Ninja Ice House

Chapter 593 Curiosity

Speaking of this, Kushina Uzumaki was a little indignant.

"Who says we're weak? Those people came in with great force, but we still managed to rout them."

"This is an error that occurs when incompatible information converges. Before the two are integrated, they each go their own way. Those ninjas from the real world who come to the dream space must follow the local rules. It won't be so easy from now on."

For the real world, the dream space that was not materialized before was just an illusory shadow with no real influence, but now it's different.

Jiraiya, who couldn't distinguish between reality and illusion, was the same person regardless of which "Minato Namikaze" he was referring to—his prized student.

However, the Minato Namikaze in the dream space and the Minato Namikaze in the real world who is not completely dead and whose soul has not yet gone to the Pure Land to rest forever are not the same life form. After being "certified" by the ninja world, they are just different advanced primate life forms with the same name and appearance, similar experiences and memories, living in different time and space.

Minato Namikaze and Minato Namikaze (Dream Copy) are not the same thing at all, just like Hashirama Senju and the statue on the Hokage Rock or in the Valley of the End are too different. Only Minato Namikaze (Dream Copy) is a life with a physical body, while the other is a stone statue that cannot move.

Neither the awakened Jiraiya nor the collective unconsciousness of the ninja world's general mindset would consider them the same person.

It's not just a problem of individual living people; the materialized dream space is also extremely weak, with a very low energy level. Naturally, the life forms cannot be too advanced. In terms of macroscopic structure, it may be exactly the same as the real world, but its specific internal support is very weak.

Every world has its own underlying operating rules, and each one is different. For example, the natural energy concentration of Mount Myōboku is quite astonishing, and it can form various wonders such as toad oil, but these do not exist in the real world.

This dream space is quite special. It was originally a false illusion born from the subconscious of the soul world. Yang attribute power is extremely rare. According to ninjas in the real world, the chakra here is not chakra at all, but a ninjutsu illusion simulated by mental power.

Only after the forced integration of the "Great Dream Realm" and the Ninja World did the ratio of Yang and Yin attributes reach one to four.

Even so, this is not what normal chakra should look like.

Don't be fooled by Minato Namikaze's dominance in the dream world, where he can skillfully use forbidden techniques like the Flying Thunder God Technique and Sage Mode. In the real world, he might struggle even with the Three Body Techniques, and might not even be as good as the former underdog Naruto Uzumaki.

Adaptation takes time when moving from one world to another, but the intersection of the dream world and the real world is too short, and they haven't even fully merged yet; they're just barely stuck together.

It's unknown how many years it will take for us to truly become one.

"Then... Your Excellency, what are your plans?"

Kushina Uzumaki's little brain was starting to struggle; perhaps she was pregnant and her intelligence was a bit off. But Minato Namikaze was still keeping up with Tokiwa Kosugi's train of thought.

"After all, just leaving them here seems like a waste. I'm not saying the ninjas here are valuable, but they are all living, breathing people who need to be treated properly..."

“You… may not understand, but subconsciously you are aware of your greatest value.”

With an appreciative nod, Gu Shanbu replied with a kind smile.

"Life... is extremely rare in the multidimensional universe, and intelligent life... especially highly intelligent life, is even more coveted. Don't be fooled by the vibrant life of the ninja world, with its constant stream of visitors from sub-spaces and even other dimensions, into thinking that in the vast universe, there exists a complete ecosystem, a dominant level of highly intelligent life like that of the ninja humans, who have formed a complete social structure and possess a superhuman power with immense potential. Let's put it this way: for any interstellar traveler, regardless of race, to discover such a thing would be like a gold prospector finding their own inexhaustible gold mine..."

Wisdom, especially the large-scale civilization created by highly intelligent life, shines like a gold nugget or a rough diamond in a pile of dull sand.

"Oh... I see. I think I understand now."

"A soul capable of independent thought is far more valuable to higher life forms, or rather, to 'god-like' super-strong beings, than things like forbidden ninjutsu, money, wealth, or land assets. Of course, some 'gods' are rather worthless, lacking the ability to develop these things, and can only greedily exploit the ninja world, wasting its potential and doing foolish things like draining the pond to catch all the fish..."

No sooner had she finished speaking than Kaguya Otsutsuki's sharp gaze, capable of killing, shot over from the unnoticed void. Even Minato Namikaze felt a ripple from the spatial disturbance.

"Is there some seal on the young commander loosening?"

"It's alright. Years ago, a large sealing barrier that spanned the entire ninja world underwent a change deep within my soul, causing a spacetime resonance... You probably understand what I mean by that, right?"

"I've sensed it, but I haven't experienced it much. As you probably know, Lord Young Commander, there are unknown areas everywhere in the spacetime turbulence, leading to unknown places and containing unknown traps. There's no need to be curious; I try my best to restrain my curiosity. Especially in an ancient world like the Ninja World... a world where countless powerful figures were buried and countless 'gods' were sealed in ancient times. One wrong move and you might never be able to return."

"Being less curious is indeed a good habit for ninjas who have mastered space-time ninjutsu."

Who knows if some kind of catastrophic evil god is sealed away in some dark zone of spacetime turbulence or in a cocoon woven with chaotic threads of fate?

People like Kaguya Otsutsuki are best left unmentioned; she's a disgrace to the races of the universe, being defeated by the natives despite having an absolute advantage.

Of course, this also shows from another perspective how bountiful the ninja world is. It has been clearly harvested time and time again, yet it is still able to accumulate strength and successfully resist.

"As expected, is the fact that the young commander is so strong also related to this accident?"

Minato Namikaze asked curiously but not persistently,

“The village’s potential assessment, while it may have some errors, is not so far off. As far as we know, that young ‘Gushanbushui’ should not be as powerful as you are now.”

To exert such a strong sense of pressure even on an "away" field, forcing Minato Namikaze to abandon all coercive measures, is truly remarkable.