Chapter 58 That Hits the Spot

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However, it was not a big deal. Given the current condition of the Horror-World Lin Bei, if those ghosts wanted to influence him through brainwaves to induce hallucinations and make him die of natural causes, they were simply daydreaming.

Most entities in the horror world harmed people in this manner.

If they had a physical form, it would be even easier: just brandish a knife and hack away. If one slash didn't kill them, a few more would suffice.

Unless the opponent possessed Tomie-like regenerative abilities of infinite reproduction, a solution could always be found.

Yet, in this environment, it was difficult for Lin Bei to relax.

After all, no one knew how many eerie presences were lurking in the shadows, watching him. If he dropped his guard even for a second, he might be exploited.

Just as the various Lin Beis finished digesting their respective powers and prepared to disperse, a furtive figure emerged from the darkness. Seeing that everyone was about to leave, he could no longer hold back and hurried forward.

"Everyone, wait—"

Before he could finish, the newcomer took a look at the faces of all the Lin Beis and let out a stunned exclamation.

"I'm not even a proctologist!"

The rest of the Lin Beis exchanged glances and then swarmed forward, surrounding the newcomer.

Upon touching this Lin Bei, a brand-new set of memories flooded into their minds.

When they had finished processing these memories, understanding dawned on everyone's faces.

The martial arts Lin Bei joked, "I told you, given our situation, it would be unreasonable not to have someone from the Big Three manga series. Now we're only missing two of the four pillars."

The Mixed-Martial-Arts-World Lin Bei stared intently at the newcomer, a brand-new plan forming in his mind.

The newbie from the Naruto world was manhandled by his various alternative selves, a look of sorrow and indignation on his face.

Yet, realizing that he was now someone destined to possess cheat-like powers, he couldn't help but feel cheerful.

The Lin Bei who had transmigrated into the Naruto world was merely an ordinary civilian without a Tailed Beast to serve as a portable power bank. He couldn't even dream of high-level ninjutsu, because even if he learned them, he wouldn't necessarily be able to use them.

Not everyone could be Uzumaki Naruto, throwing around A-rank and S-rank ninjutsu as if they were basic attacks.

At this moment, the Naruto Lin Bei had barely graduated from the Ninja Academy relying on the basic Transformation, Substitution, and Clone techniques. Lacking money and backing, he couldn't compare to classmates like Naruto, and was assigned to a team with two cannon fodder characters.

His supervising jōnin was equally unremarkable, the kind of person whose name hadn't even been heard of.

Under such circumstances, his future was predictable. Even if he didn't die during the Konoha Crush plan, once that sickly-looking Pain launched an attack orchestrated by the bedridden mastermind, he would only end up as bottom-tier cannon fodder.

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Otherwise, the Fourth Great Ninja War was waiting for him.

Playing it safe and hiding out was out of the question; the more one cowered, the faster one died.

Seeing a pitch-black future ahead, Lin Bei was even prepared to seek out Jiraiya and flip the table, trying to extract some practical ninjutsu from him, when he entered this space.

Moreover, he was fortunate enough to encounter the comprehensive martial arts Lin Bei, who had just mastered the "Transferring Flowers and Wood" technique.

A very bold idea instantly sparked in the Naruto Lin Bei's mind.

The "Transferring Flowers and Wood" technique from *The Legend of the Twin Dragons* or *Smart Master* wasn't simply about draining internal energy; it was more akin to absorbing the target's physical essence, vitality, and spirit all at once to make them one's own.

Otherwise, after having his internal energy completely drained, Xiao Yu'er wouldn't have instantly aged by several decades.

The Naruto Lin Bei was curious: could the internal-energy-draining Transferring Flowers and Wood technique absorb chakra in a world like Naruto, where chakra was the primary form of energy?

As for magical power—a force clearly superior to chakra—he wouldn't dare absorb it even if he could.

That stuff carried the power of the soul, much like the powers of Asura and Indra used in Naruto. If he truly integrated that into himself, he might end up being influenced by it, transforming either into a self-righteous saint or a complete lunatic.

Neither of these paths was desirable.

Just as the Naruto Lin Bei was daydreaming about the future, the Hong Kong-Police-Film-World Lin Bei approached him and said, "I want you to help me find the Reanimation Jutsu."

The Naruto Lin Bei was stunned upon hearing this. Looking across all fanfiction stories in the Naruto series, there seemed to be no protagonist who actively chose to learn the Reanimation Jutsu.

Although Lin Bei wasn't exactly a saint, he wasn't a villain either. Under normal circumstances, he still wanted to blend in with the forces of justice.

Without explaining, the Hong Kong-film Lin Bei directly placed a hand on the Naruto Lin Bei, transmitting his thoughts to him.

After digesting the thoughts of his counterpart from the Hong Kong film world, the Naruto Lin Bei instantly drew a sharp breath.

Although the Naruto world had the Ōtsutsuki clan lurking in the shadows and stirring up trouble, compared to figures like Fate, Nüwa, and Jiang Chen, they clearly weren't in the same league.

The predicament facing the Hong Kong-film Lin Bei was naturally much greater than the Naruto Lin Bei's.

He currently felt that merely gathering the existing exorcists was not enough. If he could summon those master-level exorcists who had already passed away back to the mortal realm—such as Uncle Nine and Mao Xiaofang—his chances of victory against the lunatics trying to destroy the world would be somewhat higher.

As for whether this constituted desecrating the dead, Lin Bei didn't care. After all, failing to survive meant death, and since he had no desire to become a puppet, he had no choice but to resort to such methods.

Of course, if the immortals and deities of that world hadn't all fled, he would have loved to run back to the mainland to see if he could find the remains of those supreme beings.

With figures like the Four Celestial Masters or the Sages of the Spring and Autumn period all summoned out, he refused to believe he still couldn't win.

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Upon understanding the Hong Kong-film Lin Bei's thoughts, the Naruto Lin Bei wore a hesitant expression, wanting to speak yet holding back.

On second thought, however, they were essentially one entity; helping the Hong Kong-film Lin Bei was tantamount to helping himself.

Thus, he nodded in agreement, deciding to see if he could take advantage of the opportunity when Naruto stole the sealing scroll to sneak a peek. The Forbidden Scroll contained all of Konoha's forbidden techniques; the Reanimation Jutsu might just be among them.

If it truly wasn't there, he would find a way to get it from Orochimaru.

Having integrated the Breath of the Sun, even if he couldn't defeat Orochimaru, escaping would certainly pose no problem.

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Comprehensive Martial Arts World.

When Lin Bei opened his eyes, a brilliant flash burst from them.

He attempted to channel the power within his body, drawing upon the Naruto-world self's experience with the Substitution, Clone, and Transformation techniques.

*Poof~*

Following a puff of white smoke, Lin Bei's appearance had completely changed.

Not only his facial features, but even the clothes on his body had altered.

However, the three basic techniques in the Naruto world were actually high-grade illusionary arts, the kind that would instantly fall apart when reflected in a mirror.

Still, for Lin Bei, it was temporarily sufficient.

At this moment, dusk was just falling. Had it been diligent emperors like the founding emperors Taizu and Chengzu, they would be hard at work managing state affairs at this hour.

By Lin Bei's generation, however, the emperor had long since become a puppet, and the bureaucratic clique had mastered the art of deceiving superiors and hoodwinking subordinates to absolute perfection.

The status of scholars in the Ming dynasty surpassed even that of the Song dynasty, and in the end, it was this very group of people who drove the Ming dynasty to collapse.

Otherwise, the Jurchens would never have stood a chance.

Lin Bei temporarily harbored no ambition to unify the realm, yet he had no desire to act as a puppet manipulated by others.

Even Jiajing—an emperor whose manipulation skills were maxed out—was nearly strangled to death by a joint conspiracy of palace maids, let alone Lin Bei, an emperor whose era name was Zhengde and whose nickname might as well be "soluble in water."

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