Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 226 Payne, come with me...

You Ya gasped deeply.

Then, he looked at Orochimaru with a strange gaze. Putting aside the protruding bones, he remembered that one of Orochimaru's subordinates named Kimimaro used this ability when he fought Gaara.

Therefore, the protruding bone was still within his comprehension.

But why the hell can your bones transform into other materials?

As the little girl demonstrated, she swept her hand across a wall and with a swish, a claw mark appeared on the wall, which was capable of withstanding a magnitude 10 earthquake.

You Ya: "..."

This is Naruto, no, Orochimaru, have you created something incredible?

That would be a real problem if there was copyright infringement!

Orochimaru, of course, was unaware of Yua's inner monologue, and continued explaining, "P3's body, due to a genetic mutation, has become highly compatible with steel."

With that, Orochimaru gestured to P3 to continue.

The little girl nodded and took out a piece of brass-colored metal, which was naturally copper.

Then the little girl squeezed hard, and the brass metal sheet melted directly into her body.

Then her skin changed color, and three more bone claws emerged from between her finger bones. The pale bones suddenly changed color again, this time to brass.

You Ya began to understand: "She can absorb metal?"

Orochimaru shook his head: "She can't absorb it. It's just that her body can resonate with these metals. There are trace amounts of metals in the human body. Her genes have mutated, making her able to resonate with these metals. It looks like she absorbed these metals, but in reality, these metals are just covering her body."

After saying that, Orochimaru looked at Yua: "But this has given me an idea. Genetics is my next research direction."

Yuya was speechless and could only offer encouragement to Orochimaru.

Then Orochimaru took the opportunity to speak up: "So, could you increase the budget a bit? This time, don't ask for 1 billion, 500 million, 500 million will be enough."

You Ya: "..."

Is love waiting for me here?

He patted Orochimaru on the shoulder: "After all, you are one of my most trusted researchers. A billion a year was indeed a bit too little before. Starting next year, I will give you 1.5 billion every year. Of course, if there are other related research projects for you to study, I will approve additional funding for you."

Orochimaru was overjoyed.

Then, before leaving, Yua gave Orochimaru a task.

High-speed signal transmission.

Well, there is some related research in Konoha Village, but the progress is rather slow.

After all, in the research institute of Konoha Village, dedicated signal transmission speed is only a very small branch of experiments.

However, there is no doubt that the speed of signal transmission is truly linked to technological advancements.

The prototype of the smartphone has been completed. It was the earliest type of keyboard phone that, in addition to making calls and sending text messages, also had a simple browser and a text-only interface.

With the signal transmission speed sorted out, Youya can now develop a mobile phone with built-in games.

In his previous life, You Ya had a legendary E63 phone when he was a child. Although his family intended for him to use it for studying, You Ya naturally used it to read novels and play games.

Back then, the game characters were blurry, the animations were stiff, the storylines were short, and you could only play the first level; you had to send a text message to unlock the later content.

However, it accompanied Youya throughout her childhood and helped her plummet from being a top student in her class to being at the bottom, for which it made an indelible contribution.

Later, it was caught playing during class by the headmaster on patrol, who smashed it to the ground, ending its long life...

Although Youya knew that some students would go astray after this thing was released, he couldn't blame the students' playfulness entirely on the mobile phone.

Cell phones are innocent.

And there's no cell phone...

Konoha has an arcade too...

Yes, and it was also Yua who created it...

Okay, back to the point. In short, once the signal transmission is sorted out, we can release a new phone. We were originally planning to release a new generation this year.

As it happened, this wonderful thing about another world happened, so let's postpone it for a year.

Moreover, it's possible that this could become an unspoken rule.

That means updating and iterating a new phone every two years.

Although electronic products are updated and iterated very quickly, it was indeed a bit outrageous that Yuya replaced them every year in his previous life.

It would be great if we could take this opportunity to make it a biennial event.

Having made up his mind, Yuya left the question to Orochimaru and then quickly ran away.

Orochimaru didn't try to stop him; he'd already secured the funding, so the rest was up to him.

……

Meanwhile, Yua, along with Hatake Sakumo and Might Guy, crossed the spatial rift in the ancient Loulan region and arrived in another world.

The spatial rift here has become very stable ever since it collapsed for some unknown reason last time.

Could it be that spatial rifts also have the habit of breaking down and then rebuilding?

You Ya didn't know that; all he knew was that this place needed to be well-guarded.

And without a doubt, the Hokage Tsunade of the other world didn't think that far ahead.

It's also possible that she thought of it and knew its importance, but Konoha Village simply couldn't spare anyone who was reliable, strong, and capable of staying here for a long time to guard the rift.

If it were before, it might have been possible to bring Jiraiya here.

However, Jiraiya would not be able to leave the village during the reconstruction of Konoha.

Who knows if Pain will attack Konoha again? Jiraiya's fighting strength is a very important defensive force.

However, this place is not usually visited by anyone who has nothing better to do.

After arriving in this world, Yuya's goal was not Konoha Village.

His goal was very clear: to directly change course with Hatake Sakumo and Might Guy, and head straight for the Land of Rain.

It's worth mentioning that the roads here have become extremely dilapidated.

It looked as if a large number of people had passed by in a short period of time, trampling and deforming the dirt road.

As Yua, Sakumo Hatake, and Might Guy traveled towards the Land of Rain, they indeed encountered large armies.

These people are all ninja soldiers.

Yuya understood immediately. In the previous world, Danzo had united the five ninja villages before his death, naturally in order to jointly eliminate the Akatsuki organization.

It's true that the Akatsuki leader is based in the Land of Rain, but the problem is...

It's been almost half a year since he last left...

Could it be that these allied forces have not yet defeated Pain of the Land of Rain?

Well, that's not actually the case.

Konoha and Sunagakure must deal with Pain.

Otherwise, the existence of such an organization would be a huge threat to both villages.

Therefore, the two villages decided to send ninja forces to attack the Land of Rain the moment they agreed to unite.

The ideal is beautiful, but in reality there are many troubles to solve.

The first and most important thing is logistics.

We must ensure that there are no logistical problems.

The second point is to prevent problems before they occur.

Although the other three villages have all agreed to unite, this agreement does not mean they will not cause trouble in secret.

After all these years, how many acts of betrayal and treachery have there been in the ninja world?

Who knows, if the Hidden Cloud Village and the Hidden Mist Village gather their ninja forces, they might suddenly strike and plunge straight into the heart of the Land of Fire. If the Hidden Leaf Village's ninja forces are fighting to the death with the Akatsuki in the Land of Rain at that time and can't come to their rescue in time, wouldn't they be finished?

Therefore, it is impossible for Tsunade to directly send the ninja army to the front line.

but……

This actually makes things easier for Youya.

Although Yua previously believed that the world had already started a war, he was preparing to descend upon the Rain Country as a savior and take a group of civilians from the Rain Country who were persecuted by the war back to their world.

However, the war has not yet begun, only begun, so he cannot descend upon the Land of Rain as the savior of the Land of Rain.

But it's hard to say whether this situation might be better.

Since the war was about to break out, how to fool Pain, that is, Nagato, was entirely up to his words.

So Yua, along with Might Guy and Sakumo Hatake, hurried for three days on foot to reach the Land of Rain.

Damn it, the Land of Grass isn't far from the Land of Rain at all, but it still took three days to get there. Don't the people here have any sense of the importance of building roads?!

Upon entering the Land of Rain, a continuous drizzle began to fall from the sky.

The three of them put on raincoats and sped through the rain, heading straight for Payne's lair.

Along the way, Youya noticed that there were already groups of two or three people with their families and livestock heading towards the border of the Rain Kingdom.

These are people who are well-informed and have a lot of initiative. They didn't want to suffer the ravages of war, so they simply left the Land of Rain.

The three arrived in the city where Payne was located.

Those towering buildings do have a certain aesthetic appeal in terms of steel architecture.

Unfortunately, it was about to be engulfed by war.

Yuya and his two companions avoided the patrolling ninjas of Amegakure and went directly to the innermost, top-floor building.

Here, Youya saw Xiao Nan standing quietly, dressed in a black robe with auspicious cloud patterns.

Xiao Nan looked at You Ya, whose upturned collar partially obscured her face, preventing anyone from seeing her open mouth.

All that could be heard was her calm yet hostile voice: "It's you? What are you doing in the Land of Rain?"

Youya looked at Xiaonan and raised his hands to indicate that he meant no harm.

Then he smiled and said, "I talked to Pain once before, but at that time we were in the outskirts of Konoha, so we couldn't have a deep conversation."

I heard there was going to be fighting here, so I came all the way here.

In his mind, Youya was complaining: a war has been going on for half a year and it still hasn't started. The efficiency is really slow.

If a fight breaks out, he can easily get in at that point.

It's hard to say whether Xiao Nan invited me in first.

Unfortunately, the war hadn't even started, so there was no such reason.

However, it's hard to say which is better, since if war really breaks out, it will be very troublesome to persuade Nagato and Konan.

Now...

It's just that meeting up is difficult.

"Oh? So what are you here for?" Without any surprise, Konan looked at Yuya with great resistance.

Youya grinned: "I'm here to help you. This war shouldn't have happened."

Xiao Nan's brows furrowed immediately.

Since Pain's attack on Konoha and the subsequent destruction of the village, Nagato's already weakened body has become even weaker.

If he were to perform that kind of super Shinra Tensei again now, he might just die.

Therefore, at Konan's insistence, instead of Pain Tendo facing Yua, Konan took the initiative to face Yua herself.

Now, Xiao Nan was speechless at what Yu Ya had just said.

It's a fact that war is about to break out, and the person in front of me...

But he said he could end the war...

"...How will it end?" Xiao Nan finally asked.

You Ya laughed. It's good that they're wavering. As long as they're wavering, they can break through.

"As you know, I come from Konoha Village in another parallel world. Since that's the case, then it's simple... You, come with me back to Konoha Village in our world."

Xiao Nan frowned deeply: "Will this really quell the war?"

Yuya: "Of course it's not that simple. I also need to tell the Fifth Hokage of this world in your name, so that she knows that after Pain attacked Konoha, he simply fled this world. The Land of Rain can just plunder it, but given the magnanimity of the Five Ninja Villages, they won't harm the civilians of the Land of Rain. As for the ninjas of Amegakure..."

"Then let them leave as soon as possible."

Xiao Nan's face darkened, and she said in a low voice, "What kind of solution is this?! Your method is to let us escape?"

Yuya: "What's wrong with running away? Only if you abandon your pride and run away will this war have no reason to continue."

Do you really intend to cause the deaths of countless people from the Land of Rain and the ninjas of Amegakure simply because you're too proud to run away?!

Xiao Nan was speechless.

Compared to the countless people who die in the war, simply fleeing doesn't seem so unacceptable.

"Xiao Nan..."

A voice appeared.

Pain appeared in the innermost passage.

Looking at Tendo Yahiko's calm face, Konan seemed to understand something.

She gritted her teeth and stepped aside to make way for You Ya.

With a smile on his lips, Yuya walked past Konan and stood before Pain.

Tendou and Yua stared at each other for a few seconds before Yua broke the silence: "Aren't you going to take me to your true form?"

Pain thought for a moment, then turned and led the way for Yua.

You Ya smiled and followed.

After passing through a long corridor, push open a heavy door.

Yua narrowed his eyes as he looked at Nagato, who was emaciated and whose life was being maintained by the giant golem beneath it.

"This is truly..." Yuya stared at the shocking scene before him, racking his brains for a long time but still unable to come up with a good adjective. In the end, he could only reluctantly add:

"A spectacular sight."

Nagato ignored Yua's assessment; he simply stared intently at Yua and said, "You should have other ways to resolve this war."

It is an affirmative sentence.

You Ya felt somewhat helpless. Was this just intuition?

in the case of……

That's absolutely terrifying...

"Yes, there is, but..." Yua raised her head, calmly looking at the emaciated Nagato in front of her, "If I don't gain any corresponding benefits... then why should I go to such lengths to help you?"

With that, Yua smiled and extended his hand to Nagato: "Pain, come with me. Let's go see another world, not just to stop this war..."

Also, in order to... explore another possibility.

(End of this chapter)