A hoarse voice rang out, and Rinren was instantly chilled to the bone, his short hair standing on end.
As the voice faded, a tall figure emerged from the darkness. Upon closer inspection, it was none other than the cult's Divine Envoy, Igone Yu.
Accompanied by rumbling thunder and flickering lightning, Igone Yu's scarred, ferocious face, hidden beneath his hood, was revealed, looking particularly eerie and terrifying.
"Oh my god! Little brother, are you a dog? I ran this far and you still found me?"
Igone Yu had no intention of answering Rinren. He suddenly took an interest in this fellow he hadn't paid much attention to and retorted:
"Undying one! Rinren-kun!
Rinren-kun, I'm very curious, why would you, who was clearly brainwashed, suddenly want to escape the base?"
"Uh, that's a long story! Are you sure you want to hear it?"
"Definitely!" Igone Yu's hooded head nodded slightly. He didn't mind wasting a little time. After all, in his eyes, the weak Rinren, aside from his undying body, posed no threat, as he was a true Jonin.
Seeing that Igone Yu didn't intend to capture him immediately, but rather seemed to be playing cat and mouse, Rinren's mind stirred, and a plan formed. His expression, however, remained unchanged as he calmly spoke.
"There are too many reasons for escaping the base.
First, it's the food. Although I'm not picky, eating those military rations for every meal is really hard on my stomach; you wouldn't believe it! I've been severely constipated lately, and every time I poop, it's accompanied by localized bleeding.
Speaking of pooping, the latrines at our base are too shabby. Forget about self-cleaning toilets, even the toilet paper…"
As he spoke, Rinren clutched his butt with a pained expression and grumbled indignantly, "The toilet paper is too hard, it scrapes my hemorrhoids every time!"
Listening to Rinren's rambling, the corners of Igone Yu's mouth beneath his hood twitched uncontrollably.
He had expected this undying monster to talk about freedom, dreams, or bonds. To his surprise, this guy couldn't go three sentences without mentioning his backside. He was as vulgar as vulgar could be!
Please, you're an undying being, does a small matter like hemorrhoids warrant such a complaint? You probably just finished pooping and pulled up your pants, and the wound would have healed! Damn fellow, have you considered the feelings of us normal people?!
!!!
Suddenly, Igone Yu paused slightly, his scarred face instantly twisting as if he had put on a mask of pain.
Damn it, I got sidetracked by this guy. Damn it, it's all because his words had too many points to mock! I couldn't help but make fun of him! No wonder that subordinate named Ren told me before I left: If you find the undying one, don't waste words with him, just capture him directly.
Rinren didn't know Igone Yu was having so many thoughts and continued to babble on.
"Also, the drinking water issue at our base needs attention!
The water tastes like lime, and I suspect everyone's teeth are yellow because they've been drinking this unfiltered hard water."
"Enough!" Seeing Rinren in high spirits and showing no signs of stopping, Igone Yu quickly roared, interrupting Rinren's monologue.
"Save your chatter for the road. Now, it's time for us to go back!"
As the deep, hoarse voice faded, a murderous atmosphere instantly filled the alley. Bathed in this aura, Igone Yu felt much more at ease.
Rinren, this guy, seemed to have an inherent frivolous aura. Igone Yu was afraid that if he spoke to him for a few more sentences, he wouldn't be able to resist making fun of him, and if that happened, his carefully constructed image would be completely ruined.
"No!" Seeing Igone Yu about to take him back, Rinren shook his head like a rattle-drum.
Although he knew he probably couldn't resist this guy, he still had to put on a show.
"That's not up to you!"
Before he could finish speaking, Igone Yu instantly drew a Kunai and shot it towards Rinren's feet with a speed that was difficult for ordinary people to perceive.
But Rinren was no longer the same as when he first Transmigrated. Without bragging, his physical fitness was now at least ten times stronger than before.
Along with his physical fitness, his powerful dynamic vision also grew rapidly.
The moment Igone Yu made his move, Rinren had already reacted, pushing off the ground with his feet, his body shooting out of the alley like a gust of wind.
He was gambling that Igone Yu wouldn't let him escape onto the main street, wouldn't let him slip into the crowd.
Clearly, he was right.
At the alley entrance, Igone Yu's Clone appeared at some point, holding a sharp Kunai.
"It's useless!" Rinren's speed didn't decrease. He charged forward like a wild bull, forming hand signs.
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"
Rinren's calm voice made Igone Yu's brows furrow tightly.
Impossible, how could this guy form hand signs and use Ninjutsu?
The Clone at the alley entrance held the Kunai horizontally in front of him and instantly leaped high into the air. It seemed Igone Yu intended to sacrifice the Clone to stop Rinren.
After an unknown number of hand signs, Rinren's chest puffed out, and he spat… at the high-jumping Clone.
At this moment, Igone Yu's main body behind Rinren also realized he had been tricked.
Rinren's hand gestures were quite convincing, but the hand signs were completely not for the Great Fireball Technique;
Even through the dark alley, only being able to see a rough outline, Igone Yu knew that this guy was completely messing around.
"Damn monster, you're looking for death!"
The deceived Igone Yu was instantly fuming. Damn it, he had been tricked by this little brat again.
This couldn't be blamed on him, after all, unscrupulous guys like Rinren were rare in the Ninja World.
Normally, in a Ninja battle, one would either hide their Ninjutsu and release it secretly to catch the opponent off guard, or openly rely on strength and strategy.
Rinren, this guy, had neither fast hand signs nor extraordinary Chakra. He relied solely on bluffing, belonging to the completely unprincipled type.
"Undying monster, you've angered me!"
A cold voice came from behind.
"I was going to bring you back in one piece. Now, I'm going to chop you into a human stick and drag you back!"
"Earth Release: Earth Spikes!"
Hearing this, Rinren's heart tightened. The Clone had been tricked into the air, so! This Ninjutsu was released by the main body!
With the alley entrance right in front of him, Rinren instinctively reacted, lunging forward. As long as he left the dark alley, there would still be a chance.
Just then, a huge force suddenly came from beneath his feet. The next second, Rinren felt a sense of weightlessness. When he reacted, his line of sight was level with the ground, but the expected earth spear had not appeared.
"Heh heh, how does it feel to be deceived!"
In his line of sight, a pair of large feet appeared. Igone Yu, with hand signs formed, looked down at Rinren, his eyes full of mockery.
After speaking, Igone Yu squatted down and slowly pulled out a sharp Kunai from his Ninja pouch, contemptuously patting Rinren's face.
Rinren sighed helplessly, showing no awareness of being captured, and looked at Igone Yu with an innocent expression.
"Divine Envoy, what kind of Ninjutsu is this?"
"It's fine to tell you. This move is Earth Release: Headhunter Jutsu."
Hearing this, Rinren nodded and asked again.
"Sir, look, I've already been caught anyway, and I probably won't have any more chances to escape! Can you grant me one small request?"
Feeling confident of victory, Igone Yu smiled cruelly, then shook his head heartlessly.
"Rinren-kun, the only request you can make is to ask me to dismember you quickly."
"No, no, no." Rinren's neck, buried in the earth, shook with effort, as if completely unconcerned by the bloody scene to come.
"Not that request, Divine Envoy, I just want to ask, I ran so far, how did you find me?"
"Heh heh~" Igone Yu's gaze unconsciously shifted downwards, looking towards Rinren's heart, then immediately pretended that nothing had happened.
However, his small movement was still caught by Rinren.
Instantly, a memory appeared in his mind.
In the memory, he was tied up in the base's laboratory, sturdy iron chains firmly securing his limbs, and his head was, unusually, covered with a black burlap hood.
Then, he felt his chest cavity being violently ripped open, and his heart experienced a sharp pain, as if it had been fiercely stabbed with a shovel.
At the time, he thought it was just an ordinary experiment, but now that he thought about it, these guys might have tampered with his heart!
After all, these cruel guys never avoided him when experimenting on his body.
Moreover, in the Ninja World, all sorts of strange curses emerged endlessly, which was not at all uncommon.
"Is it the heart?"
"Rinren-kun, you are very smart." Igone Yu's lips curved into a cruel smile.
"But you know too late. When we go back this time, I plan to engrave this curse mark on every single bone in your body."
Listening to these inhumanly cruel words, Rinren showed no reaction, slowly closing his eyes, looking as if he was ready to be slaughtered.
Seeing Rinren stop talking, Igone Yu's face instantly twisted.
His imagined desperate struggle, Rinren's lowly pleas, Rinren's tearful cries, none of them happened.
He knew that Rinren valued freedom greatly, otherwise, why would he rack his brains to choose such a perfectly timed moment to escape!
Thinking of this, Igone Yu became even more furious. He violently grabbed Rinren's hair, and his rough palm slapped Rinren's face like a madman.
"You damned little beast, why aren't you struggling? Scream! Maybe you'll attract one or two onlookers! Maybe they'll save you!"
Seeing Rinren's cheeks swell high, yet still showing no reaction, Igone Yu felt increasingly like punching a cotton ball, which only fueled his anger.
"Beast, I'm going to gouge out your eyes and feed them to dogs!"
With that, the increasingly deranged Igone Yu formed his rough hand into a claw, brutally tearing open Rinren's eyelids and seizing his eyeball.