Chapter 183

The rain fell incessantly, making one's mood inevitably become gloomy.

Li Ang looked at the architectural style he had never seen before and couldn't help but frown slightly.

'What place is this again?'

This time, unlike the previous two traversals, there was no fixed NPC for him to interrogate.

'Better act carefully first.'

With this thought, Li Ang stepped out of the alley.

There were very few people on the street, and from their clothing, one could tell that the ordinary people in this world were not living very well, or perhaps it was just that the people where he was currently located were not living well.

However, soon, Li Ang discovered a somewhat special shop.

"Ninja Tool Shop."

Li Ang looked at the kunai placed in the shop and fell into silence for a moment.

At this time, the shop owner discovered his presence and stepped forward to greet him: "Ninja-sama, what would you like to buy? There are no better ninja tools in the entire Land of Rain than in our shop."

Ninja, Land of Rain.

Li Ang instantly captured the key information.

'Naruto? Wait!'

Seeming to think of some key information, his expression instantly became serious.

And the shop owner felt a bit intimidated at this moment; after all, the ninja-sama at the shop entrance looked like someone not to be trifled with, not to mention the tall figure following him who had been silent all along.

'He wouldn't be planning to rob the place, would he...'

The owner muttered in his heart.

Not knowing what the owner was thinking, Li Ang had already controlled his emotions and walked quickly to the eaves on the side to hide from the rain.

The reason he did this was because in the original work, there was someone who could perceive the presence of outsiders through rain, and the location of this person happened to be the Land of Rain.

Looking at the raindrops falling incessantly outside the eaves, Li Ang thought to himself:

'Rain Tiger at Will Technique... No, it seems this skill can only perceive chakra. Fortunately, I don't have chakra; it should be that I'm overthinking it.'

Thinking of this, he breathed a sigh of relief inwardly and then began to ponder his situation.

How should one describe the world of Naruto? In the early and middle stages, it was basically high attack and low defense.

But by the late stage...

Some hackers could take attacks that cut the moon in half with their faces and be completely fine.

'Hope it's not the time period of the Fourth Shinobi World War.'

For Li Ang, if it were the early or middle stage of the plot, then the Gungnir replica by Old Tang in his hand could truly kill most ninjas by surprise.

'But if it is Naruto...'

Ninjutsu, Dojutsu, natural energy...

Undoubtedly, this world could greatly enrich Li Ang's means, and for him, the most important thing was to obtain the Multi-Shadow Clone Technique.

After all, if his speculation was correct, this could greatly increase the efficiency of gaining experience.

'It's just that this world is a bit too dangerous.'

If one only looked at Naruto Shippuden, it might be nothing, but if one added Boruto...

Shibai Otsutsuki, an alien who finally completed the great cause of transcendence by constantly devouring chakra fruits supplied by planets.

Do you dare to imagine that such a character would appear in a manga where releasing an attack in the early stages required several seconds of hand seals?

'Looking at it this way, I need to obtain the relevant jobs of this world as soon as possible.'

After simply pondering his current situation, Li Ang made a decision in his heart.

He definitely couldn't stay in the Land of Rain; for one thing, there was Nagato hiding in the dark, and for another, there were many good things in the Naruto world, and he didn't need to waste time here.

Thinking this, Li Ang immediately took Odin and walked toward the outside of the village.

But just after leaving the village and entering the woods, he noticed something wrong.

It was too quiet all around; the only sound entering his ears was the rain falling on the ground.

'Exposed?'

Li Ang lowered his eyelids slightly.

Perhaps it was because the Rain Tiger at Will Technique monitored him, or perhaps the ninja tool shop owner reported him; in short, someone had followed him.

Whoosh—!

Accompanied by the sound of breaking air, a pitch-black kunai instantly shot from the dense woods toward Li Ang's location.

But before it could get close, it had already been blocked by Odin.

At this time, Li Ang spoke coldly: "Akatsuki?"

"It seems your Excellency came prepared."

In his words, a bloated figure with a hunched back slowly appeared from the woods, and beside him was a man with a very ordinary face.

Seeing the person coming, Li Ang narrowed his eyes slightly: "Sasori of the Red Sand, huh..."

The bloated figure didn't speak; instead, the man with the ordinary face beside him spoke: "Your Excellency is being a bit too arrogant, aren't you?"

Hearing this, Li Ang looked at him with some confusion.

A character he hadn't seen before.

Neither Orochimaru nor Deidara.

With confusion, he asked: "Is this a human puppet you made?"

"..." A look of annoyance instantly appeared on the man's face, "You bastard!"

As his voice fell, his hands began to form hand seals.

Ox-Monkey-Rabbit-Rat-Boar-Bird-Ox...

Pfft—

A long spear with a cold, hard luster pierced through his chest. The man looked down at the large hole in his chest, then looked at the bloated man beside him in disbelief, and then his head tilted to the side.

He was dead.

Seeing this, Li Ang raised an eyebrow.

He hadn't expected the person opposite to be so weak; Odin had killed him without much effort.

However, Sasori of the Red Sand's attitude was a bit intriguing; he actually watched his companion get killed.

And what era is this, why are there still people forming hand seals so slowly? Doesn't everyone just clap their hands and call out whatever they want?

At this time, the bloated man asked in a hoarse voice: "What technique is this?"

Li Ang was stunned for a moment, then realized why the other party hadn't stopped him; he hadn't expected that the puppet master opposite could see that Odin wasn't a living person.

Thinking of this, he said with a playful smile: "My unique secret technique; if you want to know, trade something for it."

"..."

Sasori fell into silence.

After a while, a small booklet flew out from his abdomen and landed in front of Li Ang.

"Basics of Sand Hidden Puppet Technique".

Odin picked up the small booklet on the ground and handed it to Li Ang.

It was also at this moment that information jumped out on his job panel.

【Contacted key job information】.

【Detected world-specific job change: Puppet Master】.

——

【Job: Puppet Master】

【Job requirements:

1. 【Mortician】 job maxed (x)

2. 【Doctor】 job maxed (x)

3. Learned a puppet technique (x)

4. Possess energy manipulation skill (√)】

【After job change:

1. Attribute growth

2. Obtain job skill—Puppet Manipulation

3. Obtain job specialty—Primary Puppet Making Mastery

4. Obtain special bonus:

Learning puppet techniques will receive a slight speed bonus.】

——

Ignoring the information on the panel, Li Ang shrugged and said: "Not enough, but I can give you some prerequisite content first, and then you can decide whether to continue the trade."

Merely a "Basics of Sand Hidden Puppet Technique" was clearly not enough to trade for the Corpse Guard Refining Technique, although he didn't know if these ninjas could learn alchemy.

After a moment of silence, the bloated man named Sasori of the Red Sand turned and said: "Follow me."

After speaking, he walked in the direction he came from.

Seeing this, Li Ang followed after thinking simply.

According to the currently known situation, the plot shouldn't be in a particularly dangerous period.

And with the Threefold Inversion of Life and Odin as a fallback, there weren't many existences in the Akatsuki organization that could pose a life threat to him.

Not to mention the Gungnir replica by Old Tang.

Besides, this mercenary organization should be the fastest way for him to come into contact with ninjutsu at present.

When passing by the man with the ordinary face, Li Ang discovered that he was wearing a ring with the character 【Blue】 on his right index finger.

'Sasori's partner after Orochimaru defected from Akatsuki?'

Li Ang suppressed the doubts in his heart, peeled the ring off his hand, and then followed Sasori of the Red Sand.

In a massive cave, two bound palms protruded from the front of a hideous giant statue.

And figures of different sizes stood on the fingertips of the palms, but some fingers were empty.

At this time, the figure in the middle, whose face could not be seen, only a pair of eyes filled with purple circles, spoke: "Have you found out his identity? Kakuzu."

"No," answered another figure called Kakuzu, "I've checked; there haven't been any powerful defectors appearing in those ninja villages recently."

"Is that so..." The person in the middle said in a cold tone, "Then find an opportunity to deal with him."