Chapter 325 Have you ever heard of cultivators?
"We're here!"
Orochimaru and Naruto simultaneously stopped, while Yakushi Kabuto and Karin behind them looked around, finding nothing.
The two tacitly remained silent.
As Ninja, such a sight was nothing out of the ordinary.
Ninja were very skilled at concealment, and in such a place, Yakushi Kabuto was confident he could easily find two or three ways to hide himself effectively.
Of course,
these hiding methods were child's play in front of Naruto and Lord Orochimaru, not even worth mentioning.
"In a place like this, it would be truly difficult to find if one weren't actively searching."
Ahead, yellow sand filled the sky, with strange, jagged rocks and sparse vegetation; only a few lonely cacti stood in the sand as far as the eye could see.
In such a place, combined with Dr. Gero's excellent concealment of his secret base, it would be truly impossible to find it without deliberately searching.
"Didn't you find anything?"
Yakushi Kabuto circled around, frowning: "That shouldn't be right. Shouldn't building an underground safe house be the best way to hide in a place like this?"
Kabuto didn't quite understand.
Naruto chuckled, explaining: "Do you see these towering stones?"
Yakushi Kabuto looked in the direction Narutoindicated, and suddenly his eyes lit up: "Could it be...?"
"Exactly."
Naruto nodded: "It's just as you're thinking."
Oh my god!
Yakushi Kabuto's pupils constricted, somewhat shocked.
How much work must that have taken?
Only then did he realize that these rocks indeed showed signs of being vibrated. This meant Dr. Gero had drilled holes at the base of many such stones, then created a small space, and finally dug a very small passage on the ground.
These strange rocks were very large, so building a research lab wasn't too difficult.
Dr. Gero had even had the whimsical idea of assembling them like building blocks; they appeared separate but were actually a single entity.
If someone came looking for him, he could easily relocate himself, preventing himself from being wiped out in one go.
It was like an ant's nest, winding and twisting.
However, the ant's nest Dr. Gero had built was even more complex and massive, allowing him to easily slip away.
"What a genius. This is a massive project. How did he manage to complete it so silently?"
"Android."
Naruto flicked his finger, and a flash of light streaked by.
Boom!
The ground shook, and stone fragments flew.
A giant rock instantly shattered into countless pieces.
Dr. Gero, hiding in the shadows, his face sank.
He had heard all their conversation and felt an urge to spit blood on the spot.
It turned out his proud sanctuary was something others could casually overlook. He had been so proud of himself before.
Now he felt like nothing.
Damn it!
It was outrageous.
Upon seeing Naruto act, Dr. Gero's pupils suddenly constricted, and his heart sank.
He felt like he was doomed.
"Why at this moment?"
Dr. Gero's face was terrifyingly grim. At this very moment, he had just finished building those few Android.
Moreover, he hadn't completely erased the emotions of Android 17 and 18 yet.
This meant they were currently unstable.
If he forcibly awakened them under such circumstances, he might repeat past mistakes.
What good would it do to defeat these people outside if he himself was no longer alive?
"Cell!"
Dr. Gero slammed his fist on the table, his face growing even darker.
Cell was even less reliable; the one from the future had already been eliminated, how pitiful.
The current one, which he had re-developed based on the future species, was still far from fully grown.
He had originally planned to lie low until this Cell was fully formed before emerging, but he hadn't expected his every move to be under someone else's surveillance.
Damn it!
"Still not coming out?"
Naruto tilted his head, looking at Orochimaru: "Do you know the biggest difference between a cultivator and a Martial Artist?"
Orochimaru: "???"
Everyone was baffled by Naruto's cultural reference.
What did he mean by 'cultivator'?
Sage Mode?
That was indeed different from the cultivation methods of this world; there was no comparison.
Naruto didn't get an answer but said nothing. He took a deep breath, his eyes shining: "The existence of space has allowed me to make further research and growth."
"This time, it is the result of my research over more than a decade since I came to this world."
Naruto closed his eyes slightly.
Something seemed to be forming in his mind.
It was divine sense.
Orochimaru looked at Naruto strangely, completely unaware of what he was doing.
Cultivation?
Could it be?
Hahaha, that's impossible.
Isn't that just a story? Do you really want to live forever?
Naruto's low voice echoed across the desert: "I don't know if the cultivation method I created is traditional cultivation, but at least in my opinion, I now possess some characteristics of a cultivator."
"For example, my sensing ability, born from combining the technique of sensing ki with my understanding of divine sense."
Naruto closed his eyes, and instantly, black and white images flickered in his mind.
That was the so-called 'divine sense' developed in conjunction with the Byakugan ability!
The surroundings were black and white, like a 3D movie, with every detail clear.
Naruto could clearly'see' even a single hair among the grains of sand.
Soon,
the underground world appeared in Naruto's vision.
He saw many creatures fighting. If he wanted to be more precise, he could even focus on a specific spot and magnify it.
"I see it!"
Naruto, with closed eyes, suddenly spoke, then his eyes snapped open, his gaze sharply fixed on a certain spot not far away.
There, an figure was moving, flickering underground, escaping the scene at extreme speed.
"Escape!"
"Escape!"
"Escape!"
Run!
Dr. Gero screamed internally.
His astonishing intuition sensed something was wrong; it seemed this Uzumaki Naruto was even more terrifying than he had understood.
He had heard Naruto's words just now and felt his scalp tingle.
Although he didn't understand what cultivation or divine sense meant, there was no doubt that he could find him.
Sure enough, as soon as he made a move, that terrifying guy's gaze fell upon him.
What kind of terrifying ability was this?
He was an existence without ki, a pure android. Martial Artist, by all accounts, should only be able to sense ki, right?
This guy was incredibly terrifying.
Damn it!
How did he encounter such a terrifying being?
Bastard.
Dr. Gero cursed inwardly, not daring to be negligent in the slightest.
He feared that if he was even a step slow, he would be targeted, and that would be very bad.
"Hey, old friend, where are you going?"
A light chuckle suddenly exploded in Dr. Gero's ear. Dr. Gero's scalp tingled, and he stopped in shock, mechanically twisting his head to look at the space above him not far away.
Above, Naruto squatted on the ground, his voice soft, as if speaking to someone.
He knew Naruto was looking at him.
How could he be so fast?
Dr. Gero burst out of the ground, his face grim, and immediately asked: "How did you do that?"