Chapter 241: Why Is My Career Panel in a 2D Art Style? Chapter 109

Recalling Kirabi's performance in the original work, Li Ang couldn't help but think: 'Has Changmen failed?'

Clearly, continuing to wait like this wasn't a good strategy.

Therefore, after a brief consideration, he prepared to travel to Lei Zhiguo to check the situation.

What surprised Li Ang was that Uchiha Sasuke actually wanted to accompany him.

Although he thought this might cause unpredictable changes, Li Ang ultimately agreed.

After all, given Uchiha Sasuke's personality, this wasn't a request—it was a notification; in fact, even notifying him was already granting him considerable face.

To prevent unforeseen complications, Li Ang took the unconscious Five-Tails Jinchūriki with him before leaving.

After instructing Kakuzu to temporarily handle affairs in the Land of Rain, Li Ang departed for Lei Zhiguo with Uchiha Sasuke, Orochimaru, and Bofengshui.

Over these past days, Bofengshui had already learned what had transpired in this world, so his attitude toward the Akatsuki was relatively accepting.

Having once been Hokage, he easily recognized that Konoha was also a beneficiary of the current situation, so he wasn't resistant to surrendering the Nine-Tails within him.

After all, if he didn't hand it over, the Akatsuki would likely go after his son.

As for Orochimaru,

he was purely curious, and since he needed to control Bofengshui at critical moments, he naturally had to come along.

With the speed of Li Ang's group, reaching Lei Zhiguo would take little time.

Upon arriving in Lei Zhiguo, Li Ang couldn't help but frown at the hurried passersby on the road.

Something was off.

After randomly asking a passerby for information, Li Ang learned that a terrifying monster had appeared near the ruins of the Cloud Village.

A monster with a bull's head and eight tails.

'Eight-Tails… So Changmen really did fail?'

With this thought, Li Ang glanced at Uchiha Sasuke beside him.

In the original plot, Tobi had outsourced the capture of the Eight-Tails to Sasuke—and failed.

'I still need to find Changmen first.'

Li Ang took a shallow breath to calm himself; if Changmen had failed, he'd have to hope Sasuke could still summon the Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique.

Soon, the group arrived at the location of the Cloud Village—but it had already been reduced to ruins.

Gazing at the massive stone sphere suspended in the sky, Li Ang immediately frowned.

'Tailed Beast Ball: Planet Devastation.'

Without doubt, something had changed that he hadn't anticipated.

Without hesitation, he immediately formed hand seals.

Kamui Shinrin!

In the original, Karin could sense anomalies within a ten-kilometer radius using this technique, but Li Ang's range would be even more extreme.

After all, Karin couldn't possibly match his stats, let alone benefit from his professional expertise bonus.

Soon, Li Ang opened his eyes and looked northward.

'There.'

Yet in his perception, four powerful chakra signatures lay to the north.

Changmen, Nanhezhang, the Eight-Tails Jinchūriki Kirabi…

And one unknown individual.

'Six Paths Sage.'

Li Ang didn't need to think twice—he knew the stranger was surely a helper sent by the Six Paths Sage to obstruct his collection of the Tailed Beasts.

As for identity, it was obvious: who else but Uzumaki Naruto?

He just didn't know how much of a cheat this original protagonist had activated now.

Thinking of this, Li Ang no longer hesitated and immediately headed toward the direction he sensed.

Soon, a bull-headed monster with eight octopus-like tails appeared before him.

Yet Li Ang didn't immediately confront the monster—he went straight to Nanhezhang and Changmen.

'Who's there?!'

As he neared a thick tree, several paper shuriken shot toward his position.

Li Ang casually swatted the paper shuriken away and said, 'It's me, Sister Nan.'

A mature woman wearing paper flowers appeared in midair; her previously stern expression gradually relaxed. 'Why are you here?'

Li Ang didn't answer, but asked directly: 'What's the situation now?'

Unfazed by Li Ang's tone, Nanhezhang slowly landed on the ground: 'Originally, Changmen and I were close to capturing the Eight-Tails Jinchūriki, but…'

Here, she hesitated, a flicker of doubt crossing her face: 'The Nine-Tails Jinchūriki suddenly appeared here, and his strength is completely inconsistent with the intelligence recorded by the organization.'

Upon hearing this, everyone's expressions changed—they all knew who the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki was.

Bofengshui instinctively glanced at Li Ang, searching his face for clues.

Uchiha Sasuke frowned slightly, his gaze complex.

Although Li Ang had mentally prepared for Uzumaki Naruto's appearance, hearing the news firsthand still annoyed him.

'Tch, the Six Paths old man really knows how to stir up trouble.'

Honestly, Li Ang had no desire to destroy this world, nor any interest in doing so; after releasing Infinite Tsukuyomi for testing, whether it succeeded or failed, he'd cancel it and flee with the Ten-Tails.

Without the Ten-Tails, Kaguya could never revive—actually beneficial for this world.

Unfortunately, the Six Paths Sage didn't believe him.

'In the end, we'll still have to settle this with real weapons—just don't know what state Uzumaki Naruto is in now.'

Thinking of this, Li Ang turned his head toward the direction of the powerful chakra and said casually: 'Orochimaru, wait for my signal, then control the Fourth Hokage to release the Nine-Tails.'

As his words fell, he had already vanished from the spot.

Orochimaru looked at the scene before him and licked his lips with great interest.

He was extremely curious about how things would develop next.

……

In the ruined main battlefield, a youth wearing a robe formed of orange-yellow energy was looking at the orange-haired man across from him—whose clothes had been completely shredded—with a complicated expression.

Beside him stood the enormous Eight-Tails.

"Pain," the youth began, "what you're doing won't bring true peace."

Hearing this, the Pain controlled by Changmen's face twisted savagely: "True peace never existed in the first place!"

"Only absolute violence can make this world stop its endless fighting!"

Just as the youth was about to say something more, a figure suddenly appeared beside Changmen.

Li Ang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and thought to himself how close that had been—Naruto had almost used his Talk no Jutsu to persuade Changmen.

Then, after carefully observing Naruto's current state, Li Ang couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.

It should be the Kurama Link Mode, not Six Paths Sage Mode—there's still a fight to be had.

His arrival inevitably drew Naruto's attention, and the youth immediately frowned and said: "You're the guy the Sage Grandpa mentioned who's trying to destroy the world, right?"

?

That damned Six Paths Sage is slandering me!

Li Ang could say with full conviction that he had never once thought about destroying the world.

My heart and my deeds are clear as a bright mirror; everything I do is justice!

Well, okay, maybe "justice" is a stretch.

But Li Ang had originally planned to leak some information about Ōtsutsuki Momoshiki before leaving. Now, though—

Forget it, he still had to say it; after all, he'd plundered quite a lot of stuff from the Naruto world.

Thinking of this, he said with some resignation: "I think your Sage Grandpa has kept quite a few truths from you."

The God Tree, the Ten-Tails, Kaguya, and how the brothers once joined forces to seal their mother—chances are that old coot Six Paths Sage never mentioned any of it.

Just as Naruto was beginning to feel puzzled, a voice suddenly rang out across the battlefield.

"Naruto?"

It was Uchiha Sasuke.

Upon seeing Sasuke, Naruto's face darkened: "Sasuke—"

"You've been tricked by him!"

As everyone knows, the Uchiha clan specializes in rebellion, and Sasuke, that king of resilience, was naturally no exception.

Hearing Naruto's words, a hint of displeasure appeared on his face: "Naruto, you're still so quick to trust others. Is what that old man said necessarily true?"

Meanwhile, Li Ang's expression turned strange upon hearing their exchange.

Fight, fight!

But Naruto in Kurama Link Mode most likely couldn't beat the current Sasuke, who possessed the Six-Tomoe Rinnegan.

Unfortunately, to Li Ang's disappointment, the two sides didn't actually start fighting.

He let out a slight sigh, then turned to Changmen and said: "Leader, go back and rest first, and get the Outer Path Statue ready for summoning."

"Leave the rest to me."

By this point Changmen had also calmed down: "Alright, thanks for your hard work, Ryū."

Naruto's words had of course piqued his curiosity, but upon recalling Li Ang's performance since joining the Akatsuki, he dismissed the doubt in his heart.

However, Naruto and Killer B couldn't just let the badly battered Pain leave the battlefield, so they immediately moved to attack.

At that moment, a blue-red giant rose from the ground.

Wrapped within Susano'o, Li Ang stood in mid-air with his arms crossed over his chest: "Sorry, this road is closed."

After being in the Naruto world for so long, he finally had to play a high-stakes match.

No updates today—I went to mediate my parents' quarrel instead of mediating the Ninja World's.

Just two chapters as a rest, back to four chapters tomorrow.