Ren's Shock (Fifth Update)

When Orochimaru developed the Cursed Seal, he was no different from the Sage of Six Paths.

While it's not quite the case that it's given to everyone it meets, it's close enough; each Cursed Seal contains a fragment of Orochimaru's soul.

Those that are still alive are fine; they can be recycled directly.

Those dead ninjas were the real source of Orochimaru's headaches.

Fortunately, the holders of Orochimaru's Cursed Seal were all his subordinates.

Orochimaru has gathered the organizations of all those who possess the Cursed Seal; whether the Impure World Reincarnation is effective is unknown.

Even if it doesn't work, Orochimaru has a plan to improve it.

The most troublesome thing is that, although the organization had gathered everyone's information, what about those who had died?

In Orochimaru's eyes, they were all trash, and trash has no value.

Therefore, Orochimaru wouldn't take their body parts with him every time he fled. So, the body parts of the dead were buried along with the abandoned or destroyed base.

Orochimaru needs to find them all one by one.

Rōran.

Kabuto has spent a day organizing the experimental records Orochimaru gave him.

With Orochimaru's foundation, Kabuto estimates that he can replicate that rice in the Shinobi World within just a few months.

When Kabuto had some free time, he couldn't help but think of Orochimaru and Rasa who had returned.

If only it were Ren- sama who returned, Kabuto didn't have much confidence, thinking that Konoha would have to maintain the illusion of Ren's existence for another two years.

After a blur of illusion and reality, Ren finally saw the scene before him clearly.

A desolate, lifeless world, seemingly ended, unfolded before Ren.

What kind of weird place have I been transported to?

The moment Ren had this thought, he realized that his true energy was being consumed at an incredibly fast rate.

Finally, Ren understood the reason.

The lack of air was one issue; it felt as if countless life-threatening organisms were lurking all around.

Looking at the pitch-black night sky, Ren realized something was wrong.

It's not nighttime!

A second later, Ren realized his situation: he was exposed in the vacuum of space.

Future?

Knowing that the Dragon Vein could only traverse time and space, Ren understood that this was still the Shinobi World.

So, did this mean I traveled to the future?

Ren didn't believe he had traveled back to the early days of the planet's formation; the Dragon Vein were clearly not that powerful then.

If it's not ancient times, then it can only be the future.

Looking at the desolate surroundings and the boundless void of space, Ren was slightly stunned.

Is this the future of the Shinobi World?

While still pondering whether he had ultimately failed and the Shinobi World had been completely destroyed.

Ren felt a sudden, indescribable pang of heart palpitations.

It wasn't the feeling when the system was completed on the moon.

It was a genuine heart palpitation, a palpitation that strongly threatened one's own existence.

Although Ren believes himself to be immortal, he can go anywhere.

The threat he felt now far exceeded the threat he had felt when the Sage of Six Paths descended.

Where?

Ren looked around, trying to find the source of the threat.

But the surroundings were empty, Ren didn't notice anything unusual.

Moreover, that intense sense of threat did not diminish in the slightest, but instead grew stronger.

Most importantly, Ren felt that the threat was everywhere!

"Who goes there!"

Ren roared angrily and activated the Surtur template at the same time.

However, upon hearing that unusually small sound, Ren realized that he had done something foolish.

This is in a vacuum, where sound doesn't travel, yet you can still hear sounds through bone conduction.

However, the next moment, Ren heard a response.

"Who are you, and why are you here?"

It was a standard question, but it caused Ren's pupils to contract rapidly.

It wasn't the sound of those words echoing in his mind that shocked him; the Sage of Six Paths had already demonstrated such a technique.

It wouldn't be surprising to encounter it a second time.

As for the wording in your speech, you...

Well, this slightly shocked Ren; it seems he wasn't the only one who had traveled through time.

What truly shocked and captivated Ren was another reason.

It wasn't the other person's question, nor their choice of words, but rather their language.

That's right, it was a language that Ren hadn't heard in over twenty years.

Ren's mother tongue before his time travel Chinese language.

To be more precise, it was after the other party's question echoed in Ren's mind.

Ren heard perfect, clear Mandarin!