Chapter 48: Ascension Mission

Seeing Black Zetsu's utterly baffled expression, Nawaki nearly burst out laughing.

Black Zetsu could never have imagined that a being known as the Lord God existed in this world—one capable of effortlessly derailing his carefully laid plans.

In fact, Nawaki didn't even need to do anything. Black Zetsu would sabotage Madara's progress all on his own.

After all, a "chess piece" as useful as Madara was a once-in-a-millennium opportunity. Black Zetsu would never willingly let him slip from his control. Unless completely disillusioned, he would continue to manipulate things from behind the scenes.

"Maybe Black Zetsu will try to race against Madara—killing Nagato before Madara finds him, just to hide the Rinnegan? But if he tries that, even someone as straightforward as Madara would start to sense something's wrong."

Smirking, Nawaki chose to sit back and watch how things played out.

He had no reason to prevent Madara from obtaining the Rinnegan.

After all, both Madara and Nagato were now his Reincarnators. No matter who held the Rinnegan, it would still serve his purposes.

In fact, Nawaki was even inclined to help Madara obtain it. At least Madara could truly wield the power of the Rinnegan, whereas Nagato was wasting its potential.

Just like in the most recent mission.

Even though Madara had lost to Aokiji and Magellan's combined assault, the destruction he caused brought Nawaki a massive influx of points.

With the fall of Impel Down, countless powerful inmates perished. While none were S-rank, several A-rank fighters drowned, not to mention many B and C-rank ones.

Combined with the 35,000 points Madara had earned for Nawaki upon recruitment, Nawaki's total had now surged to a full 100,000 points.

This drove home a simple truth: the stronger your Reincarnators are, the more profit you make.

But what if a Reincarnator becomes too powerful and wants to break free?

Well, even the Monkey King couldn't escape the Buddha's Five-Finger Mountain.

For unruly Reincarnators, he could simply throw them into a more dangerous world. Only by seeing a greater power scale would they realize how small they really were—and regain the motivation to work hard.

"Madara still needs some… adjustment. His current mindset isn't quite fit for the Lord God System."

There were plenty of worlds far stronger than the Naruto verse.

Nawaki wasn't the least bit afraid of finding someone who could overpower Madara.

Still, while giving Madara the Rinnegan would maximize its value, Nawaki wasn't going to just let Nagato die either.

Even without the Rinnegan, Nagato possessed the Uzumaki clan's Sage Body—an excellent asset with high potential.

The Lord God System needed talents like him.

But for now, there was no need to rush to protect Nagato.

Madara was already en route. Within half an hour, he'd likely encounter Nagato's group.

That was more than enough time to send them on a reincarnator mission. Just like Madara earlier, he'd use special methods to complete the mission "instantly."

Speaking of which—the Three Sannin were up for a mission too.

Nawaki thought for a moment. He didn't use his points to exchange for an AI assistant to monitor the Reincarnators. Instead, he spent 20,000 points to strengthen his own memory, mental faculties, and computational ability.

An AI might save effort, but it could only follow preset instructions, making it easy for Reincarnators to exploit loopholes and cheat.

Take Nawaki's current mission system—it was tailored based on each team's strength.

If Reincarnators used those loopholes to "deceive" the AI, Nawaki—without personally watching—might assign them a task far below their actual capabilities…

That was unacceptable.

So Nawaki ultimately chose to strengthen his own mind instead, ensuring that every mission was properly monitored in real time.

Trying to trick the Lord God?

Exploiting system bugs?

Sorry. The Lord God is watching you.

As for time—since every reincarnator mission occurred in a split second from his perspective, he didn't have to worry about time at all.

"Let's have the Three Sannin take on the next reincarnator mission."

Closing his eyes, Nawaki initiated the transmission and activated a Reincarnation Talisman.

Ever since he enhanced the teleportation feature, he could now conduct cross-world travel. But that didn't mean Reincarnation Talismans were obsolete.

Besides facilitating world travel, the talismans could also manipulate time dilation between worlds.

They could accelerate time flow within the current mission world.

So if the Three Sannin entered the One Piece world for a mission, all other worlds would effectively "freeze" until the mission ended.

In short—the Reincarnation Talisman was still essential.

The only difference now was that instead of needing one per person, it was one per team—saving a lot of points.

A moment passed.

Nawaki opened his eyes again—the Three Sannin's mission had ended.

This time, compared to their previous outing, they clearly had more experience and acted with greater professionalism.

Upon arriving in the new world, they first assessed their surroundings, determined which world it was, and made careful strategic plans tailored to the mission. They advanced cautiously and methodically.

Only the final boss fight gave them some trouble.

But by risking serious injury without fear of death, the Three Sannin ultimately completed the mission with flying colors.

During their post-mission free time, following Orochimaru's suggestion, they also gathered various research materials, analyzed the world's societal structure, and collected useful items that could be submitted to the Lord God.

For the first time, they earned an S-rank rating, receiving a Silver Treasure Chest as a reward.

Silver Treasure Chest (Value: 3,000 points): Open to receive a random item worth up to 3,000 points.

And as usual, they left the honor of opening the chest to Tsunade.

Despite her terrible gambling luck, Tsunade had a strangely good streak when it came to opening treasure chests—frequently hitting jackpot rewards.

Tsunade beamed smugly, acting like a queen who had just taken her throne.

Unbeknownst to her, it was actually a "blessing" from a certain little brother Lord God…

"Not bad, sis," Nawaki chuckled, unable to help but feel proud.

Though they stumbled in their first reincarnator mission, the Three Sannin quickly adapted, approached their second mission methodically, and reaped substantial rewards.

True veterans of war—they were never short on real combat experience. That alone was a massive advantage.

Compared to Reincarnators raised in peaceful worlds, who might fail several times before gaining enough experience, the Sannin were in a league of their own.

At this rate, it was time to assign them a much harder mission next.

Seeing his point total rise again—now reaching 120,000 points—Nawaki grinned.

At the same time—

The Three Sannin, freshly returned to the Naruto world, suddenly heard the voice of the Lord God in their minds:

[As the reincarnations deepen and your strength increases, the difficulty of future missions will rise significantly. The next mission is classified as an Ascension Mission.]

[Completing the Ascension Mission will end your novice period, unlock additional permissions, and grant access to the Reincarnation Space.]

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