warm Jin's cold body.
Dust realized that Jin's death had occurred beyond the limits of his recovery.
Immediately, a forbidden technique came to mind that could bring Ember back to life.
That was the forbidden technique Chiyo used to revive Gaara: Reincarnation of My Own Life.
Fortunately, Chiyo was also one of his Edo Tensei treasures.
He immediately summoned the spirit of Chiyo, who had already been cursed by Kotoamatsukami, and asked her to teach him the technique of turning his life around.
Dust formed the seal of reincarnation and began to transfer his life force to Ember in its entirety. However, the channel for the transfer of life force seemed to be closed. He could not transfer it in, and Ember could not be resurrected!
Dust asked Granny Chiyo why.
Granny Chiyo remained silent for a long time before saying that the prerequisite for Ji Sheng to be able to bring the dead back to life is that the person has been dead for no more than twelve hours and the soul has not yet gone to the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss after death.
The fact that Jin could not be resurrected meant that his soul had already reached the Pure Land. Then, Granny Chiyo emphasized that it was unprecedented for a soul to reach the Pure Land half an hour after death.
At this point, Chen knew that there was no hope of getting Jin to stand up alive again.
Chen reminded himself to stay calm, not to panic or be impatient, and not to repeat the mistake that killed his parents! At the very least, he needed to find out what his younger brother saw before he died!
Dust released a White Zetsu from the Tuo Liu time zone, imagining that just like the Edo Tensei father and mother, it would bring out the Edo Tensei!
Even if Jin would later, like his father and mother, ascend to heaven and leave him forever because of inner peace, he couldn't care less at the time!
But reality dealt Chen a heavy blow; even the Impure World Reincarnation could not bring his younger brother's soul back to the present world!
It was as if an invisible giant hand had blocked all the ways for Chen to see his younger brother again!
It was truly a case of crying out to heaven and earth in vain.
Chen still can't forget the heartbroken look on his younger sister-in-law Samui's face as she held young Feng and Hua.
If this ninja world truly contains an entity unknown even to him, a transmigrator, capable of silently killing Jin, then silently killing anyone around him would be no problem either.
Whether intentionally or unintentionally, the other party left behind Jin's eyes.
Chen realized more clearly than ever before that his power was not strong enough to protect those around him!
We must never let anything like this happen again!
Therefore, he needs even greater power!
And so, he inherited Jin's eyes and awakened his own Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan.
In the past, it required the cooperation of the Mitobo energy to achieve the 'time freeze' using the Omota flow, but he can do it himself now.
Dust froze Ash's remains and placed them in a cubicle at the very end of the Tuo Liu time zone.
Actually, there is another way to revive the younger brother, and that is the art of reincarnation.
That requires the power of the Rinnegan.
With the potential of these Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, it's not impossible for them to awaken the Rinnegan in the future.
But Chen wouldn't take that path unless absolutely necessary.
They are no longer just two brothers who depend on each other for survival; they both have their own homes and families.
He has a responsibility and an obligation to protect this large family.
The matter of reviving his brother was put on hold for the time being. In the years that followed, he spent every single day investigating the cause of his brother's death.
There was no wound on Jin's body, nor any internal injuries like those caused by Hyuga Gentle Fist.
Before he died, his expression was one of terror, as if he had witnessed something horrific.
This confirms that the cause of death was a mental shock... most likely [illusion].
This is the only clue Chen has.
But looking across the ninja world, who else could kill King, a Mangekyou Sharingan user whose strength was not much inferior to his back then, with a mental attack?
Chen was certain that even among the Otsutsuki Isshiki who was lurking in this land, and within his Kara organization, there was no one with such talent.
Anxiety, worry, and self-blame tormented him during that time.
When the night was deep and quiet, thoughts like, "If I had gotten to the shrine by the Shinazugawa River earlier that day, perhaps Jin would have been saved," would always come to his mind, making it hard for him to sleep.
Regret and self-blame manifested as a negative entity resembling ashes, causing him to wake up in the middle of the night more than once.
In order to prevent it from affecting his mind and body, Chen used various means to seal it deep within the ocean of Samadhi meditation.
The seal was very strong, but it loosened because he was in a weak and dying state.
The loosening did not truly break free from the seal of the Sea of Meditation; it merely projected a 'projection' onto the face of the Dust Consciousness!
Just like the Nine-Tails' chakra that overflowed from the gap in Naruto's seal back then!
The voice grew even harsher: "Answer me! Didn't you say you would protect me for the rest of my life?!"
Dust did not answer.
"go to hell!"
"Boom!" The empty eyes of the Ember in front of him suddenly lifted up, and a dark aura gathered into the skeleton of Susanoo, its bone hand gripping the dust!
"Snap!" The pitch-black fascia that crawled out from between the bones transformed into sharp tentacles and burrowed into Chen's chest, violently amplifying the excruciating pain...
"Ughhhhhh...!" The heart-wrenching screams echoed through time and space.
Obito crouched to the side, his brows furrowing deeply as he watched the flesh and blood writhing in Chenxin's mouth.
"The blood vessels that had been repaired by the interstitial cells have torn open again."
"And what's going on? Dust's chakra suddenly split into an undercurrent, and that undercurrent is like a poison, eroding Dust."
Obito clenched his fist tightly. "This is not good..."
If this continues, Chen's life will be in danger... I have to do something.
Obito had no idea what Chen was going through.
However, he has one ability: to transfer chakra using 'Kamui' to assist in battle in the spiritual world. After his death, he assisted Kakashi in this way, providing the strongest assist.
Obito placed his hand on Chen's forehead, closed his eyes and concentrated, about to synchronize his spirit with Chen's!
"Boom!" Suddenly, a dark Susanoo appeared menacingly in the background of his mind!
Negative emotions flowed into a vortex even more terrifying than Kamui, devouring and tearing at Obito's mind!
Obito moved his palm from Dust's forehead as if he'd been electrocuted!
Still shaken: What was that?!
This violent and ferocious emotion is no less than what I felt back then...
That's why Chen desperately needs a helper!
Obito composed himself and placed his hand on Chen's forehead again.
"Obito, let me do it myself!" The hoarse sound from Chen's throat stung Obito's hand, causing it to tremble slightly and stop an inch in front of Chen's forehead.
With a flick of his hand, Chen's left eye had transformed into the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan!
Obito laughed: "Oh? Strong-willed... just like me!"
Chapter 41 The Journey of Opening Eyes (Part 2)
In the depths of consciousness.
"Crack!" The Susanoo body formed by pure white light outside Chen's body tore apart the black Susanoo tentacles that pierced his heart!
Chen looked at Jin's sinister face and said coldly, "Black is the base color of my Susanoo, while white is Jin's."
"The combination of my power and Jin Tongli gave birth to the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan. After activating Susanoo, it is a mithril color that blends black and white with a dark gray hue."
"So, you imposter, stop pretending to be Jhin and causing me trouble!"
"Boom!" Dust, wielding the white Susanoo bone fist, swept away the seawater formed from the consciousness, blasting through the dark Susanoo outside the imposter's body and turning half of his body into black aura.
On the imposter's half-face, blood was still seeping from the eye holes, and his voice grew increasingly shrill: "Brother, why are you lying to yourself? Why are you lying to yourself that I'm your negative self?"
The voice before him was filled with sorrow: "Brother! I am Jin! The will of Uchiha Jin resides in the eye you transplanted! Why won't you admit it!"
"Shut up!"
"Just because I was your little angel when I was alive! I never complained about you! So after I die, I don't even have the right to complain once! Brother, do you think that's fair?!"
Jin's voice grew increasingly mournful, yet within that mournfulness lay a tender, loving emotion.
Chen repeatedly warned himself that what was in front of him was an imposter formed from his negative emotions, similar to the Dark Naruto created by Naruto's True Waterfall back then.
He claims to be the embodiment of Ember's will, originating from the deepest 'doubt' within himself. You must never, ever be misled by him!
The mere existence itself is an entry into it; this is the terrifying aspect of inner negativity.
The pattern on Chen's left eye trembled... He was starting to lose his senses.
Seeing that his argument seemed to be effective, Jin began to pursue relentlessly.
"I... I still want to help my brother heal his wounds and awaken the power of the Rinnegan! But I can't do that with just this projection!"
"So, so, please, brother, release the seal on the Sea of Meditation. Let's be like before, like before! Alright!"
Damn it, even his way of speaking is starting to completely overlap with Jhin's.
"Whoosh!" The dark aura reformed into the half of Demon Ash's body that had been blasted apart.
The seductive voice from the other end rang out again: "That's right, brother, as long as we break the seal on the Zen Sea, we brothers can be like before..."
In the past… Chen’s mind began to conjure up images of his younger brother’s voice, appearance, and smile, from childhood to adulthood.
"Knock knock knock!" Just as Chen was in a daze, a sound of knocking on the table suddenly came from deep in his mind.
This was a powerful psychological suggestion he gave himself before completing the sealing of the Zen Sea!
If the seal were to loosen one day, this hint could awaken his last shred of sanity.
The trembling patterns in his eyes stopped, and Dust's single eye stared at Jin like a stagnant pool.
The imposter brother can't stop me; I will keep moving forward!
Dust's words were devoid of emotion: "You say you are the remnant of Jin's will in his eyes, then tell me, what did you see before you died? And who killed you?"
The tenderness on 'Jin's' face instantly turned cold, replaced by sinister and violent intent. He stared at Chen silently.
Dust: "You can't say it, right? Of course you can't say it, because you are the negative emotion in my heart! Your perspective and source of information are all mine, so of course you can't know what Jin saw before he died, let alone know who killed him!"
"Heh, interesting..." the other person murmured coldly.
"Brother, wouldn't it be better if we just honestly broke the seal on the Zen Sea? We could get along as well as before, and you wouldn't have to suffer so much! Brother!"
Chen sneered: "Still calling me big brother? You really haven't given up on your wicked intentions!"
The person opposite was already deeply immersed in the role: "Since you are so stubborn, I will have to use brute force to make you realize the truth. I am just a projection of the will left behind by Jin! Normally, I would not pose any threat to you! But with your badly injured and dying body, and your left eye hanging by a thread, how long can you resist!"
Black Susanoo rises again, piercing the fascia.
But at that moment, Chen raised his palm.