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But eliminating the root of the problem is always troublesome. He has no interest in playing map-based puzzle games. Who knows if Orochimaru has any other way to revive himself?

Chapter 445

"..."

Orochimaru's smile remained unchanged, but a violent emotion surged within him.

If the old man hadn't sealed his hands, if this body, which should have been replaced long ago, hadn't been causing him endless more pain, if he hadn't been so desperate for Uchiha Sasuke that he sent Kabuto Yakushi along as well, if it weren't for...

There are so many "what ifs," but at this moment, he needs to make a choice.

Should they bow down to this monster before them, who possesses an unknown number of Mangekyou Sharingan and is skilled in space-time ninjutsu, or should they try to struggle and resist?

Thinking about how quickly his base was disappearing, he probably thought for less than a second before spitting out a sticky scroll. He placed the scroll on the ground with his long tongue, and with a light touch of his tongue, the scroll unfurled with a bang, releasing swirling smoke.

A withered, open palm appeared, with a ring bearing the word 'empty' on the little finger of the withered palm.

"Ah Kai," Zhang Chengyi said casually.

Matt Kai's figure flickered, and the ring appeared in his hand.

Orochimaru's pupils suddenly contracted. He didn't know why the Blue Beast of Konoha would serve a rogue ninja, but what he couldn't understand even more was that an elite Jonin had displayed a speed that he had almost failed to catch.

These two people are so powerful that it's beyond comprehension.

"gone."

Zhang Chengyi gave a lazy command, then lightly stepped over the pit he had dug with his Kamui. With the aid of his chakra-based lightness skill, he gracefully traversed the rocky plain and quickly disappeared from sight.

Might Guy, on the other hand, was even faster, disappearing completely from sight, his figure fading into the distance.

"Ha ha……"

Orochimaru chuckled softly, "These younger generations are truly remarkable."

Even if Zhang Chengyi had gone back on his word and killed his body, he wouldn't have felt any emotional fluctuation. After all, he knew that the other party was looking for Akatsuki's ring, so handing it over was inevitable. Before obtaining the Mangekyou Sharingan, he wouldn't have the idea of ​​fighting against such a monster, just as he had long given up on taking over Uchiha Itachi's body.

Even if this body is killed, he still has other ways to escape.

But Zhang Chengyi, with an extremely contemptuous attitude, let him off the hook...

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One day later, in the Land of Rain, in an unnamed cave.

"Ha~ Ah"

Zhang Chengyi yawned while standing in the open space. "What's going on? Why haven't you come over yet?"

As soon as the words were spoken, figures dressed in black robes with red clouds appeared one after another, until a man with orange hair and strange iron nails on his face slowly walked out from the depths of the cave.

"So you're going to join our Konoha rogue ninja Rokkaku?" the last man to emerge asked in a low voice.

"Stop talking nonsense." Zhang Chengyi tossed the ring in his hand and said enthusiastically, "I guess I'm officially a member now, right? When are you going to send me a few of your trench coats?"

“My name is Pain, and I am the leader of Akatsuki.” Nagato looked through Pain’s eyes at this strange man who had been introduced into the organization by Madara.

Despite being a Konoha traitor and Kumogakure spy with an innocent background, he inexplicably possesses immense martial prowess and countless Mangekyou Sharingan eyes capable of space-time ninjutsu.

If it weren't for the fact that he was currently with 'Madara' who also possessed the same kaleidoscope, he might have suspected that this guy was 'Madara' himself.

"By the way, could you give me another ring?" Zhang Chengyi put the ring, which he had already cleaned, on his hand and said with a grin, "I don't want to team up with an idiot. My Akai is the best."

Currently, the only member of the Akatsuki without a partner is 'Ze'. After being insulted, Zetsu, with his yin-yang face, remained completely unmoved.

“There are only ten rings.” Payne’s voice remained as cool and cold as ever.

Zhang Chengyi glanced casually at the Akatsuki members who were all staring at him and said with a grin, "Anyway, there are plenty of useless people here. Why don't we just take one out and give the ring to my partner?"

He specifically focused his gaze on Hidan.

What are you looking at!

Hidan's temper flared up instantly, and he roared in fury, "I'm going to cut you down and offer you to the Jashin!"

"Useless." Zhang Chengyi raised his middle finger, giving a gesture that is universally applicable across all realms.

Anyway, apart from Pain, everyone else was projected using the Illusionary Body Technique to attend the new member gathering, so there was no chance of a fight. It wouldn't matter if they provoked each other a bit.

Moreover, he had always looked down on Fei Dan. This guy was not only mentally ill, but also weak. He was actually killed by Chunin Nara Shikamaru. He was a typical example of being both weak and incompetent. As a cruel and bloodthirsty villain, it was no big deal to kill him.

Immortality is such a weak concept.

Everyone else remained unmoved by Zhang Chengyi's insults towards Hidan, while Kakuzu, standing nearby, even wore an expression of anticipation.

"You're in the Land of Rain, right?"

Hidan's voice suddenly dropped eight octaves, losing its previous lively quality, and his tone was filled with killing intent.

"Come on, I'm waiting for you." Zhang Chengyi's voice still had that nonchalant feel to it.

"waste."

"Shut up." Seeing that Hidan's blood pressure was about to explode and that the two were about to fight, Pain used his dog management privileges to forcibly log Hidan offline using his Illusionary Body Technique.

He waited until the cave quieted down before continuing, "Hexagonal—"

"Wait a minute," Zhang Chengyi interrupted him. "Call me Zhang Chengyi."

[Strange Name]

Nagato memorized the name, intending to send someone to investigate it thoroughly later. Then, he controlled Pain and said, "Zhang Chengyi, release your chakra into the 'Void' ring, and I will connect you to the Illusionary Body Technique."

Zhang Chengyi obeyed and quickly discovered that a special chakra was remotely connected to his chakra through the ring.

After a brief touch, he was able to activate the technique within the ring using his own chakra.

It should be the slideshow technique used in remote chat rooms.

"Interesting." He lowered his head and used his computing power to study the illusionary body technique for a moment, then quickly looked up and said, "Boss, could you teach me this communication technique?"

He integrated into his identity incredibly quickly, truly embracing whatever he did. As the clone of the childcare robot, he genuinely cared for the children, raising many seemingly useless characters to become quite powerful, such as Buggy the Clown from One Piece and King from One-Punch Man. After all, compared to immortal beings, anyone under a hundred years old is practically a child.

Pain was silent for a few seconds, and after Nagato communicated with Madara, he said, "Okay."

After speaking, he took a scroll from his sleeve and tossed it over, then slowly retreated into the darkness. "Thus, the meeting is adjourned."

"Wait!" Before Zhang Chengyi could finish speaking, the Illusionary Body Technique disappeared.

Chapter 446 The Illusionary Body Technique

"What a mess! The welcome party ended so hastily, without even a meal, drinks, or karaoke – not even a change of clothes..."

Zhang Chengyi muttered strange words as he unfurled the scroll. He thought to himself that the welcoming gathering had ended too quickly, so he didn't bother chasing after them. Finding Pain alone was useless; he needed to find Nagato to have any fun. The others were just projections, so where was he supposed to find them?

However, the magic of the illusionary lamp gave him a lot of inspiration.

In the Naruto world, chakra itself can be transformed into a strange "thought wave," which, like a humanoid transmitter, has almost no distance limitations. The Akatsuki's gathering was to have Pain act as the command center, receiving thought waves, amplifying them, and transforming them into concrete images. Because the "thought wave" itself is transformed from chakra, there is no problem even when releasing ninjutsu after amplification.

The unique nature of chakra ensures that communication via thought waves will never go wrong, making it a ninjutsu that is very suitable for communication, except that it requires a high level of skill from the command center.

The reason he was given this opportunity was probably not as a perk, but rather because everyone else could do it; otherwise, they wouldn't be able to convert thought waves. However, knowing how to do it doesn't mean one can use it voluntarily. The requirements for taking on the role of the Command Tower are very demanding.

Chakra control, chakra quantity, and proficiency in the Illusionary Body Technique all require a very high level of skill.

It didn't matter to Zhang Chengyi. He had already learned the Illusionary Body Technique before even leaving the cave. After mastering a lot of basic knowledge, learning ninjutsu was just a matter of how much computing power he could use. Anyway, the computing power of the God's Light Sphere was extremely large. Now that he had nothing to do, he could borrow some whenever he wanted.

The difficulty of the Illusionary Body Technique lies in how to convert thought waves with chakra. Receiving and amplifying thought waves is an even more complicated operation, but he easily mastered it by simply running his computing power through it once.

After he actively created waves of longing, these waves were guided by the ring "Empty" on his finger and traveled to the southwest.

He didn't know exactly where, but after about a second or two, he sensed someone receiving his thought waves—

"Hey, boss!"

Nagato was controlling Pain's return to Amegakure when he suddenly received a large number of thought waves, causing Pain's body to sway and stop. He looked at the thought waves that were still coming in, speechless, and said in as cold a tone as possible, "Is there something wrong?"

It's surprising that this guy learned ninjutsu so soon after acquiring it, but considering his ambiguous relationship with 'Madara,' he might have already learned it and was just putting on a show.

"Nothing, just saying hello." Zhang Chengyi's thought wave bypassed the amplification stage and voluntarily emerged from the Command Tower body. After landing, his somewhat ethereal body looked around. "It's not far from the gathering place. Boss, you're a bit too slow. Are we going back to Amegakure?"

"It's none of your business." Payne said expressionlessly, but Nagato, whom he was controlling from behind, was inwardly turmoil.

Without his amplification, he can actively manipulate thought waves to take shape. Just how strong is this guy's chakra quantity and chakra control?

Zhang Chengyi casually put his hand on Payne's shoulder and said with a grin, "Don't be so cold, Nagato-sama. You haven't given me the uniform you promised me yet."

"?!"

Nagato was startled by the address and immediately used Shinra Tensei to charge at the illusion attached to Pain.

"Buzz!" An invisible force of repulsion spread out, and Zhang Chengyi's body flew out, blurred in mid-air for a moment, then stopped its backward flight and landed again, the smile on his face quite wicked:

"I see. Your Shinra Tensei isn't a continuous attack, so I can ignore your technique by temporarily dispersing and recombining my chakra and thought waves..."

“Boss Nagato, I suggest you stop yelling at thin air.”

The Deva Path of Pain may seem powerful, but with its five-second delay and repulsive force that can be withstood, it's actually completely useless against him.

"..."

Nagato stared at Zhang Chengyi, who was not far away, through Payne's eyes. After a long while, he asked:

"Who exactly are you?" If the man in front of him were to claim that he was the real 'Uchiha Madara', he would most likely believe him.

Not far from his main body, 'Madara' not only acted furtively and spoke in secret, but also displayed a strange space-time ninjutsu.

The guy in front of him had genuinely demonstrated his superior chakra reserves and control, along with a pair of scarlet Mangekyou Sharingan. Even though his actions were strange, he looked more like Uchiha Madara than the other masked Madara.

As Zhang Chengyi walked toward the nearby town, he continued to send thought waves to the other rings. The thought wave here grinned and said, "He said he was Uchiha Madara, right?"

“Then I am Uchiha Tajima, his father.”

Nagato remained silent.

"Alright, enough chit-chat. Remember to send me two sets of clothes." Zhang Chengyi's wave of longing began to dissipate. "You know where I am."

White Zetsu had been following him the whole time and had never left. However, underground, his perception was quite poor, and White Zetsu's ability to hide was superb. He simply didn't know exactly where White Zetsu was, even with shared vision.

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On the border of the Land of Lightning, on a vast plain.

"Damn it, I'll chop him into a sticky mess sooner or later..."