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This smile made the Sage of Six Paths sense something was off, but he still chose to attack.

The black Truth-Seeking Orb instantly transformed, turning into spikes that pierced Aizen's body, but under the Sage's gaze, the impaled Aizen slowly dissipated.

"Hm? A mere afterimage!"

The Sage of Six Paths immediately raised a hand.

"Shinra Tensei!"

A massive repulsive force erupted from the Sage of Six Paths, spreading rapidly outward, and the powerful shockwave directly pushed back Aizen, who had appeared behind the Sage.

"Repulsive force, huh. The power is quite impressive."

Pushed back, Aizen adjusted his glasses, still utterly composed.

The Sage of Six Paths pointed his free left hand at Aizen, and the black Truth-Seeking Orb reappeared beside him. This time, the orb transformed into a net, surrounding Aizen.

"Your speed is considerable, but it's not a spatial ability. Once you're enclosed, you can't escape!"

"Is that so?"

Crack—

Aizen swung Kyōka Suigetsu, cleaving a massive gap in the net formed by the Truth-Seeking Orb, then strolled out as if on a leisurely walk.

"He actually split the Truth-Seeking Orb!"

The Sage of Six Paths couldn't help but look at the Kyōka Suigetsu in Aizen's hand, its blade shimmering with an unusual light.

What exactly is that sword? It was this same blade that wounded me earlier—a sword that can harm the soul. How was it forged, or is this actually some kind of special technique?

"A blade with special abilities, is it? But you yourself can't defend against my Truth-Seeking Orbs."

"Can't defend? Then I'll just attack directly."

Aizen raised his left hand.

"Hadō #63, Raigō Hō."

Golden lightning burst from Aizen's hand, flying toward the Sage of Six Paths.

The black Truth-Seeking Orb instantly appeared before the Sage, expanding into a shield to block.

A massive thunderous explosion erupted, and the powerful impact startled even the Sage of Six Paths behind the shield, as some of the lightning blast bypassed it, scorching his arm.

This isn't Ninjutsu! And... sixty-three, meaning there are higher ranks!

I can't let him unleash them!

The Sage of Six Paths clenched his left hand toward Aizen, and a tremendous gravitational pull dragged Aizen's body straight toward him. The Truth-Seeking Orb also reverted to its original form, then turned into spikes to attack Aizen.

Aizen swung Kyōka Suigetsu, continuously cleaving through the incoming Truth-Seeking Orbs, barely fending off the onslaught, but unable to stop his body from being pulled toward the Sage of Six Paths.

Lightning Release!

As Aizen drew close, the Sage of Six Paths' palm erupted with a powerful flash of lightning. Aizen countered by slashing the lightning apart with his blade, but after cleaving through it, he was met with the black Tin Staff.

Aizen hurriedly raised Kyōka Suigetsu to block, but because he had just split the lightning, he could only manage a feeble defense, failing to notice that the Sage of Six Paths' left hand had already pressed against his chest.

"Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei!"

"Nani!"

Aizen finally showed a look of panic.

A massive gravitational pull began to activate with Aizen at its center. The ground within the Pure Land was torn apart, then gathered toward Aizen.

Aizen swung his blade, shattering the incoming chunks of earth, but new colossal masses kept flying in. He couldn't destroy them all in time. After a struggle, Aizen finally succumbed, forcibly bound together by the enormous earth, until it formed a giant sphere tens of thousands of meters across, floating in the sky of the Pure Land.

Staring at the massive sphere in the sky, the Sage of Six Paths let out a sigh of relief. He had created a moon outside the Earth, and now he had created one within the Pure Land.

But the Sage of Six Paths didn't let his guard down.

"Who is he really... That talk of being a 'Bleach' is definitely a lie."

"No, it's not. My name is Aizen Sousuke, and I am indeed a Bleach."

A voice suddenly spoke from behind, answering the Sage of Six Paths. The Sage's eyes widened in terror, but he couldn't resist, because a blade was thrust through his chest.

"Sage of Six Paths, I didn't lie."

83. Naruto, I'm Done Being Human!

Having lived for a thousand years, the Sage of Six Paths ultimately fell to Aizen's blade. After being run through the chest, Aizen used the Hōgyoku to absorb all of his soul.

This progenitor of ninjas, who had hidden in the Pure Land for a millennium, was about to become Aizen's research subject.

"Chakra was absorbed along with the soul. Truly fascinating—born from the soul, aiding the soul, following the soul, and even a place like the Pure Land exists."

Aizen pinched the Hōgyoku in his palm. Though it was only a flawed creation of his own, not fused with Kisuke Urahara's Hōgyoku to achieve future perfection, this Hōgyoku could still accomplish most of what a perfect one could.

Stowing the Hōgyoku, Aizen looked up at the massive moon in the sky.

This moon had just been created before his eyes by the Sage of Six Paths. Although the Sage had been easily controlled by Kyōka Suigetsu, Aizen found this sealing technique quite impressive.

Unfortunately for the Sage, Aizen had information provided by Li Yue, while the Sage knew nothing about Aizen—this was the absolute advantage of an information gap.

If the Sage of Six Paths had known Aizen's relevant intel, with his infinite Chakra in the Pure Land allowing him to continuously unleash wide-area Ninjutsu in attacks, Aizen would have found it truly troublesome.

Unfortunately, there are no ifs.

Li Yue was a true brother—when he had something good, he really did share it with you!

After silently marveling at Li Yue's goodwill toward his online friends, Aizen once again set foot on the soil of the Pure Land. He had promised to help Li Yue take Senju Hashirama's soul away, preventing him from being subjected to Impure World Reincarnation. Now that the Sage of Six Paths was in hand, the next target was this very Senju Hashirama!

While Aizen stirred up a storm in the Pure Land, Li Yue was in the Leaf Village, preparing special training for Sasuke.

To be honest, Li Yue had no idea how to use Ninjutsu at all—because he didn't have any Chakra!

The world of Bleach was all about brute force; crossing levels to challenge someone was extremely difficult, and once the gap in power became too large, it was utterly impossible to fight back. A single burst of Reiatsu could render your abilities and attacks completely ineffective—even if your opponent stood still and let you strike, you couldn't break through their defense.

Of course, even at that level, Li Yue still thought Bleach characters were fragile. In battles of equal strength, they often got taken out in one slash. Captain-level internal fights ending in a single cut were all too common, which was exactly why he wanted to improve his own defense.

Ninjas, on the other hand, were different. Their combat foundation was Chakra, but they were genuinely fragile. Aside from the Raikage's clan, who used secret techniques to forge powerful bodies, and freakish exceptions like Senju Hashirama with his Sage-level body, most ninjas died the moment they were hit.

You might be strong one second, and the next, some passing genin could stab you to death with a kunai.

So, Li Yue had no intention of teaching Sasuke how to use a ninja's power.

With Aizen around, Li Yue planned to turn Sasuke into a Shinigami!

When that time came, Sasuke would be a Shinigami, and Blondie would still be a ninja. If those two ever fought again, it would truly be Bleach versus Naruto.

"What do I need to do?"

Inside the training ground of the Uchiha clan compound, Sasuke stood in the center, looking up at Li Yue.

"Do you know why I'm so strong?"

Instead of answering Sasuke, Li Yue posed a question.

Sasuke frowned.

"Why?"

"Back then, when I first met Indra, I was just an ordinary human—no Chakra, no Ninjutsu. But Indra admired me, and we became good friends."

Li Yue spoke as if reminiscing about the past, his expression gentle.

"Until one day, the inherently evil Asura appeared before Indra and rebelled against his elder brother. In that battle, Indra crushed Asura, but he didn't kill him—because Indra was proud. He believed that as long as he was around, Asura wouldn't cause any real trouble."

Sasuke inwardly felt a deep approval of his ancestor.

Yeah, that was exactly the kind of thing an Uchiha ancestor would do—because the Uchiha clan was that proud!

"I trusted Indra, but I didn't trust Asura. So I felt someone had to keep Asura in check."

"At the time, I was just a weak ordinary person. Even after I later gained Chakra, I still couldn't fight Asura. Every time Indra dealt with the inherently evil Asura clan, I could only watch from the sidelines."

"As Indra grew old, the ninja world became more and more chaotic because of the inherently evil Asura clan. That's when I came to understand a truth!"

"What truth?"

"Temporary strength is useless. Even someone as powerful as the Sage of Six Paths or Indra eventually died of old age. They had all that immense power, yet they couldn't extend their own lives. Instead, their power made the once-peaceful ninja world descend into chaos. If they could have lived forever, the ninja world would have remained stable!"

"So, I decided to stop being human!"

"Huh?"

Sasuke stared blankly as Li Yue suddenly spread his arms and shouted to the sky.

"I abandoned the power of a ninja and chose to become a Shinigami!"

"A Shinigami?"

"That's right! Discard the frail body in exchange for a powerful soul. The body dies, but the soul never does! That's why I've been able to live for over a thousand years, always watching over you worthless descendants on Indra's behalf!"

Talk all you want, but do you have to throw in personal attacks?

Sasuke's eye twitched.

"So, if you want me to help you get stronger, there's only one way—become a Shinigami like me!"

"What is a Shinigami?"

Sasuke didn't care whether the power he gained was ninja-related or not, but he at least needed to know what it was.

"A Shinigami is this!"

Li Yue suddenly drew his sword and tapped Sasuke on the head with the hilt.

Sasuke's soul was directly pushed out of his body.

However, unlike Li Yue, the souls in the Naruto world, being filled with Chakra, appeared blue—like a little blue person.

"This is..."

In his soul state, Sasuke looked at his blue body. In the Pure Land, souls had no consciousness, but in the real world, they could retain some awareness—it was a strange feeling. Soul Sasuke saw another version of himself lying on the ground nearby and froze for a moment.

"Right now, you're in a soul state. That's your physical body."

Unlike the world of Bleach, where a soul leaving the body was connected by a chain, in the Naruto world, once the soul left the body, it was truly gone. In other words—

"You're already dead!"

"Nani!"

Sasuke's eyes shot wide open.

"No, I want to gain power, not just die once!"

"To become a Shinigami, you must first die once, transforming your soul into a Shinigami, and then you can come back to life!"

Li Yue said, clenching his left hand, and a Spiritual Blade formed from spiritual energy materialized in his grip.

Aizen was a good Yifu—if you wanted to learn something, he'd actually teach you!

"Next, what you need to do is absorb this power and become a Shinigami."

With that, he stabbed the Spiritual Blade straight into Sasuke's soul.

A blue light bloomed across the Uchiha training grounds!

84. It's Style, I Added Style!

A black Shinigami uniform, white socks paired with straw sandals.

Shinigami Sasuke made his grand debut!

"So this is... a Shinigami?"

Sasuke looked at himself, his color restored from that strange blue to normal, and he was even wearing an extra set of clothes.

Why did becoming a Shinigami automatically grant a free outfit, while students in Soul Society's academy had to graduate, join the Seireitei, and receive a Shinigami uniform before they could become Shinigami?

Li Yue watched Sasuke in his Shinigami uniform and couldn't help pondering to himself. Back when he became a Shinigami, it was the same; when Ichigo became one, it was the same too. Every outsider who became a Shinigami got a free uniform, while those reserve Shinigami, even if they'd awakened their Zanpakuto, still obediently wore their student clothes.

"I've become a Shinigami now, right?"

After getting familiar with his new body, Sasuke looked up at Li Yue.

"That's right, you've become a Shinigami."

With that, Li Yue pointed at Sasuke's physical body lying nearby.

"Now, you can get back into your body."

"How do I go back?"