Chapter 446: The One Piece World
Due to the destruction caused by the mysterious Ōtsutsuki Asura, the entire Naruto world—including the Pure Land—had shown distinct signs of total collapse.
Fortunately, the Sage of Six Paths had deployed a specialized secret technique to freeze the entire Naruto world in time.
Although Ōtsutsuki Asura had been outmaneuvered by Shiraishi's calculations, his origin was simply too mysterious. Coupled with his hidden final trump card, he had actually triggered the collapse of the entire Pure Land, breaking the balance of the Naruto world's order before ultimately escaping.
Even though Shiraishi and the Sage of Six Paths did not exactly get along, faced with a world on the brink of complete destruction, they had no choice but to join forces to find a method of salvation.
"According to this old man's deductions, we must travel to other worlds to seek a way to save it."
"Is that so?"
Shiraishi sized up the Sage of Six Paths dubiously; this old fellow's words felt somewhat unreliable.
Noticing Shiraishi's gaze, the Sage of Six Paths grew rather irritated: "Isn't it precisely because of your appearance that the entire world became completely messy? Besides, the priority right now is to save the world. Under this premise, how could this old man possibly act recklessly?"
As if you haven't done plenty of reckless things before...
"I previously used the power of the Ryaku to open a space-time barrier. However, now that the world's order is broken, it seems traversing to other worlds has become exceptionally easy?"
"That is by no means a good thing! It merely proves that this world is approaching its absolute destruction!"
Aside from Shiraishi, Unohana Retsu, Kikyo, Ace, and Uchiha Madara had remained unaffected by the spatial transfer because Shiraishi's cultivation system incorporated the skill mechanics of the Pokémon world, while the other three were not originally native to the Naruto world to begin with.
As for Uchiha Madara...
He was originally in an Impure World Reincarnation state, but by utilizing a specialized secret soul technique, he had taken control of Uzumaki Menma—who possessed the Dark Nine-Tails—and was temporarily possessing his body.
Although Uchiha Madara intensely disliked Shiraishi, it had to be said that the events that had just transpired in the blink of an eye still left him thoroughly displeased.
Being mysteriously blindsided by that enigmatic fellow and seeing his own world placed on the brink of destruction was unacceptable. Madara had always deeply cared about the entire Shinobi World; otherwise, why would he have bothered trying to create a supposedly beautiful new world for everyone?
Faced with the sudden, bizarre turn of events just now, Madara had chosen to make a move on Uzumaki Menma at the final moment. After suppressing Menma's consciousness, Madara successfully possessed his physical frame.
"Once you travel to another world, the chakra energy within your body will become entirely unusable. After all, the laws of reality are different, just like with these companions of yours."
Shiraishi understood the meaning behind the Sage of Six Paths' words perfectly. Since they needed to find a way to save their native world, they had to take the risk and travel to other realms.
Because the Naruto world had been completely frozen in time, their personal time was temporarily frozen as well, meaning they shouldn't be affected by the flow of time in other worlds.
Slowly opening his eyes, Shiraishi had not expected that the very first realm he would arrive in would be the One Piece world.
Even though Ace was a native of this world, he was currently in a state of utter bewilderment.
Sea Calendar Year 1497?
The date printed on the newspaper caused his expression to shift dramatically. At this point in time, he hadn't even been born yet. Furthermore, the Pirate King, Gol D. Roger—his father whom he had never met—was scheduled to be publicly executed by the World Government in just one year.
The timeline was completely wrong. He had thought he would return to his original historical timeline...
This left Ace looking thoroughly miserable. However, what Shiraishi cared about right now was the power within their bodies.
Upon inspection, Shiraishi unexpectedly discovered that the Flame-Flame Fruit, which had previously vanished, seemed to have manifested within Ace's body once more.
"Can you feel the power of the Flame-Flame Fruit right now?"
"Yeah..."
Possessing the Flame-Flame Fruit made Ace the only one on this small vessel capable of exerting his normal combat strength for the time being.
As for Shiraishi himself...
Chakra could not be used, and consequently, his skill cards could not be activated either. Because these skills had been modified based on the native power system of the Naruto world, their essence relied entirely on the application of chakra.
Deprived of chakra and Sage Transformation, the vast majority of his skills were completely unusable.
Without chakra, Shiraishi had to rely entirely on his raw physical conditioning. Fortunately, the Deva Divine Sword had crossed over with him.
Although it had lost the vast majority of its supernatural abilities and reverted to a standard silver blade, it still remained exceptionally sharp and lethal.
Aside from Shiraishi, the situations of his other four teammates varied wildly. Unohana Retsu had previously unleashed her Bankai, resulting in a severe depletion of her spiritual energy.
Even though Kikyo had used the power of the Shikon Jewel to replenish her, it was still insufficient to restore the power of her Zanpakuto. Consequently, just like when she had first arrived in the Naruto world, she had to rely entirely on her raw swordsmanship in this realm.
Of course, her sheer swordsmanship alone was already terrifying beyond measure...
The efficacy of Kikyo's Shikon Jewel seemed to be heavily suppressed by the laws of this world.
Although she could still barely manage to unleash her Sacred Arrows, their power could not be compared to when she was in the Naruto world.
This world did not possess the inheritance of the Onmyodo lineage, so a shrine maiden's mystical power was naturally weakened, though Kikyo remained an exceptionally qualified archer.
As for Uchiha Madara, his condition was rather miraculous. The exact instant he entered this world, the Dark Nine-Tails within his body underwent a faint mutation, transforming into a Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit: Human-Human Fruit, Model: Dark Nine-Tails...
Uzumaki Menma didn't seem to harbor much resistance toward being controlled by Uchiha Madara.
The psychological knot in his heart had never been truly unraveled, and he occasionally harbored a desire to escape reality; having Madara control his body seemed like the best possible alternative.
Since it was treated as a Devil Fruit, the power of the Dark Nine-Tails as a Mythical Zoan still allowed Uchiha Madara to exert additional strength. Even so, Madara felt incredibly stifled, as this minor fraction of strength made him unable to tolerate his own relative "weakness."
Shiraishi sat cross-legged on the deck with a somewhat troubled expression, dressed in his white martial arts uniform. He had already cut his hair into a clean, short crop, and out of habit, he wore his system glasses, even though the vast majority of their functions had been suspended.
The only useful function remaining was the system's ability to identify Devil Fruits, a database it retained because Shiraishi had visited the One Piece world in the past. In fact, the conclusion regarding the Mythical Zoan state of the Dark Nine-Tails within Uchiha Madara had just been provided by the glasses' system.
"Where are we right now?"
"The East Blue."
Ace was born in the East Blue after all. Although times had changed, he could still roughly recognize the basic conditions of these waters.
"Even though I found the gloves... they don't seem to be of much use."
The very moment Shiraishi had arrived in this world, he had located the gloves he had left behind all those years ago. However, the eighteen Rebirth Core gems originally embedded upon them had entirely vanished, leaving Shiraishi with nothing but a pair of thoroughly ordinary gloves.
"Ace, I want to gauge roughly what level my strength stands at in this world."
"Oh? Do you want to have a bout with me?"
Facing the eager Ace who was rubbing his hands together, Shiraishi shook his head. Instead, he pointed his finger toward a massive pirate ship sailing toward them from the distance: "I'll go use them to practice my hands..."
The moment the words left his mouth, Shiraishi leapt into the air. In mid-air, his feet kicked against one another as if he were literally walking on thin air. Moving at an exceptionally high velocity, he dropped directly onto the deck of the opposing pirate ship...
This fellow...
Although ninjutsu could not be used, his raw physical strength and reflexes were still fully intact...
Stepping onto the deck of the enemy ship, Shiraishi wore a mysterious smile as he looked at the thoroughly dumbfounded pirates staring back at him.
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