Naruto: I Can Take People Through the Ninja World in the Future
Chapter 626: The Glitchy Edo Tensei Technique

Chapter 626: The Glitchy Edo Tensei Technique

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"Lord, this..."

This time, everyone was stunned.

The Madara present were existences standing at the pinnacle of the ninja world.

Ordinary transformation techniques, even near-flawless Wood Element Clones, could be instantly distinguished by them.

But this ’substitute Madara’—they couldn’t find a single flaw.

Indistinguishable, truly indistinguishable!

If they hadn’t seen Lux transform into himself with their own eyes, they’d likely all assume Lux was a fourth Uchiha Madara.

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Lux crossed his arms, mimicking Madara’s haughty demeanor, and snorted coldly:

"What, you don’t even recognize yourselves?"

Parallel World 5’s Madara exclaimed in shock: "What kind of creature are you?"

Parallel World 2’s Madara frowned in confusion: "Is this a Sennin’s transformation technique?"

Only Parallel World 1’s Madara, most familiar with the Tenshou Sennin, commented irritably:

"Disgusting! Can’t you pick a different transformation target?"

Though he didn’t know how Lux did it and saw no flaws, this didn’t stop him from being certain Lux wasn’t him.

If the opponent was truly him, then what was he?

A fake substitute?

"Change the target? You mean transform into Senju Hashirama?"

Lux’s lips curled as he countered.

Hearing this, the three Madara’ expressions shifted simultaneously, drawing a collective sharp breath.

’Sss—!!!’

If the Tenshou Sennin truly transformed into Hashirama to deceive them, and they couldn’t spot any flaws, the consequences would be unimaginable...

"Hahaha!"

Lux smiled meaningfully but didn’t continue the jest.

The Disguise Card’s 100% effect was indeed remarkable, previously proven when deceiving Black Zetsu and Obito.

It was fundamentally just a disguise, not a complete transformation into another target.

Even if he turned into Senju Hashirama, fighting Madara would instantly expose him.

Besides, what he aimed to test wasn’t the Disguise Card’s transformation effect but whether it could exploit another bug.

"Alright, let’s get to the real business."

"Nagato, prepare to be revived."

Edo Nagato was stunned, only now realizing the reward the Tenshou Sennin mentioned was his revival!

But why suddenly transform into Madara?

Lux’s disguised ’substitute Madara’ formed hand seals and abruptly cast a technique.

"Gedō: Rinne Tensei no Jutsu!"

To the growing astonishment of onlookers, Nagato’s Edo Tensei-cracked body began emitting hot white smoke.

A heavy, powerful heartbeat slowly echoed.

Nagato felt the changes in his body vividly—billions of nerve endings awakened simultaneously in piercing pain, hot blood surged with each heartbeat, flowing through his veins and organs.

Newly formed lungs drew their first breath of dust- and blood-mixed air, a rich aura of life quietly blossoming within, all physical sensations becoming so real and familiar.

"Truly revived?!"

Nagato’s heart surged with joy. Lowering his head to inspect his body, as someone who’d used Rinne Tensei no Jutsu himself, he was certain this was no illusion.

But once this technique was used, the caster almost certainly died!

Like a Jinchuriki having their Bijuu extracted, or even harsher!

Even Obito, once a Juubi Jinchuriki who reached Six Paths level, entered a death countdown after using Rinne Tensei no Jutsu...

How could the Tenshou Sennin use it?

Was the Tenshou Sennin immune to the death backlash?

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Lux, disguised as ’Madara,’ ended the Rinne Tensei no Jutsu.

While observing the revived Nagato, he also sensed changes in his own body.

As expected, after using Rinne Tensei no Jutsu, his vitality was heavily drained.

The remainder continued to leak rapidly, unstoppable. Likely, in just over ten minutes, it would be fully depleted, leading to death...

Like a bucket with a small leak—until the hole was patched, no matter how much water was inside, it would eventually run dry.

But if the water, akin to vitality, was abundant, it could leak longer.

Yet, it would still run out!

This was why Rinne Tensei no Jutsu guaranteed death.

Even Lux couldn’t patch this ’hole.’

At least not with this body.

But this was part of Lux’s experiment; don’t forget, this wasn’t his real body.

It was the ’Uchiha Madara’ transformed via the Disguise Card!

Lux aimed to test whether the Disguise Card’s transformed body could evade the certain-death cost of Rinne Tensei no Jutsu!

Once the Disguise Card’s effect ended, he might negate this negative effect.

Like a ’substitute doll,’ absorbing the certain-death backlash for him!

Lux deactivated the Disguise Card, reverting to his original form.

The ’leaking’ vitality he’d felt in his body vanished instantly; all discomfort and side effects dissipated like smoke...

’It actually worked!’

Lux’s heart leaped with joy, confirming his experiment’s success.

The Disguise Card, a system product, could indeed act as a ’substitute doll,’ bearing the backlash of forbidden techniques without affecting his real body.

This meant the Disguise Card granted him an extra life—or rather, allowed him to use forbidden techniques with massive backlash at no cost!

Like Rinne Tensei no Jutsu! This bug was truly exploitable!

Indeed, the one who used Rinne Tensei was clearly another ’fake Madara,’ who sacrificed their life.

What did that have to do with Lux himself?

Of course, before this experiment succeeded, Lux wasn’t 100% confident, unsure if the Disguise Card could substitute for the backlash.

But even if it couldn’t, it wasn’t a big issue.

After all, Lux, having consumed the God Tree’s fruit and ascended to divine status, wouldn’t die from using Rinne Tensei no Jutsu.

He could, post-use, employ Sage Body and Yin-Yang Release to patch the ’leak.’

Yin-Yang Release at its extreme could create life and reverse life and death.

Like the Sage of Six Paths creating the nine Bijuu, or Naruto saving Might Guy, who opened the Eight Gates, with Six Paths Yin-Yang Release...

However, even if patchable, the cost wasn’t cheap. At least some vitality drained during Rinne Tensei couldn’t be restored.

Simply put: permanently losing a portion of max HP, a chunk of vitality.

Though likely less than a tenth of Lux’s current total vitality, it was still significant.

Equivalent to halving the Kyuubi!

Avoiding this permanent vitality loss by using one Disguise Card as a substitute was, of course, ideal.

Sadly, Disguise Cards were equally precious.

He had only one left, now used. To exploit this bug again, he’d likely need to wait until he acquired more Disguise Cards.