
"Whatever, you're here to seek the power of the Master White Snake Sage, right? Follow me!" - Tagitsuhime turned around and guided Eiji to the temple, with the inscription "Ryuchi Cave" written on the plate.
When Eiji entered the temple, it didn't take long for him to see a large white snake sitting on the sacred chair smoking from the place of a long thin cigarette.
Tagitsuhime stopped at the entrance and beckoned Eiji to go upstairs towards the big white snake.
He did not say his usual sarcastic words, instead, he felt nervous and went up in earnest, as the huge white snake spoke to him: "You are here to learn senjutsu? Are you sure you want to take a risk? If your body can't hold my power, I'll eat you."
'That's really more dangerous than studying sage mode under a frog.' - Eiji smiled wryly while thinking to himself.
He pondered for a moment before sighing and saying: "Nothing is free in this world, how can you gain strength without risking anything?"
The White Snake Sage looked at him amusedly, before taking the place of the cigarette with its tail from its mouth.
Suddenly without a word he leaped at incredible speed and bit Eiji on the shoulder.
"ARGHH!!" - Eiji was overwhelmed by pain and instantly lost consciousness.
Eiji found himself in an endless space, where everything was red except the ground.
He looked at the white ground and saw that it was scaly, but after looking for a few seconds, he was shaken, he saw the ground moving like the body of a huge beast.
'This place is creepy. Worse still is I can't stand anywhere else other than this creepy land...'
He instinctively wanted to draw his sword, but he realized that it was gone: 'How can it be lost? Didn't I carry it all the time even when I was naked?'
While he was at a loss, the ground started to shake and move at an incredible speed.
'Dirt!' - Eiji did not want to lose his balance, so he retreated as far as he could.
The ground finally started to stop moving and when Eiji looked up, he saw a giant snake, which had its face, staring at him.
"HAHAHAHA!!!!! Are you still trying to hide your fear and nervousness behind harsh words?? I know you don't like other people, so this won't work on me."
"Knowing me like no one else? Who or what are you?" - Eiji had a serious expression and did not dare to be careless.
"I am the voice of your heart, which you have ignored until now.I ask you: why have you not given up?"
"What?"
"I said, why don't you just give up. Isn't that enough? You're just a horde. You can't even save Hayate-sensei. Why don't you accept that you're just a horde and can't do anything? Still, even as a mob, aren't you enough? You are reincarnated into a world with memories of a previous life and can experience this world you loved so much in a previous life. You had fun, didn't you? "Isn't it time to stop bringing chaos into this world through your being? Why are you so selfish?"
Eiji heard all of that and fell silent.
Emotions overflowed in his heart: he knew that he was selfishly involved in important events to try to get the results he wanted. He could hear an inner voice whispering to him, that it was better to just disappear because after all he was just a horde ...
While this was happening, the surrounding part of the ground turned into a small white snake that began to cover it.
Funnily enough, he did not feel or feel it, and after some time only his head was not closed.
"Didn't you respond? Of course not. I know you and know your decision, so let me help you!"
The big snake with its mouth open towards it will devour it.
In the hall, the White Snake Clerk looked at Eiji's body.
His body was unable to handle the natural energy he had injected into him and he began to transform into a snake.
'Seems so. I've never seen someone fail faster than him. Most will struggle for some time before changing .. well, I'll just eat it, so I won't complain ... 'the White Snake Clerk licked his mouth and moved happily towards Eiji's body with his head.