Chapter 75: Distortion
Dragon-Slashing Flash returned to its sheath, and a few gravel slid from the collar of Su Xiao’s shirt.
Tadpole-shaped black markings spread across the surroundings, ripples flickering near the patterns. These markings resembled a spiderweb, locking down the spatial energy in the area.
“Space has been successfully locked. The moment it was locked, that guy’s ability was clearly interfered with, but he still managed to move.”
Su Xiao possessed the ability to lock space, a skill he had acquired in the Naruto World. Unfortunately, even after sealing off a 50-meter radius, the outsider still escaped.
At the moment of the outsider’s movement, the spatial fluctuations were intense, but even stronger was a kind of mental fluctuation.
Su Xiao had chosen not to snipe from a distance but to assassinate the target up close. There were two reasons for this: first, to intimidate the enemy into panic, and second, to seal off the space and attempt to eliminate him directly.
The second possibility was unlikely, so Su Xiao was merely testing. According to Bai Jue’s description, the fluctuations generated by the outsider’s movement were completely different from those produced by Obito’s spatial shift.
Obito was an expert in spatial abilities. Based on Bai Jue’s account, Obito concluded that the outsider’s power was not purely spatial. Although it involved spatial fluctuations, it did not tear through space; it was more akin to mental transmission.
So-called mental transmission meant assimilating one’s body and mind into a complete mental entity, then performing long-distance movement that ignored physical laws.
If Obito’s ability was to penetrate or pass through space, then the outsider’s was a kind of mental leap, belonging to the category of displacement.
Unable to block the outsider’s movement, Su Xiao was not disappointed. This was something he had anticipated; he was simply testing the nature of the enemy’s ability.
“What… what have I done?”
A female voice came from the female genin who had been intimate with the warm-hearted man.
Su Xiao walked slowly to the female genin, crouching down. She was sitting on the ground, arms crossed over her chest, legs pressed together, completely naked.
Because the outsider had lost an arm to Su Xiao and was now in the Land of Water, his influence over the female genin had clearly weakened. The outsider had not fully enslaved her, or this situation would not have occurred.
The female genin now realized what had happened. That warm-hearted man had been using her all along, and she had been as compliant as if under a genjutsu.
The female genin looked at Su Xiao and suddenly felt his face seemed familiar. A few seconds later, her expression gradually turned to terror.
When a person is naked, their inner resolve is much weaker than usual. Moreover, the female genin’s will was already unstable, compounded by Su Xiao’s fearsome reputation. The result was predictable.
Five minutes later, the female genin curled into a ball, leaning against a rock. She had confessed even the details of her intimacy with the outsider, let alone other important information.
“So, he had you set up some kind of formation or barrier within Kumogakure?”
Su Xiao was intrigued by one of the female genin’s statements.
“Mm.”
The female genin had clearly given up all pretense.
Su Xiao suddenly grabbed her jaw and forced a white object into her mouth.
“Mmph~”
After a struggle and some whimpering, the female genin began to dry heave, tears streaming from her eyes.
“I’ll give you an hour. Dismantle that formation in Kumogakure completely.”
Su Xiao tossed her clothes back to her, and soon, the female genin disappeared into the valley.
Su Xiao did not tell her that what she had swallowed was an alchemy bomb powerful enough to blast her into a mist of blood. Sometimes, the unknown is a greater fear.
About half an hour later, the furtive female genin returned to the valley, empty-handed.
She approached Su Xiao nervously.
“Take… take out what’s in my stomach.”
The female genin mustered her courage, preparing to negotiate with Su Xiao.
Su Xiao stared at her calmly.
“Hand it over.”
Under Su Xiao’s gaze, the female genin stepped back several paces. She bit her lower lip, hesitated for a moment, then bit her thumb until it bled.
“Summoning Jutsu.”
Bang.
White smoke rose, and a summoning beast resembling a catfish appeared. This catfish had limbs and an enormous belly.
The catfish made a retching motion and spat out a large chunk of ground, complete with soil, likely from inside some room. The ground was covered with polished wooden planks.
Bang.
The summoning beast vanished in a puff of smoke. Su Xiao examined the chunk of ground the beast had expelled.
A red formation emitted a faint glow, and at its center was a transparent crystal the size of a fingernail.
“Well done.”
Su Xiao studied the formation, feeling it looked familiar. It resembled the world coordinate nodes he had seen in the War World.
Unlike world coordinate nodes, this formation was clearly much cruder.
“You asked me to do it, and I did. Can… can you let me go now?”
The female genin swallowed hard.
“Of course… not. Did I ever say that bringing me this formation would earn your release?”
Su Xiao had originally not planned to do anything to this female genin, but her summoning beast was unusual—it was not something a genin should possess.
“A creature resembling a catfish. If I recall correctly, this is a unique summoning beast of a major clan in Kumogakure. Not long ago, a ninja from that clan became the Fifth Raikage.”
Su Xiao suspected that this female genin might be a direct relative of the Fifth Raikage, or at least have some blood relation. If so, she might be useful in the future. Leaving an alchemy bomb inside her was a good choice.
Su Xiao ignored the female genin and focused on the formation on the ground. This was likely the outsider’s main objective.
First, Su Xiao tested whether the formation was dangerous. The result was unexpected—it posed no threat at all.
He did not understand the formation’s principles, so he directly used his Slaughtering Dagger to pry out the crystal at its center.
Ding~
The transparent crystal flew up, and the red formation instantly shattered, gradually dissipating into the air.
Su Xiao caught the crystal midair.
[You have obtained “Hill’s Crystal Rock.”]
[Hill’s Crystal Rock]
Origin: Apocalypse Paradise.
Quality: Unknown
Type: Strategic Spatial Material.
Effect: After placing 4 units in any derivative world and forming a large-scale distortion formation, it can twist the world into an extremely dangerous wasteland and repel spatial energy.
Rating: Unknown
Introduction: In the void, some call it the Source of Distortion. It has been designated a contraband by 99.78% of planets.
Price: Gold Honor Medal ×1
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Seeing the attributes of [Hill’s Crystal Rock], Su Xiao had already guessed the outsider’s goal: to cripple this Naruto World.
Su Xiao had once helped Reincarnation Paradise seize a derivative world, so he knew that after Reincarnation Paradise gained ownership of a derivative world, it would mass-produce copies of it.
This replication, even for Reincarnation Paradise, came at a significant cost. Any irreparable damage to a derivative world would be a considerable loss.
As seen in the recent World War, Apocalypse Paradise and Reincarnation Paradise were hostile to each other. Mutual sabotage was normal.
As for this outsider, he was sent by Apocalypse Paradise to annoy Reincarnation Paradise. If the Naruto World Su Xiao was in were to be damaged, it would be a substantial loss for Reincarnation Paradise.
That was why this hunt mission had a penalty, yet the reward was nearly five times the usual amount.