The last hope died in Uchiha Izumi's heart. At that moment, he comprehended Uchiha Yue's will: they were neither friends nor fellow countrymen — they were enemies!
To survive, he had to do one of two things: destroy Uchiha Yue or wait for technology to allow him to travel to other universes, but not rot in the Shinobi world waiting for death.
"Uchiha Yue, I will definitely defeat you!"
The remnants of darkness slowly receded. Uchiha Izumi looked up at the sky and clenched his fists until it hurt.
In the depths of space, a giant planet, gleaming blue-black, as if forged from metal, drifted in the void. She was slowly getting closer to the dead, icy world. As they approached, the trajectory of the dead planet began to deviate, and just when a collision seemed imminent, the black sphere suddenly transformed. She turned around, turning into a monster the size of a planet — a gigantic insect exuding incredibly powerful waves of chakra.
No, not a monster, but a giant insect!
The crash!
Two celestial bodies on a planetary scale collided, generating a monstrous outburst of energy. The sharp, incredibly dense mandibles opened, and the creature began furiously gnawing and devouring everything that made up this world. In a matter of moments, the planet was completely devoured.
Then the celestial mega-insect turned its gaze to other planets. Space and time distorted, and the worlds of this star system began to disappear one by one.
In the center of the system shone a dazzling star, several times the size of the Sun. And now, on the surface of this gigantic star, exuding endless light and heat, countless swarms of giant insects, each the size of a celestial body, were furiously devouring it, multiplying, evolving, absorbing the power of the star.
In the same star system where the Shinobi world had once been, emptiness now reigned. The planet itself has disappeared, and even the Sun. In their place now hovered a huge, terrifying insect monster, larger than a star.
Countless smaller creatures, each the size of a planet, scurried through space, landing on an unimaginably gigantic uterus and feeding it the collected matter.
Although not. The Shinobi world has not disappeared. He continued to exist inside this giant insect, retaining his former appearance.
Aburame Tomoyuki was a migrant, a hitman with the system. Once in this world, he awakened his "Perfect Swarm System."
This system granted him a swarm of insects with unlimited potential for development. Relying on her power, he easily conquered the Shinobi world and grew his monstrous flock to such a scale that it could devour entire stars.
Right now, in the Shinobi world, one of his avatars was enjoying life.
His true body had long since ceased to be human. He became a collective intelligence, and most of the inhabitants of this world were already absorbed and became part of his swarm. The current Shinobi world was just a backdrop, a place where he and his friends assumed human form just to be together.
—System, oh system, why don't you have the ability to travel through time and space?" Aburame Tomoyuki addressed his interface ruefully.
His current strength was such that in many worlds, he would be considered the absolute pinnacle of power. But with such power, he was trapped in this universe.
To escape to other worlds, he would probably have to devour this entire universe, raising his strength to an unimaginable level.
"However, this has its advantages. There is no one in this universe who can defeat me. Thanks to the system, I became the god of the sword on the Ten-Mile Slope. The only possible problem is the so—called God Ootsutsuki."
"Although it seems to me that this God of yours, Ootsutsuki, is nothing more than a dummy who put himself up for sale. How much power is there in one planet? And that was enough to become a god? I've swallowed so many stars that I must have surpassed that so—called God Ootsutsuki a long time ago!" mused Aburame Tomoyuki, feeling his own might.
And at that very moment, he felt the Dragon Vein in the Shinobi world— the very center of space and time—shudder.
"Ha ha ha, we've finally found a new world!"
— Great, we're saved!
"Maybe this time, before we leave, we should blow up the Dragon Vein to cut off Uchiha Yue's path!"
In Roran, at the Dragon Vein, Senju Tobirama and the others looked at the data in front of them with delight.
Although the one who went to the world on the other side had not yet returned, they could already determine from the readings of the instruments whether it was inhabited.
However, as time passed, the smiles slowly faded from their faces.
The allotted time has expired. But the man didn't come back.
This can't be happening. If there is a parallel world on the other side, the volunteer should have already returned. So where is he?
"What's going on?" Why hasn't he come back yet?
— Yes, it is impossible. He should be here by now!
—Wait... it can't be... does that world also have its own Uchiha Yue?"
At this thought, everyone fell silent. Fear hung in the air.
In fact, even though no one talked about it out loud, there was a fear lurking in everyone's heart: what if one day they stumble into a world where another Uchiha Yue exists?
Then they will be squeezed from both sides.
And they won't even realize how they're going to die.
Moreover, the probability of finding such a world was very high.
Like in the world they were in now. Although they did not know why the local Uchiha Yue had died, but in the usual scenario, the countdown to the end of the world should have already begun in this world.
And at that moment, when panic began to engulf them…
A figure suddenly appeared on the Dragon Vein platform.
The volunteer is back! Alive!
Seeing him safe and sound, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. It looks like that world is fine, it's safe. Uchiha Yue is not there. They have found another shelter and can now leave this universe.
And when they leave, they could at the same time blow up the local Dragon Vein, record the data and start studying how to break the space-time connection so that Uchiha Yue could not track them down.
They have already destroyed the dragon veins in the first and second parallel worlds, first in the first, then in the second. Thus, they barely managed to contain Uchiha Yue's invasion, but everyone understood that this could not last forever.
They were almost certain now.
Using the Dragon Vein, they connect to other parallel worlds.…