Ren's Transformation

After hearing Kabuto's speech, Ren was shocked.

Chakra is related to the source and essence of a ninja's power, so Ren named a series of research projects involving Chakra "[Meta]".

It signifies the beginning or origin.

Now researchers are calling real Chakra "True Essence," which sounds reasonable, but what a load of rubbish!

Ren pressed on with more questions.

"Besides renaming actual Chakra, did those researchers rename any Natural Energy?"

If some brilliant mind were to suggest replacing Natural Energy with spiritual energy or primordial energy, Ren felt he would have to treat them well.

Kabuto looked completely puzzled by Ren's question.

What does this have to do with Natural Energy?

Despite his confusion, Kabuto answered anyway.

"No, Ren!"

Ren nodded, didn't press further, and dismissed Kabuto.

I knew it was all a coincidence. If there really were other time travelers, based on my actions, I'm already a foregone conclusion that I'm a senior time traveler.

Given his consistently approachable persona, the new transmigrator would probably have come to him long ago; why would he engage in such a pointless test?

After a series of self-deprecating remarks, Ren recalled the researchers' act of renaming the actual Chakra.

I suddenly remembered Jiraiya's prophecy about Gamamaru.

The ninjas no longer exist. Could it be because of this that even the names of Chakra have been changed? Perhaps it wouldn't be a big deal to change the names of ninjas who use true energy in the future?

As Ren made his guesses, he also wondered if he should change the ninja's name while he was at it.

After only a moment's thought, Ren made his decision.

Change it, change it all, change everything.

Since Chakra has been changed, ninjas need to be changed, and Natural Energy will change as well.

The transformed ninja had completely severed ties with the Sage of Six Paths and stood on the opposite side.

There's no point in hiding it anymore; it's better to make our stance clear and declare our position.

By the time Ren finished his deliberations, ninety-nine new converts were already in place, all of them Konoha's elite, with not a single researcher among them.

This group includes Kakashi, Guy, and Shisui.

As for the remaining spot, it naturally belongs to Ren himself.

Now that everything is confirmed to be fine, there's no need to hesitate. Ren has complete faith in Kabuto and Orochimaru's abilities.

Ren pretended not to know that he had fooled a group of researchers by claiming that he had mastered real Chakra.

Anyway, I doubt anyone will ask me why I need to perform the conversion, right?

Amidst the astonished gazes of the researchers, Ren stepped into the only empty seat.

The researchers were taken aback, but without any sailors present, they immediately sprang into action, opening and setting up the various hulls.

Then Ren lay down inside.

Hmm, I don't feel anything.

A moment later, as the cabin was covered in a pale purple light, Ren felt streams of magical energy flowing into his body from the various patches.

This wasn't the first time Ren had experienced this feeling. When Orochimaru first Chakra-Making Device, he absorbed real Chakra, which is now known as True Essence.

That time, Ren had already sensed the wonder of true energy.

But that time is nothing compared to today.

If we compare true essence to fine wine, Ren at first merely licked it with his tongue, but now he's been completely immersed in it.

Unlike Chakra, true essence does not flow within the meridians after entering them.

The Chakra is formed by the combination of physical and mental energy is a complete lie.

Chakra can only be formed by the conversion of Natural Energy, and the conversion process does require the use of physical and mental energy.

Using a castrated version of Chakra as a medium, the physical and mental energy of all ninjas is collected and transferred to the Nine Tailed Beasts, thereby converting Natural Energy to obtain Chakra.

After marking the Chakra and degrading it, a portion of it is sent back into the Tailed Beast's body. The Tailed Beast, unaware of this, further retains it, then castrates it again and sends it back to the ninja for use.

The ninjas easily gained power, while the Sage of Six Paths reaped the most delicious rewards, achieving a win-win situation.

Compared to Kaguya's exploitative approach of draining the pond to catch all the fish, the Sage of Sage of Six Paths' capitalist methods are clearly more moderate, more sophisticated, and more insidious in their harm.

However, with the injection of real Chakra, or true essence, its first stop is the body's cells, which have already been thoroughly exploited.

Completely beyond Ren's control, the energy flowed through his meridians into his limbs and bones, strengthening every cell in his Ren.

Seemingly realizing something, Ren stopped keeping the template inside his body silent and directly loaded the template of the fire giant Surtur.

The true essence directly changed its approach, starting to drive Chakra through the meridians.

If true essence possessed consciousness, the general situation would be as follows.

When the template is not loaded, True Essence (True Chakra): This meridian seems to have been occupied. I'm outta here; there's plenty of space outside!

After loading the template, Zhenyuan said, "It's scary outside, brothers! Let's chase away this guy who came from who-knows-where and take over the place first!"

After a brief experiment, Chakra could no longer strengthen the template, Ren stopped worrying and allowed the template within his body to fall silent once more.

The true essence once again used the meridians as a transit point, continuously flowing into all the cells in Ren's body.

Ren also carefully felt himself rapidly becoming stronger, and this feeling was exceptionally wonderful.

It wasn't the euphoric feeling that came with suddenly becoming stronger when the Sharingan evolved in the past.

That explosive power-up was just like when Ren awakened his One-Tomoe Sharingan; it really gave him the illusion that he could dominate everything.

The enhancements we see today are comprehensive. While our bodies are strengthened, our minds and intellect are also enhanced simultaneously. We can clearly understand how much stronger we have become and how powerful we are.

In this wonderful feeling, Ren's body was fully enhanced.