Starting as the mastermind behind Naruto

Chapter 608 This is not a game, you don't need to follow the procedures here!

Uehara Naraku has arrived!

This statement, much like the boy who cried wolf, put everyone on edge in the Great Tomb of Nazarick. Every NPC involuntarily recalled the past when Uehara Naraku had crushed them!

Momonga's voice faltered slightly; he was just about to announce his next plan when Shalltear interrupted him with her words.

At this time...

What should I do if Uehara Naraku comes to the Great Tomb of Nazarick?

Although it's unknown how much of Uehara Naraku's combat power he retained after transmigrating to this world, judging from how effortlessly he slaughtered hundreds of thousands of players, it seems that dealing with the entire Great Tomb of Nazarick shouldn't be a problem...

After a moment of silence, Ainz Ooal Gown immediately came up with a solution. He said in a deep voice, "Let's hide in the World Rift for now and not let them discover our location..."

The cracks in the world.

This hidden world-class item is the trump card of their Ainz Ooal Gown guild. As long as they hide in the World Rift, they will never be discovered by Uehara Naraku.

The final step agreed upon by Momonga and Ulbert.

Even if they encounter any danger in this world, their Ainz Ooal Gown guild can survive intact.

"What about Shalltear..."

After pondering for a moment, Ainz Ooal Gown said in a deep voice, "Let's revive her after Uehara Naraku leaves..."

fortunately…

The guild warehouse still has a considerable amount of game gold coins.

As Ainz opened the World Rift, he led Albedo, Aura, Mare, Sebastian, and others inside, and chanted the spell again to hide the World Rift.

after awhile.

Footsteps sounded in the throne room.

Uehara Naraku carried Shalltear, fully armed, in like a chick, and tossed the progenitor of vampires to the ground.

Uehara Naraku stroked his chin, surveying the throne room: "Hmm, so they're hiding... They're actually able to conceal themselves to this extent..."

These kinds of game items are such a hassle…

I don't know what the game designers were thinking back then, developing such overpowered items, even managing to create attributes like absolute hidden effects...

"Hehehehe..."

A crazed smile flashed across Shalltear's face as she looked at Uehara Naraku with utter disdain: "You, who have murdered forty Supreme Beings, including Lord Peroroncino, still wish to harm the last Supreme Being? Don't even dream about it!"

"You said that wrong, try it again."

Uehara Naraku crouched down beside Shalltear and slowly said, "Everything I've done is for the peace of this world. How come you make me sound like a villain?"

"Hahahaha...that's hilarious!"

Shalltear's smile grew even more maniacal, as if she had heard the biggest joke in the world: "How dare you, who once unleashed a world-destroying cataclysm, claim to be doing it for the peace of the world? Hahahaha..."

After these NPCs awakened their intelligence, they did become much more lively than before. At least in the game world, Shalltear would never dare to speak so forcefully and would only speak according to Peroroncino's settings.

Shalltear is now like a real person...

Moreover, it was created based on Peroroncino's character design—a loli who should possess a contrasting cuteness within Peroroncino, only her true form is a monster…

"never mind."

Uehara Naraku took a seat in the throne room and slowly began, "Then let's start playing a fun game..."

"Um?"

A hint of confusion flashed in Shalltear's eyes.

The next moment, a flush flashed across Shalltear's face. She abruptly squeezed her legs together, clutching her chest tightly, and said with disgust, "Hmph, having gained nothing, you finally start coveting my body? You actually want to vent your frustrations on me, your trophy, here..."

"Shut up!"

Uehara Naraku's face darkened.

Those guys from Ainz Ooal Gown's guild have created all sorts of weird NPCs, and it's amazing they weren't even penalized as illegal back then. The game company's rules are just too lenient...

Peroroncino, who created Shalltear…

I should have banned his account!

Just as Uehara Naraku was also disgusted by Shalltear, Momonga from the World Rift and a group of NPCs were hiding inside, observing them from the outside world.

"snort…"

Albedo snorted coldly, her face full of displeasure, and said, "That bitch Shalltear gets excited whenever she thinks of something..."

"Well…"

There was a hint of embarrassment on everyone's face.

Even Aura, who was also a woman, was somewhat speechless.

Momonga's expression was slightly strange; he seemed to have subconsciously grasped the key point: "Wait, why use 'also'..."

"Oh, please, Lord Momonga!"

Albedo blushed slightly. She glanced around at the people, slowly approached Ainz, and muttered softly, "Lord Ainz, if they're outside... should we...?"

"..."

The flying squirrel's jawline froze in surprise.

I almost forgot…

When Albedo was created in The Emerald Record, her character was designed to be a bitch, someone who could naturally swear no matter the topic...

Unfortunately…

Flying Squirrel is an Undead player.

His entire body consisted of nothing but a skeleton.

The next moment, just as Momonga was feeling a little embarrassed, a burst of light suddenly emanated from his body—the light of a buff.

Force calm.

No matter what happens, you can stay calm.

Even if one thinks of something embarrassing, one can instantly calm down and enter a state of sagehood free from desires.

"This passive skill is still there..."

A flicker of relief crossed Ainz's mind, but his voice quickly returned to its serious tone: "Alright, now let's see what Uehara Naraku is up to!"

Inside the throne room.

Uehara Naraku took out an hourglass from his person, slowly placed it on the table, and said softly, "Time Hourglass, a world-class item, capable of controlling and accelerating time around us..."

Uehara Naraku gazed at Shalltear and continued to explain, "This hourglass of time can compress a year into a minute at most, and can continuously compress it for two hours..."

In other words, while we've been here for two hours, the outside world and the ground he's on will have changed to what it will look like 120 years from now. Let's see if he'll appear 120 years from now.

"One hundred...twenty years?"

Shalltear's expression showed a hint of astonishment.

The next moment, Shalltear seemed to have heard a hilarious joke and couldn't help but say, "Hahahaha, this is really interesting. Do you want to compete with the immortal Ainz Ooal Gown in lifespan?"

"No."

Uehara Naraku slowly shook his head and said leisurely, "I was just thinking, even if he's an undead, wouldn't it get a bit boring for an ordinary human to stay in one place all the time?"

"..."

Shalltear hesitated for a moment, as if she didn't understand, then frowned and asked, "Why did you even come to Nazarick?!"

"An agreement."

At this point, Uehara Naraku slowly continued, "Before Touch Me left, he made a promise with me. He said he believed that Ainz could definitely get rid of my threat, so I came here to fulfill our promise."

"..."

Shalltear fell silent.

And within the cracks of the world.

The flying squirrel and a group of NPCs finally experienced the feeling of time dragging on endlessly; they had been in the world rift for who knows how long.

They even placed a clock specifically for keeping track of time.

In the short time it took Uehara Naraku and Shalltear to exchange a few words, the clock hands had already moved for a very long time; they had been hiding in the rift between worlds for over a year…

However, the flying squirrel remained unusually calm.

As an undead, he doesn't need to eat or rest much; he only needs to stay peacefully in the rift of the world and cultivate his magic.

It doesn't matter what the other NPCs are.

Regardless of which NPC it is, they all have a very long lifespan.

Of course, some boredom is inevitable...

It took them more than a year to hear just a few lines of conversation between Uehara Naraku and Shalltear, and that was the most painful part for them!

"The promise..."

After a year, Ainz finally listened to Uehara Naraku's words. As if deciphering a code, he recorded every character he heard over the course of the year and pieced together all the words bit by bit.

A group of NPCs also gathered around the flying squirrel.

Judging from the meaning alone, it seems very easy to understand: Uehara Naraku and Touch Me made a promise that Touch Me believed Ainz could escape danger and eliminate the threat posed by Uehara Naraku.

at this point…

It feels a little unreal.

Since Touch Me, the strongest fighter in the entire Ainz Ooal Gown guild, couldn't do much against Uehara Naraku, why would he believe that Ainz could solve the problem?

To be honest...

Ainz believed that the only way to escape Naraku's threat was to remain hidden within the World Rift until Naraku left the Great Tomb of Nazarick…

The problem is...

This guy actually has a world-class item like the Time Sands!

This means that while Uehara Naraku spent two hours in the Great Tomb of Nazarick, they would experience 120 years of boredom and monotony!

No, that's not right...

After all, Uehara Naraku had already obtained 198 world-class items...

Whatever he brings out is perfectly normal!

This means that he, a level 10+ undead player, wielding two world-class items, one of which is a stealth item with no combat power, is fighting against a top-tier world boss who possesses 198 world-class items…

No matter how you look at it, it seems impossible to win!

Just as Ainz was deep in thought, Sebastian suddenly spoke up from the side, "Lord Ainz, since Lord Touch Me has chosen to believe you... did he leave you any message?"

As the creator of Touch Me, Sebastian chose to unconditionally believe in his creator and naturally wanted to speculate based on the few words left behind by Touch Me.

"have."

Momonga nodded slowly and said in a deep voice, "The first piece of news is that everything is Uehara Naraku's conspiracy. Whether it's our arrival in this world or anything else, it should all be his conspiracy."

The second message roughly means that Uehara Naraku is a wicked guy, and although he did some bad things, he seems to be a good person.

The third message reminisced about the first time we met…

These messages…

It seems impossible to discern any useful information.

Sebastian was silent for a moment, then slowly looked at Ainz Ooal Gown and continued, "So... does Lord Ainz Ooal Gown remember the scene of your first meeting with Lord Touch Me?"

"Of course I remember."

Momonga nodded, touching his jaw with his finger bones as he began to recall: "That was also the first time I met Bubble Teapot. She insisted on testing her defense, and we ended up being instantly killed by Uehara Naraku..."

Later, at the respawn point, we encountered Touch Me, who was also being chased by Uehara Naraku. However, because Touch Me possessed a World-Class Item, Uehara Naraku blocked our respawn point...

at last…"

When we get to this point...

The flying squirrel's voice gradually stopped.

At that moment, the flying squirrel seemed to remember something.

Under the astonished gaze of a group of NPCs, Ainz Ooal Gown was still deep in thought, unable to decide what to do—whether to trust Touch Me or continue hiding...

After a long while.

The flying squirrel began chanting its incantation.

Just as a group of NPCs were trying to stop Momonga from taking any risks, Momonga waved his hand to stop them and said softly, "You don't know the story inside, don't stop me... I will always believe in my friends."

Even though Touch Me's excessive trust in others ultimately led to the loss of a world-class item, causing huge losses to the entire Ainz Ooal Gown guild...

From then on, Tachi Mi also fell silent and lost his voice.

Or rather, from that time onward, Touch Me gradually spent less and less time online. His desire to leave the game was not so much due to family reasons, but rather because he had lost the trust of his other friends in the Ainz Ooal Gown guild.

The cracks in the world have opened.

Momonga emerged from the rift in the world, took out another world-class item, gestured to Uehara Naraku, and slowly dropped it on the ground.

这 是

"..."

Uehara Naraku's face darkened.

This is a mechanic in the game YGGDRASIL, where the world boss Uehara Naraku will stop attacking only if the player drops a world-class item on the ground.

The next step is to trade for a world-class item...

"Idiot...this isn't a game!"

Uehara Naraku couldn't help but rub his forehead.

Momonga looked bewildered for a moment, as if he had guessed wrong. Just as he was starting to panic, Uehara Naraku shook his head and sighed.

"Your Ring of Fate"

Uehara Naraku slowly reached into his pocket and pulled out a ring, handing it to the flying squirrel in front of him: "Alright, this isn't a game world, we don't need to go through the formalities. You've won this deal."

According to Uehara Naraku's setting.

As long as Uehara Naraku is given two world-class items, there will be no need to worry about his attacks anymore. This is the guarantee that Ulbert and Touch Me left for Ainz Ooal Gown by working together by chance.

One day to go…

Ah, actually, today is already the end...

(End of this chapter)