Chapter 234: Why Is My Career Panel in a 2D Art Style? Chapter 106

Then again, he's not like Uchiha Obito—he's got high stats.

Thinking of this, Li Ang took a slow breath to calm himself; the Tailed Beasts hadn't been fully collected yet.

Next, he just needed to find Orochimaru and have him lift the Dead Demon Consuming Seal, then reanimate the Fourth Hokage to attempt it.

'Hope nothing goes wrong.'

'If all else fails, I'll just pluck some of the Divine Tree's branches and run.'

Li Ang's mindset was calm; the gains from this Hokage trip were already enormous—he'd need a long time just to digest all the ninjutsu.

Under these circumstances, completing Condition Two for the 【Sage】 class upgrade would be ideal, but even if he didn't, it didn't matter—he'd already taken the 【Rabbit Bloodline】 class, and he'd have plenty of future chances to unleash Infinite Tsukuyomi himself, with far less risk.

At that moment, Li Ang seemed to remember something and said, "By the way, didn't Obito leave behind a bunch of Sharingan eyes?"

On the night of the Uchiha massacre, Uchiha Obito had collected many Sharingan eyes, all stored in his secret base.

Though Li Ang didn't know where it was, Black Zetsu certainly did.

"You bastard."

Seeing Li Ang pushing his luck, Black Zetsu was at a loss for words.

But in the end, he still led Li Ang to the secret base to retrieve those Sharingan eyes—Obito's years of preparation had all become someone else's spoils.

After that, Li Ang contacted Orochimaru using the contact details the latter had left behind.

The plan was ready to begin.

……

Land of Fire.

Li Ang arrived before the underground base where he'd previously met Orochimaru.

The man with purple eyeshadow wore a false smile and spoke in flattering tones: "Lord Long Jun has caused quite a stir lately."

As he spoke, he observed the young man before him.

Orochimaru remembered how the reports had described him.

Sharingan, Wood Release.

Combined with the materials and experimental data Li Ang had previously requested, he formed a bold hypothesis.

But before that, he had another matter to resolve—after all, Li Ang had left him a major surprise.

"Lord Long Jun, please follow me."

Saying this, Orochimaru turned and walked into the base.

But Li Ang stood motionless, sighing deeply: "Miscalculation…"

"Uchiha Sasuke, how much longer are you going to hide?"

As soon as he spoke, Orochimaru, who had been walking into the base, stopped and turned back, sighing: "Lord Long Jun is indeed cautious."

As he spoke, a black-haired boy appeared beside him.

Li Ang stared at the six-tomoe Rinnegan in the black-haired boy's left eye, momentarily speechless.

He wasn't afraid—he could flee anytime.

He just hadn't expected Orochimaru to actually try transplanting Senju cells into Uchiha Sasuke.

Of course, that alone wouldn't be enough for Uchiha Sasuke to awaken the Rinnegan so easily.

So the question was simple:

"Six Paths Sage?"

Li Ang didn't need to think—he knew the old bastard had personally intervened to buff his own reincarnated son.

But he still didn't understand why—he felt he hadn't revealed his true intentions.

Perhaps collecting the Tailed Beasts seemed like a high-risk act to the Six Paths Sage, forcing him to interfere.

What, you say Hashirama Senju did the same?

Come on—he's the reincarnation of Asura; practically the Six Paths Sage's own son. Can you compare him to outsiders like Akatsuki?

Or perhaps Li Ang's uniqueness had piqued the Six Paths Sage's curiosity—or both.

'Tsk. The most troublesome thing has arrived.'

Though Li Ang had easily crushed the Ninja Alliance recently, his current strength was nowhere near enough to face a Six Paths-level being.

Fortunately, the other seemed to have no intention of attacking.

'I wonder what's going on with Uzumaki Naruto right now.'

As Li Ang pondered, Uchiha Sasuke studied him carefully.

Orochimaru had already told this reincarnation of Indra about recent events, so Sasuke knew the man before him possessed the same Sharingan as himself.

Whether he was an Uchiha clan member…

Orochimaru said he didn't know, since the materials he'd handed over didn't include any Sharingan eyes.

After observing for a while, Sasuke spoke coldly: "Where did you get your Sharingan?"

"It's normal for Young Master Sasuke not to recognize someone like me."

In response to the black-haired boy's question, Li Ang let out a self-deprecating chuckle.

?

Uchiha Sasuke froze, then slightly furrowed his brow.

He'd been young during the massacre; he couldn't possibly know every clan member.

'Could he really be an Uchiha?'

Thinking of this, his emotions stirred slightly.

For years, he'd believed the only surviving Uchiha were himself and that one person.

But soon, Uchiha Sasuke calmed himself—he couldn't be sure if the man before him was lying.

After a moment of silence, he fixed Li Ang with his Sharingan bearing six tomoe: "He wants to see you."

Clearly, he meant the Sage of Six Paths.

Hearing this, Li Ang pondered briefly, then concluded that the Sage of Six Paths likely bore no ill intent—for otherwise, he would not have been so courteous.

If that was the case, meeting him would be no harm; he could adjust his plans based on the conversation: "Alright."

As Li Ang spoke, he blinked and found himself in a dimly lit space.

Beneath his feet lay a still surface of water; before him stood an old man holding a staff.

The Sage of Six Paths, Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo.