"What contract?"

The visitor asked again, and as he did so, he took a few steps back.

Should Big Eye wish to do something unpleasant to him, he was determined to escape the moment it happened.

After that, he would never come here again.

Seeing the visitor's wariness, Big Eye immediately addressed the other party, "You need not be so guarded against me, if I were truly a dangerous presence, your father would never trade with me so confidently."

Big Eye could discern what was in the visitor's mind, and in his efforts to persuade him, he crafted each word to strike a chord, leaving the visitor dizzy with confusion.

Merely a few minutes later, when the visitor looked at Big Eye again, his eyes no longer held wariness, but a hint of gratitude instead.

"The contract I want to sign with you is a cooperative one. Once signed, you will gain some of my abilities, which will rapidly strengthen your own power, and some of my consciousness will also reside within you," explained Big Eye.

"In this way, I won't be confined to staying here, and by working together, we can facilitate smoother progress in matters."

"How about it?"

Upon hearing this, a look of joy immediately crossed the visitor's face as he eagerly responded, "If the Holy Lord does not disdain me, I am certainly in agreement!"

"Mm."

With barely contained delight in his voice, Big Eye signed the contract with the visitor.

After issuing a few more instructions to the visitor, Big Eye watched him leave with the newly signed contract, his eyes narrowing slightly with a triumphant smile.

A cooperative contract?

What he had signed was anything but a cooperative contract!

It was a servitude contract!

After signing the contract with him, the visitor would, henceforth, fall under his control, until gradually, his own consciousness would be buried and completely devour the visitor's consciousness.

In turn, the visitor's body would belong to him.

When that time came, even if his true body could not leave, he would be able to control the visitor's body to carry out tasks he wished to undertake and acquire the clues he desired.

...

Ninja Country.

Ninja Country sat on a small island next to Dragon Country, its territory diminishing almost every year due to rising sea levels.

Ninja Country, Samurai Shrine.

A ninja approached the center of the shrine, looking up at another ninja above him, feeling an inexplicable sense of fear.

After all, the ninja above was the only one in Ninja Country with triple S-ranked strength.

Their word was essentially law throughout Ninja Country.

"Ninja King," the ninja addressed the one above with great respect, pressing his forehead hard against the ground, feeling that even this might not be enough.

So he wished to bury his entire head into the earth.

"What has happened? The mission I assigned to Musashi to aid Ma Country and deal with Wang Ye; has it been successful?"

The Ninja King was somewhat at ease before asking this question.

However, as soon as the Ninja King posed the question, the body of the ninja below started to tremble, burying his head even deeper into the ground.

Perceiving the reaction of the person below, the Ninja King seemed to have an inkling of what had transpired, his eyebrows knitting slightly as his tone became stern in an instant, he spoke:

"Speak to me!"

The voice erupted like thunder, and the ninja below only felt deafened, "Musashi has been sacrificed."

"On Dragon Country's side, they don't know what strong adversary emerged, so not only did Musashi sacrifice himself, but Titan from Ma Country and all others involved in the ambush on Wang Ye are dead."

"What?"

The Ninja King's voice, which had been serious moments before, suddenly filled with incredulity.

Even Titan from Ma Country has been sacrificed?

"Absolutely certain."

The ninja below spoke.

After a period of silence, the Ninja King above contacted others, and after confirming that what the ninja below had said was indeed true, he fell silent.

Without words from the Ninja King, the ninja below maintained his posture, his heart filled with trepidation, as the rumors told that the Ninja King had a short temper.

And this time, their Ninja Country had also suffered significant losses.

The Ninja King wouldn't resolve to end him out of anger, would he?

If he were to be dealt with by the Ninja King just like that, it would be incredibly frustrating for him.

As he was thinking this, the Ninja King's voice suddenly rang out at this moment, "Lift your head."

He lifted his head.

Yet, as he did so, he was slightly taken aback.

Because he noticed that the Ninja King had no signs of anger, but was instead smiling at him, and within that smile, there was a hint of regret.

This made the ninja feel completely bewildered.

What was the Ninja King smiling about?

And why was there a tinge of regret in that smile?

The ninja, already nervous, felt a surge of fear at the look in the Ninja King's eyes.

Could it be that the Ninja King intended to kill him, and the regretful smile was because despite his considerable talent, for the sake of his own good mood, he still had to die?

At this thought, the ninja suddenly felt an impulse to run away, to leave this place!

However, before the ninja could begin to escape, the Ninja King seemingly guessed his thoughts and said somewhat helplessly to him:

"Don't be afraid, I will definitely not deal with you."

"I just want to tell you that you are to convey a message to our Ninja Country next. Our Ninja Country, upon learning of the attack on Dragon Country's Wang Ye, sent Musashi to protect him. However, Musashi wasn't strong enough and was killed by those foreign devils in the process of protecting Wang Ye."

"???"

Three question marks immediately appeared above the head of the ninja.

Protect Wang Ye?

Wasn't Musashi sent earlier to collaborate with Ma Country to deal with Wang Ye?

The ninja was puzzled and was about to ask questions when he saw the Ninja King's expression turn serious again, making him shut his mouth at once.

He understood.

Don't ask about things you shouldn't!

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