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Chapter 92 Secret Technique: Matryoshka Doll Seal!

Clumps of black runes burst forth from Naraku's pale palms and rapidly traveled along his body.

By the time he recovered from the illusion created by Tsukuyomi, most of his body was covered with runes from the Four Symbols Seal.

Because he had to maintain the Four Purple Flame Formation, he only had one-fifth of his chakra left, and he also had to activate the fourth form of Susanoo. Before the battle, Uchiha Hikaru had put a Senzu Bean in his mouth and swallowed it in one gulp.

As the Senzu Bean was consumed, her chakra rapidly recovered, and more and denser runes spread from her palms, sealing Naraku's entire body, the tentacles connected to his body, the surrounding flesh and blood fragments, and even the remaining miasma... all inside!

"How could this be...?"

Naraku looked incredulous.

"goodbye."

Uchiha Hikaru took out a blank scroll from his ninja tool bag and casually unfolded it.

The long scroll flew through the air, and Naraku's body followed the runes of the Four Symbols Seal, disappearing into the scroll like a whale sucking in water. On the pristine white paper, swirling spell patterns began to appear.

Nearly half a minute passed.

After the last trace of black runes disappeared, Uchiha Hikaru closed the scroll, took out a second blank scroll from his bag, and then sealed the first scroll containing Naraku inside it.

"The Four Symbols Seal!"

Then comes the third scroll.

"The Four Symbols..."

"Four……"

Because it was his first time using the "Four Symbols Seal," Uchiha Hikaru wasn't very confident in his sealing skills. He sealed the scroll six times in a row using a nested doll technique before he felt a little relieved. He then put the sealed scroll into a multi-purpose capsule, labeled it with the word "Naraku," and drew a simple sketch of a skull.

After doing all this.

Uchiha Hikaru got up and returned to Kikyo's side, helping her up. He then deactivated the Four Purple Flame Formation and sent four shadow clones to search for the Shikon Jewel fragments in the surrounding ruins.

"Platycodon grandiflorus!"

Inuyasha rushed in immediately, looking at Kikyo with concern, then glancing warily at Uchiha Hikaru: "Who are you?"

"you guess."

Uchiha Hikaru looked at Inuyasha with a hint of curiosity.

Well, although he's a bit silly, Er Gouzi is actually quite cute, especially his white fur and fluffy dog ​​ears, which make you want to pet him.

the other side.

Kikyo received several clumps of her own essence from the dead soul insects. As her body finally recovered slightly from its immobile state, she slowly stood up and spoke in a cool tone: "Long time no see, Inuyasha."

"Platycodon grandiflorus..."

"Let's put aside the small talk for now and find a place to talk about serious matters."

……

About half an hour later.

Inside the inn in Hitomi Castle.

The candlelight flickered.

"So, Kikyo-san and this... Hikari-san mean to seal Naraku away first, then search for the Shikon Jewel shards, and once the shards are gathered, destroy him and Naraku together?"

Since Inuyasha was busy watching Kikyo, only Miroku could give a brief summary of the conversation.

Kikyo nodded: "Yes."

"Then how can we believe your claims?"

Miroku was somewhat suspicious: "After all, the Shikon Jewel is a treasure that can grant wishes. If you have ulterior motives towards it..."

"Come on, nobody actually believes that thing can grant wishes, right?"

Uchiha Hikaru, who was sitting next to me drinking tea, interjected: "That thing is more of a curse than a treasure. The idea of ​​making a wish about it is just wishful thinking on the part of the ignorant. In fact, everyone who tries to use it ends up being controlled by it. That's how it was with the monsters you encountered before, and it's also how it was with Naraku."

The Shikon Jewel, born of selfish desires, will continue to exist because of selfish desires. The only right wish is for it to disappear.

"disappear?"

Maitreya was taken aback.

Kagome and Sango, standing nearby, widened their eyes in surprise: "Can you really make a wish like that?"

In fact, Kagome herself made the wish to "make the Shikon Jewel disappear".

But that was the plot of "Inuyasha: The Final Chapter," by which time Kikyo had already finished filming.

Kagome, having only recently arrived in the Sengoku period from the modern era, has limited experience and cannot possibly have imagined so much. As for Kikyo… she might have some vague guesses, but since she hasn't put them into practice, she can't be certain.

"By the way, if the Shikon Jewel disappears, will the Bone-Eater's Well that allowed Kagome to travel here also close?"

Uchiha Hikaru suddenly thought of this question.

And, more importantly...

"What will happen to Kikyo?"

In Uchiha Hikaru's view, Kikyo, after being resurrected, had a certain degree of self-destructive tendency.

Knowing full well that the dead have no future, Kikyo's only remaining goal in life, aside from initially considering dying alongside Inuyasha after her resurrection, was to eliminate Naraku and the Shikon Jewel. She was willing to pay any price for this, even if it meant being misunderstood as a villain by her former lover, Inuyasha.

Once this goal is achieved, she may give up her will to live and stop collecting souls to sustain her life, thus facing true death.

—Judging from Kikyo's performance against Naraku tonight, this is very likely to happen!

Originally, for Kikyo, a priestess with a tragic fate, death might have been a kind of relief.

but……

It's so sad.

Even considering only the interests involved, Kikyo's death would mean that Hikaru Uchiha and the others would never be able to enter the Inuyasha world again, which would be a tremendous loss.

"It seems I need to discuss this with Bulma and the others, and try to find a way to revive Kikyo, or help her find a new goal in life..."

Both of these things are quite difficult to handle.

—As someone who has died once, Kikyo's situation is more unique than Minato's, because both her body and soul are incomplete. Having already been reincarnated and forcibly resurrected, the vast majority of her soul resides in Kagome, with only a small portion remaining in this clay body. Under these circumstances, even using the Rinne Rebirth technique would likely be unable to revive her.

As for something like the demon woman Uta, where Kagome's soul is extracted and filled into a clay body...

In theory, this could indeed complete Kikyo's soul.

But neither Hikaru Uchiha nor Kikyo would do it, based on their values.

"...Perhaps only the all-powerful Dragon Balls can solve these problems."

While Uchiha Hikaru was secretly making plans.

Kikyo also used the light of purification to purify all the Shikon Jewel shards she had just obtained from Naraku, as well as the shards in the hands of Inuyasha and his group.

This action finally made Miroku and the others put aside their doubts about Kikyo, and after discussing it together for a while, they reached a cooperation agreement.

(End of this chapter)