From Naruto onwards, I've become a dreamer.

Chapter 396 The Black King's Authority, The New Favored Ones!
The moment the hotel power went out, Lu Mingze could clearly feel an extremely unsettling and strange sensation.

It was as if, just a second ago, he had briefly derailed from the entire world.

His intuition told him that something must have happened. Although he didn't know exactly what had happened, Lu Mingze was certain that it was not that simple.

"Brother, you'd better be careful," he said slowly, reminding Lu Mingfei, "Something is getting closer to us."

However, Lu Mingfei seemed not to hear him, looking in his direction with a hint of shock and worry in his eyes.

"elder brother?"

Lu Mingze was somewhat puzzled.

He was clearly sitting right there, but Lu Mingfei seemed to be completely oblivious to him.

Could it be? !
A flash of lightning struck his mind, and Lu Mingze's pupils shrank. As if he had suddenly realized something, he took a step forward and reached out to grab Lu Mingfei on the observation deck.

However, his hand passed straight through Lu Mingfei's body!
Lu Mingfei remained completely oblivious, his shifty gaze seemingly still searching for Lu Mingze's whereabouts.

"Sure enough, it's just as I thought."

Lu Mingze's face was gloomy. He slowly withdrew his hand and turned to carefully observe the room again.

The room, from its furnishings to the placement of the items, was completely upside down, like the two sides of a mirror, and he was on the 'inside' side of the mirror!
"Interesting. You dragged me into a dream to separate me from my brother?" Lu Mingze said expressionlessly, his eyes glancing towards the entrance. He sneered, "Since you're here, don't hide like a rat. Come out!"

The air temperature dropped extremely rapidly, even causing a thin layer of frost to form.

The rain outside the window was swept into the room by the evil wind, seeping into every crack in the floor. Then, whether it was the iron railings, the furniture made of expensive wood, or even the reinforced concrete building, everything decayed and rotted at a speed visible to the naked eye!

You should know that this is a top-tier hotel, and everything from the building materials to the room furnishings is carefully selected.

But regardless of the expensive timber or the top-strength reinforced concrete, it seemed as if its 'vitality' had been directly taken away, slowly decaying and cracking.

Boom!

A bolt of lightning pierced the clouds, bringing with it an intensely dense aura of death!
In the instant the dazzling lightning flashed, a fleeting, ghostly figure appeared directly outside the observation deck.

The ghostly figure wore a tattered yellow robe and a pale mask without any holes, on which three twisted symbols were painted with yellow paint.

Lu Mingze's expression changed slightly. He had never let his guard down, but he still couldn't figure out when that figure had appeared!

"Who are you?" Staying vigilant, Lu Mingze didn't act impulsively. Instead, he stared intently at the ghostly figure and questioned, "Did Odin send you?"

The 'ghost' draped in a yellow robe did not answer, but stood silently outside the window.

Although he was wearing a mask, Lu Mingze could sense that the other person was 'watching' him.

"Not going to speak? Are you mute?"

Lu Mingze frowned slightly and couldn't help but make a sarcastic remark.

But then, something shocking and terrifying happened!
The raging wind accidentally lifted a corner of the tattered robe, but what was revealed inside was not the person Lu Mingze had imagined at all. Instead, it was a tangled, twisted, and ugly creature covered in sticky liquid, with thick tentacles like octopus tentacles that were nauseating to look at!

On those tentacled, smooth arms and legs, countless profound and twisted patterns were subtly engraved, as if forming some kind of 'writing' that transcended reason!
Almost instantly, Lu Mingze could feel a sharp, needle-like pain in his cerebral cortex.

Evil murmurs flooded his mind, interspersed with nauseating, ear-piercing noises. The two completely different, eerie tones seemed to be calling upon the nameless beings deep within the stars!
Within the island of the mind, lightning flashed and thunder roared, and surging waves rose hundreds of feet high, as if to devour that tiny spirit.

At the most critical moment, a burning heat in Lu Mingze's chest pulled him out of that terrifying illusion, and the noisy and evil murmurs in his ears disappeared without a trace.

The moment his mind returned to normal, Lu Mingze was horrified to discover that the eerie man in yellow was reaching out to him, almost within centimeters of him! Lu Mingze's pupils were instantly filled with blazing gold, and his seemingly small and frail body was bursting with astonishing power.

Like a wild horse breaking free, his feet shattered the neat square bricks. With extremely agile movements, he dodged the yellow-clad man's fingers that were about to touch him, flipped backward, pushed off the ground and turned around in one smooth motion, creating a distance of several meters and landing in the entrance hall.

"Huchi. Huchi"

In just a few seconds, Lu Mingze experienced the feeling of returning from hell to the human world.

My back was soaked with sweat, my heart was pounding like a motor, and a sense of lingering fear crept over me, making me shiver involuntarily.

After witnessing the strange appearance of the man in yellow, he dared not gamble on what would happen if he were touched!
Lu Mingze touched the pendant on his chest, feeling a sense of relief. If it hadn't been for the protection bestowed by 'Adam', he probably would have been dragged into that terrifying illusion and then forever trapped in it.
However, the man in yellow had no intention of letting him go. From his tattered sleeve, he extended a pale finger.

The severed finger, with its dry skin and flesh, seemed to have been 'dead' long ago, exuding a strong aura of death. It gently bent and twitched in the void.

It's as if an invisible thread is being stirred!

And the other end of that invisible thread was tightly tied to Lu Mingze.

hum!
Countless thoughts and violent shrieks seemed to appear out of nowhere in his mind.

Twisted and terrifying thoughts, like a plague, continued to multiply and multiply in his mind, heart, and even the depths of his soul, quickly expanding to an uncontrollable degree.

"Hasta!"

"Hasta!"

"Hasta!"

A cacophony of shrill screams rose and fell, like wave after wave, filling Lu Mingze's mind.

Those voices all called out a 'name,' calling out to the great 'King in Yellow,' calling out to the Lord of the Deep Space and the Starry Sea, the Nameless One!
Lu Mingze let out a painful scream and curled up as if in a spasm.

His pupils were filled with black lines, and his fair skin was covered with bulging veins and blood vessels, yet they seemed to move as if they were alive.

Fresh blood flowed from the seven orifices.

Then the figure in yellow slowly drifted over like a ghost.

"Hastur, the King in Yellow."

"Hastur, the King in Yellow."

"Hastur, the King in Yellow."

Lu Mingze's pupils were unfocused, like a dazed puppet, repeating the voice in his mind.

The 'King in Yellow' removed his mask, revealing himself to be Uchiha Muneki!
He came not to scare the children, but to seize the power of the 'Black King'.

In his original plan, he did not intend to covet the power of the 'Black King', but the sudden awakening of the 'Star Staff' completely disrupted his plans.

Considering that there was still a 'troublesome' waiting for him in the Naruto world, Uchiha Munetsuki had no choice but to change his plan.

"I'll gladly accept the Black King's authority." Gazing at the boy who had completely succumbed to despair, his expression remained unchanged throughout. He slowly reached out, grasped Lu Mingze's head with his five fingers, and said calmly, "In exchange, I will grant you the identity of a 'Favored One'."

In exchange for the authority of the 'Black King' to become his 'favorite', Lu Mingze should have made a huge profit in this deal!
(End of this chapter)