Naruto: Starting with the Two Kamui

Whoosh! A white light rose from the middle of the character "soul" and transformed into a semi-transparent giant shadow behind the scorpion. The giant shadow was not the god of death, but it possessed a similar power!

Lin Yu's pupils, hidden behind his mask, constricted sharply: "What is that thing!?"

Scorpion slowly rose, as if the use of this scroll meant the end of everything.

He brushed aside his bangs and said in a feminine tone, "Oh? You can see this because you have the Sharingan? Well, to let you fully appreciate my art, I might as well tell you. It is 'Mitama no Kami'."

"Soul God?" Lin Yu frowned. He didn't even know the details of the Evil God and the God of Death, so what was this Soul God?

Scorpion proclaimed loudly, "The first puppeteer of puppetry—Monzaemon—in his later years, in pursuit of the highest realm of puppetry, he did not hesitate to dabble in forbidden techniques, sacrificing his own soul, and using the dragon vein chakra of the ancient Loulan Kingdom of the Land of Wind as a source to create this deity. Legend has it that only those who have mastered the 'Black Secret Technique,' 'White Secret Technique,' and 'Crimson Secret Technique' of puppetry to their ultimate level, and who yearn to transform their body and mind into a puppet, can see it and sign a contract with it!"

Sasori looked down at the blood-stained chunk of flesh on his left chest: "Why is it that I discarded all my organs, including my brain, leaving only this chunk of flesh to store chakra, yet I can think and act like a real person? It's because I found the Soul God, made a contract with it, and obtained the ability called 'Mind and Soul Unity,' which allows me to attach my soul and chakra to a puppet to move. However... that ability has limitations."

Scorpion suddenly raised his head, his face contorted with rage: "And now, I'm going to unleash this power completely! Then I'll show you what the ultimate art of puppetry truly is!"

Swish! Scorpion formed hand seals, and the Soul God behind him grabbed Scorpion, put him directly into its mouth, and disappeared...

Lin Yu gazed at the sandstorm and murmured, "His chakra seems to have vanished, yet it also seems to be everywhere..."

But things are definitely not as simple as they seem!

call!

Suddenly, a howling sandstorm gathered at that moment and swept towards Lin Yu!

"Ugh!" Lin Yu instantly entered penetration mode!

"I will merge my soul into the sandstorm, and transform the sandstorm into a puppet under my soul's control!" Scorpion's voice echoed from every grain of sand!

Whoosh! The sandstorm raged even more violently—this was a natural disaster! It was beyond the capabilities of human ninjutsu to create!

Scorpion's voice rang out again: "I have concentrated the power of this sandstorm onto your location, so that when your penetrating ability ends, your body will be torn apart in an instant!"

Lin Yu's eyes narrowed slightly, and he suddenly asked a very sharp question: "You just mentioned the soul and chakra. Forgive my bluntness, but to manipulate a natural sandstorm of this scale, is your chakra sufficient?"

"..." After a moment of silence amidst the sandstorm, Sasori's somewhat dejected voice drifted over: "Art comes at a price. When my chakra runs out, I might die..."

Lin Yu said, "I'm willing to risk my life to activate this technique, just because I said, 'Is your art a toy?'"

Scorpion said, "Art may not be recognized, but it must never be desecrated or trampled upon!"

In spacetime.

"What is he saying to thin air?" Hidan said, picking his nose.

“I’m talking about things you’ll never understand…” Xiyan said.

"Huh? What's that? Heresy?" Hidan flicked his nose and said.

Amidst the sandstorm, Lin Yu's voice rang out: "Sasori of the Red Sand, I acknowledge your art, but I will still ruthlessly shatter it!"

"What did you say?!" Scorpion's voice was filled with disbelief.

Lin Yu closed his eyes, dark purple eyeshadow appeared, horns sprouted, and silver chakra emanated, transforming into nine wildly dancing snakes...

Before a fight, the Ryuchi Cave Sage Mode requires a period of meditation. However, the conditions for this meditation are not as demanding as those for the Shikkotsu Forest Sage Mode. As long as the body does not move much and the mind is more focused than usual, natural energy can enter the body!

This also means that Ryuchi Cave Sage Mode can be activated while penetrating!

*Sizzle!* The moment Lin Yu opened his eyes, a layer of snake cornea covered them: "This way, I don't have to worry about sand and dust getting into my eyes..."

Penetration mode deactivated!

Crack! Crack! Crack! The raging sandstorm instantly tore hundreds of bloody gashes into Lin Yu's body, but these gashes healed in an instant, without even a drop of blood falling to the ground!

"What?! Take that attack head-on with your body? Are you kidding me?!" Scorpion's voice was utterly absurd.

Even Lin Yu, who possesses Hashirama's perfect physique, would only dare to act so recklessly under the drastic Sage Mode that greatly enhances his physical energy!

“Scorpion, I am different from you who rely on external things. I believe in my own absolute power. So what if it’s a sandstorm? Have you ever seen a rainforest that can be destroyed by a sandstorm? If so, that rainforest is not magnificent enough!”

*Snap!* As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Yu suddenly clasped his hands together in front of his chest.

—Sage Art: Wood Release: Advent of the Tree World!

boom!!

Responding to Lin Yu's vast Sage Chakra, tens of thousands of trees sprouted from the earth, instantly transforming this 'sub-desert' area into a tropical rainforest!

The trees stretched to the next end of the horizon... and on into who knows how many ends!

With such a magnificent tree boundary as a buffer, all that remains is like a gentle breeze!

Sizzle! One after another, the silver snakes that had been encircling Lin Yu's body burrowed into his body, replenishing the Sage Chakra he had consumed. Seven snakes went in, leaving two still outside.

"Want to continue? Scorpion, if you insist on sacrificing yourself for your cause, I don't mind playing along to the very end!" Lin Yu's cold voice rang out.

"Sigh..." After a long silence, a sigh came from the air.

call out!

The hidden spirit revealed its true form, separated from the scorpion's body, and disappeared into the scroll.

The scorpion lay face down on the ground, looking utterly dejected.

Lin Yu walked up to the scorpion, a thought forming in his mind.

*Buzzing sounds*... In spacetime, the image of the crystal ball disappeared.

"What's going on?" Xi Yan frowned.

"I'm afraid... Lord Shadow is going to do something that's inconvenient for us to see," Itachi said, thinking to himself: Or perhaps something... that's inconvenient for us to hear.

Standing before Scorpion, Lin Yu said, "Scorpion, your Akatsuki's leader, Payne, is my subordinate. This is a secret between us..."

"What?" Scorpion, who was lying on the ground, raised his face, which was filled with astonishment. Then the astonishment disappeared and was replaced by a deep look: "If it is a secret, then why tell me about a new member of Akatsuki?"

After a long silence, Lin Yu said with a deep gaze, "Perhaps, sooner or later he will lead Akatsuki to betray me. If that day ever comes, Sasori, I hope you will stand on my side..."

Chapter 156 The Ninja's Three Urgent Needs! (4/5)

"I see, I understand..." After a long talk, Scorpion seemed to have made his position clear.

"By the way, should we take your companion's body back to report?" Lin Yu asked.

“There’s no need for that. Akatsuki’s mission is either a success or a failure; there’s no such thing as completing it halfway,” Sasori said.

Who was the one who died?

“Beiluhu”.

"Uh, I wasn't talking about your puppet, Hiruko. I was asking who the Akatsuki members who were killed by those kids were," Lin Yu said.

“It’s Hiruko, it’s similar to the name of my puppet…” Sasori said.

Hiruko, Hiruko, is that him? Lin Yu murmured the name to himself, and suddenly remembered.

Like the Dragon Vein, its secrets were only revealed in the theatrical version.

Lin Yu stroked his chin: Hiruko seems to possess the power to fuse the abilities and bloodline limits of other ninjas. He was originally a close friend of the Sannin of Konoha, but betrayed Konoha because he could not bear being subordinate to them for long.

Despite fusing four different bloodline limits, Hiruko was still no match for the Legendary Sannin of Konoha, and she also set her sights on Kakashi's Kamui Mangekyou Sharingan.

"Oh, there is such a person. He's quite capable, but not very bright," Lin Yu said.

Yes, how ridiculous is Hiruko? He thinks that by collecting all five bloodline limits, he can declare war on the five great nations...

Even Lin Yu at this moment wouldn't dare say he had that confidence!

On another note, Lin Yu was quite interested in Hiruko's "Oni-Garara Technique," which allowed him to fuse with other people's bloodline limits. He thought to himself: I'll take that guy's corpse back and let Orochimaru study it.

"Sasori, the puppet of the Third Kazekage..."

"I don't want it anymore."

"What's wrong? Isn't that your most prized work?"

“It’s the one I’m most proud of, but not the one I’m most satisfied with. A human puppet with speed, explosiveness, and defense like the Raikage is what I want most. It’s just a pity… that Fourth Raikage is training in the Hidden Cloud Village. I don’t know when I’ll get the chance,” Sasori said.

Lin Yu thought for a moment and said, "How about this, when there's a chance in the future, I'll send you that guy's corpse~"

"Then I'll gladly accept your offer," Scorpion readily agreed, without being coy and saying he wouldn't be satisfied unless he did it himself. They weren't enemies, so why bother with such details?

For Sasori, as long as he gets the final result, the process doesn't matter. Just like when he killed the Third Kazekage, it was a clean and efficient poisoning assassination.

And so, they became friends after a fight, and Scorpion left.

Lin Yu stood up, surveyed the endless tropical forests stretching across the sub-desert region, and murmured, "Using Sage Chakra to create a Tree World is certainly effective, but the only drawback is the inability to retract the technique. Anyone with eyes can probably guess that this is my doing..."

Sage Chakra is essentially natural energy, so the trees grown from it are no different in nature from naturally growing trees, and therefore the effects of the spell cannot be undone.

call out!

When the time was right, Lin Yu released Itachi, Yugao, and Hidan from the space-time continuum.

Being there in person is a completely different experience from viewing it through a crystal ball in time and space...

Itachi's gaze was low: "Shadow Uchiha Yu, his power is unfathomable. He's so strong, what exactly does he want to get from me?"

Xiyan clenched her small hands: Is this the power that made my sister submit and fall for him body and soul? What should I do? It seems that no matter how much I train, I can't beat him. Is the only way to use the method Danzo mentioned in the future?

Hidan, holding onto the back of the chair, said, "Planting trees in the desert... He's strong, but his mind doesn't seem to be working too well..."

"Lord Shadow, did you kill Sasori of the Red Sand?" Itachi asked solemnly.

"No, Akatsuki is a formidable organization. Our village has many external enemies, and it's not wise to make any more enemies," Lin Yu casually explained.

Itachi thought to himself: Is that really the case...?

Obviously, it's unrealistic to try and fool Itachi's discerning eyes.

Lin Yu didn't intend to hide it.

Just like Itachi observing Lin Yu, and then deciding where he would go in the future.

Lin Yu was also observing Itachi to decide how to deal with him if he were to take Itachi's eyes in the future!

Lin Yu is that kind of person. He prioritizes not affecting his future potential. He may admire others, but he will not hold back when he attacks!

The fundamental premise of everything is survival. Only by surviving the threat of those monsters like the Otsutsuki can he pursue the freedom he desires!

Otherwise, he would have no choice but to return to the disgusting real world with those childish ties and so-called ninja way, and continue to be that otaku that everyone looks down on!

Thanks to the scorpion, the sandstorm has stopped.

"Let's keep going. We need to enter the Land of Wind before dawn!" Lin Yu led the three of them onward.