With his powerful mastery of water manipulation, countless water veins were as if drawn from the earth's veins by an invisible hand, merging with the suspended raindrops to form towering waves. A water dragon, tens of meters long and as thick as a river, tore through the rain curtain, and wherever its whiskers swept, the earth instantly turned into flying dust and rocks.

Loran raised his right hand and unleashed Shinra Tensei once more. A visible, distorting force field exploded outwards from him, and the water dragon disintegrated into a splashing waterfall the instant it came into contact with the repulsive force field.

Under the cover of the water flow, Loran quickly formed hand seals.

Water Release: Water Shotgun Technique

Don't forget, Nagato was a peerless genius who was proficient in all chakra natures, and Loran, who obtained everything from Nagato, was also quite skilled in water release techniques.

His blood-stained fingertips fluttered like butterflies, and the scattered water suddenly condensed into thousands of azure crystals.

These water-burst bullets, compressed to the extreme with chakra, exploded a second time in the air, transforming into a storm that enveloped the battlefield. Many weaker Rain Ninja and Root Ninja were directly riddled with holes by this powerful water-style attack. Their splattered brains left pink trails in the rain, and their blood gathered into streams in the rain.

Loran, meanwhile, used the cover of water-sprayed bullets to advance, cleverly utilizing the repulsive force of Shinra Tensei to accelerate and compensate for the fact that his injured legs prevented him from fully utilizing the Body Flicker Technique.

Loran went on a rampage on the field, unleashing the full power of the Preta Path, draining the chakra of numerous Rain Ninja and turning them into shriveled corpses.

“These people don’t have nearly enough chakra.” Loran’s gaze was cold as he casually tossed aside the corpse of a Rain Ninja.

With the support of numerous Rain Ninja chakra, his depleted chakra was replenished, and even the wounds on his legs began to stop bleeding and scab over under the powerful effect of the Uzumaki bloodline.

However, this amount of chakra is still too little, far from being as absurd as the chakra of a tailed beast, which can restore one's youth instantly by absorbing a single chakra.

Loran had no intention of summoning the Gedo Mazo at this moment; he knew all too well what a terrible fate awaited Nagato after summoning it in the original story.

Hanzo is currently one of the strongest ninjas in the world, and Danzo is also watching him closely. Without using the Gedo Mazo, he'll have to use his brain to win.

He flung out a large number of yin-yang black rods, inserting them into the corpses of Rain Ninja and Root Ninja, creating flesh and blood puppets using the same method used to create the Six Paths of Pain.

These hastily made puppets were undoubtedly of very poor quality, far inferior to the meticulously crafted Six Paths of Pain, but Loran did not intend to use these hastily made puppets in the same way as the Six Paths of Pain.

The current Hanzo is extremely cold-blooded and experienced. When his subordinates were slaughtered by Loran, he remained unmoved and even seized the opportunity to launch a surprise attack while Loran was making puppets.

He noticed Loran's biggest weakness: his leg injury, so he summoned a salamander to launch a surprise attack from underground.

Loran gave a cold laugh. He raised one hand in a gesture, and several controlled corpse puppets started running and pounced on the salamander.

A huge explosion rang out, frying the giant salamander until it was covered in blood and its bones were visible.

This is the ability of the Rinnegan Asura Path. The Asura Path is a divine weapon of flesh and blood, capable of transforming the physical body into a deadly weapon. This is undoubtedly a top-tier Yin-Yang Release technique.

Now, Loran has used the most basic ability of the Asura Path to turn the Rain Ninja corpses into individual corpse puppets. They don't need to be transformed into the most complex and sophisticated killing weapons; they only need the most basic explosive capabilities.

Through manipulation of the Yin-Yang Black Rod, he obtained a large number of explosive tags that could move rapidly at will.

Nagato might not have been able to do it before, but the Rinnegan, which was further activated after the Demon King's Seizure of the Dao, granted Loran such power.

Large numbers of corpse puppets rushed towards the salamander, these agile flesh bombs causing the salamander great suffering.

Poison gas was ineffective against the corpse puppets, which were already dead, and even less effective against Loran, who wielded the power of Shinra Tensei.

Using powerful physical attacks? That's exactly what Loran wanted.

No one is foolish enough to punch a bomb, and Hanzo, with his rich combat experience, would never be so stupid as to exchange his precious summoned beast for a bunch of corpses. He released the summoning of the Salamander Ibuki.

Under Loran's command, these corpse puppets began their siege of Hanzo.

The corpses, drained of their chakra, suddenly twitched and stood up, their eye sockets glowing with eerie blue flames, as if they had been forcibly given the ability to move by some will that transcended life and death.

Hanzo broke out in a cold sweat as he watched his elite troops perform the most absurd puppet show—a horde of corpses controlled by black rods running and jumping in a manner that defied human biomechanics.

The monster in the Box of Bliss—Sū—can read minds by sensing the fears in others' hearts, thus predicting their actions.

Loran's supernatural ability—the ability to perceive the emotions and joys of others—is something that Go can do, but Loran does it even better. Every move of Hanzo the Salamander is within Loran's expectations.

Hanzo was thus frustrated to be surrounded by the corpses of his subordinates. These corpse puppets always managed to block his planned routes of movement, as if they could directly read his mind.

Water Release was the only ninjutsu that could work, but Loran was decisive. With the help of his mind-reading bug ability, the effect of Water Release was reduced to the minimum, completely failing to achieve Hanzo's tactical plan of taking away these human bombs with long-range ninjutsu.

"Danzo actually escaped?" Loran's Rinnegan flashed continuously as he observed the battlefield.

He discovered that Danzo had fled when more than half of the Root ninjas were killed, and he hadn't even made a move during the entire battle, leaving Hanzo of the Salamander to fight to the death all by himself.

"Hmph, you cowardly dog!" Loran sneered.

Loran knew what Danzo was planning. Root was Danzo's base of operations. If they were all destroyed in the Land of Rain, how could he possibly contend with Hiruzen Sarutobi?

If he returns with his entire army wiped out, he won't be completely laid off, but he will definitely have to endure a period of suffocating days where he has to guess what Hiruzen Sarutobi is thinking.

As for Hanzo's life or death? Are you kidding me? What does the life or death of Hanzo the Salamander have to do with him, Danzo Shimura? Wouldn't it be better for him to come and pick up the pieces after Hanzo and Lorraine have fought to a draw?

Loran's attention was completely focused on Hanzo. His Rinnegan eyes were fixed on Hanzo, and a group of corpse puppets formed a tactical formation, tightly surrounding Hanzo. They would pounce on him as soon as they saw an opening.

Hanzo also sensed Loran's focus and determination. He dared not relax in the slightest and concentrated on dealing with Loran's attacks.

The battle between the two was extremely fierce, and a huge explosion echoed across the desolate plains of the Land of Rain.

Hanzo's prized Water Release technique was useless against the Corpse Puppet Flesh Bomb, and Hanzo also had to constantly worry about Loran's sudden Universal Pull.

Once his body is sealed by the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Guidance, the Corpse Puppet will desperately pounce on him.

To this end, he had exhausted the explosive talisman array he carried. Even his summoning beast, the salamander Ibuki, who had accompanied him for many years, was severely injured by the explosion while covering him. Ibuki was on the verge of death and unable to fight any longer, so he returned to the summoning world to recuperate.

Chapter 4 Naruto: The Death of Hanzo

Finally, Hanzo fled in frustration, using his ninjutsu to break through the encirclement of the corpse puppets at any cost, attempting to escape alone using the Body Flicker Technique.

Just as Hanzo was about to break through, Loran, as if he had already seen through his plan, appeared silently on his inevitable path like a ghost.

Before Hanzo could react, Loran launched his long-charged attack without hesitation—Pseudo-Super Shinra Tensei!

In an instant, an indescribable repulsive force swept towards Hanzo like a surging wave.

The force was so powerful that Hanzo didn't have time to react at all, or even to use ninjutsu to defend himself.

Hanzo felt as if his body had been struck by an invisible giant hammer, and then he was thrown away like a kite with a broken string, powerless to resist.

He traced an arc in the air before crashing heavily into the horde of corpses, kicking up a cloud of dust and broken bones.

"My arms, which I use for defense, are broken, and several of my ribs are also broken." Despite the excruciating pain, Hanzo forced himself to stay conscious and quickly checked his injuries.

This is very bad; Hanzo has already sensed the scent of death.

For ninjas, healthy hands are more important than legs, especially for those who specialize in ninjutsu. This is because the vast majority of ninjutsu involves hand seals, and there are very few hand seal-free ninjutsu in the ninja world.

With both arms broken, performing ninjutsu by forming hand seals becomes an extremely difficult task.

In the rain, dozens of bluish-gray corpse puppets crawled out of the mud and surrounded Hanzo with awe-inspiring figures.

Hanzo's hunched body suddenly straightened, and the surge of chakra caused by his emotions even shattered his coat. The heroic spirit he had shown when he challenged Konoha back then burst forth in his cloudy eyes.

Hanzo roared, his fighting spirit and passion reignited in the face of death.

He gazed at the red-haired boy manipulating the corpse puppet in the distance, and that dazzling crimson seemed to remind him of the terrifying battlefield of the Fourth Shinobi World War, where blood flowed like rivers.

Chakra surged through his meridians, and the poison glands hidden under his ribs began to swell. Bluish-purple veins crawled up his neck and onto his cheeks—this was the ultimate killing move that combined the deadly poison of the salamander with the sealing techniques of the Rain Village. For twenty years, he had been nurturing this evil dragon within his body like cultivating a poisonous plant.

"Let the hatred of the Land of Rain... cough cough... tear your Rinnegan apart!"

"At least... at least take half of this red-haired brat's life with me," Hanzo thought, relying on the poison glands within his body.

In Hanzo's hometown lived a highly poisonous salamander. In order to gain power, the ninjas of the village killed the salamander and transplanted its venom glands into Hanzo's body.

Hanzo survived the rejection reaction and gained immunity to the poison, thus becoming a poison person. However, he also had to live a life where he had to wear a gas mask at all times to prevent the poison gas he exhaled from affecting others.

However, once his abdomen is ripped open and his poison glands are released, he will instantly unleash an extremely terrifying toxin. Hanzo doesn't know what kind of ninja creature could withstand the explosion of the toxins he has accumulated over half a lifetime.

"That kid's unsealed ninjutsu is truly amazing! He was able to expel the poison gas in an instant, which is undoubtedly the key to his ability to contend with Ibuki. No wonder he has the eyes of the Sage of Six Paths," Hanzo of the Salamander thought to himself.

Recalling the previous battle, that kid cleverly used a no-seal ninjutsu to completely render Ibuki's poison gas attack ineffective.

As for himself, although he possessed the venom of the salamander as a weapon, he was somewhat helpless against that kid's unsealed ninjutsu that could overcome everything.

"He used the corpse bomb against Ibuki and me before, probably because he was worried about the existence of poison," Hanzo the Salamander analyzed.

By observing the boy's actions, he discovered that the boy always intentionally kept a certain distance from him and Jingfu during the battle, which was obviously to avoid being injured by the poison.

"Therefore, to hurt that kid, I have to get close enough to him. Only then can my salamander toxin take effect," Hanzo the Salamander thought to himself.

However, getting close to that kid was no easy task. His speed and reaction time were extremely fast, and he also possessed that amazing unsealed ninjutsu as a defensive measure.

However, Hanzo the Salamander was not discouraged. He believed that as long as he could find the kid's weakness, he would definitely be able to defeat him.

"To get close enough to that kid, we need to lower his guard and disrupt his rationality." The salamander narrowed its eyes, having come up with a plan.

He no longer endured the pain and deliberately maintained a disheveled and weak appearance.

"Red-haired brat, you win. I can finally rest assured that the Land of Rain can be entrusted to a strongman like you." The salamander spoke with the air of an elder entrusting his legacy to a junior, as if he had some great secret to tell Loran.

"Go!" Loran waved his hand, and a group of corpse puppets rushed forward.

"Wait!" Hanzo's voice suddenly rang out, tinged with urgency and anxiety. "I have something important to tell you, it's about Yahiko, it's about the Land of Rain!"

However, Loran's actions did not stop at all. As if he had not heard Hanzo's shouts at all, he controlled the group of corpse puppets to continue to rush towards Hanzo with determination.

Seeing this, Hanzo grew increasingly anxious. He stared wide-eyed at the approaching horde of corpses, his face filled with astonishment: "What on earth is going on? I've already used Yahiko as an excuse, why doesn't this red-haired kid care at all? Does he really not care about Yahiko and the Land of Rain?"

Numerous corpse puppets surrounded Hanzo in layers, and in an instant, a deafening explosion erupted across the wasteland.

The demigod Hanzo of the Salamander, who dominated the ninja world for over two decades, has fallen.

Loran's eyes were like cold stars, icy and ruthless, as if nothing in the world could stir the slightest ripple in him.

His gaze fell on the mangled corpse of Hanzo the Salamander, revealing a deep contempt and disdain.

The old man is very bad!

He actually dared to try to sway Loran's mind with Yahiko—that was utterly delusional! Loran sneered inwardly. He wasn't Nagato himself, so how could he be fooled by such a petty trick?

Even if this really is news about Yahiko, so what? For the sake of this body's integrity, Loran will not easily waver in her resolve.

He has his own goals and beliefs and will never be swayed by any external factors.

Chapter 5 is full of demons!

After killing Hanzo, Loran returned to the Akatsuki's base.

Only a few remain; most of the Akatsuki members were massacred by the Rain Ninja. Among the survivors, some left because they saw no future for the Akatsuki, leaving only a few loyal members.

After collecting the remains of Yahiko and Konan, Loran returned alone to Nagato's room, closed the door, set up a barrier, and sent out corpse puppets to guard it.

He closed his eyes and raised his will to the Void Realm. The moment he seized the Dao of Changmen, he sensed a mysterious place.

I was too busy fighting Hanzo and his men to explore properly, but now that I'm back at base, I can finally get around to it.

Loran felt as if his will had soared to an infinite height, and in an instant he arrived at a vast space composed of countless pure glass crystals.

There were two other people in the space besides him. The moment their eyes met, a thought arose in their minds.

“They are me, they are all Loran.”

“Newcomer, you’re not mistaken, we are all Loran.” One of the “Lorans” dressed in a suit said this as if he had guessed what Nagato Loran was thinking.

"A proctologist saves the world?" Nagato Loran gave a wry smile.

Another person, Loran, draped in a black robe, added, "Actually, we're new here too, and we don't know much more than you. But judging from this setup, it's probably the kind of thing a proctologist does—creating multiple worlds in one place. This space must be our cheat code."

“Newcomer, let’s quickly exchange memories.” Loran in the suit excitedly extended his hand to Nagato Loran, while Loran in the black robe also extended his hand.

The three shook hands, and memories began to be passed on to each other.

After the memory exchange was completed, the three of them had somewhat strange expressions.

"Wow, Brother Nagato, you're amazing! You actually came up with this 'Heavenly Demon Seizing the Dao' thing, it's been a huge help!" Loran in the suit shouted excitedly. "I can finally experience this wonderful world for myself."

“They really helped us a lot.” Loran, dressed in black, nodded in agreement.

"So I'm the first of the three of us to have a physical body in the real world," Nagato Loran exclaimed in amazement. "Am I really that amazing?"

Loran, dressed in black, shook his head: "I think it's just that we're researching in different directions."

The three Lorans each comprehended different Heavenly Demon Divine Powers, with Nagato Loran achieving the most: including two fundamental divine powers, "Otherworldly Freedom" and "Obstacle Demonic Sound," as well as a derivative one, "Heavenly Demonic Path Seizure," for a total of three divine powers.

The black-robed Loran only comprehended one Heavenly Demonic Power—'Myriad Transformations Demonic Weapon'. This power can extract the thoughts of all living beings and forge demonic weapons with various functions.

The supernatural power that Lorraine in the suit comprehended is called the "Three Poisons Demon Army". He can extract the three poisons of greed, anger and ignorance from all living beings and transform them into his own demon army - the Demon of Greed, the Demon of Anger and the Demon of Ignorance.

When these three demonic forces are refined to their ultimate form, they can generate three fundamental great supernatural powers: "Taiyi Pure Lotus", "Burning Anger Fire", and "Heavenly Gang Destroying Illusion".

“I suspect that our different supernatural abilities might be related to the world we live in.” Nagato Loran pointed to their attire. “Logically, since you are both adrift in the dark void, why do you have the perception that you are wearing black robes and suits?”

"I suggest you two go back to your own worlds first, figure out the situation in your own worlds, and then come back here to meet. By the way, we can test the flow of time within this space and compare it with the outside world."

"I'll go first, you guys wait for me a bit." Nagato Loran returned to the Naruto world.

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