Sora immediately rubbed his hands together, a vulgar smile hanging on his face as he arrived in front of the mermaid.
After testing and confirming that the mermaid was indeed unconscious, he no longer hesitated and directly activated his talent ability toward her.
A mysterious rune lit up between his brows and floated above the mermaid's forehead.
Perhaps because she sensed danger and malice, the mermaid's eyelids moved slightly at this moment, as if she was about to wake up.
Sora was shocked. He immediately swung the iron rod in his hand, aiming at the mermaid's head and preparing to strike her hard, just to be absolutely safe.
At the same time, he urged the contract rune to forcibly imprint itself onto the mermaid's forehead.
The next moment, that enslavement rune suddenly vanished. At the same time, Sora discovered in horror that he could no longer sense the talent in his sea of consciousness.
"No… impossible!"
In panic, he summoned his attribute panel again, only to discover that the talent column had already become blank.
It was as if he had been struck by thunder on a clear day. He froze on the spot, completely unable to accept this nightmare-like reality.
At that moment, three scrolls and a crystal suddenly appeared in midair before him and drifted down.
Sora's eyes immediately lit up. As if he had grasped a life-saving straw, he prepared to catch those items.
But then, a hand suddenly reached out, grabbed his neck, and squeezed.
"Crack!"
Sora's neck was directly twisted broken.
Before dying, he saw that the mermaid had somehow stood up at some point and had crushed him to death with a face full of anger.
Sora lost consciousness with deep unwillingness.
It turned out that this mermaid was a Silver-level "expert" above Black Iron.
When Sora had just prepared to forcibly contract and enslave her, her sixth sense sensed danger and stimulated her into waking early.
At the same time, she sensed what Sora had been trying to do, so naturally, she executed him on the spot.
"You actually wanted to enslave me? You deserve death!"
The mermaid said coldly, her face covered in frost.
Although she was not sure what that previous rune was, she had faintly sensed that if she were contracted by that rune, she would be completely controlled by this human from then on.
At this moment, she was also somewhat glad that this human's ability seemed to have suffered some kind of accident and failed. Otherwise…
"Gaia really does favor these Blue Star humans. Every adult who appears here can obtain a talent bestowed by Gaia. Why can't we native intelligent beings have the same?"
The mermaid felt deeply indignant.
"Hm? What are these?"
At this moment, she came back to her senses and noticed the scrolls and crystal that had fallen earlier.
She immediately picked them up.
The instant she touched the Chakra Seed, the mermaid froze slightly. "This is… a Chakra Seed? Another extraordinary power system?"
The mermaid instantly became excited.
Then she looked over the other items as well and became even more thrilled. "Good things! With this Summoning Technique, won't the people of my clan be able to summon each other for support? Also, can we break through the mental limitation and contract more pets?"
Thinking of this, the mermaid became excited.
"Praise Gaia! I was wrong. You are fair and impartial! Love you!"
The mermaid immediately changed sides and praised Gaia on the spot.
The image ended there.
"Tsk! Another unlucky protagonist who got abandoned? Or was that guy not a protagonist in the first place?"
Shiro Akira smacked his lips and couldn't help complaining.
This Sora was even more miserable than the other world protagonists he had encountered before. He had died right at the start.
"However, what I obtained this time seems to be that S-rank talent of his, right? If so, that's pretty good!"
At this moment, a crystal appeared in Shiro Akira's hand.
The moment the crystal touched his hand, information appeared in his mind.
[Sora's S-Rank Talent: Enslavement Contract Crystal]: After fusion, one can obtain a Level 5 talent ability. It can unconditionally and forcibly contract any being whose strength is no more than one major rank above the user; it can also forcibly contract any being in a state where they cannot resist whose strength is no more than two major ranks above the user, including two major ranks, and obtain their loyalty while controlling their life and death.
(Originally, it would have followed Sora as he contracted beautiful female experts of various races and walked toward the peak of life. Unfortunately, the Exchange Talent gave too much.)
"Whoa! It really is this thing. Excellent! This way, some of my plans can be put into action."
Shiro Akira looked at the crystal in his hand with delight.
He immediately chose to fuse with this talent crystal.
The crystal directly turned into a stream of light and entered the sea of consciousness between his brows, becoming a mysterious rune. It also revolved around the crystal there.
Then Shiro Akira understood how to use this thing.
With a thought, he condensed a mysterious contract rune.
As long as this rune was placed on the forehead of a suitable target, it would take effect.
[Exchange Talent has accumulated enough experience. Upgrade?]
"Of course, upgrade immediately! I hope this time I get a new ability that satisfies me!"
Shiro Akira did not hesitate at all.
[Upgrade successful!]
[Exchange Talent LV3 (0/1000)]: Exchange once every two days. In addition, exchange attempts can now be accumulated. Multiple exchange attempts can be used to actively select a world that has been exchanged with before for another exchange. The higher the multiple, the higher the chance of obtaining good things.
"Oh? It can accumulate attempts now? And I can actively exchange with worlds I've exchanged with before? This is exactly the function I wanted!"
Seeing the upgraded talent information, Shiro Akira's eyes immediately lit up.
This completely met his expectations for the Exchange Talent's upgrade.
Because he could not provide more or better exchange items, he had not exchanged for many good things over the past few months. Now things were better. He could accumulate exchange attempts and increase the multiple to raise the chance of obtaining good things.
In addition, he could actively exchange with previously exchanged worlds. This way, when he became interested in a certain item or ability from a certain world, the chance of drawing it would become much higher.
Because there was no suitable test subject, Shiro Akira did not try the newly obtained Enslavement Contract Talent. Instead, with a thought, he left the ring world.
The shadow clone outside also dispelled at the same time.
"Hm?"
However, in the next instant, Shiro Akira flashed away from his original position.
"Thud! Thud! Thud!"
Seven or eight kunai shot toward the place where he had been sitting just now and heavily struck the ground, sinking deep into the firm earth.
"Whoosh!"
Immediately afterward, two elite Jonin and three elite Chunin appeared around Shiro Akira, faintly surrounding him.
These people all wore animal masks, and their clothing had also been specially concealed.
"Resistance is meaningless. Surrender quietly. We can still leave you with an intact corpse."
The leader looked at Shiro Akira with a cold voice and spoke.
"You're Root ninja, right? Did Danzo send you?"
Shiro Akira remained calm and directly asked tentatively.
These people did not look like Sand Ninja.
Aside from that, if someone wanted to kill him, other than Danzo, he could not think of anyone else.
"The dead do not need to know so much."
Hearing this, the leading Root ninja said nothing more. He directly attacked Shiro Akira from two directions together with the other elite Jonin, attempting to kill him in one strike.
The three Chunin, meanwhile, rushed toward Kakashi's tent.
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