Yakumo was taken to the hospital.
Her health wasn't good to begin with, and after this ordeal, she looked visibly frail.
Yet, no cause could be found.
That peculiar Chakra clearly didn't belong to Yakumo herself.
Konoha suddenly became busy.
Inside the hospital ward, Kurenai Yuhi sat with a worried expression, but when she saw Masahiko enter from outside, she stood up and walked out.
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"We can't detect anything for the time being."
"Then what should we do?"
Kurenai Yuhi asked in a low voice.
Masahiko shook his head, thought for a moment, and said, "It definitely has something to do with that Chakra. Let's wait and see."
As he spoke, he took Kurenai Yuhi's hand.
Kurenai Yuhi instinctively wanted to pull back, but out of trust, she still extended her hand.
Masahiko wrote characters with his finger.
Wait for it to come out next time, then find a way to seal it.
Kurenai Yuhi understood his meaning.
That monster was inside Yakumo and could see and hear what she did, so they couldn't communicate through words.
She had thought he just wanted to hold hands.
Kurenai Yuhi feigned composure.
After Masahiko finished writing, he asked, "Have Senior Murakumo and the others been notified?"
"Yes. You should go back and rest. I heard you still have to help Senior Kosuke make a prosthetic limb?"
Kurenai Yuhi reminded him.
Masahiko nodded and said, "Then I'll head back first."
"Okay."
...Night, 8:00 PM.
Masahiko put down his pen and opened the light screen on time.
He had already made several versions of Maruboshi Kosuke's design and tested them in the Training Space using the Puppet Technique, picking out the most suitable one.
The rest was just material collection and manufacturing; there was no need to rush.
Seeing this update was more important!
Soon, the light on the screen dimmed, and after a moment, candlelight flickered.
Orochimaru and Yakushi Kabuto were talking in a dark Room, but there were no lines. After just two or three seconds, Masahiko appeared.
Masahiko originally thought there might be a long segment, but in the end, his conversation with Orochimaru only kept those few words from the trade and the final communication regarding the Kaguya Clan and the Hyuga Clan.
Even the Main House Annihilation Plan had been edited out.
Even so—
"? What organization do you have?"
"Shisui, Kazuma, Karin... from S-rank Rogue Ninjas to children. Are you scared?"
"Is it possible that there really is someone behind the Old Thief?"
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
From Masahiko's performance since the broadcast started, it was hard to believe he had an organization backing him.
One way or another, the level of discussion went up.
Soon, the scene changed.
In the next scene, the camera was on the Hyuga Clan.
Neji was constantly practicing Gentle Fist in the courtyard, but the Chakra special effects on his body made his situation look a bit different.
Soon—
From several points on his body, Chakra Threads burst out, shooting in all directions.
The camera panned up.
In a larger and more luxurious courtyard in the distance, Hyuga Hiashi stood in front of the hall, watching Hinata's training inside the Room, and then saw that scene with Neji through his Byakugan... A look of deep disappointment flashed in his eyes, and he turned to leave.
Hiashi himself had proposed looking after Neji, so how could he not privately monitor Neji's progress?
Masahiko sped up the progress bar, barely even looking at the bullet chat.
Then it was... Night, Kurama Yakumo's home.
Inside Yakumo's Room, a dark mist lingered.
Cold sweat broke out on Kurama Yakumo's forehead as she rolled around on the bed in terror, yet she couldn't wake up no matter what.
Masahiko furrowed his brows, staring at the images on the screen.
The next second.
On the screen, the black mist condensed, and a phantom gradually emerged.
At this moment, it still had the same demon-like appearance as in his previous life, not like what he had seen today—
The Ido he saw today was only slightly more hideous than Yakumo, like wearing a demon mask, rather than such a monstrous creature.
This indicated that the Ido originally on Yakumo's body had indeed been gradually worn down with Masahiko's intervention.
It was the effect of the black mist that caused Yakumo's condition to deteriorate again.
After Ido appeared, Yakumo became even more terrified.
If he guessed correctly, it was influencing Yakumo's dreams!
As Yakumo's fear and emotions fluctuated, Ido became more solid, while simultaneously absorbing the surrounding black mist.
Her face slowly transformed into a mask, and a blurry character appeared on her forehead.
"Holy crap!!! What is this?"
"Such a cute little girl has this thing inside her?"
"Oh my god, I couldn't tell at all... What's the situation? Is it also some kind of Bloodline Limit?"
"Probably. Bloodline Limits are strong, but they also cause a lot of harm!"
The demon's appearance was indeed quite creepy.
bullet chat quickly drifted past, covering the demon.
Masahiko had no choice but to hide the bullet chat and keep pulling back the footage to observe the character.
Through the blurred shape of the character, a textual image kept forming in his mind:
The top part was 'Rain', and the bottom part was blurred... "It's 'Zero'!"
A flash of inspiration struck Masahiko's mind.
Zero-Tails!
This thing wasn't a Tailed Beast, but a monster that fed on Dark Chakra, and Ido just happened to be the collection of Yakumo's dark side.
No wonder!
He unpaused.
On the screen, a dark shadow flashed past outside.
Masahiko had no way of knowing the other party's mental state, but he was certain that this event had most likely exceeded the other party's expectations.
Analyzing the current situation, Ido had probably mutated.
The other party probably hadn't expected the darkness within Yakumo to be so intense, mainly because it had nurtured a monster.
Instead of taking root and using the darkness to grow, that small portion of Zero-Tails Chakra was plundered and fused by Ido.
Masahiko continued further.
The subsequent footage was still of Kurama Yakumo, but the perspective was very eerie, as if someone were spying in secret, and it was intermittent.
"Isn't this camera angle a bit strange?"
"It was a bit like that before, and there was a dark shadow outside the window earlier."
"Is someone harming Yakumo?"
"I'll take a wild guess, it must be Danzo's doing!"
bullet chat drifted by one after another.
As the previous plot unfolded, Danzo's image became more deeply ingrained in people's hearts, taking on a bit of a 'Pot Shadow' flavor.
Masahiko naturally knew that this wasn't Danzo's handiwork.
"To hide from the Anbu and Konoha's barrier, among those related to the Zero-Tails, only Shinno could do it."
From the footage, he became increasingly certain that this had exceeded Shinno's expectations, and the other party was likely pondering how to get the Chakra back.
Continued fast-forwarding.
Soon, the footage reached the scene where he brought the puppet skeleton.
The perspective pulled very far away until it disappeared.
He had left.
Afterward, the scene returned to night.
Yakumo lay on the bed; she didn't have a nightmare this time, but the black mist came again.
The monster inside her once again absorbed and devoured this black mist.
Its form was finally more complete.
Although the lower half of the character for 'Zero' was blurred, the upper half clearly showed the character for 'Rain'.
Ido's face was hideous as its gaze swept toward the window.
After this scene, that strange camera perspective never appeared again.
After the hospital scenes, the turmoil at the Ninja Academy was completely quelled.
On the street outside the Ninja Academy, a middle-aged man with a medicine basket on his back and graying hair at his temples slowly walked along Tea Street toward the outskirts of Konoha Village.
"This episode... the amount of information is huge!"
"This kind of Bloodline Limit is so strong; no wonder it would nurture such a spiritual monster."
"Did you guys notice? The cinematography of this episode, and this last person—don't they feel a bit like a villain?"
"Yes, yes, yes! It's definitely very strange!"
"In other words, Yakumo's situation was actually fixed by the Old Thief at first, but this person's intervention caused Yakumo to go berserk?"
The bullet chat speculated one after another.
The ending theme began to play. Usually, people would send parting comments, but this time, everyone was still heatedly discussing the plot.