Chapter 111: Red Night Obito Skin (Bonus Chapter)
[Note: Unlocking System Mall LV2 will make more products available.]
The Level 1 System Mall currently only featured three items. To unlock more, Chiya would need his cumulative attribute points to reach 1,000. Even so, he didn't feel these three items were useless.
The first item would allow him to toggle the Mangekyo Sharingan on and off at will; combined with the White Mask or the Massacre Night skins, he could effectively hide his identity. However, the drawback was severe: while the "contact lenses" were active, he couldn't use his Double Kamui techniques. This flaw was nearly fatal, so Chiya wasn't leaning toward buying it—at least not right now.
Anyway, it's not strictly necessary to hide my identity when I slaughter the high command. But the Massacre Night skin... it fits a night of slaughter perfectly, Chiya thought to himself.
According to Reze's intel, the top brass would gather at the Moscow base for a meeting the day after tomorrow. In reality, those officials would arrive at the base as early as tomorrow night. Therefore, tomorrow night was the optimal time to strike.
It could be called: The Night of the Massacre.
As for hiding his identity, there was little point. His abilities were unique and highly recognizable; the military would know it was him the moment he made a move. Chiya simply felt that the Massacre Night skin—or rather, the "Blade of the Red Night" look—had a great aesthetic. Since it only cost 10 attribute points, he'd not only look cool but also "freeload" an extra 5 points of Vitality.
Unfortunately, he was currently short on points. He just needed to hunt a devil or two before tomorrow night.
Chiya spent the next half-day playing the "roleplay game" with Reze and Shingetsu. He was starting to get a bit tired of it, but Reze's favorability continued to climb.
[Ding! Host has activated the achievement "Reze's Sense of Closeness (LV3)." Reward: 8 Attribute Points!]
He had gained 8 points, but he was still 2 points short of the 10 needed for the "Massacre Night Skin." It was time for a hunt.
As luck would have it, the outside world suddenly became noisy. From the sounds of it, a devil had appeared. Reze sensed it immediately and said, "It sounds like a devil has shown up. We should stay inside; if we take action, the military will easily track us."
"Don't worry, I've got this," Chiya said confidently.
As long as he utilized "Double Kamui" correctly, he could achieve an instant kill without being noticed by civilians—unless the devil was exceptionally powerful.
"Alright. Be careful, Master." Reze didn't argue. After spending these days fighting alongside and against Chiya, she increasingly felt that every word he spoke came true.
Chiya didn't say another word. His body sank into the ground as he moved toward the source of the commotion. Upon locating the devil—not even bothering to see what kind it was—he emerged directly beneath it. His right-eye Kamui activated instantly, warping both the devil and himself into the Kamui dimension.
The civilians nearby were still screaming and fleeing in terror, completely failing to notice that the devil had vanished, let alone seeing Chiya, who had appeared for only a fraction of a second.
Even Reze and Shingetsu, who were watching from the window, almost missed the move. In the blink of an eye, the devil was simply gone.
"No wonder Master said he was sure of it," Reze remarked with a sigh.
"It is Otonashi, after all. But..." Shingetsu turned her gaze toward Reze. "How much longer are you going to keep calling him 'Master'? The plan has already been exposed. Do you really need to keep acting out this role?"
For some reason, hearing Reze call Chiya "Master" made her uncomfortable—likely because Reze's tone was always so suggestive when she said it.
"Is that not allowed? I know I committed a grave error before, but now I sincerely want to make amends. I truly want Otonashi to continue being my Master."
It was a rare moment where Reze's tone sounded genuinely sincere.
"..."
Shingetsu paused for a moment; she, too, could hear the raw honesty in Reze's voice. However, Reze immediately followed up with: "After all, I find myself liking Master even more now~"
Shingetsu's expression instantly turned cold. "As expected, I still can't stand you."
"Eh~? I'm telling the truth!" Reze put on a look of mock grievance.
It was clearly an act. With her sharp wit, how could she not know why Shingetsu disapproved of her? To some extent, she was intentionally teasing Shingetsu, having long since seen through her feelings for Chiya. As for herself, it would certainly be a lie to say she didn't have feelings for him, so strictly speaking, she and Shingetsu were now romantic rivals.
Meanwhile, both Chiya and the devil were inside the Kamui dimension.
Although he couldn't use "intangibility" while inside the space, he didn't need it to deal with a mere Broom Devil. He could see clearly now: the creature he had dragged in was just a giant "broom." Aside from being massive and eerily grotesque, it had no special abilities; it was a very weak class of devil.
"What is this hellhole? Let me out!" Suddenly transported to an entirely alien space, the Broom Devil was seized by terror. Weaker devils were often the most cowardly. While devils don't have emotions as complex as humans, they certainly feel basic fear—the Chainsaw Devil's (Pochita) legendary power, after all, stemmed from the fear every devil in Hell felt toward it.
Chiya ignored the devil's pleas, drawing his tachi and lunging forward. With strength and speed over ten times that of a normal human, the Broom Devil couldn't even track his movements before it was sliced into several pieces.
"Gah...?!"
[Ding! Host has successfully hunted the "Broom Devil." Reward: 5 Attribute Points!]
Now Chiya finally had enough points. He wasted no time opening the System Mall to purchase the "Massacre Night Skin."
[Ding! Host has successfully purchased "Massacre Night (Skin)." Attribute Points -10. Current Remaining Points: 3!]
The purchase was complete, but it didn't take effect immediately. Instead, a new entry appeared on his system panel under the [System Mall] section:
[Purchased Items: Massacre Night Skin (Awaiting Use)]
With a single thought, he activated it, and the status suffix switched to (In Use). It seemed he could toggle it freely at any time.
Chiya's appearance transformed instantly into that of Obito during the Uchiha Massacre—though his face and body remained his own. His black hair grew significantly longer, styled exactly like the "Massacre Night" Obito (or rather, Madara's alias). He now wore a red tiger-patterned mask and gray-black shinobi attire.
Although the tiger-stripe mask only had an opening for the right eye, he found his left eye could still see through the mask perfectly to use his ocular powers. The mask acted like a one-way mirror; others couldn't see his left eye, but he could see them without obstruction. This was likely a user-friendly modification made by the system.
Since there were no mirrors in the Kamui space, Chiya had to head back out to see how he looked.
Back in the room, Reze was idling away the time chatting with Shingetsu when a mysterious masked man suddenly appeared behind her. Her sharp instincts kicked in, and she whipped around, her expression full of alarm.
Her first reaction was that an enemy had arrived. Her hand flew to the pin on her neck; if the stranger made even the slightest move, she was ready to transform into the Bomb Devil instantly!