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What do you think Zed was doing all this time? He was probably looking for a place with a good signal, using Kennen as a natural relay station to broadcast the live stream. He wanted to get two favors for saving someone once, which was the way to maximize his benefits.

"I accept your punishment. The duration is up to you, however long you want." Jiraiya, perhaps having narrowly escaped death, became a little sentimental.

"Young man, come here for a second." Just then, Kennan suddenly spoke up, interrupting Jiraiya's heartfelt words.

Jiraiya and Tsunade exchanged a glance, then quickly walked over.

"Summon the strongest toad you can summon. I need to talk to him about something," Kennen said with a hint of command.

Jiraiya glanced at the slug beside him. Although the slug's face always looked the same, this time Jiraiya inexplicably saw a serious expression on the slug's face.

So, without much thought, Jiraiya used the Summoning Jutsu!

In an instant, Jiraiya's chakra was completely drained, leaving not a single drop.

Boom! For the first time ever, Jiraiya summoned the Great Toad Sage of Mount Myōboku.

After appearing, the Great Toad Sage placed his hand on Jiraiya, and Jiraiya's overdrawn chakra was immediately replenished. Then, the Great Toad Sage gently lifted Jiraiya and sent him to Tsunade's side, a hundred meters away. His orange body then took a few steps forward and sat down next to the slug.

"Long time no see, Slug Sage." The Great Toad Sage said softly, looking at the slug. Although the slug that Tsunade summoned was only a part of the Slug Sage, the Great Toad Sage could sense that the core of the Slug Sage had emerged along with that part.

After exchanging greetings, the Great Toad Sage looked at Kennen and said, "Senior, please ask whatever you wish to ask."

The Great Toad Sage has lived for over a thousand years. In the Naruto world, only a few rare beings can rival his age. However, as a toad skilled in prophecy, he immediately recognized the strong sense of time surrounding Kennen.

To possess such an aura, Kennen must either be older than him, stronger, or have mastered time-related abilities. In any of these cases, it wouldn't be an exaggeration for Kennen to call him a senior.

The conversation lasted for several hours, only ending when the sun was high in the sky. After the conversation, the Slug Sage and the Great Toad Sage returned to their respective sacred sites.

At this moment, Shen, who was usually calmly meditating, spoke up, "Master Kennan, we couldn't find that psychic named Orochimaru. He was hiding too well."

"It's alright, the information from both sides is enough," Kennen said nonchalantly. In fact, even if Shen brought Orochimaru over and summoned that snake, it wouldn't add much information. The Slug Sage and the Great Toad Sage, both from holy lands, have never reduced their information gathering on Ryuchi Cave. They have at least a 50% grasp of the information, if not 70-80%.

"I heard you're the world's greatest writer?" Kenan walked up to Jiraiya and looked up at him.

"Um, I've written a few books, and the sales were alright." Jiraiya was very modest.

“Hmm, write a short story and spread it around,” Kennan added.

"Write what?" Jiraiya asked.

"What you write is not important, just add these few pieces of information."

"First, by collecting all nine tailed beasts, one can summon Shenron, no, one can fuse them together to form the Ten-Tails."

"Secondly, after the Ten-Tails appears, the world-destroying demon sealed by the Sage of Six Paths will break free."

"Third, once the world-destroying demon appears, it will kill all living beings, absorb all chakra, and completely destroy the world."

Jiraiya was a little confused by Kennen's request. This kind of plot had been used to death in the ninja world, but the Slug Sage and the Great Toad Sage had appeared before. He was now wondering if what Kennen said was the truth.

“Work overtime, work extra hours, finish writing it as soon as possible, and then distribute it throughout the world, even to the most remote places,” Kennan continued.

"May I ask what your purpose is in doing this?" Jiraiya asked in a low voice.

"Find someone, someone who most likely exists in this world in some way. You should be familiar with one of his names: the Sage of Six Paths."

Kennan explained that this was information he had fabricated, a mixture of truth and falsehood, after talking with those so-called immortals.

Before the Sage of Six Paths died, and before the Otsutsuki clan appeared on this planet, the three holy lands already had a rudimentary form.

The emergence of chakra allowed these animals, who were more compatible with energy than humans, to develop tremendously. However, in the face of the Otsutsuki clan, they still dared not even leave their homes.

This is how the three holy lands, which were truly independent of the ninja world, truly came into being. So all they knew was that from a certain day onwards, the Otsutsuki clan, which dominated the entire world, suddenly disappeared.

Only the Sage of Six Paths, who was not among the highest leaders, remained active in the ninja world. After hiding for a long time, they strengthened their ties with the ninja world only after the Sage of Six Paths' body decayed.

This time, however, they were a little bolder. The three parties jointly confirmed one thing: the native god of the ninja world, Shinigami, who had been ravaged by the Otsutsuki clan, did not have the soul of the Sage of Six Paths. After the Sage of Six Paths left his body, his soul disappeared without a trace.

The Great Toad Sage, who is skilled in prophecy, said that every time he makes a prophecy, he can sense a fleeting soul wandering in the ninja world, which may be the Sage of Six Paths.

However, whether it was due to the time or some other reason, the Sage of Six Paths' soul activity was very low, as if it had not been activated.

Kennen is now trying to create a collective information flow to see if he can make the soul of the Sage of Six Paths appear.

Chapter 261 We've Been Transmigrated

While the book continued to fly through the Naruto world, a strange fluctuation on Earth in the main world attracted the attention of all the legends in the solar system.

"What's going on? The defense network has failed?" Kennen asked Heimerdinger, looking towards Earth.

"I don't know. The various monitoring data only fluctuated slightly, but quickly returned to normal values." Heimerdinger shook his head and said, "Let's wait for feedback from the monitoring personnel above. It seems like Kalmar is on duty again today."

“Oh yeah, the black box from the Naruto world also flew over while she was on duty, right? You know… how about we suggest that Karma not be on duty anymore?” Kennen suggested, adjusting his slightly askew hat.

"You go and bring it up, I'm not going." Heimerdinger had no intention of cooperating with Kennen. After all, if Karma were to leave that position, Karma would surely retaliate with a slap in the face. He was just a minor sub-legend, and he couldn't withstand Karma's wrath.

The two exchanged only a few words before the internal teleportation array in the monitoring room lit up, and Ryze appeared before Kennen and Heimerdinger carrying a huge scroll.

“Master Kennen.” Ryze bowed slightly to Kennen, then handed a document to Heimerdinger. “With the permission of the mage Zilean, the Council of Upper Gods conducted an internal and external observation of the timeline and confirmed that a timeline not belonging to this universe has been inserted.”

Heimerdinger quickly glanced through the observation report. Judging from the data, the Council of the Upper House's observations were correct. Moreover, the shape of this timeline did not resemble a large-scale insertion. Instead, it was somewhat similar to the fluctuation curve of the timeline after the Ouroboros testers entered other worlds.

Thinking of this, Heimerdinger retrieved the monitoring data of Vernon's team's two trips to other worlds through the Multiverse Portal. After comparison, he found that the similarity was greater than 90%, which basically confirmed that the changes that occurred this time were of the same type as Vernon's two trips. However, this time, they were the ones who were passively receiving the changes.

"So this is what it feels like to be smuggled in?" Heimerdinger felt a sense of novelty; he had never seen anything like this before. "Are there any regulations governing smuggled transmigrators?"

“No.” Ryze shook his head. “There are only rules about traveling to other worlds from the other side, not rules about them traveling to the other side. This is indeed an oversight. I have already submitted relevant optimization suggestions. The advice from the mage Zilean was just one sentence: Don’t play double standards.”

“I understand. I will relay Kiran’s advice to Tony and the others,” Heimerdinger said.

They also frequently travel to other worlds. If we define their behavior as illegal, it would feel like a double standard. Of course, this is on the premise that those guys don't intend to cause trouble; otherwise, the minimum punishment would be expulsion.

On Earth, inside the Hextech temporary research facility, Tony, along with Jess and Victor, are testing the latest model of a mechanical body.

“I told you not to use nano-deformable materials for the entire basic structure when designing it. Apart from being able to deform, it doesn’t meet the requirements when the project was initiated. It can’t even withstand a single electromagnetic cannon shot.” ​​Jess said, looking at the T-1000 mechanical body whose appearance was constantly changing.

"How is it not in line with the requirements? It can simulate more than three layers of biological cells, including some extraordinary biological cells, without any biological materials in its entire body. This is the future I envision." Viktor's opinion was completely opposite to Jess's. This kind of fully mechanical body could easily hit Viktor's G-spot, and the simulation of biological materials also bypassed some moral and ethical issues to a certain extent.

Tony yawned beside him. He shared similar ideas with both Jess and Victor, but they were also quite different. Tony preferred solo combat armor to adaptive mechanical suits.

The communicator beeped, and Heimerdinger's message was forcibly displayed on the three of them. This was a special setting Heimerdinger had for these three guys, since they were always so engrossed in their research that if the information wasn't forcibly displayed, they could postpone reading today's information for months.

"Time travelers have arrived on Earth?" Tony's interest was piqued.

"Oh," Victor replied curtly, turned off the message, and continued arguing with Jess.

It's just a time traveler, nothing particularly unusual in the history of the Clock Tower. And if Victor hadn't felt that going to other worlds with his current level would be a waste of time under the current circumstances, he would have had a very good chance of getting a spot in the first phase of the multiverse portal test.

Tony didn't mind Victor's indifferent attitude; he was always like that when Victor wasn't interested in something.

As Tony flipped through the map Heimerdinger had sent him, he discovered that the transmigrators' energy fluctuations were mostly concentrated in New York, and also on his Stark Industries building.

"Sir, a signal has been detected attempting to access the Stark civilian satellite network with a hidden password. The password is an obsolete private password, and the system has rejected it," Jarvis's voice rang in Tony's earpiece.

Looking at the rejection process displayed in numbers on his eyes, Tony was a little confused. Something was wrong. The password that the guy trying to access his account used was a private password that he had set a few years ago, and it had only been tried once. How could this be?

Tony can guarantee that he has never told this password to anyone, not even Pepper Potts. Moreover, after joining Hextech and meeting Jess and Victor, Tony changed the password because his previous private password was a collection of various versions of the phrase: "Tony Stark is the only genius in the world."

Where did this guy come from? How does he know the password from back then?

Mind reading?

Tony shook his head, thinking. Something wasn't right. Someone who could read minds wouldn't use the old password. Could it be a hidden genius hacker?

That's not right either. Even if the other party stole the password before, who doesn't know that after the Clock Tower appeared, Stark Industries has completely shifted to civilian technology? In addition, Stark Industries' cybersecurity issues have been handed over to Hextech. Which hacker would dare to risk their life to infiltrate Hextech?

No, I have to go there and take a look.

"Jace, Victor, give me your level two access to the mechs, I might need to use them," Tony said after donning the latest Mark armor.

The system sent Jess and Victor's permissions to Tony's system as soon as Tony finished speaking, but the two of them didn't even glance at Tony the whole time, arguing heatedly until their faces were red.

Chapter 262 Tony: My Uncle Can Split

"You said we only had one chance! This is our only chance! Once we use it, we won't have another one, we won't have another one!" Ant-Man kept babbling at Tony Stark, his emotions extremely unstable.

However, this is a normal human reaction. After spending everything to try to go back to the Battle of New York, obtain the Infinity Stones, and save those who died from Thanos' snap, they would all react the same way after discovering that the Battle of New York never happened.

“You keep repeating yourself, you know? Repeating yourself is pointless.” Tony was a little annoyed, but he had developed a tough mindset after going through so much.

“You’re repeating yourself! You never intended to time travel, you miscalculated the time, you ruined everything!” Ant-Man continued to ramble on, acting like he was about to go crazy.

"Alright, let's think of something. We still have a chance," Rogers said, taking a deep breath to compose himself.

"No, there's no other way. There's no second chance. Each of us only has one tube of particles. If we come to the wrong place, there's no going back!" Ant-Man kept emphasizing.

“Wait a minute, we might not have come to the wrong place.” Dr. Bruce Banner, who wore glasses and had a refined and easygoing demeanor, suddenly said.

“What?” Tony asked back.

“Look over there.” Banner pointed into the distance, or more precisely, into the distance, at Loki holding the latest issue of a concert magazine.

"Loki! He just arrived on Earth, so we're only a little early!" Rogers realized, his mind racing. "From Loki's appearance on Earth to the Chitauri invasion, only a little over two days have passed. Ladies and gentlemen, there are only two days left in the Battle of New York..."

Tony remained silent. His armor system had already connected to the wireless network. Although there was a strong artificial intelligence monitoring the network, Tony could at least see the time. Right now, in New York time, the Battle of New York should be coming to an end.

Tony knew this, but he didn't say anything. He could only hope that the timeline had changed due to the time travel and had been pushed back a little.

“Alright, since we’ve come to the right place, let’s proceed according to plan, although the plan still needs a few minor modifications.” Rogers straightened up.

"Dr. Banner, continue to the Lower City and see if you can find Dr. Strange and get the Time Stone."

“No problem.” Banner pushed up his glasses. For him, the problem was his current green body. After merging with the Hulk, Banner had maintained this size, but as long as he was careful, he could still reach his destination without attracting attention.

"Ant-Man, find a way to stay close to Loki and see if you can steal the Mind Stone."

Ant-Man: "No problem, I guarantee he won't notice."

"As for Tony, you and I are going to Stark Industries, remember? The final portal opens there. Maybe we can get our hands on both Infinity Stones before the Battle of New York breaks out, Tony?"

Rogers noticed that Tony seemed a little distracted, as if he was thinking about something.

“Ah, no problem, let’s go, I know the area well,” Tony said, snapping out of his daze.

A few minutes later, the two arrived at Stark Tower. During the journey, Tony was using the system's built-in computing power to perform some calculations.

"Tony, what's wrong with you?!" Rogers pulled Tony into an alley and looked at him seriously. The Tony now didn't seem like the Iron Man who had regained his spirits at all. Instead, he seemed like Tony Stark who had returned to the time when he accepted the fact that he had been defeated.

“I was just thinking, maybe we really came to the wrong place,” Tony said, putting the visor back down on his armor. “Jarvis.”

"Hey, first...? Who are you?" Jarvis's projection appeared in front of Tony and Rogers, the phantom image clearly showing a question.

Tony clenched his fists. He knew something was wrong. At this point in time, he hadn't yet developed holographic projection technology to this extent.