Naruto's Trash Station

Ren chuckled softly and lightly patted the sports car. Though it was eighty percent new, it was covered in dust.

With a thought, Ren carefully searched through the trash.

Suddenly, a pool of blood came into view. Ren narrowed his eyes. "What... a corpse!"

Before him lay a corpse that had been mauled by some wild beast. The bloody stench made Ren feel sick.

Ren said, "After all these batches of trash, this is the first time I've seen a human corpse. How could they treat even a corpse as trash?"

Ren was annoyed, but his narrowed eyes revealed a trace of excitement. "It's actually this world!"

Beside the corpse was a newspaper, reporting Luo Feng's death.

The moment Ren saw Luo Feng's name, he remembered what world this was. This was Swallowed Star, and this trash had come from Swallowed Star as well. No wonder even a limited-edition sports car was considered trash. After all, Swallowed Star was set in an apocalyptic Earth. All kinds of abandoned luxury cars filled the streets, so a limited-edition Lamborghini being treated as trash was nothing strange. Even a helicopter showing up would not have been surprising.

Ren narrowed his eyes and said, "In the Swallowed Star world, the RR Virus broke out, causing a global death rate of thirty percent. In just three months, aside from the massive deaths among animals, the global population was reduced by nearly two billion! But those who resisted the RR Virus had their bodies improve. Their strength, speed, cell activity, and skin toughness nearly doubled! I wonder whether this trash might have brought the RR Virus here too."

Ren pondered quietly, his heart filled with wariness.

Meditation Method

After thinking for a moment, Ren looked at the corpse before him. Without a doubt, this was no ordinary person. Though the corpse bore signs of being bitten by a savage beast, its heart had been pierced by a katana. Clearly, this person had been killed by someone else. Judging by the clothes, this person should have been a cultivator. After all, Earth in the Swallowed Star world had two cultivation systems. One was Martial Artists, while the other was Spirit Readers.

Either inheritance would have been extraordinary if it fell into the Naruto World.

Ren narrowed his eyes and stared at the corpse. No longer feeling disgusted, he pulled out a backpack from beside the body. Though he found it strange that the killer had not taken the backpack, it was now a bargain for Ren.

Ren picked up the somewhat dirty backpack, opened it, and examined its contents.

There was a notebook, a black egg, and some food.

Ren opened the notebook and discovered that it was a diary.

April 1st. The endless rain forced me to hide. The golden Fierce Beast that descended from the sky is still wreaking havoc.

April 2nd. Hope is already nowhere to be seen. Is Earth really going to perish?

April 3rd. He appeared. It was actually Luo Feng. He perished together with the Fierce Beast.

April 4th. My idol, Luo Feng, is gone. Carrying my admiration for him, I will walk the path Luo Feng once walked.

April 5th. We discovered a Beast General Level monster that was about to give birth. Our squad is preparing to launch a surprise attack.

Ren stared at the notebook, then at the black egg. "No way... is this a Beast General Level monster egg?"

Though the diary did not record it, the egg now in the backpack might very well have been laid by that Beast General Level monster that was about to give birth.

The corner of Ren's mouth twitched as he silently calculated. There were many monsters in Swallowed Star, and on Earth, they were divided into several ranks: Beast Soldier Level, Beast General Level, Lord Level, King Level...

Though Ren did not know how powerful a Beast General Level monster was, it should have surpassed the Summoning Beasts of the Naruto World. A Lord Level monster might even have been comparable to the future Tailed Beasts.

Ren stared at the monster egg and said, "The Naruto World and Swallowed Star are different. At the very least, the energy they contain is different. If this Beast General Level monster egg hatches, who knows whether it can even grow properly. Besides, whether this egg can hatch at all is still uncertain."

Ren muttered to himself and looked at the notebook again.

The notebook was filled with diary entries, but when Ren saw the final page, he was overjoyed. "It's actually a meditation method!"

It turned out that this person had dreamed of becoming a Spirit Reader, but lacked the aptitude to become one. Yet dreams brought motivation. He researched methods to strengthen spiritual power and even secretly learned from Spirit Readers. In the end, he created this rather basic meditation method, and it was effective.

Ren looked at the notebook, which recorded this person's experiences in creating it!

"Whew... To strengthen spiritual power, the mind must first be calm."

"Today, I secretly learned that aside from innate talent or certain heavenly treasures, spiritual power can only be strengthened through constant use!"

"No, how do I use spiritual power?"

"Whew... Today, I secretly learned again. It turns out that focusing one's attention can slowly strengthen spiritual power!"

The countless conclusions and notes in the diary allowed this now-dead man to create a meditation method.

Ren looked at the meditation method and said, "Use a crystal as the object of visualization, then focus your attention and outline your visualization within the crystal. By repeatedly outlining it, you can strengthen your spiritual power and even control it better."

Muttering to himself, Ren read the introduction in the notebook, then spotted a small crystal among the trash beside the corpse.

The crystal was flawless, as though it had been nurtured by heaven and earth. This was the Crystal Meditation Method. Though it strengthened spiritual power slowly, it was stable.

Ren narrowed his eyes and said, "This is somewhat similar to ancient seated meditation. I never thought ancient seated meditation had such an effect. But in the Naruto World, there are basically no ninjutsu capable of training spiritual power. Perhaps the Yamanaka Clan has such methods, but they must be closely guarded secrets. After all, spiritual power is tied to the soul. This Crystal Meditation Method is definitely something good!"

After speaking, he looked once more at the enormous pile of trash, hoping to find other treasures.

Not long after, Ren shook his head and said, "Only the things brought by this corpse have any value. Everything else is trash, and this trash is inferior even to the trash from the Battle Through the Heavens World. After all, the wood and stones there grew in a world filled with energy. The scrap metal and plastic from Swallowed Star are just urban garbage. They might even carry the RR Virus!"

With a helpless expression, he looked at the mountain-like pile of trash and said, "It seems I must make a trip to the Summoning Space. Though there is supposedly a Dog Sage there, I have no choice. The trash from the Trash Station needs somewhere to be dumped."

Ren muttered to himself, then turned around and returned with the notebook, crystal, katana, and monster egg.

Inside the bedroom, night had already fallen.

Ren looked at the quiet night, placed everything he held on the cabinet in his room, then slowly mobilized the Chakra within his body.

Speaking of Chakra, because his physique had strengthened threefold yesterday, his Chakra had increased by around twofold as well. He truly did not know what that thing yesterday had been to strengthen him so greatly. If he could have it once every day, Ren would have been willing even if it was agonizing each time.

At this moment, Ren slowly formed hand seals. They were the Summoning Seal!

The Summoning Technique was merely a B-rank ninjutsu, not a particularly powerful technique. Therefore, it did not consume much Chakra. Of course, summoning powerful Summoning Beasts would naturally require more Chakra. But for an ordinary summoning, the Chakra in Ren's body was enough to support it.

At that moment, Ren placed both hands on the ground, a trace of solemnity in his gaze. "Summoning Technique!"

"Bang..."

As his words fell, Ren was instantly enveloped in white smoke. By the time the smoke dispersed, he had vanished from the bedroom.

Dog Clan

A cloud of white smoke slowly appeared in a quiet oasis.

"Whew... Is this Beast King Mountain?"