"Brother Chao" continued, "But after being destroyed, I could only wander in this world. I couldn't return to reality, and my physical body disappeared. But I knew the plot. I knew you would come over in a year, because this world was created based on you, but it's real!"
"I devised a series of plans and infused Naruto's memories from reality into this world's Menma's brain. Just as I expected, this world's Menma was filled with resentment and injustice towards the real Naruto after receiving the memories. We successfully reached a cooperation!"
Lin Nan nodded. If Naruto wasn't the protagonist, it would be normal for him to turn dark.
At this point, Lin Nan suddenly understood.
No wonder the Menma in the original plot also turned dark. It wasn't Tobi causing trouble, but he received memories from Naruto.
Naruto's childhood was something most people couldn't bear.
He endured scorn and cold stares, had no parents, no one cared about him, and was even feared like a tiger.
Not to mention that Menma, who grew up under the protection of his parents in the Infinite Tsukuyomi, had never experienced any of this. So when those memories that belonged to him but weren't his overlapped with his own, turning dark was inevitable.
This was also why Menma chose the outskirts of Konoha Village when he unleashed the Rasenshuriken. He didn't reject this world; he only hated the world of his other self.
So, were they actually trying to go to the real world by obtaining the Scroll of Sealing Technique?
Damn it, a dark version of myself and a dark version of Naruto going to reality and wanting to destroy the world.
This was indeed more dramatic than the original plot.
"Your plan was to first possess my body, and then go to reality together, right?" Lin Nan asked.
"That's right!" "Brother Chao" nodded. "Besides, I'm not trying to possess your body; your body belongs to me!"
"Huh?" Lin Nan was a bit stunned.
"Your physical body is already dead. Have you forgotten that?" "Brother Chao" looked at Lin Nan as if he were an idiot.
"..."
Alright, then it seemed the plan had to be changed slightly.
"Leader, can you erase his and Menma's memories from the past year?" Lin Nan asked.
"Menma" nodded. "Yes, a part of it can be reduced!"
"Then I'll trouble you, Leader. Can you transfer his soul into Menma's body?" Lin Nan continued.
Menma nodded and immediately stuffed the extracted soul back into his own body.
"Clap!"
Lin Nan clapped his hands together. "Reaper Death Seal!"
A giant phantom of a white-haired death god appeared behind Lin Nan.
"This technique will result in death, won't it?" Uchiha Itachi spoke.
Lin Nan smiled faintly. "That's right, but I have a way to revive myself!"
With that, he glanced at a sweating Orochimaru.
Lin Nan hadn't expected Orochimaru to be so cooperative in this world.
He had originally prepared to have the Akatsuki raid his lair, but everything had gone smoothly so far.
What Lin Nan wanted to do was simple: to exploit the loophole with the help of the ninja scientist Orochimaru!
In fact, Lin Nan had wanted to put this idea into action long ago.
The moment "Menma" extracted "Brother Chao's" soul from his body and put it into his own, Lin Nan instantly attacked. The death god behind him reached out towards Lin Nan's back and then protruded from his chest.
Throughout this entire process, Lin Nan felt as if his body were being torn apart. The pain from his living flesh made Lin Nan wince.
The death god's arm extended from Lin Nan's chest and directly pierced into Menma's body.
Then, a soul and a black-brown energy cluster were extracted by the death god.
"Check the remaining chakra levels in Menma's body!"
Uchiha Itachi activated his Sharingan and looked at Menma, then said, "There's still one-tenth of the chakra left in his body!"
"That's enough!"
Lin Nan manipulated the death god to directly sever the soul.
The entire process felt like stuffing things madly into his own body. At this moment, Lin Nan was already at the verge of exploding.
The death god gradually disappeared, and a sealing script appeared on Lin Nan's chest.
"I will die next, but I will have Orochimaru reanimate me. Please guard my corpse for me!"
Lin Nan uttered his last words and fell to the ground, dead.
"Little Lin is truly fierce. If I didn't know how capable he was, I would truly think he was crazy!"
"Exactly, he's the most abnormal one in the entire organization!"
Deidara and Hidan always had endless things to say, and they were the most talkative members of the organization besides Tobi.
After Lin Nan extracted his otherworld self's soul and the black-brown unknown substance from Menma's body, Pain regained control of his body.
"I am Pain, Kami!"
As everyone was still wondering why their leader had suddenly spoken those words, the next moment he let out a soft cry: "Almighty Push!"
Hidan, Kisame, and Deidara were all sent flying out of the shrine, startling Tobi, who had just arrived outside.
"What's wrong, senior?"
Tobi ran in carrying three bodies.
"Who are these three?" Uchiha Itachi asked.
Tobi replied, "One was sent by Orochimaru, and the other two are criminals from Konoha. One of them is even an S-rank rogue ninja. Rogue ninjas all deserve to die!"
"..."
Then the pressure was on Orochimaru's side.
Orochimaru wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. He arranged the three living people one by one, then took a piece of flesh from Lin Nan's corpse and began to form hand seals.
"Snake Clone Jutsu!"
He first created a clone.
Then, the clone placed the muscle tissue on a scroll and put it on the ground.
Orochimaru's main body put on the death god's mask and, after performing a bizarre dance, the death god from before reappeared behind him.
Orochimaru then manipulated the death god to cut open his abdomen. Simultaneously, a wound as deep as his internal organs appeared on Orochimaru's round belly, with blood gushing out.
Two souls, visible to the naked eye, seemed to be released.
"Forbidden Jutsu: Body Replacement Technique!"
After the souls appeared, Orochimaru's body transformed into a white shadow and directly entered the body of one of the criminals.
The criminal struggled to stand up and then assumed Orochimaru's appearance, though he seemed a bit thinner.
Taking a deep breath, Orochimaru and his clone began to form hand seals.
"Impure World Reincarnation!"
"Forbidden Jutsu: Body Replacement Technique!"
Death God: What just zipped past?
What zipped past again?
Damn it, it's happening again. Is there no end to this?