Gaara's Body (Without One-Tail)
Inside the system space, Gaara's body was classified as an item, completely owned and controlled by Aoi Ren.
This meant that if Aoi Ren chose to resurrect him, Gaara would automatically become his follower, with a loyalty rating of a perfect one hundred percent...
As for the Outer Path—Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique: It was a jutsu capable of bringing the dead back to life.
The longer the person had been dead, or the more people one wished to revive, the greater the chakra cost—sometimes requiring the user to pay with their very own life!
This implied that Aoi Ren could potentially use this technique to bring characters from the original Naruto storyline back to life in this world, completely intact, and they would become his loyal followers!
Just imagine... Naruto Uzumaki teaching Minato how to form a Rasengan, or Sasuke Uchiha teaching Fugaku Uchiha how to breathe out a Great Fireball. What hilarious scenes those would be...
However, there was one major prerequisite to achieving this...
"Rinnegan!"
Aoi Ren summoned the single, floating Truth-Seeking Orb and shook his head helplessly. His current Six Paths Body was far too weak. Not only did he not possess the Rinnegan, he hadn't even managed to awaken the Sharingan yet!
But even though he couldn't do it right now, Aoi Ren had discovered another way to build up his army of followers!
"Sasori's Puppet Core (Life Force)"
Aoi Ren took out Sasori's glowing core and picked up one of the Hundred Puppets lying nearby. As soon as he inserted the core into the empty puppet body...
A miracle happened!
Sasori of the Hundred Puppets was truly alive again! He had been revived in this alternate timeline, in the 13th year of Konoha! Puppetry arts might not be the strongest, but they certainly possessed unique qualities capable of dominating entire regions!
"What... what has happened?" Sasori frowned in deep confusion, yet he found himself involuntarily bowing down toward Aoi Ren. "I do not understand what is going on, but... my heart tells me that I must follow you, my Lord!"
This... was the power of the System!
The System's binding force was far stronger and more absolute than any curse mark. However, it could only be fully activated on followers who had achieved 100% Eternal Loyalty.
Aoi Ren took all the puppets out of his space and handed them over. "Take these puppets and go to Genichi Town on the border of the Land of Water. There is a ninja there named Orochimaru. Go and assist him!"
"Yes, my Lord!"
Sasori bowed respectfully and turned to leave, walking out of the village gates. Even though decades had passed, the geography of the Five Great Nations remained largely the same, and he knew the way well.
"It looks like I will soon have a true army of powerful ninja!" Aoi Ren grinned with satisfaction as he watched him leave.
Although the Snake Curse Mark had already spread across one-tenth of the Land of Water, without true top-tier strength, they would never be able to conquer the entire nation...
But now, with Sasori joining them, everything was going to change!
Perhaps he would become the first ninja to shatter the balance of power between the Five Great Nations. And when that day came... he could become the Daimyo of the Land of Water, and Tsunade would be his Daimyo's wife!
The moment he thought of Tsunade, Aoi Ren couldn't help but turn toward the Senju clan compound. He had missed her terribly over these past few days. But as soon as he stepped out the door, shocking news hit him like a slap in the face:
The Allied Konoha Forces had defeated Sunagakure! The entire village was under siege, and not a single sand ninja dared to show their faces outside!
The balance of power had shifted. In a one-on-one war, Sunagakure was simply no match for Konoha!
Especially since... Tobirama Senju was still alive and kicking!
"That old man Tobirama must be bursting with pride right now!" Aoi Ren scratched his head and immediately changed direction, heading toward the barbecue restaurant instead.
He changed his mind. It was better to go eat some meat with Akimichi Hiroshi than to go to the Senju house and get lectured by that grumpy old man.
But before he could even take a step, Tobirama Senju's voice rang out sharply from behind him...
"Aoi! Where do you think you're going? Come inside the house, let's have a chat!"
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