Twisted Taste

"Congratulations, Sasuke." A genuine smile showed on Wang Yan's face.

He now had another worker who had joined up with his own supplies—and one who didn't need to be paid at that. How could he not be happy?

Remaining Resource Points: 95,500.

Just the step of converting Sasuke's identity alone had netted him 16,000 points. Even after deducting the cost of expanding the Reincarnator Slot limit, that was still a clean profit of 15,000. As Sasuke's fate changed in the days ahead, Wang Yan would reap even more gains.

Did he really think he'd thrown out that Sakura Haruno perspective version of Naruto just to satisfy his own twisted tastes?

Emmm...

While that was an important factor, on the other hand, it was also laying down a long-term thread—adding more variables to this world.

When the day of fate's reckoning came, every scheme would turn into harvest.

Hearing Wang Yan's words, Sasuke, who had been calmly organizing the information in his mind, suddenly froze.

"You... are you also a Reincarnator?" Sasuke showed Wang Yan full respect.

Now that he understood many truths, the extremes and coldness in his personality had lessened somewhat, and his speech had naturally changed.

Before this, forget Wang Yan merely stimulating him to open two tomoe—even if he'd directly given him a Rinnegan in his left eye and a Tenseigan in his right, he probably wouldn't have gotten such treatment.

It never occurred to him that his recent experience might have been just the other's Genjutsu, which saved Wang Yan a lot of talking.

Wang Yan smiled, his face unchanged and his heart steady, spouting nonsense as easily as breathing: "Me? I'm barely a collaborator outside the Reincarnation system. Though I have business dealings with Lord Main God, my identity is different from the Reincarnators'."

This was him casually finding a convenient identity to operate under. After all, he couldn't exactly go down and become a Reincarnator himself, could he?

Since he hadn't appeared in that "Book of Prophecies," he ultimately needed an identity that would hold up on the surface.

Wang Yan was fairly confident in his current strength. If things went sideways, he could just dump Reward Points into boosting his Spiritual Power, activate Mental Storm, and brainwash the entire world.

That was far more convenient than Infinite Tsukuyomi—no preparation, no prerequisites. As long as it was necessary, Wang Yan could pay-to-win and do it instantly.

But that would lack any elegance, and the Resource Points he could harvest would be far fewer. In a sense, the outcome wouldn't be much different from carpet-bombing with Nuclear Bombs. Under normal circumstances, he didn't plan to do that.

Sasuke frowned deeply, his expression puzzled. "Reincarnators... plural?"

Hearing this, Wang Yan's expression remained calm. "You didn't think you were the only one who got a chance to transcend, did you?"

"The other Reincarnators... who are they?"

Sasuke stiffly twitched the corner of his mouth, forcing out an awkward smile. "If it's classified, pretend I didn't ask."

Wang Yan waved a hand. "It's not really classified. You'll have chances to cooperate sooner or later. In the last cycle, thirty billion Reincarnators thought their wings were strong enough—they colluded with each other, formed alliances, built armies, and tried to break free from Lord Main God's glory to start their own factions. The result? They were completely annihilated within one nanosecond—body and soul, utterly wiped out."

"Get it? This is the thirty-sixth restart of the Reincarnation Space. And you, by the favor of the Universal Will, have been lucky enough to become one of the first batch of Reincarnators."

Hearing this, Sasuke felt his throat go dry, his heart pound, and his palms burn.

Opportunity!

Chance!

A future of infinite possibilities!

At the same time, he was awed by the elusive "Lord Main God."

Thirty billion people—most likely thirty billion peak powerhouses from across All Worlds and Realms, not thirty billion pigs! And they were killed just like that!

Though Sasuke didn't quite understand the concept of a nanosecond, that didn't stop him from sighing with emotion.

The Main God was ruthless—terrifying to such a degree!

"Be an honest man, do solid work. As long as you don't commit principled mistakes, Lord Main God is still very tolerant." Wang Yan patted Sasuke on the shoulder.

Addressing himself with a respectful title felt a bit shameless, but damn, it felt good.

With that, Wang Yan leaned back into an Air Chair behind him (Telekinesis—the all-purpose tool), propped his chin on one hand, and said slowly, "If I'm not mistaken, your Reincarnator Number should be 004?"

Sasuke nodded, obediently.

"The three Reincarnators ahead of you are Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade Hime."

"Oh... they recently formed a Reincarnation Squad. They should be coming to Konoha to carry out a mission."

At these words, Sasuke Uchiha's pupils Slightly Constricted, and his hairs stood on end.

The legendary Three Ninja of Konoha!

The guide in the Book of Prophecies, the mid-stage big villain, and the Fifth Hokage!

So... the future had already changed?

"Given your utterly negligible strength, Lord Main God couldn't be bothered to give you any missions. For now, I'll take you out for some training."

Wang Yan spouted nonsense with a straight face. "I've received Lord Main God's instructions. When the time comes, I'll settle your Reward Points based on your overall performance during the training."

"I still have things to do. Well then—see again!"

With that, Wang Yan's figure gradually turned transparent and vanished.

"Training... Reward Points..."

Sasuke clenched his fists, using his mind as a hand to flip through the Main God's Exchange List.

On it, abilities, treasures, rare wonders, techniques, bloodlines, technology, materials—all vast as the stars, dazzling and brilliant, enough to make one's head spin.

He thus deeply realized his own insignificance.

"How terrifying... If the thirty billion Reincarnators who were instantly killed last round each possessed these bizarre abilities... just what level has the Main God reached?"

Sasuke, thoroughly misled, had lost the ability to think, merely scrolling through the Exchange List before him on instinct.

The Complete Collection of Saiki Kusuo's Superpowers. The Disaster Aura of the Grim Reaper Elementary Student. The Dimensional Pocket of the Blue Robot Cat. Saiyan Bloodline. Super High School Level Luck (Active: Komaeda Nagito / Passive: Makoto Naegi). Complete Replacement: Espada No. 4, Ulquiorra. Race Transformation—OVERLORD: Ruler of Death...

The more he looked, the colder his fingertips grew.

Yet his heart burned hot.

Sasuke welcomed another sleepless night.

The "Three Ninja" Reincarnation Squad has been established. Team mission has been issued.

A simple chime rang in the ears of the Three Ninja, followed by a colorful image appearing in front of them.

"This is... Konoha!"

Jiraiya rubbed his bald head. "Haven't been back in years. It's changed so much..."

"No."

Orochimaru picked up the thread, expressionless. "This is Konoha from several years ago."

Tsunade and Jiraiya didn't ask how he knew, nor did they want to.

Why bother making trouble for themselves?

The Three Ninja focused, watching the image closely.

They had a vague feeling that this mission was somehow connected to this sudden vision.

"You monster!"

In the image, a middle-aged woman smashed a rotten, stinking egg into the face of a blond child. Her expression was twisted with rage: "It's all your fault! You killed my A-Sui! How do you, a Nine-Tails Fox, still have the face to stay in Konoha!"

The child's eyes reddened, his watery blue eyes blurred with tears, like a wounded stray cat.

He didn't let the tears fall. He just wiped his face, tucked his head down, and fled amid the curses and roars of the adults.

Seeing this, Jiraiya's face darkened.

Maybe Orochimaru and Tsunade hadn't recognized the child, but he had.

The son of the Fourth Hokage, Namikaze Minato—Naruto Uzumaki.

Why did Naruto have to go through something like this as a child?

How exactly had Lord Third, as Hokage...

Been doing his job?

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