Chapter 833: Elders' Discontent!
Fujin wasn't too surprised by Tsunade's answer. The soul was extremely mysterious. Fujin was already surprised to learn that Tsunade knew which parts of the soul were responsible for maintaining consciousness. To an extent, Konoha had already learnt about the basic features of a soul, which explained how Hiruzen managed to stay alive.
However, there was much they didn't know about the soul. For instance, the soul was capable of reincarnating. Hagoromo had displayed incredible understanding in this aspect, be it the way his sons reincarnated across generations or how the nine tailed beasts could revive years after being killed. Fujin hoped he could mooch the same from him just like how he was mooching off Tsunade, though he didn't have much idea about how to find him other than reviving Kaguya, let alone persuade him to guide him.
Yet, Fujin believed that even Hagoromo's knowledge wasn't complete. As he gained a deeper insight into souls, Fujin had a vague feeling that his understanding and mastery of the soul would play a crucial role at some point in the future.
Tsunade looked at the soul and said, "Since you extracted the soul, slicing it will be much easier. Unfortunately, we kept his soul out of his body for too long. He won't wake up even if we put it back in his body. We can only practice slicing on this one before testing the next prisoner."
Fujin agreed. Outside the room, the two guards and the prisoners were puzzled. Previously, Tsunade used to take a new prisoner every few minutes. However, Fujin and Tsunade were inside the room for several hours. The prisoners recalled Fujin's words and hope reignited in their hearts. They prayed, 'Please… Let them get what they want from him and let me have a normal death. I don't want to be tortured so inhumanly.'
Unfortunately, their prayers weren't answered as the door opened up once again and another prisoner was dragged inside.
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"Sigh, youngsters have no respect for the elderly these days. We just returned from Fire Capital and yet, were made to work all day." Homura sighed tiredly.
They had returned the previous night after concluding the negotiations. However, there was still a lot of work left to ensure the terms of the agreement were properly implemented. Since the two elders led the negotiation team, Shikaku dumped most of this work on them. He only overlooked Fujin's deal.