Ninja World: I'm really a support-type ninja

Orochimaru's words made Akira Hatake's eyes light up: "As long as we can revive Rin Nohara, I agree to add another round of research funding!"

"How much more?"

"Just as you said, add another 7 million!"

“But I’ve changed my mind now.” Orochimaru was a master at manipulating people’s minds. “I want 10 billion now.”

TMD!

Akira Hatake glared fiercely at Orochimaru, then after thinking for a moment, he could only grit his teeth and nod in agreement to Orochimaru's request.

“Wise ruler, please come with me.”

Orochimaru formed hand seals, and the massive metal gate blocking their path was slowly opened.

Chapter 271 The Art of Self-Reincarnation and the Art of Corpse Reincarnation.

What does the soul look like?

Whether in his past life or this one, Akira Hatake has never met him.

However, with Orochimaru's help, Akira Hatake has truly opened his eyes today!

As the metal gate slowly opened, a chill ran straight to the top of his head and swept over Akira Hatake's entire body.

Then, a misty scene appeared before Akira Hatake's eyes. Looking around, he saw faint, eerie, and ethereal shadows drifting around in the transparent "glass" prison behind the metal gate.

"This……"

Even Akira Hatake, who had seen many grand occasions, was taken aback by the eerie and strange scene before him.

"Orochimaru, just how many souls have you bound inside you?"

"Not much, just over two hundred."

"Two hundred and a half? And that's all?" Akira Hatake couldn't help but raise his voice, "How did you do that?!"

"It's very simple."

Orochimaru was happy to answer Akira Hatake's questions; he enjoyed seeing Akira's naive and unworldly demeanor.

“By using the Impure World Reincarnation technique, the soul of the deceased is pulled out of the Pure Land. The deceased, reborn through the Impure World Reincarnation technique, is then imprisoned in this room. Finally, the Impure World Reincarnation technique is used again, so that the soul of the deceased can no longer return to the Pure Land.”

"It has to be you."

Akira Hatake had always admired Orochimaru's research abilities, and now he naturally didn't hold back his praise. "And I never expected that you would master the Impure World Reincarnation technique in less than half a year."

"That's ridiculous."

Orochimaru's sudden humility caught Hatake Akira off guard. "The Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, was indeed a genius no less than me. It's not easy to learn the Impure World Reincarnation technique he developed."

"I was just following the instructions and strictly adhering to the many steps set by Tobirama Senju to use the Impure World Reincarnation."

"If I can't master the Impure World Reincarnation in the shortest time even by copying it verbatim, then wouldn't I be a useless person?"

“Even so, your talent is already terrifying…” Akira Hatake still felt that Orochimaru was underestimating himself, and quickly added a sentence after Orochimaru finished speaking.

"No, that's not what I'm looking for."

Orochimaru shook his head again. "The Impure World Reincarnation technique developed by the Second Hokage is imperfect. I still have a long way to go to fully explore its potential."

"My true pursuit is to strive for perfection and to grasp the essence of things."

"If I don't reach this level, everything I do is garbage and unacceptable to me."

"Fine, you win!"

Akira Hatake felt somewhat helpless because perfectionists are troublesome.

Decisively abandoning the topic, Akira Hatake refocused his attention on the transparent "glass" prison in front of him.

"Orochimaru, what is the material of this prison cell...?"

"It's crystal."

Orochimaru reached out and tapped the crystal wall of the transparent prison, drawing the attention of the many imprisoned souls. "And it's crystal formed from chakra."

"Me!"

Akira Hatake's eyelids twitched again; Orochimaru was such a spendthrift!

Chakra crystal, also known as chakra crystal.

If we break it down further, chakra crystals can be roughly divided into two types.

The first type is the main material used to forge the Thunder God Sword used by the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju. The total amount and purity of chakra contained within this chakra crystal have reached an extremely terrifying threshold.

The second type of chakra crystal, although it also contains trace amounts of chakra, has many impurities and is not very useful in actual combat; it can only be used as an ornament.

Even so, this lowest-grade chakra crystal is worth as much as gold.

In other words, apart from chakra metals which have excellent chakra conductivity, chakra crystals are the second most expensive mineral for ninjas.

If we include the godlike chakra crystal on Thor's Sword, then the value of chakra metal, this rare mineral, will have to be reduced even further.

"How much money did you spend to build this chakra crystal prison?"

"Not much, less than three hundred million." Orochimaru seemed to have no concept of money, as if it were just a series of cheap numbers. "They're just some defective products with little practical value, perfect for imprisoning souls."

"You really don't know the cost of firewood and rice until you're in charge of the household!"

Akira Hatake's forehead veins bulged. "Do you know how much the village's total annual fiscal revenue is?!"

"I don't know."

"Then let me tell you, it's 7 billion taels!" Hatake Akira's tone was very loud. "You alone have spent more than one-seventh of the village's total fiscal revenue this year!"

"Okay, I get it now."

Orochimaru remained unmoved by the figure. "Don't we still have war reparations from the four great powers? Compared to those war reparations, my expenses are negligible, aren't they?"

"This……"

Akira Hatake's momentum weakened. "What you said is true, but if you keep burning through money at this rate, the village really won't be able to support itself!"

"It's easy to solve."

Orochimaru tilted his head, whether genuinely unaware or doing so on purpose, it was unclear. "Just continue to exploit the interests of the four great nations, I think they wouldn't dare say anything."

"I……"

Akira Hatake opened his mouth, but swallowed back the words of rebuttal that were about to come out. Orochimaru's words actually made a lot of sense.

"Let's use it sparingly for now."

Akira Hatake had some ideas about continuing to exploit the four great nations, but the plan was not yet mature and could not be implemented immediately. He could only try to appease Orochimaru in a good-natured manner.

"Once we've completely annexed the four great powers, you can go ahead and build whatever you want!"

"can."

Orochimaru nodded, then took the initiative to change the subject.

"Wise ruler, would you like to see some of your old friends?"

“Old friends?” Akira Hatake turned to look at the chakra crystal prison, and upon closer inspection, he did indeed find some familiar faces inside.

"Indeed, they are old friends..."

In the chakra crystal prison, Akira Hatake saw the Fourth Raikage, A, Killer Bee, Kitsuchi, Chiyo, Higashi Shijin, Bunpuku the One-Tailed Jinchuriki, Han the Five-Tailed Jinchuriki, and many other powerful ninjas who died at his hands during the Third Shinobi World War.

Following Orochimaru's example, Akira Hatake reached out and tapped the crystal wall of the chakra crystal prison, attracting the attention of the souls within.

call,

call,

call!

Some piercing sounds came from the prison. The souls of the powerful people who died at the hands of Akira Hatake gathered together after seeing him.

"Akira Hatake!"

"Damn it, I'm dead and I can still see you!"

"...I will not find peace even after I die..."

"Akira Hatake, I'm going to kill you!"

A series of eerie sounds came from the cell, which made Orochimaru reach out and poke Akira Hatake's shoulder with a hint of sarcasm.

“Wise ruler, it’s clear that you are very popular with them.”

"If you can talk, then say a few more words." Akira Hatake glanced at Orochimaru. "Where's Rin Nohara? I don't see her."

"And that Grim Reaper you mentioned, I haven't seen him either."

"No rush." ​​Orochimaru was quite composed. "My lord, please come with me."

Orochimaru led Akira Hatake forward, circling around to the other side of the chakra crystal prison.

Orochimaru pointed to a small door embedded in the crystal wall, then glanced back at Akira Hatake. "Akira-kun, would you be interested in coming in with me?"

"Of course I'm interested."

Akira Hatake nodded, and as soon as he finished speaking, the souls of the ninjas who had died at his hands began to drift and gather around him.

Looking at the scene before him, Akira Hatake curled his lip and couldn't help but give the souls of these ninjas the middle finger.

They were not afraid of Akira Hatake when they were alive, and after they died, they were only souls, so Akira Hatake had even less reason to be afraid of them.

It's just the incompetent rage of some losers; Akira Hatake won't tolerate it.

As Orochimaru opened the small door, a gust of cold wind rushed out from the chakra crystal prison.

At the same time, a series of ghostly wails and howls came, instantly giving Akira Hatake a headache.

Even after death, they remain restless as spirits!

"Orochimaru, didn't you tell them that their current grotesque appearance and how they scream would be awful?"

"Heh, what good would it do to tell them?"

Orochimaru smiled dismissively, "These soul entities can only do so much for now."

"If we don't give them an outlet for their emotions, too much negativity will affect the overall stability of this prison."