Lin Nan discovered that after copying Wood Style and Susanoo, he rarely used other ninjutsu. Primarily, these two could be used for both offense and defense, leaving little room for other techniques.
Gamabunta dodged the root entanglement with extreme agility. It immediately understood Lin Nan’s ulterior motives and swung its sword towards Lin Nan.
Lin Nan’s body remained still, and he clapped his hands again.
"Wood Style: Wood Dragon Jutsu!"
A wood dragon swept out, instantly interrupting Gamabunta’s attack.
However, Gamabunta’s agility exceeded Lin Nan’s expectations. It could actually dodge this?
"You brat!"
Gamabunta began to curse incessantly, giving Lin Nan a headache.
But his mission was to stall Gamabunta, so he didn't pay much attention.
"Swish!"
Several more figures appeared, lunging towards Lin Nan.
A cyan toad and a red toad. Lin Nan had forgotten their names.
"Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence!"
Lin Nan clapped his hands again. Countless roots and trees coiled and grew, completely enveloping Lin Nan’s form. Simultaneously, huge yellow flowers bloomed, releasing a yellow mist.
"This mist is poisonous, be careful!" Gamabunta Oyabun warned.
So this was the toad villain trio?
Lin Nan looked at the three large toads through the gaps in the trees. He was now in an unassailable position, letting them do as they pleased.
Suddenly, the red toad spoke, "I know I'm clumsy, but if all three of us are here, what about Jiraiya?"
"You know that and still came? Where are the old man and the old woman?" Gamabunta cursed.
Oh, it actually reacted. Not bad.
But since you're here, you're not leaving!
Lin Nan once again manipulated the branches, surging towards the three toads, firmly pinning them down.
"Got the item!"
Suddenly, a figure appeared beside Lin Nan, it was Minato.
Earlier, Minato had placed a Flying Thunder God Mark on Lin Nan, facilitating communication.
"Let's go!"
As Minato placed his hand on Lin Nan's shoulder, their figures vanished instantly, leaving only the three confused toads in the wind.
"This is the Book of the Vermilion Moon?"
Upon returning to Konoha Village, Lin Nan looked at the bamboo slip in his hand, but couldn't discern anything from it after examining it repeatedly.
In the original story, this item was indeed important, but its specific function wasn't mentioned, and Lin Nan had forgotten. wΑp.kanshu伍.net
Obito had repeatedly told Lin Nan not to look for the Book of the Vermilion Moon, yet the Book of the Vermilion Moon guarded only by toads was incredibly easy for them to obtain.
Then why did they get there first?
What secret had he not discovered?
Lin Nan couldn't figure it out, so he was too lazy to think about it.
Since the Akatsuki organization undertook missions across various regions, their intelligence-gathering capabilities were quite formidable.
They hadn't paid attention before, but now, at Lin Nan's request, they had investigated.
After notifying Lin Nan, almost everything was within his expectations.
It all started with Lin Nan's disappearance a year ago.
Lin Nan was on a mission before he disappeared, but the destruction caused by the battle at that time was quite severe, clearly not commensurate with the mission's intensity.
Two months later, a mysterious person appeared in the ninja world and began to indiscriminately search for and kill individuals with special ninjutsu. Then, half a year ago, the Kazekage of the Land of Wind was attacked and had his Tailed Beast extracted. Fortunately, he was successfully revived in the end.
Then, most recently, the Two-Tails Jinchuriki of the Land of Lightning was captured, and there were even plans to target the Eight-Tails, but the Raikage discovered them and drove them away.
According to the descriptions of the Kazekage and the Raikage, the attacker’s appearance and build varied, but one thing was certain: both of them were entwined with a dark shadow.
That's right, the dark shadow was him. It seemed he had possessed someone through some means.
There's an old saying: only you know yourself best.
Having become the dark shadow, he could only achieve his goals by controlling others. It was highly likely that his physical body had died, and the current dark shadow existed in a "soul" state.
Lin Nan couldn't guess how this state came about, but according to the Akatsuki's intelligence, it was likely Obito's doing.
Lin Nan couldn't guess the reason for capturing the Tailed Beasts, but the reason for attacking the Kazekage must not have been that simple.
As himself, Lin Nan deeply believed that there were only two ways for a soul to be resurrected.
The first was Samsara of Heavenly Life, and the second was Life Transfer Jutsu.
The Samsara of Heavenly Life stage was impossible to obtain, so the value of Life Transfer Jutsu was infinitely elevated.
And this forbidden jutsu, Life Transfer Jutsu, was only known by Granny Chiyo of Sunagakure in the entire ninja world.
The only one willing to allow her to perform this technique was the Kazekage, Gaara.
Therefore, the only way to obtain this technique was to kill Gaara.
As for why he didn't control Chiyo with genjutsu, Lin Nan's consideration was that he currently lacked his own physical body, and even if he had one, it would only be someone else's.
And Life Transfer Jutsu, like Samsara of Heavenly Life, required a physical body to be cast. The Edo Tensei could also serve as a physical body here.
As for why he later attacked the Two-Tails, Lin Nan was unclear, but the attack on the One-Tail was definitely aimed at Life Transfer Jutsu.
This was the inherent advantage of being a Transmigrator.
In addition, Lin Nan also considered a very dire situation.
Yesterday, during the day, Lin Nan had seen the dark shadow, and it disappeared after encountering Menma.
That night, the Nine-Tails within Menma began to go berserk, and it even unleashed the Nine-Faced Beast and the Great Spiral Ring.
It was highly likely that Menma was already controlled by another version of himself.
His purpose in controlling Menma might be to achieve his own resurrection.
In his previous life, Lin Nan had researched Life Transfer Jutsu and had also tried to "freeload" this forbidden jutsu after Deidara invaded Sunagakure and abducted Gaara.
However, due to the requirement that all ring wearers be present to seal the Tailed Beasts, Lin Nan missed this opportunity, which he deeply regretted.
Later, Lin Nan went to Sunagakure to inquire if anyone else knew this technique.
He didn't find anyone who knew it, but he did obtain information.
This technique could convert the user's chakra into life force and input it into the body of the deceased, thereby summoning the soul of the deceased and resurrecting them.
It was worth noting that performing this technique would inevitably lead to the caster's death.
However, whether the amount of the caster's chakra had any other connection to the resurrected person was still unknown.
Before Lin Nan could fully understand, another piece of news arrived.
During the time Lin Nan and Minato were away, someone discovered a message left at Yakushi Kabuto's home.
The gist of it was that if they wanted to save Yakushi Kabuto and Menma, they should bring the Book of the Vermilion Moon and go to the Valley of the End tonight.
And Lin Nan was the only one allowed to go.
Was the Book of the Vermilion Moon still the key?
Lin Nan knew that all the mysteries would be revealed tonight.
The decisive battle had begun!