Chapter 142
As for what makes it special?
Soul leaving the body! Isn't that special enough?
Naruto could already unleash S-rank level destructive power, so there was no need to choose offensive ninjutsu like Lightning Style—Kirin or similar.
"Spirit Transformation Technique!"
Naruto closed his eyes tightly and performed the Spirit Transformation Technique based on the memory in his mind.
A sensation like his soul ascending to heaven came over him, and his vision slowly rose upward.
"Interesting. Let's go take a look outside."
In his soul state, Naruto slowly floated toward the door.
At the same time, outside the door stood a pink-haired girl dressed like a ninja, holding 50,000 ryō and about to knock.
Two seconds later…
Naruto's peaceful house was shattered by a trembling scream.
Tsurugi Fubuki: "Mama~~~ Ghost!!!!~"
"Ghost what? Don't run!"
"I'm telling you, why are you such a scaredy-cat?"
After becoming a spirit body, Naruto's speed became extremely strange—his body felt incredibly light. With one gentle push, he could appear several meters away.
He quickly blocked Tsurugi Fubuki's escape path and said: "Haven't you ever seen someone test a ninjutsu before?"
Tsurugi Fubuki's face was deathly pale, trembling with fear. She hadn't even heard Naruto's words clearly. She begged for mercy: "Ghost sir, I really haven't done anything bad. Please don't kill me."
"If it's about not paying back money, this is the 50,000 ryō I owe Uzumaki Naruto, plus 5,000 ryō interest. I'm leaving it here. I'm going now."
"I beg you, I really didn't know you were already dead. Please don't come after me…"
Tsurugi Fubuki babbled on and on, then ran away without looking back.
Naruto rubbed his head speechlessly: "What's going on? She's this timid? In the original she seemed pretty arrogant."
For now, he set those thoughts aside. Naruto picked up the money on the ground, returned home, and re-entered his physical body.
"This feeling is just like an out-of-body experience—really interesting."
"Then next is the last technique…"
"Super S-rank ninjutsu. Let's see what's available."
"Ding~ Searching all known super S-rank ninjutsu…"
"Ding~ Search successful. Please select from the following…"
Compared to A-rank ninjutsu, the number of super S-rank ninjutsu was much smaller.
Perhaps the system's criteria for super S-rank were stricter. Techniques like Flying Thunder God—considered super S-rank in the ninja world—were directly classified as S-rank by the system.
So what would super S-rank look like?
Naruto looked at the mere dozen or so options and immediately found it absurd.
So many years of history, and only a dozen techniques were judged by the system as super S-rank?
Could the system's standards be too high?
The first super S-rank ninjutsu: Fire Style—World Destruction.
Just the name felt chuunibyou to Naruto.
World Destruction? Pure bluffing.
But when he read the description, Naruto sucked in a cold breath.
Holy crap…
Fire Style—World Destruction: Eight thousand years ago, a top-tier powerhouse gathered seventy percent of the world's natural chakra and unleashed a months-long rain of heavenly flames covering every place the sun could reach.
The ultimate effect of this technique was to reduce the world's population by 99.99%, slaughtering all foreign enemies. It was the kind of technique that killed one enemy while sacrificing tens or hundreds of thousands of one's own. It even made the Ōtsutsuki clan wary enough to avoid visiting this planet for a full five thousand years.
The technique had no name—because after using it, that top-tier powerhouse also perished. The name was given by the system.
"Holy shit holy shit holy shit!"
At this moment, Naruto was shocked beyond words.
Before, he had thought his strength was already very powerful.
He also knew quite a few powerful ninjutsu thanks to his memories of the original work.
But now, Naruto couldn't help exclaiming: "This really isn't cultivation/xianxia? My god!"
That was eight thousand years ago—Kaguya Ōtsutsuki might not even have been born yet. Back then, the ninja world seemed dominated by natural chakra, nurturing a group of "ninja-like" beings who only knew "sage techniques."
"Wait…"
Suddenly Naruto stopped his shocked thoughts and realized something terrifying.
"Eight thousand years ago"… "Ōtsutsuki clan didn't dare come to this world for five thousand years"… "foreign enemies"??
These words together gave Naruto a chilling feeling.
In his previous life, the Naruto world was just an anime.
But now, the Naruto world was reality. The "original work" from his past life couldn't possibly describe an entire world in full detail.
In other words, the Naruto world actually hid many things Naruto didn't know.
"System… eight thousand years ago… that so-called foreign enemy… is it real?"
"No—more importantly, is the description of 'Fire Style—World Destruction' real?"
"Ding~ Yes!"
Sitting in the huge living room, the sound of cicadas outside the window couldn't make Naruto feel real.
His mind was foggy. Learning about this—Naruto didn't know if it was good or bad for him.
"System… that so-called foreign enemy… will they come again? Or rather, within my lifespan, will they appear?"
"Ding~ Yes!"
Naruto: "…"
Originally, Naruto thought eight thousand years was an extremely long time. His own lifespan—barely a hundred years—was negligible compared to that.
Naruto had even harbored some luck, thinking they wouldn't come to the ninja world within a hundred years.
But the system poured cold water on him.
He was only eleven. He didn't want to think about such bizarre things. He just wanted to live his lazy, carefree life.
But after learning this secret, a massive sense of crisis overwhelmed Naruto.
Judging from the power of Fire Style—World Destruction, basically no technique in the so-called "original work" could compare.
If forced to find a similarity, it would be Infinite Tsukuyomi.
Fire Style—World Destruction: continuous heavenly flames raining down wherever the sun shines.
Infinite Tsukuyomi: trapping everyone in an illusion world wherever the moonlight shines.
Both techniques used the light of the sun and moon.
In short, one thing was certain: the creator of Fire Style—World Destruction was willing to disregard the survival of humanity worldwide, even risking total human extinction, to perform this technique…
So how powerful must his enemies have been?
"I'm so tired."
Naruto looked up at the ceiling speechlessly, feeling extremely unwilling inside.
"Why is the Naruto world this ridiculous? Is this still Naruto?"
"Ding~ The host's so-called 'Naruto' refers only to events in a specific time period on this planet. This is the real world, the real universe."
"Damn it, I don't want to think about it anymore!"
Suddenly Naruto punched the sofa, thinking: I have the system. As long as I work hard to become stronger, there's no hurdle I can't overcome.
"System, among these super S-rank ninjutsu, do you have any good recommendations?"
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