Spore invasion, growth, self-destruction.
The Research Institute calculated that the whole process would be completed within 0.89 seconds.
And the dead bodies would become new breeding grounds. Within ten seconds, they would produce tens of millions of Hidan spores, each smaller than the cross section of a strand of hair.
As the corpses decayed, swelled, and burst open, the spores would spread deeper into the universe.
If they had not programmed the genes at the very beginning so that the spores could only survive in an oxygen free vacuum, then in terms of the threat to humanity, this thing would have been an extinction level disaster even more terrifying than Dio.
Unless there was absolutely no other choice, no one would release something this dangerous.
Amber was dead.
The assault squad of the Extermination Army had been completely wiped out.
The Naruto team from the sub world that followed behind, and the Sasuke team from this world, relied on Susanoo and the Nine Tails chakra to forcibly isolate themselves from the outside world. Only then did they avoid dying to the weapon created by their own side.
Their eyes swept over the vampire corpses floating in space and looked toward the location of the world rift.
Not only them. Everyone in the ninja world raised their heads and looked at the sky.
The flames from the explosion faded.
The vampire army was completely dead. The automatic revival program set by Dio activated, drawing on the world's power of the ninja world to revive the vampires again.
The moment the vampires revived, they were invaded and killed again by the Hidan spores.
Death, revival, death again… an endless cycle.
Not a single vampire could leave the area of the world rift.
Before long, near the rift, the corpses of the vampire army piled up into mountains. As they collided with each other, they decayed into pure cosmic dust and became part of this world.
"The first phase is a success!"
Cheers broke out in the conference room at the rear.
This meant they no longer had to throw resources and human lives into the meaningless slaughter against the vampire army.
Rei tightly grabbed Sasuke's hand.
Her hand was very cold. It was clear she was truly nervous. Sasuke held her hand back, his gaze falling on the Calamity Divine Tree that had pierced into the ninja world...
At the ends of its branches, it was withering and dying.
This was also normal. Back when the Higashikata Josuke team went to rescue Hirose Yasuho, Madara's Fire Release, Wood Release, and Susanoo were all able to cause damage to the Calamity Divine Tree.
In the end, the so called Calamity Divine Tree was just an oversized, improved New Rokakaka tree. Its defensive power was no different from an ordinary tree.
Before, because Dio, Kars, and the vampire army were blocking them, the ninja world could only let it grow wildly.
Now that they had switched to genetic weapons, they naturally did not need to worry about that.
"So… can it be done? Destroy the Divine Tree?"
Everyone looked up at the sky.
Hidan, sitting in a single cell prison, also looked through the window toward the world rift.
As the last remaining member of the Jashin cult, he was the only person in the world who could hear the teachings of the evil god spreading through the universe, and the only one who could hear the oracle of Lord Jashin.
Hidan's eyes were full of sorrow.
"It's useless."
"This is a disaster that even Lord Jashin, even death itself, cannot escape."
As his words fell, a black light flashed across the withering branches of the Divine Tree. They returned to normal.
Under the special protection of the black light, the Hidan spores could not invade at all.
On the other side, Kars, who had been blown into fragments, completed the repair of his body. A tiny Hidan spore floated at his fingertip.
"Interesting. But…"
He shook his hand and threw the Hidan spore away with disgust.
"Still disgusting enough."
Kars was the Ultimate Life Form, the final evolution of all life in the world. To him, the Hidan spores that symbolized death and self destruction were like lumps of filth floating in the sky.
Just looking at them one more second felt like it would make him explode.
Kars walked to the edge of the rift and looked down at the ninja world in the distance. His gaze crossed more than a hundred kilometers and saw the people moving back and forth on the ground. He saw their expressions...
The despair of shattered hope.
Panic from not knowing what to do.
Even more were like old farmers who had suffered too many blows. They sat blankly on the ground, eyes empty, faces numb, not saying a word.
Wonder of U walked over and stood beside Kars and said, "Calamity is like this. No matter how you struggle, you are just walking in circles. You suffer a little less here, a little more there, and in the end..."
"You head toward the same miserable ending."
"Talking nonsense."
Kars shook his head, too lazy to waste words with Wonder of U. He turned around and glanced at the piled up vampire corpses.
Dio did not come over, which meant he felt the timing was about right.
Kars felt the same.
The emotions of the ninja world had already risen and fallen many times through killing, hope, and despair. The corresponding power of faith, even he could feel it through his control of the Calamity Divine Tree.
"The time is about right."
Kars took one last look and turned to leave.
After absorbing the ninja world, Dio gained the world's power.
Kars obtained biological cell samples from the entire ninja world.
Wonder of U could gather the calamity of the world's destruction and try little by little to create a calamity spring that belonged only to himself.
The three startup partners each took what they needed. After earning their first bucket of gold, they continued to open up new markets.
As for the target, they had already chosen it. It was Ryosuke's hometown.
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"Start the shelter program."
Tokugawa Shingen put away his fan. He kept his elegant and calm smile and said, "Our Tokugawa family has hidden quite a lot of supplies."
"Don't look at me like that. I may have submitted to Ryosuke, but a person always has to leave a way out for himself."
"If we dig out those supplies, it should let everyone in the ninja world eat their fill for one or two months...if we can still live for one month."
Granny Chiyo glanced at Tokugawa Shingen.
If Rasa were still alive, hearing this would probably make him curse, 'The financial tycoons really deserve to die.'
Granny Chiyo shook her head helplessly and muttered, "Good thing he died earlier. Dying earlier is good. He got to enjoy himself and didn't have to live until now to suffer."
As she spoke, she picked up the teapot on the table and poured herself a cup, then poured one for Kakashi sitting beside her.
Kakashi glanced at the tea, then at Granny Chiyo.
This time he did not ask whether it was poisoned. He simply drank it in one gulp.
After waiting a few seconds.
Nothing happened.
The old and the young looked at each other for a moment and sighed at the same time.
Holding the teacup, Kakashi said with complicated feelings, "I really wish you had poisoned it."
"Yes."
If Granny Chiyo had poisoned it, it would mean she still had the mood to tease Kakashi.
But now, no one had that extra energy.
The vote was completed.
83 percent agreed, 14 percent opposed, 3 percent abstained.
Oda Ieyasu took a deep breath and gave the final conclusion.
"The personnel migration operation begins. Within five days, everyone must enter the shelter. Activate the defensive barrier, and then…"
He looked up at the world rift.
"Completely cut off from the outside world."