Under Orochimaru's serious research, it only took a few days to complete Sasuke's arm.
Mainly because Senju Tobirama and Uchiha Izuna were present these days—otherwise, the research would have taken even less time!
"Thank you, Orochimaru."
Uchiha Sasuke hadn't expected that Orochimaru's teacher was actually Renya!
It seems this timeline is completely different from the one he came from!
Senju Hashirama, Senju Tobirama, Uchiha Madara, Uchiha Izuna—none of these people who should have died were dead.
"You're welcome." Orochimaru smiled.
Just cultivating a single arm allowed him to obtain several tubes of blood samples from someone with the Rinnegan.
It was an extremely worthwhile trade!
The only regret was not being able to remove the Rinnegan and study it carefully.
Sasuke was too cautious and refused to be anesthetized no matter what…
Back then, Renya-sensei possessed Uchiha Madara's Rinnegan but was stingy and unwilling to share it with them.
If Renya had been willing to provide the Rinnegan at that time, he and Tobirama-sama could definitely have cloned a perfect Rinnegan!
Who knows—perhaps the cultivated Rinnegan could have even surpassed the original.
Now, there was no chance at all.
The Rinnegan had already been returned to Uchiha Madara, so they could only try using Sasuke's blood samples.
"Can you deal with Ōtsutsuki Urashiki?"
Renya looked at Sasuke, who was adapting to his new arm, and spoke in a deep voice.
"If not, I'll have Madara-sama help you take care of him."
Ōtsutsuki Urashiki remaining in their timeline was always a disaster. Hadn't he already scared the Nine-Tails into hiding in the village, too afraid to go out?
The sight of that massive fox rampaging freely across the ninja world was gone.
Now, all that remained was the Nine-Tails sleeping with its eyes closed in the village square.
To be honest, he even wanted to build a zoo in the square and have Madara-sama release the tailed beasts from the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
Wait, those tailed beasts had always been inside the Demonic Statue!
Renya finally remembered the unfortunate seven tailed beasts.
They had been locked inside for so many years—it was unclear whether they had already dissolved into chakra.
Probably not.
"No need. I can handle Urashiki."
Uchiha Sasuke said seriously.
He now understood all of Urashiki's abilities, and with the successful transplantation of his arm, his strength had increased.
He was confident he could defeat Ōtsutsuki Urashiki!
Looking at his confident expression, Renya couldn't help but feel doubtful.
Can he really do it?
He wouldn't turn back into that smug "King of Smug" two-pillar self from his younger days, would he?
The sky cleared, the rain stopped, and he thinks he's back on top again.
If he ends up getting killed by Urashiki, wouldn't that be a disaster?
To be safe, I'd better follow him and take a look.
I won't interfere at first—just watch. If he can't win, I'll step in and help.
I can't actually let him get killed by Urashiki, can I?
"Alright, be careful."
Renya remained calm on the surface but had already made up his mind.
He would secretly follow and take a look!
"I'm going to find Urashiki's whereabouts."
As Uchiha Sasuke spoke, he left the laboratory. After telling Boruto to stay in the village and wait for his return, he went out alone to search for Ōtsutsuki Urashiki.
With a complete body, his confidence surged!
Watching Sasuke's confident departing figure, Boruto showed a worried expression.
"Will it really be okay?"
If he remembered correctly, just a few days ago, Sasuke had been beaten by Urashiki to the point where someone had to carry him back.
Just restoring his severed arm gave him the confidence to defeat Urashiki?!
"Renya-san, will Sasuke-san really be fine?"
Boruto's searching gaze landed on Renya.
For some reason, he had a bad feeling—that this trip might end badly for Sasuke-san.
Renya: "…"
Even Boruto noticed something was off. It seemed he really had to follow and take a look.
Otherwise, if Sasuke got killed, it would be a real problem.
After all, this timeline didn't have Uzumaki Naruto, and perhaps there was no so-called protagonist's halo.
Getting killed wasn't impossible.
After greeting Senju Tobirama, Renya secretly followed Sasuke out of the village.
...
Land of Wind, desert.
Ōtsutsuki Urashiki walked through the desert, his gaze constantly scanning the surroundings.
"Damn it, I can't find the location!"
This timeline was too dangerous. He needed to leave as soon as possible.
Otherwise, if those people found him, he'd be finished!
As for Uchiha Sasuke, he wasn't worried at all.
Just a slightly capable lower lifeform.
Even if he couldn't win, he could always use his space-time ability to escape.
But Uchiha Madara was different.
If he had run even a little slower back then, he would have died there!
However, after searching the desert for a long time, Urashiki still couldn't find any trace of Rōran.
Kaguya's will had escaped the chakra restraint on his fishing rod while he was fighting Sasuke.
That thing moved unpredictably—finding it in a short time was unrealistic.
What if he ran into Uchiha Madara while searching for Black Zetsu?
So he could only head alone to the Land of Wind, searching the vast desert for Rōran.
Urashiki didn't even dare to use his ability to fly, afraid of being spotted by passersby and exposing his location to that terrifying figure in Konoha.
Without flying, finding Rōran in the desert became even more difficult.
But there was no other choice…
What he didn't notice was a pair of venomous eyes staring at him from a distant sand dune.
"Damn Ōtsutsuki Urashiki!"
Black Zetsu had never forgotten the humiliation Urashiki had inflicted on him.
If it weren't for the fact that he wasn't Urashiki's match, he would have already torn him to pieces.
But it didn't matter—he could kill with a borrowed knife!
There was no way this guy would leave this timeline alive!
If Urashiki hadn't interfered, he might have already found his mother in another timeline.
Because of him, not only had Black Zetsu suffered immense humiliation, but it had also delayed the rescue of his mother!
His reinforcements should be arriving soon.
Raise troops for a thousand days, use them for a single moment!
...
"Sir, please wait!"
An old man with only three fingers on his right hand and a single eye suddenly blocked Renya, who was secretly following.
"I wonder if you recognize this old man?"
"You are…"
Renya looked at the hunched, gray-haired old man in front of him and felt a sense of familiarity.
It seemed like he had seen him somewhere before, but he couldn't recall it at the moment.
Soon, the old man before him overlapped with someone in his memory…
"You're the manager of the bounty exchange?!"
He remembered!
Back then, it was this very manager who handed him a large sum of money, saying it was a gift from the behind-the-scenes boss of the bounty exchange!
Although he had never met that hidden boss, he did remember this one-eyed manager.
Seeing that Renya recognized him, the one-eyed manager immediately smiled.
"Sir, I wonder if you could do my boss a favor?"