Returning to the Mainland

[An immortal body, eternal youth and immortality, Stand power—this is the greatest high!!]

Iori had wanted to recreate one of DIO's iconic scenes, but then he remembered that he was only immune to death, not pain. Better not spin his index finger against his temple.

Looking at his new skin, Iori felt a little uncomfortable. It was so pale that it did not look human, carrying the eerie impression of a paper effigy. If he could not put it away normally, it would be rather conspicuous.

Iori tentatively withdrew the chakra he had been releasing. That immense power receded like the tide, and the Ten-Tails' chakra slowly flowed back into his body according to his will.

Once Ten-Tails Chakra Mode was deactivated, he felt as though his strength had truly drained away, and a wave of weakness washed over him.

Shaking his head, Iori understood that it was only an illusion. That power had merely been stored away. Once he stopped releasing it, his body's internal defenses were actually stronger than before.

Unlike ordinary Jinchuriki, the Ten-Tails' seal on Iori was not located on his abdomen, but on his chest. After the seal retracted, a sun-like pattern appeared over his chest.

Lowering his head, Iori found the pattern on his chest strangely familiar.

[Damn, am I actually Orochi?]

After thinking it over, Iori realized that this was not the symbol of Orochi, the will of the Earth from The King of Fighters?

Good lord. Iori could only call it good lord—this was practically a dream crossover.

The God Tree had usurped the nest and become the will of the planet, only to be absorbed by Iori.

From that perspective, Iori had indirectly become Gaia's vessel as well.

In the distance, Tobirama and the others sensed that Iori's chakra was stabilizing,