Uchiha Akaishi Tour

Seeing that the King of Hell was speaking so well when he suddenly revealed his "Rinnegan," Akaishi's alarm bells immediately went off. Not only did he frantically pour his eye power into his eyes, but he also sprang backward, landing in a defensive stance...

After all, the last person who possessed the "Rinnegan" attacked Akaishi right away, and... Akaishi also had a guess about his identity!

"This is because... I have been taken advantage of, so don't worry." The King of Hell had already closed his eyes again.

"Being taken advantage of?" Akashi remained wary.

"I was entrusted by the Sage of Six Paths to be the lord of Avici Hell, but... two years ago, Madara Uchiha stole the power of the Six Paths and opened the Eye of the Six Paths, making me subject to him..." King Yama of Hell explained at this moment.

Upon hearing this, Akaishi immediately understood.

As expected, the King of Hell, the "demon god," and the "immortal" are all the same thing...

They weren't as clueless as the "Demon Gods," nor did they, like the "Sages," pledge allegiance to the Sage of Six Paths early on, with their descendants cultivating chakra and coexisting with humans...

It seems that after being beaten up, the King of Hell obediently agreed to become a "gatekeeper" for the Six Paths!

As for "stealing the power of the Six Paths" and such, although Akaishi didn't understand the specifics, it was quite obvious...

It really was Madara Uchiha! He'd awakened the Rinnegan. In the absence of the Sage of Six Paths, this thing is practically a symbol of succession. Perhaps when the Sage of Six Paths was recruiting the King of Hell as a "gatekeeper," he imposed some kind of restriction, causing the King of Hell to be directly controlled by Madara Uchiha, who possessed the Rinnegan!

The reason why they are so eager to start the trial for Chishi is obviously because the King of Hell does not want to be controlled.

but……

"What Uchiha Madara? Uchiha Madara is long dead! Someone even impersonated him to attack me before. Your judgments are all wrong. You've misunderstood my trial and mistaken the person controlling you!" Akaishi immediately emphasized.

King Yama of Hell: ...

Although the King of Hell wanted to assure him there was no mistake, the problems arising from the previous trial with the Red Stone made his words less assertive. And...

"Or... that's it." The King of Hell decisively indicated that he might have made a mistake.

After all, whether it was Madara Uchiha or not was not important to it; what mattered was getting rid of the control of the "Six Paths Eye"!

"But that old bastard who impersonated Uchiha Madara attacked me before, and now I'm really no match for him..." Akaishi emphasized that there was no way he could deal with that old guy on his own.

"The person impersonating Uchiha Madara is old and sick, and only has one eye left. You have the Sharingan. If a contract is formed, it will be enough to restrain him," Yama, the King of Hell, emphasized.

Hearing what the King of Hell said, Akashi was completely certain that the King of Hell was referring to the old man he had met during the Chunin Exams. Moreover, the King of Hell clearly knew that Madara Uchiha had long since left the Uchiha clan; otherwise, he wouldn't have appeared before Akashi and so casually asked him to use a contract to control Madara Uchiha.

Akaishi's eyes lit up as he asked, "The Rinnegan is the advanced form of the Sharingan, right? How do I advance to the Rinnegan? I'm young and strong, and I still have both eyes!"

King Yama of Hell: ...

"There is no order between the two; it's simply that those who awaken the power of the Six Paths possess the Sharingan," King Yama of Hell said matter-of-factly.

Upon hearing this, Akaishi curled his lip – “This gatekeeper is dishonest!”

We Uchiha are direct descendants of the Six Paths, how could the "Rinnegan" be unrelated to our Sharingan?

I think you're just afraid that I'll awaken the Rinnegan too!

"Alright, let's sign the contract first!" Akashi didn't argue with it.

"Those who wish to enter into a contract with me must pass a trial..." said the King of Hell.

Chishi gave it a strange look—it clearly wanted to sign a contract with it, but it still wanted to undergo a trial.

"Isn't this what you wanted to sign?" Akaishi retorted.

"This was decided by... the Sage of Six Paths." As Yama said this, his large face sank even deeper into the ground, as if the mask-like covering had become even more in place.

It knows it's embarrassed!

Upon hearing this, Akaishi understood that its authority as a gatekeeper was only so-so...

It can't decide who it wants to sign a contract with; it can only follow the rules that were probably left behind by the Sage of Six Paths.

"What about the assessment? I've already passed five rounds, and everyone outside is getting impatient..." Chi Shi said pointedly. "The Greed of Molten Shadow..." Heng Men grumbled again, as if trying to remind Chi Shi that he had passed four rounds, while he hadn't passed this one yet. Before Chi Shi could retort, Yu Yanwang interrupted Heng Men's rambling: "I see you have the bearing of a saint!"

In order to put Red Stone through the trial, the King of Hell has started spouting nonsense.

"Are you sure there's no danger?" Akashi now felt that this King of Hell was always talking nonsense with a straight face.

"My trial is similar to the Rashomon trial, and there is only one," Yama, the King of Hell, emphasized.

It was because of Akashi's performance at Rashomon, especially in front of Hengmen, that the King of Hell decided to show himself—otherwise, if it were just because of the Sharingan, the King of Hell would have appeared immediately.

However, in reality, the King of Hell initially didn't believe that the Uchiha clan could pass the trial at all...

It's better to let them work hard and fuse the Rinnegan than to expect them to pass the trial!

It was because of Akashi's performance that Yama saw hope in passing the trial, and the Sharingan gave it hope in getting rid of the Six Paths Eyes, so it took the initiative to show itself.

"Alright... come on!" Akaishi didn't make things difficult for him, a mere gatekeeper.

"This tribulation is the fifth trial of Rashomon, summoning the impermanence within your heart, and you must fight against it."

"The more you feel ashamed, the deeper your wounds; the more your will wavers, the more your body crumbles."

"Only by being unafraid of life and death, unperturbed by good and evil, and impartial and unbiased, can one sever this impermanence and establish this unseen covenant!"

The King of Hell couldn't wait to speak.

As the King of Hell spoke, a rumbling sound rang out around them. At this moment, the other four Rashomon gates also rose from the ground, forming a huge pentagonal cage together with the Heng Gate.

then……

The Gate of Love opened its mouth, and a semi-transparent "Liu Ru" emerged; the Gate of Desire opened its mouth, and numerous chains surged towards the Crimson Stone; the Gate of Sin opened its mouth, and a suit of armor appeared before the Crimson Stone; the Gate of Silence opened its mouth, and wounds began to appear on the Crimson Stone's body; finally, the Gate of Balance opened its mouth, and a black and white Crimson Stone, representing "impermanence," emerged and donned the armor of the Gate of Sin…

The trials of the King of Hell are a combination of the trials of Rashomon.

Those crossed out by the trial participants in the Gate of Love will now "take revenge," and the trial participants will temporarily regain their bond with them, making them exceptionally vulnerable to interference. In the Gate of Desire, the more lives Chi Shi tries to save, the more severe the bond becomes to him. In the Gate of Silence, the more despair the trial participants experience, the more wounds will appear on their bodies. In the Gate of Balance... the original life and death manifestations of the two trial participants become a single "Impermanent Form," and it even dons the armor of the Gate of Sin—the strength of which depends on the number and intensity of the trial participants' "regretful killings"!

At this point, the trial's content becomes very straightforward...

Defeat the impermanence before you!

The methods employed by the Unpredictable Ones are identical to those of the Trialers; their strength depends on the judgment of the Gate of Sin, and the Trialers must simultaneously endure three debuffs. However, for Red Stone…

Liu Ru muttered to herself, but it had no effect on him, at most it just annoyed him; although the chains of the Desire Gate were numerous, they were shaken off Chi Shi as soon as they reached him; when the Sin Gate's injuries descended, they seemed to be very powerful, as if they were going to tear Chi Shi to pieces, but... they didn't even cause any superficial wounds!

Conversely, the "impermanent" ones from the Hengmen sect, even clad in the armor of the Sin Sect, still appeared weak and powerless, and...

It seems there are still memories of the living and dead figures from before!

Upon seeing the Red Stone, he immediately trembled with fear…

"So, all I need to do is defeat you, right?" Akaishi said, stretching out his hand and an Uchiha fan appeared.

Impermanence: ...

Meanwhile, in the Mori Town and at Ranmai's home, the former Senju clan neighbors were in an uproar—Akashi's trial had clearly gone wrong!

The five Rashomon gates surrounding the red stone suddenly rose from the ground, much taller than before, and the four doors that had previously lost their facial features now revealed their own facial features...

The five doors simultaneously glared angrily!

"Third Uncle! Is this... a sign that the trial is about to be passed?" Lan Wu asked hurriedly.

Lan Wu then noticed that Cang Lan also looked puzzled.

"This..." Canglan was also stunned, not knowing what was going on.

Seeing this, Lan Wu panicked, staring at the Rashomon gate surrounding the Red Stone, and secretly mustered her strength, asking, "Can we force our way through?"

"Absolutely not! The situation is unclear right now. Rushing to disrupt the trial would only cause more damage!" Canglan said immediately.

The other neighbors also realized something was wrong.

"What happened? Did it succeed or fail?"

"Could something have gone wrong?"

"There are quite a few Uchiha people patrolling outside the street corner today; they seem to be getting anxious... What..."

Fortunately, they didn't have to worry for long. Just a few minutes later, the faces on the five Rashomon gates closed their eyes and sank back down. Seeing the red stone revealed inside, Lan Wu immediately went forward to examine it…

She had just moved closer when Akaishi opened his eyes.

"Ah..." Lan Wu's slightly surprised face shrank back, then she asked, "Are you alright?"

"It's all fine... The trial went smoothly!" Akaishi said matter-of-factly.

Lan Wu breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this.

Canglan had also recovered from the shock of "the Uchiha clan passing the Infernal Trial." After all, he had been mentally preparing for this for a long time, but...

"Red Stone, what happened at the end of the trial?" Canglan asked in confusion.

"It's... another creature from the Avici Hell. I don't know why it was also alarmed by my test and insisted on coming to test me again. Fortunately, I passed it all."

Akaishi spoke frankly, there was nothing to hide about the matter of the Prison King, but...

Akaishi didn't mention the "Rinnegan" to anyone in front of him, let alone to Madara Uchiha or anyone else.

Furthermore, Akaishi did not describe this Hell King in detail, lest Madara Uchiha find out!