Meeting Alone

Chapter 97 Meeting Alone

Tanbata Street, inn.

The midday sun streamed into the room through the gaps in the curtains.

Jiraiya lay sprawled on the low table, snoring loudly, with several empty bottles lying beside him.

On the bed next to her, Jingyin lay on her side, fast asleep.

Today is the last day of the deadline agreed upon with Naruto.

Tsunade stood at the doorway, taking one last look at the two people who were most important to her.

"Sorry, Jiraiya, mute—"

She put a strong sleeping pill in the drink.

In the upcoming negotiations, whether it's making a deal with that devil or a fight to the death if things fall apart, she doesn't want these two people involved.

Especially regarding the matter of the resurrection of the broken rope tree, she alone must come to an end with it.

Tsunade took a deep breath, her eyes regaining their resolve.

He turned around, closed the door, and disappeared at the end of the corridor.

The room fell silent again.

However, not long after she left.

Sasuke, who should have been asleep, slowly opened his eyes.

Unlike Jiraiya and Shizune, he was not completely unguarded against Tsunade.

He looked in the direction Tsunade had left, then glanced at Jiraiya, who was fast asleep.

"Practice step by step—it's just too slow."

"With that kind of lukewarm guidance, when will it ever kill that man?"

Sasuke walked to the window, looking in the direction Tsunade had left, his fists clenched.

The humiliation of being silenced the day before yesterday is still burning in my heart.

He has to go and see.

Naruto, once a bottom-of-the-class student, is now feared even by the legendary Sannin.

What secrets and shortcuts are hidden in his so-called new world?

Sasuke didn't wake anyone; he flashed away and silently followed.

At noon, in the wilderness outside Short Book Street.

When Tsunade arrived at the scene, her pupils contracted slightly.

It wasn't just Naruto and his sidekick Kabuto.

Even Orochimaru stood behind Naruto with his arms crossed and a mocking expression.

One of the former Sannin now surrounds that blond boy like a protector.

"You've arrived, Tsunade."

Naruto toyed with a crystal-clear 24-sided die in his hand, and said without looking up, "It seems you've already prepared yourself mentally."

"Stop talking nonsense!"

Suppressing her shock at seeing Orochimaru, Tsunade fixed her gaze on Naruto: "You've made a mess of Konoha, and now you want me to work for you—what exactly are you trying to do?"

"If your answer doesn't satisfy me, I'll kill you right here, even if it costs me my life!"

"Kill me? To maintain this corrupt system?"

Naruto chuckled softly, put away the dice, and slowly stood up: "Why did Dan and Nawaki die? Was it simply because they weren't strong enough?"

"No, it's because of the victims of that system called the Ninja."

"Because the village needs war to survive, and the daimyo needs ninjas to keep it in check."

"And those who have dreams become the minced meat in this never-ending meat grinder."

"To put it bluntly, they died protecting the interests of a bunch of idiots."

Naruto spread his arms wide, his white robes fluttering in the wind, his voice calm yet resounding: "What I want to do is very simple: overthrow this order and establish a new one."

"In my world, chakra is no longer a tool for killing, but a key to evolution and immortality."

"Evolution? Immortality?"

Tsunade frowned immediately and interrupted sharply.

"That's just wishful thinking that goes against the laws of nature!"

"For mortals, those are indeed inviolable rules."

Naruto wasn't angry; he simply gestured for Orochimaru to unroll a scroll.

It was covered with densely packed and extremely complex spell formulas; these were the spell formulas for the Impure World Reincarnation.

"But as a medical expert, and one of the Three Ninja, you should understand some things—"

Naruto pointed at the scroll, his eyes gleaming with a convincing fervor: "The essence of the soul is actually a high-density mass of special chakra carrying memory information."

"So-called death is simply this ball of chakra losing its container and returning to the place called the Pure Land."

"As long as we can cultivate effective artificial life, and then use some kind of technique to make an equivalent exchange with this world —"

"We can awaken those dormant chakras, seal them into a new body, and then activate the cells by replenishing them with high-intensity Yang Release chakra—"

Naruto stared directly into Tsunade's trembling eyes, filled with shock: "This is no longer some kind of reanimation trick, like manipulating corpses; it's—a perfect resurrection!"

"In fact, by constantly changing the container, humans could achieve theoretical immortality."

"Changing the container is just the worst-case scenario in my plan."

Tsunade felt a chill run down her spine after hearing these words.

Naruto's theory directly overturned her long-held beliefs.

madman.

This is a completely insane theory.

But what's frightening is that, based on her knowledge, this theory is actually a logically closed loop!

Once the problems of the container and the soul awakening are solved—

No, the problem of soul awakening can be solved by adjusting the Impure World Reincarnation technique.

Cloning or cultivating containers is not entirely impossible.

This method actually works!

"you----"

Just as Tsunade was about to speak, a voice suddenly came from behind a tree to the side.

"I agree with his idea."

Tsunade whirled around: "Sasuke?!"

Uchiha Sasuke emerged from the shadows.

Ignoring Tsunade's exclamation, he walked straight to the center of the field, his eyes fixed intently on Naruto.

"Old systems only create tragedies, like the annihilation of the Uchiha clan."

"Naruto, you're on the right path."

"I want to join your side, and give me your power—the power that makes even silence stronger!"

Naruto pushed up his glasses, a hint of amusement flashing in his eyes as he looked at Sasuke, who had come to him of his own accord.

"Join me? Sasuke, you overestimate yourself."

Naruto shook his head, his tone indifferent: "Right now, you are far from being a comrade, whether in terms of strength or character."

Sasuke gritted his teeth, his fists clenching so tightly they cracked: "What did you say?!"

Although he was unhappy, Sasuke had to admit the truth of what he said when he recalled what he had experienced all along.

"but----"

Naruto abruptly changed the subject and pulled a sealed syringe from his pocket.

The liquid inside was a chilling bright red.

This is Naruto's own blood, which was highly purified and treated with the Hogyoku (a magical artifact) for previous experiments.

His ordinary curse seal can only unlock the third stage of the gene lock at most.

However, this reagent theoretically has the potential to unlock the complete genetic code of a person.

"For the sake of our past relationship, I can give you a chance."

Naruto tossed the syringe to Sasuke.

"Inside lies both the ladder to evolution and a deadly poison."

"To others, this stuff is poison; they will absolutely explode and die after using it."

Naruto looked at Sasuke, a hint of expectation in his eyes: "But for some reason, I always feel—if it were you, perhaps you could pull through."

"If you don't die after using this, I will always keep a place for you by my side."

"You can come to my side once you've completely figured things out and resolved your brother's problem."

"Want to bet, Avenger?"

Sasuke looked at the syringe in his hand, then glanced at Naruto, a crazy smile creeping onto his lips.

"I won't let you look down on me!"

Without any hesitation.

Sasuke grabbed the syringe and plunged it into his carotid artery, injecting the entire vial of bright red liquid into his body.

"Ugh... Ughhhhhh!!!"

His skin began to crack, and his blood vessels bulged, as if they were about to explode at any moment.

"Sasuke!"

Tsunade was taken aback. Her hands glowed green as she placed them on Sasuke to help him regulate his rampaging chakra.

On one side is Sasuke struggling in pain, and on the other side is Naruto watching coldly.

Tsunade was filled with unease and anger.

Does this brat really treat human life like dirt?

Amidst Sasuke's agonizing screams...

"Slap, slap, slap."

A sudden but slow applause rang out from the other side.

Naruto tilted his head slightly, a knowing smile appearing in his eyes.

"After watching the show for so long, you've finally decided to come out?"