Revive Me, My...

He had also used physical isolation methods, purchasing all kinds of materials to create containment devices. From common metals to precious metals, rare metals, all sorts of materials, and rocks, everything was meant to find a substance capable of blocking the terrifying energy-absorbing ability of Uchiha Yue's Dead Silence Domain.

Unfortunately, because so little time had passed, Orochimaru had yet to find such a material. He did not even know whether one existed in this world. All he could do was test them one by one. A large portion of the funds Nagato had given him had been spent purchasing various rare materials.

"Besides, I have far too little time. I only started this research seven days ago. Leader, you're being too hasty. What can possibly be developed in such a short time?"

"Mm, I was too hasty. Orochimaru, go on. Continue your research. Tell me directly if you need anything."

After hearing Orochimaru's explanation, Nagato let out a helpless sigh. It was not that he wanted to rush things, but they only had one year. No—not even a full year. That one year was merely the time it would take Uchiha Yue to completely shroud the planet, not the time it would take him to cover half the planet, or even nine-tenths of it.

As time passed, the planet's environment would grow increasingly harsh. By then, its entire ecosystem would completely collapse. Eighty percent of the population would die, while those remaining could only endure the bitter cold in the few corners of the planet that were left.

But Uchiha Yue was a living person, not a true natural disaster. He could move. Once things reached that point, if Uchiha Yue simply took a few steps, all life on this planet would be finished. Everything would be over.

From the first cell that sprouted in ancient times, from the moment ancient aquatic creatures first stepped onto land, to the growth and prosperity of human civilization today—the ancient community known as life, which had endured on this planet for billions of years, would come to a complete end.

All things were void! All things returned to one!

Everything would become nourishment for an ultimate lifeform beyond imagination. There was simply too little time!

Fortunately, they had the invincible Uchiha Madara. If they truly could no longer survive, they could still hide in Uchiha Obito's Kamui Dimension and wait for Uchiha Yue to die of old age. Then Nagato would become the turtle of the new world—no, the Kami of the new world!

However, aside from his instinctive distrust of that man claiming to be Uchiha Madara, what worried Nagato even more was that Uchiha Yue was alive. He was not dead. He was a living person who could learn, grow stronger, and perhaps even possess curiosity.

Was the Kamui Dimension really secure?

Could it truly save this world? Nothing could stop Uchiha Yue from exploring. What if, at that time, Uchiha Yue became curious about that so-called Kamui Dimension? What if Uchiha Yue followed them there?

Then they would truly be turtles in a jar, with nowhere left to run.

That was a future of despair Nagato absolutely, absolutely did not want to see.

Orochimaru left, his heart filled with urgency. Once he received Nagato's order, he only needed a moment's thought to understand Nagato's concerns. And Nagato's concerns were also his own. He was still young. He had already mastered the Reincarnation Technique and could continue living in the future. He did not want to die like an ant beneath Uchiha Yue's wide-area AoE. Before such a supreme, ultimate natural disaster, his so-called immortality seemed utterly laughable.

What use would it be even if he could revive anywhere in the entire Ninja World?

Just blow up the planet and see how he revived.

"Danzo... Teacher, you were truly blind to let such a beast hold power. If Danzo had died earlier and never laid hands on the Uchiha Clan..."

"And Second Hokage, why did you take such a beast as your disciple?!"

After returning to the base, Orochimaru shook his head with a gloomy expression. Whenever he thought of Danzo, rage rose within him. He wished he could return to the past, strangle that old bastard to death, and let everyone know the danger of the Uchiha Clan.

Of course, not so that everyone would learn of the Uchiha Clan's danger and attack them. Rather, so people would understand just how terrifying the Uchiha Clan was and not provoke them. They should have simply been left to stay obediently in Konoha's Military Police Force.

If people had known that the Uchiha Clan might produce a monster like Uchiha Yue, then anyone who dared lay a hand on them would likely have drawn the united assault of the entire Ninja World.

With Uchiha Yue as a warning, the members of the Uchiha Clan had transformed in their eyes from a great ninja clan with a special bloodline limit into unstable bombs that could explode at any moment for some reason and shatter the entire Ninja World.

"Fortunately, only two members of the Uchiha Clan remain now: Uchiha Yue and Uchiha Sasuke... Oh, and Uchiha Madara. But Uchiha Madara is no longer a threat..."

Orochimaru breathed a sigh of relief. One Uchiha Yue was already this terrifying. What would happen if there were a whole group of them?

Who knew what kind of power those people might erupt with when faced with a life-threatening crisis?

Although he coveted the Uchiha Clan's bloodline and the unimaginable Mangekyō Sharingan, Orochimaru had no intention of making a move against Uchiha Sasuke. Unlike that old bastard Uchiha Madara, who had already awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan—

Uchiha Sasuke had not yet awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan. Who knew what kind of power he might awaken if he were forced or oppressed?

They must not end up creating another new monster.

"If only I had known earlier that the Uchiha Clan's bloodline was so miraculous..."

Orochimaru shook his head. Before Uchiha Yue appeared, who could have imagined that the Sharingan possessed the potential to destroy the world? If he had secretly taken some Uchiha Clan bloodline while following that old bastard Danzo back then, perhaps by now...

Well, there was no perhaps anymore. If Orochimaru truly returned to the past, knowing how terrifying the Uchiha Clan's bloodline was, he would not dare lay a hand on those Uchiha Clan members who had not awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan. It was one thing not to know before, but now that he knew and still went after them—was he tired of living?

As Orochimaru pondered, he set up the ritual for the Impure World Reincarnation.

"My wisdom alone is ultimately limited. Revive, Second Hokage! Come save this world!"