Soon after, Uchiha Madara asked in the group chat, "Should we all undo the Reanimation Jutsu and return to make preparations?"
Clearly, even someone as proud as Madara couldn't resist the urge to prepare once he learned Lin Xuan was heading to their world. Nobody wanted to be caught off guard and humiliated.
Lin Xuan thought it over and replied, "Forget it. For now, stay here. I'll start a live broadcast so you can see the situation. When I need you summoned, I'll undo your Reanimation Jutsu then. Otherwise, if we scare the enemy off before the fight even starts, that would be troublesome."
Madara: "..."
Everyone else: "..."
Of course. Leave it to the all-powerful guild master to think of something like that. While they were still worrying about how to deal with the incoming threat, he was already considering whether the enemy might run away out of fear.
Still, they had to admit he was right, so they all agreed.
Sabaody Archipelago, One Piece World.
While the outside world was still in turmoil after the Marineford War, Lin Xuan had already finished arranging everything in the Ninja Guild. He was now preparing to head to the Naruto World to face the looming threat of Ōtsutsuki Momoshiki.
In truth, there wasn't much to arrange.
Under the management of the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, the guild was running smoothly. Having led Konoha for decades, Hiruzen's administrative ability far surpassed Lin Xuan's, so leaving things to him was no issue.
As for the guild's safety, there was little concern.
Lin Xuan planned to face Momoshiki alone. Most of the other ninjas would remain behind to keep things running. Even if he later summoned Madara, Hashirama, and others back to the Naruto World, Kaguya would still be stationed here at Sabaody. With her there, the guild was in no danger.
And if the World Government ever dared to strike at them, Lin Xuan could instantly get word through the dimensional chat and rush back at any time.
Inside the guild hall, news spread quickly that Lin Xuan was preparing to travel.
Even though he assured everyone there was no need to hurry back, many still returned, unable to suppress their curiosity.
After all, even now, they still couldn't quite wrap their heads around how Lin Xuan had managed to summon them into this world through Reanimation Jutsu. And now he was saying he would travel across dimensions himself? They had no doubt he could, but they were eager to see how.
Even Orochimaru abandoned his lab experiments to watch. If anyone was fascinated by this kind of power, it was him.
Under their expectant stares, Lin Xuan's expression remained calm.
In his mind, he gave the system a command: "Activate dimensional travel. Destination: Naruto World."
"Ding! Ten billion reputation points deducted. Dimensional passage opening!"
At once, the air in front of them twisted violently, pulling everyone's gaze.
A shimmering silver portal appeared, swirling with spatial currents. Though it looked stable and calm, Orochimaru and the others instinctively tensed. From within, they felt the breath of their own world.
Could it really be… that on the other side lay their home?
"Ten billion reputation points… that's no small price," Lin Xuan muttered under his breath.
The cost was only for creating the initial connection between the two worlds. From then on, he could freely travel back and forth without re-establishing the passage.
However, bringing others along incurred additional costs—at least a million reputation points per person, with the price scaling by strength.
That revelation quickly killed his earlier thought of dramatically arriving in the Naruto World with an entire entourage. It just wasn't worth the cost.
While the others were still reeling, Lin Xuan strode up to the portal. He turned back with a smile.
"All right, you guys stay here and look after the place. I'll go take a stroll in your world."
Everyone: "..."
Stay and look after the place? That sounded… oddly patronizing.
Ignoring their reactions, Lin Xuan stepped into the portal. The instant he disappeared inside, the silver gate slowly closed behind him.
All that remained was a crowd of wide-eyed ninjas, caught between awe and disbelief.
Was that it?
No thunder, no explosions—he'd simply walked in, as casually as stepping through a doorway… and vanished into their world.
As doubts swirled, the Naruto World chat group suddenly lit up with a live broadcast.
Onscreen, Lin Xuan emerged from the silver portal, stepping into the familiar world of shinobi. Around him, the gates of the Hidden Leaf Village loomed large.
Kushina, who hadn't been in the One Piece world for long, grabbed Minato's hand in excitement. "This is unbelievable! He crossed into another world in an instant! The guild master is amazing!"
Her enthusiasm was so strong that she accidentally squeezed hard enough to snap Minato's reanimated arm. Fortunately, it began regenerating right away.
The others were equally shaken. Lin Xuan's entrance might have been quiet, but that only made his power seem all the more unfathomable.
Then, his voice came through the broadcast:
"All right, Orochimaru, go ahead and seal yourself up. Have someone ship you over as a package."
Orochimaru: "..."
So that was why the guild master hadn't taken him along! He wanted him sent as express delivery instead.
Truthfully, Lin Xuan had considered bringing Orochimaru directly. But once he calculated the cost, he changed his mind. Why waste a million reputation points when Orochimaru could just seal himself and be sent over?
He might have billions of points to his name, but waste was still waste.
And besides—being thrifty was a virtue.
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