Chapter 460: Commotion in the Blood Prison
Mui glances at the unconscious body and turns towards Maroi.
"I did a clean job. No one absolutely no one noticed me!" Maroi raises his hand.a
Mui inserts various syringes into the victim's body and injects various fluids from different containers into the prisoner's body.
ARGH argh ugh
The prisoner scream and squirms in pain. Mui straps the electrodes onto the prisoner's head and activates the strange electric device.
Crackle crackle
Lightning flickers across the prisoner's body and fluid in the containers drain rapidly.
AAAAHHHH
The prisoner screams in agony and struggles to escape from the shackles. Mui makes a series of hand signs and slams his palm on the prisoner's chest.
The celestial fire prison seal on the prisoner's body glows with a crimson hue and rapidly drains the latter's chakra. A pillar of scarlet energy rises from the prisoner's body. Mui controls the flow of the scarlet energy and directs it toward a wall of the secret room. A giant face appears on the wall. The giant face opens its mouth and pulls the scarlet energy towards itself.
The body of the prisoner breaks free from the straps. His body levitates in mid-air and the chakra drains from the prisoner's eyes and mouth. Mui slowly directs the prisoner's body toward the giant mouth.
Ugh
The prisoner regains consciousness and glances at his surroundings. He quickly notices his plight and screams for help.
"Help me! Somebody help m"
The giant mouth bites the prisoner's lower body and tears off his limbs.
ARGHH
The prisoner struggles with all his might and waves his hands in the air to escape from his destined death.
"It's futile!"
Mui calmly stares at the prisoner as the giant mouth swallows the prisoner. The mouth closes and tranquility returns to the secret room.
"It's not enough!"
Mui shakes his head and sighs.
"At this rate, even if I sacrifice every prisoner in the Hozuki castle; it won't be enough to open the box."
Mui turns towards Maroi, who is gaping at the sight he just witnessed.
"No no! Don't sacrifice me to that thing." Maroi raises his hands in panic.
Mui ignores him and walks towards the apparatus. He properly cleans everything, wipes the blood from equipment, and refills the containers using a canister.
Meanwhile, in a dark corner of the room.
Sasuke calmly analyzes the situation he just witnessed with his Sharingan.
'The fluids in those containers are some sort of chakra enhancement drug. It sacrifices the vitality and life force of the victim and rapidly converts them into chakra.'
Sasuke turns his attention toward the giant face.
'He is feeding that chakra to that giant face. Is that the ancient superweapon of Kusagakure, a box?' Sasuke attempts to analyze the box with his Sharingan.
Shiing
The eyes of the face glow bright red. They emit a beam of light.
Sasuke uses this opportunity to sneak into his cell. He swiftly exchanges clothes with the dead-beaten guard, alters his memory with Sharingan, and tosses the latter into a dark corner.
"What's going on? What's with all this commotion? I am trying to sleep here." The rest of the prisoners also wake up and stare outside their cells.
"Oye! What's happening?" One of them asks a guard.
"Some fool is attempting to escape the prison." The guard replies and dashes towards another floor.
"Honestly, which idiot is trying to make a rum for it? With this seal on our bodies, we can't even leave this place. Even if someone escapes the prison, there is deep water around this place. And even if some lucky fellow survived that, then what use will it be with this damn seal on his body? We can't even use chakra with this damn seal." A few prisoners mock the courage of the fool who attempted to escape.
The commotion lasts for an hour before peace returns to the Hozuki castle. After a thorough inspection of every prison cell and prisoner, the guards return to their duty.
Inside Mui's office,
"I didn't expect someone will trail me to that place." Maroi shrugs his shoulders.
"What will you do now? The intruder escaped and we have no clue about his identity. He might even be a member of the flower faction."
Hmph
Mui scoffs and walks towards the window.
"I will inform the higher-ups of this situation and let them decide our next plan of action." Mui glances at the entrance of the Hozuki castle.
A few minutes later, a messenger eagle flies out of the castle.
Sasuke glances at the eagle through the window.
'I have confirmed a few things on my own. Now, it's about time I talk with that 'spy' of the flower faction.
Next day in the morning,
In the dining hall, Sasuke is silently munching on some dry bread while drinking a watery soup in a corner. Ryzetsu notices him and walks towards him.
He sits beside Sasuke and glances at the surroundings. Upon confirming that there are no eyes on them, he murmurs.
"I didn't expect you will pick a fight with the deputy warden. However, you are one tenacious fellow to recover so swiftly."
"I don't have time for idle chatter. What do you know about this prison and the plans of the Fruit faction?" Sasuke questions him.
"There was quite a commotion yesterday. Looks some third party was trying to pry the information about the Hozuki castle." Ryzetsu shakes his head.
"Anyway, I just received a report from Kusagakure. Yesterday, a messenger eagle arrived in the quarters of the higher-up of the Fruit faction. Today, early in the morning, a few elders of the Fruit faction left the village. We suspect they are about to make a move." Ryzetsu reveals the information to Sasuke.
'Hmm looks like this girl is sincere with the cooperation. Then I won't hesitate to reveal a few things I discovered yesterday.'
Sasuke glances at Ryzetsu's face. He recognized her true identity at their first meeting. Despite her best efforts, she couldn't hide her transformation from Sasuke's Sharingan.
"Very well! Then I also have something to share." Sasuke reveals the presence of a secret room and the secret human experimentation by warden Mui. He also reveals the information on the giant face and how it drained the prisoner of his chakra.
"As I suspected yesterday, it was you right!" Ryzetsu narrows her eyes.
"So, do you know something about it?" Sasuke ignores her glance and asks another question.
"With your description, there is no doubt about it! It's the Ultimate box of Bliss." Ryzetsu speaks in a hushed tone.
"Ultimate box of Bliss?!"
"Yes, that's the name of the Kusagakure's superweapon. It's a powerful ancient weapon that requires a massive amount of chakra to activate. The flower faction is progressing faster than we expected!"
Ryzetsu bites her lips.
"I have to inform the higher-ups about this!" She hastily leaves the dining hall.