The Protagonist is Invincible by Chapter 3?

In his previous life, no matter how much money Gato made, he never felt a ripple of emotion. Yet the discovery of this fruit sent him into a frenzy of joy.

"Ha ha! A legendary Devil Fruit! From now on, I, Gato, will never be at anyone's mercy again!"

He did not even consider whether he should eat the fruit, even though Devil Fruits came in varying strengths.

But to him, the most important thing about this fruit was not how powerful it might be, but that it offered him a way to come into contact with these extraordinary powers.

Even a worthless Zoan Fruit would be a tremendous help to him right now. As for the future, who knew?

After taking a bite, Gato, who had already braced himself, was stunned to find that although the fruit was somewhat bitter, it was not revoltingly disgusting.

"Could this not be a Devil Fruit at all? Damn it, am I going to be poisoned to death?"

Gato's expression turned extremely grim, because it was entirely possible that this was not a Devil Fruit.

If it was not a Devil Fruit, then such a brightly colored fruit was very likely poisonous.

Fortunately, that did not happen. Instead, he discovered in horror that he had begun to float into the air. A faint glow emanated from his body, and his hair started growing longer.

His forehead began to itch. Gato felt a scorching sensation between his brows that vanished in an instant, after which he was surprised to find that his field of vision seemed to have widened.

If he could look in a mirror right now, he would find a blood-red eye between his brows—the Rinne Sharingan from Naruto, capable of destroying heaven and earth.

A sense of realization rose within him.

Gato gradually found himself unable to feel any emotions. It was as though he was no longer human at that moment, but a god.

The feeling was strange. Surging power flowed constantly through his body, and even this world seemed as though it could be wielded by him.

"This truly is a world brimming with vitality. The God Tree should like this place very much."

"God Tree World Arrival!"

The already violent lightning seemed to grow even more restless, while the clouds overhead turned pitch-black.

The sky above seemed to cave in as a black hole appeared.

The dark clouds began to spin and surge toward the black hole, forming a vortex. An aura of terror radiated from its center, as though it connected to another realm.

"Before long, I will complete my revenge."

He spoke words that even he himself did not understand, but his movements did not stop. Thick tree roots extended from the vortex.

Even without seeing its full form, one could imagine the grandeur of its main body. Yet its appearance seemed to anger some indescribable existence.

The dark clouds continuously birthed lightning and sent it toward the center of the vortex, trying to destroy the God Tree and prevent its descent.

But the God Tree was not something that could be destroyed in a short time, so the dark clouds shifted their target.

"Th—... Damn it, this body is too weak." Gato sensed the danger.

Immediately afterward, a bolt of purple-black lightning struck Gato directly on the head.

The blow sent him crashing to the ground. The mysterious and powerful aura around him vanished without leaving the slightest trace, and he fell unconscious at the same time.

The vortex slowly closed until it disappeared. Only after a long while did the dark clouds, which had gathered supreme might, begin to disperse.

"Pain... That was ruthless, heavens."

That bolt of lightning had nearly turned Gato into a piece of charred coal, but his miserable condition was only superficial. Other than that, he was almost completely unharmed.

"Hey, this is too unbelievable, isn't it? I actually ate the legendary God Tree Fruit? Could this be the world of Naruto?"

By now, Gato understood what had happened to him. He had actually consumed the God Tree Fruit, the source of all power in the Naruto world.

"No, something must be wrong. If this were the world of Naruto, I don't remember anyone getting struck by lightning just for summoning a God Tree."

Gato jolted awake in alarm. From the moment he ate the God Tree Fruit to when he used God Tree World Arrival, his mental state had been terribly wrong.

Looking back on it now, he had seemed indifferent to everything in the world. It could be said that the emotions of a "human" had become exceedingly faint.

Not only that, he had also felt as though he were being controlled. Otherwise, he would never have used that move.

For someone whose body was not strong enough yet, forcibly using that technique was an act of draining his life away.

Even if the God Tree, after descending, would absorb the essence of this world and feed it back to him, that would no longer have anything to do with him.

He vaguely sensed that the moment the God Tree fully descended would also be the moment of his death.

"Something is wrong. There's a problem with this God Tree Fruit."

The problem was not that Gato's human consciousness would become faint.

After all, when Kaguya Otsutsuki first arrived in the Shinobi World, she had also been a girl who longed for peace and understood "love."

When she ate the God Tree Fruit, her humanity had likewise been completely suppressed by the divinity brought by the fruit.

But the power of the God Tree Fruit was ultimately loyal. The will it produced was actually an extension of the host's own will, and it would never control its host into doing something harmful to themselves.

"Am I merely a puppet?" Gato understood his predicament. He had been used as a sacrifice for the God Tree's descent.

The power of the God Tree Fruit did not belong to Gato now.

"Kaguya Otsutsuki... What a terrifying name just to hear. And I have to become her enemy?"

Gato knew perfectly well that if anyone could manipulate all of this, Princess Kaguya—the first person in the Naruto world to consume the God Tree Fruit—was undoubtedly the prime suspect.

Although his will had been controlled, none of the memories from that experience had faded in the slightest.

"Completing her revenge... looks like it really was her. Did this change happen because I, this butterfly, flapped my wings and altered the circumstances of Kaguya's sealing?"

In an instant, Gato's thoughts raced as he considered matters directly tied to his survival.

Something might have gone wrong when Princess Kaguya was sealed in the end. Perhaps she had used some secret technique to turn back into a God Tree Fruit and escape here.

If the God Tree had successfully descended, Gato would already be dead. Yet Kaguya's will would not simply fade away so easily.

Once the God Tree absorbed enough nutrients, Kaguya would use it to be reborn.

Gato was beginning to understand. His reincarnation this time did not seem to have been an accident...

He was like a mine-clearing sapper. Once it was confirmed that his crossing over had caused no issues, the God Tree Fruit followed close behind.

However, it had not expected that while Gato's arrival posed no problem, it itself would be rejected. After all, the God Tree was an enemy of an entire world.

From the perspective of causality, this world had saved Gato's life.

"Ah!!! You won't let me die, but you won't let me live either! Why?!"

Gato's face twisted grotesquely. Even in his most desperate moments, he had never worn such a demon-like expression.

At that moment, the God Tree's power concealed itself deeply and no longer revealed any trace of itself, as though it could evade this world's notice that way.

But the God Tree—or perhaps Kaguya's will—could certainly hear his inner voice. Yet Kaguya gave him no response.

Why would a god care about an ant's emotions? The weak had no right to speak.

After a bout of hysterical roaring, Gato gradually fell silent. Such venting was useless.

The current situation was this: if he truly wanted to live as "himself," he needed a voice. He needed to be able to speak, to make Kaguya hear a voice she would care about.

Gato already had a plan.