Naruto: From Fake to Real, Deceiving the Ninja World.

Xiao organization.

Unfortunately, those in the know kept quiet about it, and Hanzo himself was even more secretive about it, so the scarred ninja didn't know much either, as did the other three Amegakure ninjas.

"Isn't the main focus of this mission to investigate the current strength of Hanzo and Amegakure?" Tenzo asked.

“Yes,” Kakashi Hatake said calmly, “but only if the only threats within the Land of Rain are Hanzo and Amegakure.”

The essence of the mission is not to investigate the strength of Hanzo and Amegakure, but to figure out how much of a threat the Land of Rain still poses to Konoha.

As the war continues to escalate, Sunagakure and Iwagakure are very likely to intervene.

By then, the Land of Rain will be the only route for the two great ninja villages to attack the Land of Fire, and Konoha must figure out the current situation of the Land of Rain before everyone else.

For ninjas, intelligence is the most important thing.

Just like the battle between Jiraiya and Nagato controlling the Six Paths of Pain in the original work, if Jiraiya knew about the Six Paths of Pain's information and abilities, Nagato might not have been able to defeat Jiraiya if he hadn't fought desperately.

For example, Hidan's techniques are terrifying but have fatal flaws. Even Shikamaru could kill him if he knew the information, but Sarutobi Asuma, who did not know the information, could only die at Hidan's hands.

Therefore, in the ninja world, there has never been an ironclad rule that "genin" cannot defeat "chunin" or "chunin" cannot defeat "jonin".

As long as you know yourself and your enemy, and gather enough intelligence, you can make targeted arrangements based on the enemy's weaknesses, and even a genin can kill a jonin.

"So, Kakashi-senpai thinks that the Akatsuki organization might pose an obstacle and threat to Konoha's future war situation?" Hyuga Kumokawa suddenly asked.

Seeing Kakashi nod, another ninja frowned and said, "It's just an organization that's being chased by Amegakure, and there are only a few remnants left. Is it worth paying so much attention to?"

"I think Kakashi-senpai's idea is correct."

Before Kakashi Hatake could explain, Hyuga Kumokawa chimed in with a laugh, "Hanzo's reputation is well-deserved; he earned it through battle."

“Even if he is really old, he shouldn’t be so cowardly.”

"The fact that the so-called 'Akatsuki' organization could drive Hanzo to such a state of fear shows that it is by no means simple."

Upon hearing this, Tenzo and the Konoha ninja seemed to understand each other, and they agreed with Kakashi and Hyuga Kumokawa's judgment.

"So what do we do next?" Tianzang asked.

Kakashi Hatake pondered for a moment, then slowly said, "Given Hanzo's current personality and situation, his attitude towards Konoha might not be as hostile as before. We can try to talk to him."

"While gathering information about the Akatsuki, we offered to help them resolve this problem and hoped to form an alliance with them. In this way, the Land of Rain might become a barrier for Konoha to resist the Sand Village and the Iwagakure Village in the future."

He paused for a moment, then added, "Of course, this is on the premise that the Third Generation Lords agree; otherwise, we must not act on our own."

Hinata Kumokawa nodded in agreement, but at that moment, his gaze suddenly paused slightly.

He suddenly had a feeling.

The scroll that Orochimaru had taken away was activated.

In other words, Orochimaru has met the conditions for breaking the seal, and we can now see what happens next.

"Have they finally developed 'reincarnation'?"

Hyuga Kumokawa's eyes flickered slightly as he thought to himself, "I've been waiting for this for a long time, Lord Orochimaru. Please don't disappoint me."

He left some interesting notes on the back of that scroll.

Or rather, it's a lie.

Or rather, it's about "rules".

Hyuga Kumokawa is no longer limited to materializing ninjutsu and objects; he wants to try to implant underlying "rules" into the ninja world.

This is a colossal lie, enough to make the entire ninja world dance with joy.

Meanwhile, at the border between the Land of Grass and the Land of Rain, inside a hidden experimental base in a mountain cave...

Orochimaru's pale face appeared particularly cold under the light, but the madness and fanaticism on his face were exceptionally intense.

"Finally, finally it's done! Reincarnation! I..."

"Fizz!"

Before he could finish speaking, a snake suddenly flicked out of his tongue, and his voice changed to that of a woman, mocking, "Useless Orochimaru, so what if you develop a technique that allows you to change bodies? Are you willing to give up this body that can use Sage Mode?"

"Whatever you gain in Ryuchi Cave, you'll have to pay the price, hiss... You'll never escape this for the rest of your life..."

"Shut up!" Orochimaru's voice changed again, his eyes and expression turning resentful as he said hatefully, "Princess Tanshin, I'll devour your body and soul sooner or later!"

Having said that, he turned around and walked toward the scroll that was placed on the table.

No, it shouldn't be said as "walk".

It should be said that it is "climbing".

At this moment, Orochimaru had lost his legs, and in his place was a white snake tail.

On that day, in order to survive, he made a deal with the White Snake Immortal.

And that's the price he has to pay.

She merged with the body of "Tenshin no Shinhime," one of the three great snake princesses of Ryuchi Cave, and gained the ability to use sage techniques, but she could not escape the control of Ryuchi Cave.

However, it's all worth it.

"Hiss."

Orochimaru instinctively flicked out his tongue, his eyes burning as he looked at the scroll in his hand.

What was previously impossible to see could now be easily unfolded with a gentle pull.

"Indeed, only by mastering the soul and natural energy can the seal behind the scroll be broken."

Orochimaru's gaze intensified as he eagerly scanned the scroll's contents, but his eyes froze after reading the first two sentences.

[The passing of all spirits has many paths. Upon death, the soul departs, some vanishing into the wind, some returning to the pure lands of the six realms, and some falling into my illusory world.]

The Void Realm is the final resting place of souls, suspended in the gap between the mortal world and the Pure Land, shrouded in eternal night year-round...

Chapter 61 The Void Realm? The Lord of the Void Realm?

Undoubtedly, the manifestation of a system is based on the rules and logic of the world it inhabits, and it is impossible to create other worlds' power systems out of thin air except for chakra.

But Hinata Kumokawa came up with a solution.

That is, to localize and imitate the ability systems of other worlds based on the existing souls, bodies, natural energy and chakra of the ninja world.

This creates a logical "lie" that everyone believes.

To create something out of nothing, to establish rules, and to deceive the world.

This is truly "deceiving heaven and earth".

The Void Realm is the final resting place for souls in the Ninja World. It lies suspended between the mortal realm and the Pure Land, perpetually shrouded in eternal night, with no sun turning, only a half-moon. Its land is vast as snow, desolate as death, the howling wind like the wailing of ghosts, the surging sand like galloping corpses, and the withered trees standing like a forest of dry bones.

[The Pure Land is the realm after death established by the Six Paths. Souls who enter here are sealed in their consciousness and placed in a deep slumber. Their chakra, like threads, converges in the Pure Land and is entirely under the control of the Six Paths. The attempt is to use the power of the dead to defend against enemies from beyond the heavens. However, this method is crude; the souls dissipate with the years and ultimately vanish into nothingness.]

Those who enter the Void Realm are all souls lingering in the Realm of Endurance, bound by past desires or entangled by karmic afflictions. Years of erosion and resentment have consumed their souls, causing their minds and souls to become clouded, their faces covered in bone armor. Their howls are like the wailing of ten thousand ghosts, causing those who hear them to feel their livers and gallbladders shatter. Their forms are hunched and mutilated, resembling withered trees and decaying stumps, with hollow holes in their abdomens like caves. I call this 'Void'.

[They are inherently greedy for souls to fill the emptiness in their hearts. Gradually, they devour each other, their desires insatiable. Hundreds of weak Voids kill and merge with each other, forming a giant shape like a mountain, with faces covered by long, bony noses. Their intelligence is as dull as a beast, devouring souls solely on instinct. I call them 'lower-level' Great Voids.]

[Among them, some are exceptional, devouring hundreds or thousands of their own kind, shrinking in size but gaining intelligence, transforming into a beast-like, armored form. Yet, they live in constant fear of regression, needing to continuously hunt their own kind to maintain their form; the slightest lapse will lead to regression and loss of intelligence. I call this the 'intermediate' Great Void.]

[Extremely rare, with shattered and fallen bone surfaces revealing a human form, the hollow remains, its power immense. I call it a 'superior' Great Void. However, this body is gone, and this thing was not completed. I cannot witness its birth, which is truly regrettable...]

"……What's this?"

As Orochimaru continued reading, the expression on his face gradually became blank.

Although the text on the scroll was somewhat obscure, he had consulted many ancient texts in his study of ninjutsu, so he was naturally able to understand the text on the scroll.

Orochimaru, who did not fully grasp the "Impure Land Reincarnation" technique, naturally knew its authenticity.

As for the soul, Orochimaru, who has now developed the "Reanimation Jutsu," is naturally very familiar with it.

But it was precisely because he knew too much that this content, which was seven parts true and three parts false, made him feel that his values ​​had been shattered.

However, due to his trust in the scroll's contents and his veneration of the scroll's owner, his worldview was instantly reshaped.

The legendary Sage of Six Paths actually exists, and even the Pure Land was created by him. All the souls of the dead are led to the Pure Land in order to defend against some so-called "enemy from beyond the heavens" in the future.

The owner of this scroll directly referred to the Sage of Six Paths as Six Paths, and his words implied that he looked down on the other party's methods of creating a Pure Land. He even created an independent world called "Void Realm" for himself.

"The Otsutsuki clan actually possesses the ability to create the world?"

Orochimaru flicked out his long, thin forked tongue, licked his dry lips, and murmured, "Could the Sage of Six Paths be a member of the Otsutsuki clan, just like the owner of this scroll?"

Moreover, judging from the effects of "Impure World Reincarnation," the Sage of Six Paths' "Pure Land" seems to only be able to preserve the power of the deceased in life, and it cannot exert its full power if the container is not of good quality.

The "virtual realm" created by the scroll's owner was clearly more cruel and cold-blooded, absorbing the souls of those who could not enter the Pure Land due to their obsessions and resentments, and then making them kill and devour each other to give birth to stronger souls.

It seems the scroll's owner didn't live to see the day when the "superior" Hollow was born.

"With such immense power, is it impossible to achieve immortality...?"

The thought popped into Orochimaru's mind, but he quickly realized that wasn't the case, because the scroll's owner had only said "this body is finished."

In other words, the scroll's owner is still alive, but for some reason, he had to change bodies.

The Sage of Six Paths is probably not dead either. He is most likely in the form of a soul, hiding in the Pure Land while collecting the souls of powerful beings, waiting for the so-called enemy from beyond the heavens.

"The corpse I got from that Hyuga brat must have been the body that the scroll's owner had abandoned, right?"

Orochimaru gently tapped the ground with his tail, and said thoughtfully, "With the terrifying power of that scroll's owner, which was enough to create the world, if it were the other party's real body, absolutely no one could withstand it, and there probably wouldn't even be any such thing as 'organs'."

However, the thought of that brat named Hyuga Kumokawa made Orochimaru's eyes flash with murderous intent.

If it weren't for that treacherous brat, he wouldn't be in such a sorry state now!

That day, while he was seriously injured, he was suddenly summoned to Ryuchi Cave by the White Snake Sage using the "Reverse Summoning Technique". Although he escaped the approaching Konoha pursuers, he was also put in an even more dangerous situation.

The giant serpent of Ryuchi Cave, the three great snake princesses, and the White Snake Sage are all incredibly greedy and cold-blooded creatures, unlike Tsunade's Shikkotsu Forest and Jiraiya's Mount Myōboku, which are friendly to summoners.

Just when Orochimaru thought he was about to die in the mouth of a snake, the White Snake Sage, who was always high above and seemed to have everything under control, seemed to see something incredible.

Her initial indifference towards him turned into warmth. She not only instantly healed his near-death injuries with a stone, but also offered to teach him "immortal arts".

The price he paid for this was becoming neither human nor ghost, even neither male nor female, and he was constantly under surveillance in Ryūchi-dong.

“That old white snake must have seen something in me.” Orochimaru frowned. “My fate has been changed? What does that mean? It feels just as inexplicable as Jiraiya’s so-called ‘child of prophecy’ that he always talks about?”

Can't figure it out.

Whether it was Hyuga Kumokawa's sudden change or the White Snake Sage's schemes, Orochimaru couldn't understand the reason at this moment.

He loathed the feeling that everything was shrouded in mist and couldn't be seen clearly.

"The most important thing now is what I can get out of this scroll."

Orochimaru shook his head to clear his mind of the jumbled thoughts and looked down at the contents of the scroll again.

The scroll later contained some notes written by its owner in the "Virtual World." Orochimaru even saw some familiar yet unfamiliar names, which seemed to be the names of characters that had appeared in some ancient books and legends.

However, according to the scroll's owner, those people seemed to have actually existed, only that he had fed them to the 'void'.

Until Orochimaru flipped to the very end of the scroll, where the contents were sealed again, his gaze lingered on the last sentence.

The passage between the 'Virtual Realm' and the ninja realm, which I call the 'Space-Time Cave,' is hidden on a remote island overseas, and I have sent my servant 'Greel' to guard it for generations.

I once sternly warned him that 'emptiness' is the source of malevolent energy, and it must never be artificially cultivated, nor should its pathways be opened, otherwise...

The last line of text on the scroll was stuck inside the seal, and Orochimaru couldn't see it at all.

However, from this short sentence, he understood a fact.

"There is a passage between the virtual world and the ninja world, and it can be opened."

Orochimaru's hand holding the scroll trembled slightly, a look of greed and contemplation appearing in his eyes: "Hollows can be artificially cultivated..."

At that moment, Orochimaru quietly made a decision in his heart.

The choices made by the scroll's owner and the Sage of Six Paths have proven that the physical body will eventually decay, while only the soul can achieve immortality.

However, a simple spirit is far too fragile. The so-called "superior" Great Void Energy was described by the scroll's owner as extremely powerful, so its power must be unparalleled.

"Is it only a soul bound by obsession and harboring resentment that, after a long period of erosion, can be transformed into 'emptiness'?"

Orochimaru raised his head, his eyes flickering slightly: "Then let me give it a try, whether it's nurturing or summoning..."

He wants to try to cultivate "emptiness," steal the power of "emptiness," search for the so-called isolated islands overseas, and find the "space-time cave."

The Second Hokage was able to summon the souls of the dead in the Pure Land using the Impure World Reincarnation technique, so why couldn't Orochimaru summon the Hollows of the Hollow Realm using the same technique?

It simply requires connecting to a location for spiritual communication, which is to say, finding the so-called virtual world.