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Chapter 873: Far From Enough! (6700-character combined chapter)
"So that's how it is..."
In the private hospital room at Konoha Hospital, Minato Namikaze unconsciously muttered to himself as he looked at the contents of the document in his hand.
Star Gate, World Government, Invaders from Otherworld.
Just like the Third Raikage had experienced before.
His worldview was first shattered by these keywords, and then the power of rationality helped him quickly reconstruct it in his mind.
The biggest change was that his perspective, originally limited to the Ninja World, expanded to the Cosmic Star Sea in just a few seconds.
In the World Government Propaganda Film that Sara had watched before.
There was some introduction to the Sea Star Mainland and the several worlds that had been conquered previously.
These were naturally extracted from her memory by the Yamanaka Clan's Secret Technique and became the descriptive text in this document.
With exquisite writing, even without specific pictures or footage, he could imagine the general appearance and scenes.
Of course.
Propaganda films are propaganda films; they won't involve important information.
For example, they would introduce what Devil Fruits are, but wouldn't mention that Seastone can render Ability Users powerless.
Nor would they mention that Logia-type Elementalization can be countered with Haki, much less explain the essence of Haki or its various effects.
Another example is that it would introduce military ranks like Fleet Admiral, Admiral, Admiral, and Vice Admiral, but definitely wouldn't include information about these high-ranking officials.
At this moment, Minato Namikaze was thinking.
How could their Konohagakure, no, the entire Ninja World, resist such a cross-world super-large force that had already conquered and ruled several worlds?
An Army General named Aramaki alone had crippled his legs, and now he was forcing all of Konoha to be on high alert.
What should they do when the opponent's Large Force pours in, and more Admirals, or even Admirals and Fleet Admirals above that, appear?
Despair!
The more Minato Namikaze thought about this, the stronger the sense of despair in his heart became.
Could it be that their Ninja World was also destined to become one of the worlds on the World Government's Path of Conquest?
Or was there a way to stop the World Government's invasion, make them retreat in the face of difficulty, and go invade other worlds?
But he didn't notice that Orochimaru, standing by the hospital bed, had gradually revealed excitement in his eyes after a few minutes of shock.
Compared to Minato Namikaze.
Orochimaru didn't care about invasion or not, much less whether the Ninja World would be conquered or even destroyed!
"So there are other worlds outside the Ninja World..."
"No wonder I couldn't understand those two things at all; they were things from other worlds..."
"If only I could go see other worlds, if only I could research things from other worlds, there should be a way to achieve Immortality in other worlds, right?"
These were the voices shouting in Orochimaru's heart.
Ever since he personally witnessed the death of Tsunade's Younger Brother, his first Disciple, Nawaki, during the Second Great Ninja War.
Fear had arisen in his heart.
Fear of death!
At the same time, Desire, a longing for immortality, was born!
So he began to live in seclusion, reading a large number of books, Ninjutsu, records, and Secret Traditions collected in Konohagakure every day, and began researching Medical Ninjutsu and Biotechnology.
In this process, he repeatedly broke through the so-called Moral Bottom Line.
All for the sake of finding a way to achieve Longevity, Eternal Life, Immortality, or developing an unprecedented Ninjutsu.
Among them, the First Hokage's Cells were a key research subject.
Although this 'God of Shinobi' was dead, indicating that he couldn't achieve Immortality, the super Life Force contained in his cells still gave Orochimaru Hope.
But he had been researching for nearly ten years.
Sacrificing countless human lives, yet there wasn't a single successful case of cell adaptation.
This made him somewhat doubt whether this research direction was wrong.
But due to not seeing other directions, Orochimaru could only continue researching 'Hashirama Cells' in the Laboratory funded by Danzō.
But now, the appearance of the World Government was like an incredibly dazzling Dawn illuminating Orochimaru's heart.
Even if the current World Government didn't have a way to achieve Immortality.
As long as he could follow the World Government to continue exploring more Otherworlds, he believed that with his ability, he could definitely research it.
During this time, he could also research other interesting things.
"Ah, what a wonderful life that would be..."
In his Excitement, Orochimaru stuck out his scarlet tongue and licked his lips.
He really wanted to go to Loulan himself now.
But he was also concerned about what to do if the other party didn't recognize him and wasn't willing to accept him, so perhaps he should find a way to make himself noticed by the World Government first?
Thinking carefully.
A Force that ruled several worlds must contain many talents from various worlds.
So if he just went like this, he really might not be taken seriously.
This won't do!
However, he also needed to be careful about the method, and not do things that would make the other party angry or look down on him.
For example, Backstabbing his own Village in front of the World Government.
Orochimaru also had some research on human nature.
This kind of thing seemed good, but was actually extremely foolish.
If he really did that, even if he joined the World Government, he would likely lose the chance to be promoted.
"Have you two finished reading?"
Just as the atmosphere in the hospital room remained suppressed and silent for a long time, the Anbu Ninja who had been waiting silently suddenly spoke.
Orochimaru and Minato Namikaze, who had raised his head, exchanged glances.
The next second.
The two of them shook the documents in their hands almost simultaneously.
The paper in Orochimaru's hand spontaneously ignited into Flame and turned into ashes, while the paper in Minato Namikaze's hand instantly pulverized into Smoke and Dust.
Seeing such exquisite Chakra Nature Transformation Control.
The Anbu Ninja said nothing, turned around silently, and prepared to leave.
[Bang!]
But just as he pulled open the Hospital Room's Door, the sound of the window shattering suddenly came from his ear, followed by a surging Strong Wind mixed with a large amount of Glass Shards hitting his back.
At the same time.
The entire Konohagakure was receiving the Baptism of Whistling Wind, and the windows of houses closer to the West were not spared.
Fortunately, there were no Civilians on the Street, so there were no serious Casualties.
But this was enough to make the Ninjas throughout Konoha turn their Gaze towards the Sky West of the Village, where a blurry Hikari seemed faintly visible...
Meanwhile.
On the Battlefield where Jiraiya and the others were, the Great Army composed of thousands of Konoha Ninjas was staring dumbfounded at the Giant Ox Head Construct burning with raging Flame.
Or rather, the tall Figure standing atop the Bull Head, like a God or Demon.
"Hey, Ninjas."
Suddenly, Aramaki spoke, and all the Ninjas subconsciously held their breath and listened.
"Not bad, you actually took down my Wooden Ox. So, next is the second round."
Aramaki had a wild smile on his face and slowly raised his right Palm, as if issuing an invitation to everyone.
"Given that many of you will die next, I'll introduce myself first, lest you die without even knowing whose hands you died by. That would be too tragic."
"Remember this."
"This Old Man is called A-ra-ma-ki!"
"The current World Government Marine Headquarters Admiral, and the future World Government Marine Headquarters Admiral. As for the Admiral Epithet, I've already thought of it."
"It'll be Green Bull~~"
"How about it? Isn't that much better than something like Sand Crocodile? Lahahaha!"
Aramaki laughed heartily as he spoke, completely disregarding the gazes filled with Anger and Hatred from the nearly eight or nine thousand people below.
"Shut your mouth!"
Suddenly, an angry roar interrupted him. Aramaki stopped laughing and narrowed his eyes to look, finding a man with long white hair and wearing a red haori.
"We already know the Identity of you guys. You're clearly engaged in acts of invasion, yet you write the words 'Justice' on the coat behind you!"
"To be this shameless, and still be able to laugh and put on a smug posture, it's truly disgusting!"
Jiraiya's angry roars echoed throughout the field.
In his heart, Konoha had never invaded anyone else; it was always other Ninja Villages that actively attacked Konoha, and they had no choice but to passively defend and counterattack.
Hmm... that seemed about right.
The key was that besides wanting to unify the Ninja World, Konohagakure had no need to invade other Nations in other aspects.
After all, the things other Nations desperately desired, the Land of Fire had them all...
"Lahahaha!"
But hearing this, Aramaki seemed even more delighted. After laughing to his heart's content, he shouted loudly at all the Ninjas: "Listen up, all you Otherworlders!"
"World Government Justice only belongs to the worlds that accept World Government rule!" Saying this, Aramaki even raised his voice and let out a high-pitched Roar.
"So whether it's invasion or conquest, it's actually all to help you accept World Government rule!"
"This is Justice!!!"
Justice---- Justice---- da---- da----
The echoes of Aramaki's Roar spread out in layers like a Wave, and the entire field was in Dead Silence. Jiraiya and the other Hidden Leaf High Council members on the rooftop also had blank expressions.
But when they reacted, an uncontrollable Rage surged in everyone's hearts.
What shameless Remarks!
Although the Ninjas below didn't know what the World Government was, they had basic IQ and deductive ability.
After listening to the Dialogue between Jiraiya and Aramaki, they could infer that the latter belonged to the Organization called the World Government.
And this World Government was invading Konoha, and even wanted to rule the entire Ninja World!
And they were grandly calling this behavior Justice?
"As for whether it's shameless or not, let's decide with our fists." The moment he finished speaking, Aramaki leaped down from the Bull Head surrounded by fire snakes.
[Bang!]
Without any fancy moves.
His sturdy body, nearly three meters tall, heavily smashed onto the black ground from a height of over ten meters, shattering a large area and causing Cracks to spread in All Directions...
"Come, fight to the death, Ninjas!"
"Show This Old Man your Value as much as possible. Consider it an interview before you are conquered, lahahaha~~"
Aramaki began a straight Charge towards the Ninja Army in front of him.
The Aura around him grew stronger with every step he ran forward.
The Konoha Ninjas standing in the front few rows felt an indescribable immense Pressure gradually build psychologically upon seeing this scene.
"What are you standing around for!"
"Stop him!"
A Jonin named Ryo'ma Shiranui shouted loudly to remind them. Soon, the Konoha Ninjas woke up and quickly performed Hand Seals along with him.
"Earth Release: Great Earth River!!!"
To prevent Aramaki from using Wood Release to create a large number of trees again.
These Ninjas skilled in Earth Release jointly performed it again with rapport, not giving the opponent any chance to create a favorable environment.
In the blink of an eye.
The solid Earth once again formed surging Muddy Water Waves, whooshing forward.
But facing such an Offensive, Aramaki not only didn't use his Woods-Woods Fruit Ability, but also showed no intention of retreating or dodging. Instead, he further increased his running Speed.
"What is he doing?!"
Jiraiya frowned, his expression solemn, staring intently at Aramaki's every move.
He saw that the latter's Arm swelled several times over at a speed visible to the naked eye, like an Akimichi Clan Member using Expansion Jutsu. At the same time, its surface was inexplicably covered in a layer of Black Luster.
Regarding this situation where the skin turns black.
These high-ranking officials had heard about it from Minato Namikaze and Nara Shikaku, but they still didn't know its specific effect.
At most, they could guess based on Aramaki using it every time he faced a frontal attack, that it might be an Ability that amplifies Physical Strength.
But next, Jiraiya saw a faint layer of green light emanating from that already Blackened, ferocious right arm.
"What kind of Ability is this?!"
The next moment, Aramaki swung this blow towards the surging muddy water wave, a full-strength attack condensed with his own Fist Force, Haki, and Photosynthesis Energy.
"Make a path, Apis!"
As Aramaki roared.
The terrifying Punching Power formed a Bull Phantom of green light in the Air.
Wherever this green light bull passed, thick Air Currents accompanied by bursts of Sound Burst, like a giant plow, dragged out a long, shocking Ravine along the ground.
[Boom!!!]
In an instant, the Konoha Ninjas watched dumbfounded as their side's jointly performed Great Earth River.
Its center was forcibly blasted open by a bright green light, forming a huge, terrifying gap.
But before they could close their gaping mouths, they saw Aramaki, wrapped in a faint green light, brazenly crashed into the front ranks.
In that instant.
Twenty to thirty Konoha Ninjas were sent flying into the Air almost instantly, their Screams and spitting Blood starting and ending almost simultaneously.
Below, Aramaki was wildly blasting apart a Konoha Chunin along with the blade slashing towards him with a single punch.
Not an exaggeration.
But literally exploding into a Blood Mist.
At the same time, with a few casual steps, he dodged the kunai, shuriken, and blade slashes coming from All Directions, then opened his incredibly wide Palm, transforming his ten fingers into thick, long branches.
With a swish swish swish of rapid whistling sounds.
Each branch, carrying an ear-piercing Sonic Howl, transformed into incredibly swift Afterimages, piercing the throats, chests, and other Vital Points of ten Konoha Ninjas.
They shot out too fast, too fast, giving these Ninjas no time to perform Hand Seals for Substitution Technique.
"Wind Release: Vacuum Wave!"
A Jonin from the Shimura Clan completed his Hand Seals, staring with bloodshot eyes filled with Killing Intent, and spat out invisible sharp aura towards Aramaki's tall body.
Immediately, these ray-like vacuum aura struck Aramaki's body one after another, creating terrible holes.
This brought looks of joy to him and some surrounding Konoha Ninjas.
"Ahhhhh!"
"Pfft----"
But the next second, the screams of their companions reminded them that Aramaki was not affected at all.
He was still swinging his flexible 'fingers', which could be long or short, hard or soft, slaughtering Ninjas one by one...
"Water Release: Water Whip!"
"Lightning Release: Swift Lightning Arrow!"
"Fire Release: Great Fireball!"
"Wind Release: Wind Cutter!"
More and more Ninjas used their Ninjutsu, and for a time, the Elements of wind, water, lightning, and fire rose and fell In the Court.
But no matter what Ninjutsu attack it was.
Either it was cut open or whipped apart in mid-air by Aramaki's 'fingers' transformed into branches, or he easily dodged it at extremely high speed, then rushed to another group of Ninjas and slaughtered everywhere.
Even if one or two Ninjutsu successfully reached Aramaki, they were completely ineffective.
Lightning Release's Electric Paralysis and Fire Release's High-Temperature Burning seemed to have no effect on him at all. Even if they caused visible Destruction to his body, he would quickly Self-Recover.
This left many Konoha Ninjas at a loss, and the Fear and Despair on their faces grew heavier.
[Bang!]
Aramaki casually blasted apart a Ninja's Shadow Clone, then instantly vanished from his Original Spot. The next moment, he had already stepped the main body's head into the Black Earth.
"Lahahaha, refreshing, so refreshing, it's too refreshing!"
"You Ninjas are exciting to kill, much stronger than the previous few worlds!"
Aramaki stepped on the Ninja's body, which was starting to ooze a large amount of Blood, spread his arms, exposed his Chest, and laughed wildly with his head tilted back.
"You deserve to die!"
"Too arrogant, how many can you fight alone, and for how long? Die!!"
This action of his naturally made it difficult for the Konoha Ninjas to accept.
In a fit of Rage, some began to lose their Rationality and launched desperate attacks, no longer concerned about whether they would affect their own side.
"Fang Over Fang!"
"Human Bullet Tank!"
"Gentle Fist: Air Palm!"
"Konoha Great Whirlwind!"
"Secret Technique: Insect Sphere!"
Facing these diverse and fierce attacks.
Aramaki first smashed Fang Over Fang with a punch, then kicked the Human Bullet Tank away, colliding and blasting apart the Air Palm while sending the Hyuga Clansman in the distance and several surrounding Ninjas flying.
Sharp, continuous Screams and spitting Blood added a few more points of grimness and gore to this Battlefield.
[Bang!]
At the same time, a Chunin who seemed skilled in Konoha Style Taijutsu watched in shock as Aramaki simply raised his Left Arm and blocked his full-strength attack.
"What a weak kick, didn't you eat?"
Aramaki looked at this Konoha Chunin, who was maintaining a kicking posture in mid-air, mockingly.
"You... Ugh!!"
But just as the latter was about to say something in shame and anger, he was forcibly interrupted by the Severe Pain coming from his leg. He then fell to the ground, clutching his right leg and screaming wildly.
Looking at Aramaki's Left Arm again, a sharp wood spike stained with Blood slowly retracted.
"Hmm?"
At this moment, a large mass of black Insect Mist completely surrounded him, and as more Aburame Clan Ninjas made a move, the scale of the Insect Mist grew larger and larger.
"Secret Technique: Insect Hurricane!!!"
Hundreds of Ninjas wearing Sunglasses on their faces and completely concealed themselves with thick hooded coats.
Controlling their respective Parasitic Destruction Insect Technique swarms, they, with rapport, formed an unprecedentedly large Insect Tornado around Aramaki.
They wanted to trap Aramaki with countless Parasitic Destruction Insect Technique and then completely devour him.
"A bunch of bugs actually dare to challenge This Old Man, the Lord of the Forest?"
Aramaki's wild laughter, filled with mockery, was transmitted through the Insect Tornado.
The next second.
Just as the Aburame Clan Ninjas were secretly vigilant, everyone saw huge, terrifying plants shoot up from the ground.
"This is..."
These plants, which seemed to have large mouths, immediately began to greedily devour the Parasitic Destruction Insect Technique swarming the sky as soon as they appeared.
Previously, in order to achieve the tornado form, the density between them was particularly high.
Every bite they took created large gaps visible to the naked eye.
These Magical Plants, which specifically feed on meat or insects, basically came from the Sea Star Mainland's Boeing Archipelago, and some were Plant-Type Danger Beasts from the Empire Arms World.
They basically all had one characteristic: they stored digestive fluid comparable to strong acid inside. Parasitic Destruction Insect Technique, once swallowed, would directly melt into nutrients.
After Aramaki came into contact with them, he could easily create them anytime, anywhere with his Woods-Woods Fruit Ability.
However.
The Aburame Clan's parasites weren't pushovers either.
They created more Parasitic Destruction Insect Technique from their bodies and released them, launching a biting offensive on the outside of these Magical Plants.
Indeed.
Facing the biting of tens of thousands of Parasitic Destruction Insect Technique, the Magical Plants also began to let out sharp screams, and then even more frantically devoured the surrounding Insect Swarm.
For a time.
This Zone became a battlefield for Magical Plants and Parasitic Destruction Insect Technique.
More and more Konoha Ninjas were attracted by this tragic scene, but somewhat neglected the faint shaking coming from underfoot.
But after all, there were so many people.
Many Konoha Ninjas also noticed the situation, shouting "Watch your step" while quickly jumping up.
In the Nick of Time.
Thick, long tree trunks and a large number of vines grew wildly from the ground, and accompanied by a rumbling astonishing Momentum, group after group of Konoha Ninjas were tightly bound amidst the Sound of Alarm.
"Lahahaha----"
"I heard your First Hokage used Wood Release to conquer the entire Ninja World, so Old Man Aramaki will show you what Wood Release is today!"
Aramaki's figure was nowhere to be seen.
But in the Savage Tree Sea formed in the blink of an eye, wild laughter seemed to come from All Directions.
It wasn't until Aramaki voluntarily appeared slowly from the top of a giant tree far taller than the others that the Konoha Ninjas further away regathered their Gaze.
As for Jiraiya.
He had closed his eyes at some point, sitting cross-legged on the rooftop ground.
Around him were the Clan Leaders, Elders, and Konoha Jonin from various clans who could be called elites.
At this moment, every one of them had solemn expressions.
Uchiha Fugaku took two steps forward and said in a deep voice, "Everyone, it's our turn to go. We must buy time for Jiraiya, and hold out until Lord Hokage's support arrives!"
Everyone present looked at each other, then nodded heavily.
"Then please have the Hyuga Elder bring the Hyuga Clan Ninjas to protect Jiraiya."
The Akimichi Elder also took a step forward.
At the same time, he took out a small box containing red, yellow, and green pills from his chest.
He first ate the green Spinach Pill.
"Hmph!"
Immediately, this Akimichi Elder let out a sound of pain.
His originally soft, plump body actually became somewhat taut.
At this moment, his Physical Strength increased threefold!
"Next is the Curry Pill..."
He muttered to himself as he swallowed the second yellow pill.
[Boom!]
Suddenly, Uchiha Fugaku and the others saw wisps of blue Air Current wrapped around this Akimichi Elder's body.
"Visible Chakra?!"
Several of them exclaimed. Chakra is generally invisible.
But it becomes visible when it reaches a certain density.
At this moment, the Akimichi Elder felt the pain sensation in his body rapidly decrease.
At the same time, the Strength within his body also became stronger along with the Chakra.
But he knew this was only temporary; once the Medicinal Effect wore off, it would be an inhuman fate of pain that reaches the bone marrow.
"Let's save this third Chili Pill for now..."
Humanity's most primitive Survival Instinct made the Akimichi Elder slowly put away the box.
Because eating this red pill was basically no different from suicide.
"Then This Old Man will lead the charge for everyone!"
This Akimichi Elder, who looked honest and simple, had a face filled with determination.
As soon as he finished speaking, he instantly vanished from his Original Spot.
His entire body soared into the Air at unbelievable Speed.
This was pure Physical Speed; there was no sign of Chakra bursting from his feet at all.
"Super Expansion Jutsu!"
In an instant, a giant as tall as a Mountain Peak, with blue Chakra surging from his entire body, powerfully appeared high above the Forest Sea.
But before he even landed, he performed a second Akimichi Secret Technique.
"Human Bullet Tank!!!"
A high-speed rotating sphere nearly a hundred meters large, like a meteorite falling from the sky, fell at full speed towards Aramaki, who stood atop the giant tree with his arms crossed over his chest.
Meanwhile.
Uchiha Fugaku and the others also transformed into Afterimages and soared off the rooftop, approaching Aramaki's position at high speed.
The trees or vines attacking them along the way basically couldn't delay them for more than a few seconds.
The Strength and skill they displayed were completely incomparable to the ordinary Jonin struggling in the Sea of Trees...
"This technique again..."
Aramaki looked up at the giant Human Bullet Tank completely obscuring the Firmament with a cold smile on his face.
"Its Power seems much stronger than the previous one, but... it's not enough... far from enough. Just being big is useless!"
"So that's how it is..."
In the private hospital room at Konoha Hospital, Minato Namikaze unconsciously muttered to himself as he looked at the contents of the document in his hand.
Star Gate, World Government, Invaders from Otherworld.
Just like the Third Raikage had experienced before.
His worldview was first shattered by these keywords, and then the power of rationality helped him quickly reconstruct it in his mind.
The biggest change was that his perspective, originally limited to the Ninja World, expanded to the Cosmic Star Sea in just a few seconds.
In the World Government Propaganda Film that Sara had watched before.
There was some introduction to the Sea Star Mainland and the several worlds that had been conquered previously.
These were naturally extracted from her memory by the Yamanaka Clan's Secret Technique and became the descriptive text in this document.
With exquisite writing, even without specific pictures or footage, he could imagine the general appearance and scenes.
Of course.
Propaganda films are propaganda films; they won't involve important information.
For example, they would introduce what Devil Fruits are, but wouldn't mention that Seastone can render Ability Users powerless.
Nor would they mention that Logia-type Elementalization can be countered with Haki, much less explain the essence of Haki or its various effects.
Another example is that it would introduce military ranks like Fleet Admiral, Admiral, Admiral, and Vice Admiral, but definitely wouldn't include information about these high-ranking officials.
At this moment, Minato Namikaze was thinking.
How could their Konohagakure, no, the entire Ninja World, resist such a cross-world super-large force that had already conquered and ruled several worlds?
An Army General named Aramaki alone had crippled his legs, and now he was forcing all of Konoha to be on high alert.
What should they do when the opponent's Large Force pours in, and more Admirals, or even Admirals and Fleet Admirals above that, appear?
Despair!
The more Minato Namikaze thought about this, the stronger the sense of despair in his heart became.
Could it be that their Ninja World was also destined to become one of the worlds on the World Government's Path of Conquest?
Or was there a way to stop the World Government's invasion, make them retreat in the face of difficulty, and go invade other worlds?
But he didn't notice that Orochimaru, standing by the hospital bed, had gradually revealed excitement in his eyes after a few minutes of shock.
Compared to Minato Namikaze.
Orochimaru didn't care about invasion or not, much less whether the Ninja World would be conquered or even destroyed!
"So there are other worlds outside the Ninja World..."
"No wonder I couldn't understand those two things at all; they were things from other worlds..."
"If only I could go see other worlds, if only I could research things from other worlds, there should be a way to achieve Immortality in other worlds, right?"
These were the voices shouting in Orochimaru's heart.
Ever since he personally witnessed the death of Tsunade's Younger Brother, his first Disciple, Nawaki, during the Second Great Ninja War.
Fear had arisen in his heart.
Fear of death!
At the same time, Desire, a longing for immortality, was born!
So he began to live in seclusion, reading a large number of books, Ninjutsu, records, and Secret Traditions collected in Konohagakure every day, and began researching Medical Ninjutsu and Biotechnology.
In this process, he repeatedly broke through the so-called Moral Bottom Line.
All for the sake of finding a way to achieve Longevity, Eternal Life, Immortality, or developing an unprecedented Ninjutsu.
Among them, the First Hokage's Cells were a key research subject.
Although this 'God of Shinobi' was dead, indicating that he couldn't achieve Immortality, the super Life Force contained in his cells still gave Orochimaru Hope.
But he had been researching for nearly ten years.
Sacrificing countless human lives, yet there wasn't a single successful case of cell adaptation.
This made him somewhat doubt whether this research direction was wrong.
But due to not seeing other directions, Orochimaru could only continue researching 'Hashirama Cells' in the Laboratory funded by Danzō.
But now, the appearance of the World Government was like an incredibly dazzling Dawn illuminating Orochimaru's heart.
Even if the current World Government didn't have a way to achieve Immortality.
As long as he could follow the World Government to continue exploring more Otherworlds, he believed that with his ability, he could definitely research it.
During this time, he could also research other interesting things.
"Ah, what a wonderful life that would be..."
In his Excitement, Orochimaru stuck out his scarlet tongue and licked his lips.
He really wanted to go to Loulan himself now.
But he was also concerned about what to do if the other party didn't recognize him and wasn't willing to accept him, so perhaps he should find a way to make himself noticed by the World Government first?
Thinking carefully.
A Force that ruled several worlds must contain many talents from various worlds.
So if he just went like this, he really might not be taken seriously.
This won't do!
However, he also needed to be careful about the method, and not do things that would make the other party angry or look down on him.
For example, Backstabbing his own Village in front of the World Government.
Orochimaru also had some research on human nature.
This kind of thing seemed good, but was actually extremely foolish.
If he really did that, even if he joined the World Government, he would likely lose the chance to be promoted.
"Have you two finished reading?"
Just as the atmosphere in the hospital room remained suppressed and silent for a long time, the Anbu Ninja who had been waiting silently suddenly spoke.
Orochimaru and Minato Namikaze, who had raised his head, exchanged glances.
The next second.
The two of them shook the documents in their hands almost simultaneously.
The paper in Orochimaru's hand spontaneously ignited into Flame and turned into ashes, while the paper in Minato Namikaze's hand instantly pulverized into Smoke and Dust.
Seeing such exquisite Chakra Nature Transformation Control.
The Anbu Ninja said nothing, turned around silently, and prepared to leave.
[Bang!]
But just as he pulled open the Hospital Room's Door, the sound of the window shattering suddenly came from his ear, followed by a surging Strong Wind mixed with a large amount of Glass Shards hitting his back.
At the same time.
The entire Konohagakure was receiving the Baptism of Whistling Wind, and the windows of houses closer to the West were not spared.
Fortunately, there were no Civilians on the Street, so there were no serious Casualties.
But this was enough to make the Ninjas throughout Konoha turn their Gaze towards the Sky West of the Village, where a blurry Hikari seemed faintly visible...
Meanwhile.
On the Battlefield where Jiraiya and the others were, the Great Army composed of thousands of Konoha Ninjas was staring dumbfounded at the Giant Ox Head Construct burning with raging Flame.
Or rather, the tall Figure standing atop the Bull Head, like a God or Demon.
"Hey, Ninjas."
Suddenly, Aramaki spoke, and all the Ninjas subconsciously held their breath and listened.
"Not bad, you actually took down my Wooden Ox. So, next is the second round."
Aramaki had a wild smile on his face and slowly raised his right Palm, as if issuing an invitation to everyone.
"Given that many of you will die next, I'll introduce myself first, lest you die without even knowing whose hands you died by. That would be too tragic."
"Remember this."
"This Old Man is called A-ra-ma-ki!"
"The current World Government Marine Headquarters Admiral, and the future World Government Marine Headquarters Admiral. As for the Admiral Epithet, I've already thought of it."
"It'll be Green Bull~~"
"How about it? Isn't that much better than something like Sand Crocodile? Lahahaha!"
Aramaki laughed heartily as he spoke, completely disregarding the gazes filled with Anger and Hatred from the nearly eight or nine thousand people below.
"Shut your mouth!"
Suddenly, an angry roar interrupted him. Aramaki stopped laughing and narrowed his eyes to look, finding a man with long white hair and wearing a red haori.
"We already know the Identity of you guys. You're clearly engaged in acts of invasion, yet you write the words 'Justice' on the coat behind you!"
"To be this shameless, and still be able to laugh and put on a smug posture, it's truly disgusting!"
Jiraiya's angry roars echoed throughout the field.
In his heart, Konoha had never invaded anyone else; it was always other Ninja Villages that actively attacked Konoha, and they had no choice but to passively defend and counterattack.
Hmm... that seemed about right.
The key was that besides wanting to unify the Ninja World, Konohagakure had no need to invade other Nations in other aspects.
After all, the things other Nations desperately desired, the Land of Fire had them all...
"Lahahaha!"
But hearing this, Aramaki seemed even more delighted. After laughing to his heart's content, he shouted loudly at all the Ninjas: "Listen up, all you Otherworlders!"
"World Government Justice only belongs to the worlds that accept World Government rule!" Saying this, Aramaki even raised his voice and let out a high-pitched Roar.
"So whether it's invasion or conquest, it's actually all to help you accept World Government rule!"
"This is Justice!!!"
Justice---- Justice---- da---- da----
The echoes of Aramaki's Roar spread out in layers like a Wave, and the entire field was in Dead Silence. Jiraiya and the other Hidden Leaf High Council members on the rooftop also had blank expressions.
But when they reacted, an uncontrollable Rage surged in everyone's hearts.
What shameless Remarks!
Although the Ninjas below didn't know what the World Government was, they had basic IQ and deductive ability.
After listening to the Dialogue between Jiraiya and Aramaki, they could infer that the latter belonged to the Organization called the World Government.
And this World Government was invading Konoha, and even wanted to rule the entire Ninja World!
And they were grandly calling this behavior Justice?
"As for whether it's shameless or not, let's decide with our fists." The moment he finished speaking, Aramaki leaped down from the Bull Head surrounded by fire snakes.
[Bang!]
Without any fancy moves.
His sturdy body, nearly three meters tall, heavily smashed onto the black ground from a height of over ten meters, shattering a large area and causing Cracks to spread in All Directions...
"Come, fight to the death, Ninjas!"
"Show This Old Man your Value as much as possible. Consider it an interview before you are conquered, lahahaha~~"
Aramaki began a straight Charge towards the Ninja Army in front of him.
The Aura around him grew stronger with every step he ran forward.
The Konoha Ninjas standing in the front few rows felt an indescribable immense Pressure gradually build psychologically upon seeing this scene.
"What are you standing around for!"
"Stop him!"
A Jonin named Ryo'ma Shiranui shouted loudly to remind them. Soon, the Konoha Ninjas woke up and quickly performed Hand Seals along with him.
"Earth Release: Great Earth River!!!"
To prevent Aramaki from using Wood Release to create a large number of trees again.
These Ninjas skilled in Earth Release jointly performed it again with rapport, not giving the opponent any chance to create a favorable environment.
In the blink of an eye.
The solid Earth once again formed surging Muddy Water Waves, whooshing forward.
But facing such an Offensive, Aramaki not only didn't use his Woods-Woods Fruit Ability, but also showed no intention of retreating or dodging. Instead, he further increased his running Speed.
"What is he doing?!"
Jiraiya frowned, his expression solemn, staring intently at Aramaki's every move.
He saw that the latter's Arm swelled several times over at a speed visible to the naked eye, like an Akimichi Clan Member using Expansion Jutsu. At the same time, its surface was inexplicably covered in a layer of Black Luster.
Regarding this situation where the skin turns black.
These high-ranking officials had heard about it from Minato Namikaze and Nara Shikaku, but they still didn't know its specific effect.
At most, they could guess based on Aramaki using it every time he faced a frontal attack, that it might be an Ability that amplifies Physical Strength.
But next, Jiraiya saw a faint layer of green light emanating from that already Blackened, ferocious right arm.
"What kind of Ability is this?!"
The next moment, Aramaki swung this blow towards the surging muddy water wave, a full-strength attack condensed with his own Fist Force, Haki, and Photosynthesis Energy.
"Make a path, Apis!"
As Aramaki roared.
The terrifying Punching Power formed a Bull Phantom of green light in the Air.
Wherever this green light bull passed, thick Air Currents accompanied by bursts of Sound Burst, like a giant plow, dragged out a long, shocking Ravine along the ground.
[Boom!!!]
In an instant, the Konoha Ninjas watched dumbfounded as their side's jointly performed Great Earth River.
Its center was forcibly blasted open by a bright green light, forming a huge, terrifying gap.
But before they could close their gaping mouths, they saw Aramaki, wrapped in a faint green light, brazenly crashed into the front ranks.
In that instant.
Twenty to thirty Konoha Ninjas were sent flying into the Air almost instantly, their Screams and spitting Blood starting and ending almost simultaneously.
Below, Aramaki was wildly blasting apart a Konoha Chunin along with the blade slashing towards him with a single punch.
Not an exaggeration.
But literally exploding into a Blood Mist.
At the same time, with a few casual steps, he dodged the kunai, shuriken, and blade slashes coming from All Directions, then opened his incredibly wide Palm, transforming his ten fingers into thick, long branches.
With a swish swish swish of rapid whistling sounds.
Each branch, carrying an ear-piercing Sonic Howl, transformed into incredibly swift Afterimages, piercing the throats, chests, and other Vital Points of ten Konoha Ninjas.
They shot out too fast, too fast, giving these Ninjas no time to perform Hand Seals for Substitution Technique.
"Wind Release: Vacuum Wave!"
A Jonin from the Shimura Clan completed his Hand Seals, staring with bloodshot eyes filled with Killing Intent, and spat out invisible sharp aura towards Aramaki's tall body.
Immediately, these ray-like vacuum aura struck Aramaki's body one after another, creating terrible holes.
This brought looks of joy to him and some surrounding Konoha Ninjas.
"Ahhhhh!"
"Pfft----"
But the next second, the screams of their companions reminded them that Aramaki was not affected at all.
He was still swinging his flexible 'fingers', which could be long or short, hard or soft, slaughtering Ninjas one by one...
"Water Release: Water Whip!"
"Lightning Release: Swift Lightning Arrow!"
"Fire Release: Great Fireball!"
"Wind Release: Wind Cutter!"
More and more Ninjas used their Ninjutsu, and for a time, the Elements of wind, water, lightning, and fire rose and fell In the Court.
But no matter what Ninjutsu attack it was.
Either it was cut open or whipped apart in mid-air by Aramaki's 'fingers' transformed into branches, or he easily dodged it at extremely high speed, then rushed to another group of Ninjas and slaughtered everywhere.
Even if one or two Ninjutsu successfully reached Aramaki, they were completely ineffective.
Lightning Release's Electric Paralysis and Fire Release's High-Temperature Burning seemed to have no effect on him at all. Even if they caused visible Destruction to his body, he would quickly Self-Recover.
This left many Konoha Ninjas at a loss, and the Fear and Despair on their faces grew heavier.
[Bang!]
Aramaki casually blasted apart a Ninja's Shadow Clone, then instantly vanished from his Original Spot. The next moment, he had already stepped the main body's head into the Black Earth.
"Lahahaha, refreshing, so refreshing, it's too refreshing!"
"You Ninjas are exciting to kill, much stronger than the previous few worlds!"
Aramaki stepped on the Ninja's body, which was starting to ooze a large amount of Blood, spread his arms, exposed his Chest, and laughed wildly with his head tilted back.
"You deserve to die!"
"Too arrogant, how many can you fight alone, and for how long? Die!!"
This action of his naturally made it difficult for the Konoha Ninjas to accept.
In a fit of Rage, some began to lose their Rationality and launched desperate attacks, no longer concerned about whether they would affect their own side.
"Fang Over Fang!"
"Human Bullet Tank!"
"Gentle Fist: Air Palm!"
"Konoha Great Whirlwind!"
"Secret Technique: Insect Sphere!"
Facing these diverse and fierce attacks.
Aramaki first smashed Fang Over Fang with a punch, then kicked the Human Bullet Tank away, colliding and blasting apart the Air Palm while sending the Hyuga Clansman in the distance and several surrounding Ninjas flying.
Sharp, continuous Screams and spitting Blood added a few more points of grimness and gore to this Battlefield.
[Bang!]
At the same time, a Chunin who seemed skilled in Konoha Style Taijutsu watched in shock as Aramaki simply raised his Left Arm and blocked his full-strength attack.
"What a weak kick, didn't you eat?"
Aramaki looked at this Konoha Chunin, who was maintaining a kicking posture in mid-air, mockingly.
"You... Ugh!!"
But just as the latter was about to say something in shame and anger, he was forcibly interrupted by the Severe Pain coming from his leg. He then fell to the ground, clutching his right leg and screaming wildly.
Looking at Aramaki's Left Arm again, a sharp wood spike stained with Blood slowly retracted.
"Hmm?"
At this moment, a large mass of black Insect Mist completely surrounded him, and as more Aburame Clan Ninjas made a move, the scale of the Insect Mist grew larger and larger.
"Secret Technique: Insect Hurricane!!!"
Hundreds of Ninjas wearing Sunglasses on their faces and completely concealed themselves with thick hooded coats.
Controlling their respective Parasitic Destruction Insect Technique swarms, they, with rapport, formed an unprecedentedly large Insect Tornado around Aramaki.
They wanted to trap Aramaki with countless Parasitic Destruction Insect Technique and then completely devour him.
"A bunch of bugs actually dare to challenge This Old Man, the Lord of the Forest?"
Aramaki's wild laughter, filled with mockery, was transmitted through the Insect Tornado.
The next second.
Just as the Aburame Clan Ninjas were secretly vigilant, everyone saw huge, terrifying plants shoot up from the ground.
"This is..."
These plants, which seemed to have large mouths, immediately began to greedily devour the Parasitic Destruction Insect Technique swarming the sky as soon as they appeared.
Previously, in order to achieve the tornado form, the density between them was particularly high.
Every bite they took created large gaps visible to the naked eye.
These Magical Plants, which specifically feed on meat or insects, basically came from the Sea Star Mainland's Boeing Archipelago, and some were Plant-Type Danger Beasts from the Empire Arms World.
They basically all had one characteristic: they stored digestive fluid comparable to strong acid inside. Parasitic Destruction Insect Technique, once swallowed, would directly melt into nutrients.
After Aramaki came into contact with them, he could easily create them anytime, anywhere with his Woods-Woods Fruit Ability.
However.
The Aburame Clan's parasites weren't pushovers either.
They created more Parasitic Destruction Insect Technique from their bodies and released them, launching a biting offensive on the outside of these Magical Plants.
Indeed.
Facing the biting of tens of thousands of Parasitic Destruction Insect Technique, the Magical Plants also began to let out sharp screams, and then even more frantically devoured the surrounding Insect Swarm.
For a time.
This Zone became a battlefield for Magical Plants and Parasitic Destruction Insect Technique.
More and more Konoha Ninjas were attracted by this tragic scene, but somewhat neglected the faint shaking coming from underfoot.
But after all, there were so many people.
Many Konoha Ninjas also noticed the situation, shouting "Watch your step" while quickly jumping up.
In the Nick of Time.
Thick, long tree trunks and a large number of vines grew wildly from the ground, and accompanied by a rumbling astonishing Momentum, group after group of Konoha Ninjas were tightly bound amidst the Sound of Alarm.
"Lahahaha----"
"I heard your First Hokage used Wood Release to conquer the entire Ninja World, so Old Man Aramaki will show you what Wood Release is today!"
Aramaki's figure was nowhere to be seen.
But in the Savage Tree Sea formed in the blink of an eye, wild laughter seemed to come from All Directions.
It wasn't until Aramaki voluntarily appeared slowly from the top of a giant tree far taller than the others that the Konoha Ninjas further away regathered their Gaze.
As for Jiraiya.
He had closed his eyes at some point, sitting cross-legged on the rooftop ground.
Around him were the Clan Leaders, Elders, and Konoha Jonin from various clans who could be called elites.
At this moment, every one of them had solemn expressions.
Uchiha Fugaku took two steps forward and said in a deep voice, "Everyone, it's our turn to go. We must buy time for Jiraiya, and hold out until Lord Hokage's support arrives!"
Everyone present looked at each other, then nodded heavily.
"Then please have the Hyuga Elder bring the Hyuga Clan Ninjas to protect Jiraiya."
The Akimichi Elder also took a step forward.
At the same time, he took out a small box containing red, yellow, and green pills from his chest.
He first ate the green Spinach Pill.
"Hmph!"
Immediately, this Akimichi Elder let out a sound of pain.
His originally soft, plump body actually became somewhat taut.
At this moment, his Physical Strength increased threefold!
"Next is the Curry Pill..."
He muttered to himself as he swallowed the second yellow pill.
[Boom!]
Suddenly, Uchiha Fugaku and the others saw wisps of blue Air Current wrapped around this Akimichi Elder's body.
"Visible Chakra?!"
Several of them exclaimed. Chakra is generally invisible.
But it becomes visible when it reaches a certain density.
At this moment, the Akimichi Elder felt the pain sensation in his body rapidly decrease.
At the same time, the Strength within his body also became stronger along with the Chakra.
But he knew this was only temporary; once the Medicinal Effect wore off, it would be an inhuman fate of pain that reaches the bone marrow.
"Let's save this third Chili Pill for now..."
Humanity's most primitive Survival Instinct made the Akimichi Elder slowly put away the box.
Because eating this red pill was basically no different from suicide.
"Then This Old Man will lead the charge for everyone!"
This Akimichi Elder, who looked honest and simple, had a face filled with determination.
As soon as he finished speaking, he instantly vanished from his Original Spot.
His entire body soared into the Air at unbelievable Speed.
This was pure Physical Speed; there was no sign of Chakra bursting from his feet at all.
"Super Expansion Jutsu!"
In an instant, a giant as tall as a Mountain Peak, with blue Chakra surging from his entire body, powerfully appeared high above the Forest Sea.
But before he even landed, he performed a second Akimichi Secret Technique.
"Human Bullet Tank!!!"
A high-speed rotating sphere nearly a hundred meters large, like a meteorite falling from the sky, fell at full speed towards Aramaki, who stood atop the giant tree with his arms crossed over his chest.
Meanwhile.
Uchiha Fugaku and the others also transformed into Afterimages and soared off the rooftop, approaching Aramaki's position at high speed.
The trees or vines attacking them along the way basically couldn't delay them for more than a few seconds.
The Strength and skill they displayed were completely incomparable to the ordinary Jonin struggling in the Sea of Trees...
"This technique again..."
Aramaki looked up at the giant Human Bullet Tank completely obscuring the Firmament with a cold smile on his face.
"Its Power seems much stronger than the previous one, but... it's not enough... far from enough. Just being big is useless!"
