Chapter 107: Uchiha Ren's Special Delivery to Pirate Ren Arakawa
"Huh? A change occurred with the Heavenly Seal? What is this on your body..."
As Orochimaru observed Uchiha Ren from a close distance, Uchiha Ren was also calculating the probability, at this distance, of hypnotizing Orochimaru with his Sharingan and then killing such a weakened Orochimaru.
But he thought about it and decided against it.
Orochimaru being instantly killed by Uchiha Ren gave people the illusion that Orochimaru had low genjutsu resistance.
In fact, without Sage Art, jutsu, or external intervention, most Shadow-level powerhouses could not resist genjutsu.
Even if Orochimaru could be put into a trance by Sharingan genjutsu, he would still be very difficult to kill.
(He thought) "Can he truly be killed? Let's put that aside for now."
Orochimaru's death would not do Uchiha Ren any good.
As long as Orochimaru didn't act crazy and provoke the idea of reincarnating a second time right after just reincarnating, Uchiha Ren didn't want to fight Orochimaru to the death.
"Heh heh." Orochimaru seemed to sense Uchiha Ren's thoughts. He glanced at Uchiha Ren's eyes, "Bold little brat, you actually thought about attacking me?"
Uchiha Ren's gaze shot back, "Timidity is not a trait a genius should possess."
"Very good! As expected of the vessel I value! *cough cough cough*!" Orochimaru shifted his gaze back to Uchiha Ren's spread wings and tail fin. His soft yet icy hand stroked Uchiha Ren's wings.
"It's truly an unprecedented change! This kind of structure is something I've never seen before!"
"Then..." Uchiha Ren clasped his hands together. "You want to keep my body here for research?"
"Of course not," Orochimaru decisively retracted the hand that was stroking the tail fin. "The changes in your body will only make me stronger. After all, you are my vessel, and I would not be so short-sighted."
With those words, he had already regarded Uchiha Ren as something under his control.
A normal person, at this point, might have already prostrated themselves before Orochimaru. This was Orochimaru, one of the Sannin! If he valued him so highly, wanting to take over his body, what a great honor that would be!
But Uchiha Ren had never seen this before.
Let alone Orochimaru's recognition, even if the God of Shinobi stood before him, what of it?
Could the God of Shinobi divide his body into countless souls and send them to many worlds?
Uchiha Ren snorted coldly. Under Orochimaru's peculiar gaze, he forcefully tore off half of his tail fin!
Seeing the tail fin writhing on the ground like a torn tiger's tail, Orochimaru picked it up. "What are you preparing..."
"Use it for research," Uchiha Ren's expression was firm. "This kind of thing should be mass-produced!"
Orochimaru smiled all over his face, not stingy with his praise. "Not bad! Very captivating! Your personality is so fascinating. If you weren't going to be my vessel, I would really want to have you work by my side."
"I definitely cannot work by your side; I still need to return to Konoha," Uchiha Ren directly informed Orochimaru of his true thoughts, because he sensed that under Orochimaru's shifty eyes, he couldn't hide anything.
"It doesn't matter."
Orochimaru originally didn't care about such things.
Whether it was Sasuke or Uchiha Ren, for a self-confident scientist like Orochimaru, he was confident that they would actively give up their bodies, come to his side, and become his vessel.
If Orochimaru wanted to keep Uchiha Ren and directly take over his body, he would have acted long ago and would not have given Kakashi a chance to escape.
In his infinite life, Uchiha Ren was just one of Orochimaru's collections, an "outfit" with a particularly special color.
Orochimaru was good at everything, except he was too overconfident.
Facing the self-confident Orochimaru, Uchiha Ren raised a new question. "Can you suddenly appear through this?" He pointed to the Heavenly Seal mark on his neck.
"A remarkable guess." Orochimaru considered it a roundabout admission of this matter. "Although I don't know how you guessed it... you can rest assured, I will not sneak into your home while you are sleeping."
"I don't really want to treat you as my vessel right now."
"You..."
Orochimaru gestured, comparing Uchiha Ren's figure. "Too small."
(He was) a skinny orphan who ate one meal but didn't know where the next was coming from.
If not for those two eyes, Orochimaru truly wouldn't have chosen Uchiha Ren as a reincarnation target.
Uchiha Ren did not take Orochimaru's pitying gaze to heart. He swallowed his saliva and said excitedly, "What if! I'm saying what if..."
Uchiha Ren rubbed his hands. "What if there were two Heavenly Seal marks, could you travel through one Heavenly Seal mark and reach the target of another Heavenly Seal mark?"
Orochimaru immediately shook his head. "Of course not."
Uchiha Ren's expression was full of disappointment. Orochimaru explained, "The principle of the Heavenly Seal is to transmit soul fragments through..."
"Through my years of research, I can achieve the resurrection of the soul fragments sealed within the Heavenly Seal. I cannot achieve transmission through this."
"The so-called sudden appearance was actually my resurrection through that Heavenly Seal."
Uchiha Ren nodded. "Then that could only be experimented on after death?"
Orochimaru was so exasperated by Uchiha Ren that he laughed. "Ren, there's no need to say such things."
"Right, I still have a question."
Uchiha Ren pointed to the tail fin on the ground, his expression full of longing. "Then can you send this thing through Heavenly Seal A to Heavenly Seal B?"
"Although I don't know why you are doing this, if there are two identical Heavenly Seal marks, I think it should be possible. But..."
Orochimaru had not yet finished saying that two identical Heavenly Seal marks could not exist in the world, when Uchiha Ren suddenly became excited. "Can we try it now?"
***
In that gloomy and terrifying Impel Down, there was a place like a nightmare, which was the Blazing Hell.
Stepping into the Blazing Hell, a sensation of scorching heat, as if it could ignite the soul, instantly surged like a tumultuous tide, fiercely rushing towards the newcomer.
Within this Blazing Hell, there were also some prison buildings and facilities.
The walls and bars were made of a special heat-resistant material, emitting a cold metallic luster, forming a stark contrast with the surrounding blazing environment.
However, even such sturdy buildings seemed to have undergone some deformation under the boundless high temperature, as if they were somewhat unable to bear the weight in front of this terrifying Blazing Hell.
A figure walked on the scorched-red steel bars, which offered just enough space for one foot.
Beneath his feet was the reason for the Blazing Hell – a giant furnace occupying a quarter of this level's area!
The Pirate Ren Arakawa, enveloped by the heat, felt a little dazed.
Just as he was looking around, suddenly, he reached out to his skinny neck.
Feeling the curse mark on his neck itching intensely, he scratched at it twice vigorously.
As a result, an extra... half a tail fin appeared in his hand.
"Ah?"
Looking at the thing that suddenly appeared in his hand, the Pirate Ren Arakawa was stunned.
At this time, Uchiha Ren's memories synchronized over. The Pirate Ren Arakawa immediately understood the situation.
Looking at the tail fin in his hand, a long-held idea could finally be realized.
He opened his mouth and bit down on Uchiha Ren's half-tail fin!
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