NOVEL NEXT Chapter 52: Chapter 52: Everything Is Within My Plan
Chapter 52: Everything Is Within My Plan
Crash!
It was as if a massive mirror shattered, producing chaotic, jarring sounds.
The illusory world could no longer withstand the immense impact and began to collapse.
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Reality.
Twin blades and scythe halted mid-air.
The wrinkles on Uchiha Madara's aged face eased into a faint smile.
"In terms of sheer ocular power, you surpass even Izuna!"
"Kagami! You are a true genius!"
In a ghost-like motion, Madara's figure blurred. In the next instant, he appeared before Uchiha Kagami, his deathly scythe gleaming as it swept toward him.
Slash!
The blade stopped just short of Kagami's neck.
Madara furrowed his brows slightly.
Their final clash of ocular power had yielded no definitive victor. Before the conclusion, the illusory world had already disintegrated.
Yet, Kagami's eyes remained tightly shut, unmoved as though he was oblivious to the imminent danger.
What trick was he trying to play this time?
Madara hesitated. It wasn't that he feared Kagami pulling off some unexpected move; rather, he was concerned that Kagami might actually be in trouble. A single misstep could kill him prematurely.
After all, Madara was nearing the end of his life. If Kagami were to perish now, it would be a waste.
Deciding to test the waters, Madara shifted his strike, avoiding Kagami's vital points and aiming at his face instead.
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Crack!
Madara's pupils contracted, his expression sharpening.
A mouth suddenly appeared on Kagami's cheek, biting down on the scythe!
Beneath Kagami's left Sharingan, an additional eye formed—dark and cold, radiating malevolence.
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"So, you're the cursed entity residing within Kagami's body," Madara murmured, retracting his scythe with a tug on the chain.
"You're quite an unruly creature."
From Madara's palm extended a translucent purple chain, shimmering faintly.
"Let me leash you properly."
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"Just as I thought…"
"Soon enough, I'll tear you apart, old man!"
The sinister voice from Kagami's face was hoarse and rasping, like something gnawing at bones.
Boom!
A surge of blood-colored energy rippled outward in violent waves.
Black markings spread across Kagami's body like a creeping web.
"So, this is the taste of the shinobi world!"
"This new world! The aroma of new humanity!"
"Exquisite!"
"Give me control, boy!"
"Hand over your body!"
An indescribable aura of malice emanated, thick as a blackened fog.
This pure malevolence surpassed even that of the Nine-Tails.
Madara let the purple chain fade and leaned back into a stone chair he conjured.
"Kagami, since you dared to harness such a creature, let's see if you can tame it yourself.
After all, you are an Uchiha."
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The black-and-red energy spread like an unending tide.
But no matter how much Sukuna raged and roared, the boy standing before him remained unmoving.
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Inside the mental realm.
The crimson sealing gate opened slightly. Sukuna's upper body emerged as endless bones and blood poured out.
Meanwhile, Kagami stood atop the bloody sea, his gaze cold and indifferent as he watched Sukuna.
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The pain was excruciating.
It felt as though his soul was being ground in a meat grinder, melted in a furnace, and reforged, only to be shattered and reforged again in a vicious cycle.
A millennium's worth of malevolence.
The wrath, regret, and hatred were ceaseless waves crashing against Kagami's spiritual form.
From the sea of blood emerged countless hands, trying to drag him down into the abyss.
Sukuna's memories began flooding into Kagami's mind.
Ugly humans, endlessly repeating their cycles of love and loss, greed and anger, longing and hatred.
So monotonous, though the taste was decent.
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"Kagami Uchiha, you and I are one."
Sukuna stretched his four arms wide, as though to embrace him.
"This isn't consumption—it's unification."
"You'll become me, and I'll become you!"
"From separate worlds, ours is a destiny most wondrous!"
"Come now… Together, we'll become…"
"…the perfect being!"
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Breathing hurt.
It felt as though his lungs were tearing apart.
His feet felt heavy, as though his bones had shattered.
Something gnawed at his heart.
But it didn't matter.
No amount of pain mattered.
The void within him had long been filled.
He bore the weight of too many expectations.
He couldn't lose.
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Kagami extended his hand.
"Do you realize, Sukuna?"
"This seal doesn't just restrain you—it also binds me."
"At some point, I realized that with my current power, I couldn't fully open the seal."
"Have you not noticed? Whether it's your Black Slash, my own power, or even Madara's—"
"All of it has been channeled into the seal."
"I told you once, didn't I? One day, I'll leash you like a dog."
"You didn't shatter the seal."
"We did."
"All of this was within my plan."
"Step by step—that's my principle."
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Crack!
Boom!
Sukuna sensed it immediately and looked up.
A massive black spear appeared in the dim void, inscribed with densely packed sealing runes.
Hiss!
As Kagami's hand fell, the spear followed suit, impaling Sukuna through the chest and pinning him between the two realms.
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Silence.
A moment of stillness.
Then Sukuna erupted into wild laughter, his mirth echoing like thunder.
"Fascinating!"
"Absolutely fascinating, Uchiha Kagami!"
"Because of you, I've started to take an interest in humans!"
"You will release me eventually. I now look forward to your body even more!"
"You're right—delicacies must be savored slowly, step by step!"
The sea of blood and corpses receded back into the seal.
Kagami turned and walked away.
Before leaving, he cast one last glance over his shoulder, his crimson eyes burning with contempt for the so-called King of Curses.
"Wait patiently."
"The leash you're waiting for—I'll bring it to you myself."
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