Chapter 16
Chapter 16
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Translator: Ace
Chapter: [Undisclosed]
Chapter Title: Gato's Submission
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In the ship's cabin, Gato snapped back to reality drenched in cold sweat, his eyes filled with terror and reverence for the mysterious man before him.
The Hell Viewing Technique was just a simple C-rank genjutsu, but for an ordinary person like Gato with no chakra, it was akin to a divine miracle.
"Sir!" Emerging from the genjutsu world, Gato immediately dropped to all fours, prostrating himself at Menma's feet, his voice trembling.
"Gato pledges his life to serve you, sir!" Gato lifted his head, his beady little eyes brimming with fear and awe.
He feared that if he proved useless, the man would skin him alive.
The Hell Viewing Technique forced its victim to confront their deepest fears.
And Gato's greatest fear was dying before he could spend all his money.
In the genjutsu world, he had endured countless cycles, watching helplessly as his Gato Company grew into a world-class conglomerate—only for him to die from all sorts of causes.
Sometimes accidents, sometimes caught in shinobi wars, and other times outright assassinated by ninja.
Millions of such illusions.
The time Gato experienced in the genjutsu world equated to over a year in real time.
Of course, Menma had spiced it up, showing Gato how those lofty daimyo and nobles were slaughtered at the whims of powerful shinobi.
So when Gato emerged, he immediately begged for mercy from this enigmatic ninja lord, pleading to serve him.
It had utterly shattered Gato's faith in the old shinobi world order.
His previous worldview—built on the rule of nobles and daimyo—had been dismantled in those illusory realms.
Menma nodded in satisfaction and placed his hand on Gato's head.
Gato lowered his head tensely.
"Blood Contract Seal!"
⟨ Blood Contract Seal ⟩
As Menma's dark, tyrannical chakra surged into Gato's brain, a swastika-shaped curse seal appeared deep on his tongue.
This was a curse seal technique Menma had developed in the Tsukuyomi of Limited Duration world.
It bore a resemblance to Root Organization's Tongue Eradication Seal, which paralyzed the body if Danzo's information was leaked.
But Menma's Blood Contract Seal was far crueler: revealing any info about Menma would destroy the victim's brain outright, preventing enemies from extracting intelligence via memory reading.
Menma had even refined it further, allowing it to store chakra equivalent to a common genin—greatly boosting the victim's physical abilities.
"I need your talent for making money to fund the organization." Menma hovered in midair, gazing down at the kneeling Gato.
Sensing the subtle chakra energy stirring within him, Gato's face lit up with joy as he kowtowed again.
"Thank you for your grace, sir! Gato swears eternal loyalty!"
Night had fallen, and waves lapped gently against the hull.
Gato's office had been cleaned spotless. The corpses tossed into the sea, the room tidied into Menma's quarters aboard the ship.
"Sir, this is the finest tea from the Land of Tea, offered to the daimyo himself. Shall I brew you a cup?" Gato served cautiously at the side.
"Mm." Menma, still masked, lounged lazily on the sofa.