Uchiha Akaishi Tour

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Akaishi once again savored the "solitude" of the entire day.

Akaishi was now truly feeling despair...

Throughout the day, I repeatedly experienced various slices of "loneliness"!

Despair was real, but Akaishi only "wanted to die," not actually wanted to die, after all...

Feeling incredibly awkward, incredibly angry, incredibly uncomfortable... these are completely different from truly "having the will to die".

Of course, Akaishi did not come away empty-handed after a day of work.

After a full twenty-four hours, Chishi's progress in "anger," "urgency," and especially "stillness" greatly increased!

Although it wasn't as effective as the first time, and even the hypothalamus wasn't properly managed, experiencing it again still made Akaishi both anxious and angry.

The progress of "Silence" is almost catching up with that of "Rapidity"...

At the same time, Akaishi also saw the exit of the "Silent Gate".

Akaishi hurriedly came out, then turned his head to look at Yiyi, who could no longer see anything. However, Akaishi had his own scales in his heart... the gate of sin is good, the gate of silence is bad!

In the distance, after looking around, Akaishi saw the last earthen-yellow Rashomon gate.

"The last one... Let's see if you're a good door or a bad door!" Akaishi said, walking towards the last Rashomon.

Upon arriving at the gate, the yellow Rashomon statue stared at the red stone and said, "Trial participant, this is the Gate of Balance, the final test of the Unending Abyss... Are you ready?"

"Heng?" This time, Akaishi couldn't glean anything from the name.

"Ready!" Akaishi had nothing to prepare, so he said and walked straight in...

A day and a half into the trial, Chishi still felt no hunger, so he knew that he was currently in a conscious state.

However, being hungry for so long would also cause damage to the body. As a ninja, he could endure it for seven days without any problem, but it would delay his taijutsu training for a long time. Therefore, Akashi did not delay any longer!

However, just as Hengmen opened its mouth and Chishi was about to step inside, suddenly...

In the darkness, a pale face pressed against Akaishi's!

"Fuck you..." Akaishi instinctively cursed in the Land of Fire before stepping back.

Immediately, Chi Shi saw himself emerge from the doorway, his face deathly pale, his expression sickly, his hair white, and his robes white. "The Hengmen Gate stands, life and death are decided, mastering the mind is paramount."

"This shadow carries the greed for life, entangles your obsession, and tempts you to cling to life."

Akaishi frowned, looking at his somewhat perverted self, and fell silent for a moment…

He hasn't shown his "seductive" side yet; right now, he's just arousing Akaishi's curiosity.

The next moment, another figure emerged from the door, with a stern face, a weary expression, black hair, and all black clothes—exactly the same as Chi Shi. "This shadow carries the weight of death, seeps into your weariness, and bewitches you toward death."

"Melting the greed of the living, refining the cowardice of the dead; neither greedy for life nor seeking death, one attains perfect stillness!"

Akaishi gradually realized that, in short, it was these two "selves" trying to tempt him...

What I need to do now is not to be tempted by them!

Akaishi carefully examined the two "people," and from the outset, he did not believe that they were manifestations of his own mind—just like the "old friends" he had seen before, Akaishi did not believe that they were souls... after all, those were clearly not real people.

It was generated simply based on Akaishi's memories.

"How...are you going to seduce me?" Akaishi asked warily.

"Hehehe..." Greedy Red Stone let out a strange laugh as he began, then said, "Red Stone! I am the real you. Once you become me, you will possess the strongest power! You can..."

"Living happily ever after with Liu Ru, continuing to take the blame for your brother Hong Fu, fulfilling the wishes of your loving parents and grandmother, leading the army to protect your beloved princess, and seeing how your father treats you and your brother fairly..."

Akaishi:……

"You're Death Shadow, aren't you?" Akashi asked him again, while looking up at Hengmen.

Hengmen: ...

Hengmen also fell silent for a moment.

"Wait! What?! What?! You...you think you can just give up all of this?" Bai Chishi said angrily.

At this moment, the real Death Shadow spoke...

"Death is like a cool summer night, allowing one to sleep peacefully without worry..." Black Red Stone spoke the truth as soon as he opened his mouth, and then continued, "After returning to death, you will see Liu Ru find true happiness, you will see the family's regret and gratitude towards you, and you will see the princess, unaware of the truth, filled with remorse..."

"As expected, you are Ikage." Akaishi looked at his black self and nodded firmly.

Death Shadow: ...

"Wait... Think about it carefully. If you die before Father and my elder brother settle accounts, you could make Father regret not speaking up sooner, and my elder brother would also be heartbroken..."

Akashi looked at the "Black and White Dumb Duo" in front of him with a pitiful expression.

Clearly, they were indeed manifestations of Akaishi's "obsession with life" and "obsession with death," personified by Rashomon, but...

Akaishi is now confirmed!

The "Rashomon" theory cannot distinguish the emotions experienced when the hypothalamus is under trusteeship...

This leads to the conclusion that, according to "Rashomon," Akaishi's extreme emotions mostly stem from various forms of "immersion"—after all, in terms of the conscious time during "immersion," Akaishi has already experienced tens of thousands of hours, and these are tens of thousands of hours of emotional ups and downs and extreme stimulation.

This, in turn, led to the test questions becoming quite inexplicable!

The concepts of "living shadow" and "dead shadow" are not as simple as they seem; they are not just words.

As they spoke, Akaishi could feel his mind wavering, completely absorbed, and involuntarily believing what they said.

But the problem now is...

Akaishi believed what they said, but he simply couldn't empathize with them!

Is this what I want to live for?

Is this why I want to die?

Normally, as long as Akaishi is swayed by what they say, he will naturally merge into them in his heart!

However, now Akaishi not only hasn't wavered, but instead...

"You two, one a sycophant and the other a coward, actually dare to show your faces in front of me? Fine, Hengmen, you're a good sect too, you've just made up for my regret at not being able to defeat myself at Zuimen... You'd better be prepared!"

Suddenly, a Uchiha fan appeared in Akaishi's hand...

Living Shadow, Dead Shadow: ...

"Wait... what are you going to do?"

"Stop, stop!"

In front of Hengmen, Chishi began chasing after Shengying and Siying.

Although the two shadows possess the ability to influence people's minds, the results of their interference have no effect on Akaishi.

It's like a ninja with unparalleled illusion skills, but who can't construct the illusion itself...

"Melting the greed of the living, refining the cowardice of the dead, neither greedy for life nor seeking death, one attains perfect stillness..."

"Stop hitting her! Think of Liu Ru... Waaah..."

"Melting the greed of life's shadow, forging the cowardice of death's shadow..."

"You...you can't do this! Everyone will regret it after you die, isn't that better? Waaah..."

"melt……………"

At this moment, Akaishi not only disregarded the "hypothalamus," but could even directly attack the protagonist within it, unleashing a fierce attack. The living and dead shadows were utterly powerless to retaliate. Akaishi remained unmoved by the so-called "temptation," and the more tempted he became, the more ferocious he attacked! Half an hour later…

"Huff huff huff..." Akashi was getting tired of fighting.

The living shadow and the dead shadow were beaten and curled up, not daring to speak anymore, almost hugging each other and whimpering.

"Hengmen, how much longer?" Chishi asked Hengmen, seeing that the trial was not yet over.

"Melting the greed of life's shadow, refining the cowardice of death's shadow, neither greedy for life nor seeking death, one attains the state of perfect balance!" Hengmen seemed somewhat angry. "Huh?" Chishi was taken aback upon hearing this.

He immediately realized...

Could it be...

Is there a problem with my trial method?

Indeed, ever since Akaishi started hitting people, Hengmen has been muttering and grumbling...

In retrospect, it wasn't just rambling; it was a reminder to Chishi—as Lao Tzu said, it's about "fusion" and "refinement"!

"You mean... to fuse them at the same time?" Akaishi suddenly realized.

So it turns out it's not like the Silent Gate in the fourth level, where you can just stall for a certain amount of time?

Akashi quickly realized that the difficulty of this level wasn't in "complete non-fusion," but in "mutual fusion"—it wasn't about fusing only one element. This level also had conditions for unlocking…

That is, the test takers must have a strong enough will to survive, but they cannot be overly afraid of death.

Even without considering the "immersion" factor, Akaishi should have been able to start the trial on his own. After all, as an "emotional Uchiha," he has no shortage of strong survival instincts and determination to fight to the death when he gets carried away.

However, this is only a condition for starting the trial!

To pass the trial, a balance must be struck between the two.

Otherwise, not only will the trial fail, but psychological problems may also occur, namely, psychological trauma caused by trial failure.

"Really, you should have said so earlier..." Akaishi smiled awkwardly and put away the Uchiha fan.

Red Stone stepped forward, and White Red Stone and Black Red Stone trembled and crawled backward in fear...

"Don't be afraid, what you just said is quite tempting... Would you like to talk about it again?" Akaishi said gently.

"You...think about it, you didn't donate a kidney to Liu Ru's white moonlight, but instead waited for her to forget that person, and then lived happily ever after with her...doesn't that sound wonderful...uh...speak properly!" Bai Chishi shouted as he saw Chishi take out the Uchiha fan and weigh it in his hand again. Chishi then scrutinized the dead shadow...

"Only death can bring true peace. Just think, after you die, Liu Ru will remarry her white moonlight, your wife will remarry your brother, the princess and the people of the capital will regret it, and everyone will be sad for you... Oh dear!"

The Shadow of Death took another hit and finally started whimpering.

Chishi looked up at Hengmen and said, "This is simply impossible to smelt!"

Normally, as long as Akaishi has expectations, it will start to merge with them, but the problem is... what expectations are there?!

Red stone is physiologically repelled and cannot be integrated with any of them.

"Melting the greed of life's shadow, refining the cowardice of death's shadow..." Hengmen still stubbornly insisted.

Akashi interrupted directly, "Isn't there a problem with the trial itself? Normally, they should be vying to merge with me, while I have to control compatibility... Now, merging is simply impossible!"

Hengmen was also puzzled at this point...

Logically speaking, the materialized images of life and death should be the embodiment of the trial participants' strongest desire for life and their obsession with death... How come they are not tempted at all by the trial participants in front of us?