"I'm not you. I can only see what's happening now, and I can only solve what's happening now!"
"Since you say the humans of this world will perish because of me, then I'll just make it thorough!"
Kallen's figure vanished, reappearing on the pioneer civilization's planetary colony in another dimension.
Looking down at the massive flesh conduits and biological factories below, she gathered energy in her hand, condensing it into a golden beam of light that shot toward the ground.
The golden beam pierced straight through the planet's core.
After finishing all this,
Kallen disappeared instantly.
Not long after, the entire planet collapsed and exploded, everything reduced to dust.
Kiana Kaslana glanced at the returning Kallen. "Your brain works better than before. You even knew to destroy the source directly."
"It's more efficient that way."
"However, that doesn't completely solve the problem. That planet was only one of the pioneer civilization's colonial worlds."
"That has nothing to do with the me of now. If I encounter them again in the future, I'll decide then whether to deal with them."
"Kallen, do you like humans that much?"
"Aren't you the same?"
Kallen thought for a moment, then corrected herself. "Fine. You only like pretty girls."
The Herrscher of Finality liked pretty girls. Whether they were human or not didn't matter.
"I like things that match my aesthetic. Is there a problem? Between a beautiful person and an ugly one, who would you feel more favorable toward at first glance?"
"You're right."
Kallen did not deny it. Humans were indeed like that. The vast majority only needed someone to be good-looking—their values would follow their facial features.
You're just lustful.
She complained inwardly, but said aloud, "Where are we going next?"
"Let's take a look at each world first."
Kiana Kaslana left the Pacific Rim world and headed to other worlds.
In pursuit of simplicity and efficiency, many conquered worlds—regardless of what they had originally been like—became almost identical after subjugation.
Urban planning, centralized administration, transportation systems, social culture—everything looked as though it had been carved from the same mold.
Naruto World.
Because the Naruto world possessed powers involving time travel and souls, Kallen treated it as a key area of focus.
She dispatched the entire Flame Legion—over ten thousand Astartes descended upon the Naruto world.
Since the goal was to conquer the world, not destroy it, and because they needed to collect various ninjutsu and bloodline limits, the Astartes did not casually deploy tactical or strategic weapons.
Instead, wielding double-barreled bolters and chainswords, they charged straight into the Five Great Ninja Villages.
The vast majority of ninjutsu could not break through the defense of Astartes power armor.
They themselves were high-attack, fragile types. When their attacks could not even break the opponent's defense, flames, water dragons, wind bullets—these ninjutsu looked like mere circus tricks before the Astartes.
Only a small number of exceptionally powerful ninjas were able to inflict casualties on the Astartes.
After ten years of initial conquest and control by the Astartes, the Naruto world, though still harboring resistance in the shadows, had already seen the Five Great Nations occupied by the Flame Legion on the surface. The ninjas of the villages were either dead or conscripted.
Naruto World, Imperial Research Institute.
Orochimaru was researching the Empire's improved God Tree seed. Over the years, by working for the Final Empire, he had obtained a great deal of research data regarding the God Tree.
"At last, there are some results."
Orochimaru placed the God Tree seed on the table and examined it carefully. "To think it can analyze the Complete Ten-Tails and mass-produce God Tree seeds. The God-Emperor is truly remarkable!"
"What kind of fruit will this seed bear?"
Orochimaru sat in his chair, stroking his chin. Ninety-nine point nine percent of the Final Empire's technology relied on that mysterious and powerful God-Emperor.
Their ability to come from another universe had also depended on the God-Emperor's power.
That far surpassed the Otsutsuki clan by countless times.
The Otsutsuki clan merely planted trees within this universe.
At that moment, a vibration came from his coat pocket.
Taking out his phone,
Orochimaru pressed the answer button.
A familiar voice came through the line. "Orochimaru, the God-Emperor and the Regent have arrived in our world."
Hearing this, Orochimaru immediately stood up. "When?"
He had always wanted to meet this God-Emperor.
But with his status and ability, he could not even meet Regent Kallen, who managed the Empire—let alone the God-Emperor.
"Just now. Location: the central plaza of Konoha City."
"Understood. Thank you for the reminder!"
After hanging up, Orochimaru activated the Flying Thunder God Technique and vanished.
Central Plaza of Konoha City.
Kiana Kaslana looked at the heavily urbanized Konoha.
"Kallen, should we preserve some unique features of other worlds?"
"Isn't that the ninja specialty?"
Kallen pointed toward an Ichiraku Ramen franchise store.
"Under your management, every world almost looks the same. I can barely tell which world we've arrived in anymore."
"I built them according to the city blueprints in your artificial intelligence database. There were only a few dozen blueprints."
"Has it ever occurred to you that you could have the artificial intelligence design new ones?"
"You can customize them?"
Kallen froze. She had been too busy before and never considered modifying the city blueprints. As long as they were functional for living, that was enough.
"You didn't know?"
"You never told me."
"Did you ever ask?"
...
Orochimaru, who had teleported nearby using Flying Thunder God, listened to the conversation between the two in the central plaza and began to suspect whether they were impostors using transformation techniques.
Astartes of the Flame Chapter of the Flame Legion arrived at the central plaza. Holding bolters and activating their jump packs, they descended from the sky.
After landing, the Flame Chapter Master stared at Kiana Kaslana and Kallen. In this world, humans could use ninjutsu to transform into others.
If anyone dared use such tricks to impersonate and blaspheme the God-Emperor, they would seize that heretic and bring them back for judgment.
"We welcome Your Majesty, the God-Emperor. Lady Kallen."
After identity verification succeeded, the Flame Chapter Master saluted respectfully.
"Mm."
Kallen gave a slight nod.
The Flame Chapter Master waved his hand.
The accompanying Astartes immediately aimed their guns at the surroundings, entering combat stance.
The onlookers who had gathered to watch the spectacle were startled by the reaction.
This time, the real ones had come.
Hidden among the crowd, a ninja narrowed his eyes.
His hands rapidly formed seals.
Having fought ninjas before, the Astartes immediately sensed the fluctuation of chakra.
"Enemy attack detected."
"Prepare for combat!"
Boom!
Explosive sparks burst outward as shockwaves rippled through the air.
The terrified crowd plunged the scene into chaos.
A large number of kunai with explosive tags attached shot toward the Astartes, detonating around them.
Taking advantage of the explosions, one of the explosive tags suddenly transformed into a person and lunged toward Kiana Kaslana.
Kallen saw it.
But she did not care.
With the unfathomable power of the Herrscher of Finality, this person was simply courting death.
And then, Kiana Kaslana was captured and taken away.
Kallen stood there, completely dumbfounded.
What the hell?
To ordinary people, a ninja's speed was astonishingly fast. To them, it was like watching a snail crawl across the ground.
The Flame Chapter Master looked toward Kallen. "Lady Kallen."
Such an obvious deliberate capture—he did not even know whether he should intervene to rescue her.
Whenever he tried to act, he sensed a force preventing him.
"Let her play," Kallen waved her hand. "You don't need to worry about it."
"Yes."
The Flame Chapter Master nodded. Even if it were just an avatar, the God-Emperor's power was beyond the combined strength of all legions.
How could she possibly be taken away by a mere ninja?
It had to be intentional.
There was more than one attacker. After the Astartes eliminated several of them, they withdrew.
Seeing that no one was chasing them, the attacker finally stopped, panting, lowering her head to look at the breathtaking white-haired girl cradled in her arms.
Their eyes met.
Kiana Kaslana looked at the familiar woman before her.
Konan.
"You are the God-Emperor?" Konan asked.
"No. I'm just a substitute," Kiana Kaslana replied with a smile.
"Just a substitute?"
Konan looked surprised.
But she quickly accepted that she had captured a double.
After all, everything had gone far too smoothly.
"Mm-hmm. I came out on purpose. I'm the bait to lure you in."
"Aren't you afraid I'll hurt you?"
Konan remained skeptical of the white-haired girl's identity.
"I'm afraid."
Kiana Kaslana rubbed against Konan's chest, pretending to look frightened.
"..."
Konan wondered whether she should take this person back to the Akatsuki. It was too suspicious.
Ever since the Astartes arrived in this world, everything had changed.
The world had ushered in a long-lost peace.
Although she did not wish to destroy this current peace, the Final Empire clearly harbored greater ambitions.
Most importantly, they wanted to seize Nagato's Rinnegan.
All members of the Akatsuki were now wanted criminals.
Suddenly, a dark shadow lunged forward.
Before Konan could dodge, a snake wrapped around her body.
The snake instantly turned to ash.
Orochimaru stared at the snake he had summoned, which had been burned to cinders in an instant.
"I only like beautiful snake spirits. Keep this noodle snake away from me," Kiana Kaslana said with a look of disgust.
Orochimaru withdrew his hand.
This was no substitute. It was either the God-Emperor's true body or an avatar.
Konan lowered her head, staring in shock at the white-haired girl in her arms.
"Don't stare at me like that. I'll get shy."
Kiana Kaslana covered her cheeks with both hands, putting on a bashful expression that made Konan's mouth twitch. She nearly dropped her.
Upon learning that an important imperial figure had been abducted, ninjas quickly tracked them down.
Sensing other ninjas rapidly approaching, Konan set Kiana Kaslana down.
Dozens of figures appeared on nearby trees, surrounding Konan, Orochimaru, and Kiana Kaslana.
"Leave the white-haired one alive. Kill the other two," a ninja said coldly.
All of them drew their weapons, aimed at Orochimaru and Konan, and pulled the triggers in unison.
Konan rolled to avoid the incoming bullets, kicked off a nearby tree trunk, and used the recoil to propel herself backward more than ten meters. Her body scattered into countless white sheets of paper.
Kiana Kaslana watched these ninjas who had kept up with the times. All of them were now using firearms.
With ninjas' high mobility, dynamic vision, and reaction speed, paired with advanced weapons, their combat power could be greatly enhanced.
However, the weapons in their hands were not particularly advanced—merely homemade automatic firearms firing live ammunition, not laser weapons.
It seemed Kallen's administration had been cautious, not allowing laser rifles to fall into the hands of the resistance.
Over ten thousand Astartes were enough to eliminate the major nations and ninja villages on the surface of the Naruto world.
But to completely rule this world, they would still need to establish a mortal auxiliary army here—issue helmets equipped with gas masks, standard laser rifles, standard uniforms, and bulletproof armor.
Only after stabilizing the situation would the Empire's navy fleets arrive.
For a mortal auxiliary army in this world, selecting ninjas would have been the better choice.
But Kallen had studied ninjas—their indoctrination methods and mind-control techniques.
In the end, she chose to use ordinary people instead, training them into a mortal auxiliary army.
Even if they rebelled, they would be easier to suppress.
Konan created paper clones, making it impossible for the enemy to locate her true body. Together with Orochimaru, they dealt with this group of ninjas.
Kiana Kaslana remained uninvolved, sitting idly in midair.
After watching Konan and Orochimaru finish them off, she spoke.
"Are you taking me back?"
"Back?"
Konan stared blankly at the floating Kiana Kaslana.
Weren't you the hostage I captured?
"I'm heading back. Your performance was quite entertaining. Isn't the one over there coming out?"
As soon as she finished speaking, a man wearing a spiral mask and the iconic black cloak with red clouds stepped out from within a tree.
"God-Emperor of the Empire, why have you come to our world?"
"Your world? This world belongs to me now. I can come whenever I please. If you're dissatisfied, you're welcome to try sending me back."
"Uchiha Obito, do you think wearing a mask lets you impersonate Uchiha Madara in front of me?"
"Even if the entire ninja world resurrected all its dead and joined forces with the Otsutsuki clan, what could you possibly do against me?"
Kiana Kaslana was utterly dismissive.
"..."
Uchiha Obito fixed his gaze on Kiana Kaslana, who appeared full of openings and completely defenseless.
The world was at peace—but it was a peace imposed by the Empire, an invader.
And the Empire itself was not peaceful, nor were they messengers of peace.
The entire Empire resembled a war machine operating without pause. They had merely chosen to conquer this world for now.
At any moment in the future, they might send this world to serve as cannon fodder in the invasion of another.
Orochimaru let out a sinister chuckle. "Uchiha Obito, weren't you already dead?"
"..."
Uchiha Obito remained silent.
He felt that before this woman, he had no secrets whatsoever.
"I have no interest in playing with your little skirmishes and staring contests."
Kiana Kaslana casually snapped her fingers.
In an instant, everyone found themselves inside the conference room of Konoha City Hall. Appearing alongside them were other members of the Akatsuki who had been elsewhere.
Uchiha Obito was shocked. His body had still been in a phased state—how had she forcibly transferred him here?
"Regarding the Otsutsuki clan's impending invasion, I hope all departments can—"
Kallen, who had been addressing government officials in the conference room, was interrupted by the sudden appearance of this group.