"Correct, exactly. In the Dragon Kingdom, gaining the Sword Saint's support is greater than any achievement, but what if Emilia's faction wants to destroy the Sword Saint's reputation!" Ren clapped his hands.
"Do that? Aren't they crazy?" Finest of Knights, Julius, was the first to realize what this implied.
"They are indeed crazy, top knight. Let me remind you of something—watch out for betrayal from friends." Ren didn't go into details, but Ferris would certainly go to Subaru Natsuki. It was simple—because like Subaru, Ren also remembered Crusch.
"I'll be careful." Julius, as a knight, didn't argue with Ren, though deep down he didn't fully believe it.
"You mean, wait for the other side to defeat the Sword Saint first?" Anastasia understood.
"Of course we're not doing nothing. I'm prepared." Ren hadn't set traps for nobles in the capital for nothing. He had subtly influenced them, and Anastasia needed his merchandise to gain the trust of the people.
As for him, his role was simply to gather wealth. He wouldn't appear publicly.
"Lord Ren, what is your goal? Why do this?" Julius naturally couldn't allow someone to destroy the Sword Saint's reputation. That would undoubtedly bring huge losses.
"Goal? A merchant only has one goal—that's money." Ren would never reveal his true objective.
"Anastasia."
"Julius, when have I ever stopped you?" Anastasia smiled lightly.
"Yes. As Anastasia's sword, I will do my utmost to see her crowned." Julius declared his oath and left first, leaving Anastasia's safety in Ricardo's hands. He needed to confirm something—he had few friends in the kingdom.
Only a few people were involved in the royal selection. The Sword Saint was the target—impossible to do anything to. It could only be Ferris.
Until the time came, Ren had no intention of getting involved.
That night, Ren opened his eyes. He was already above the black mist and chose to remain silent.
"Meet again." Naruto Ren still looked young, his appearance showing that not much time had passed.
Re:Zero Ren understood. Every time he came here, it seemed to take a long time. He also thought of Pandora—when he woke up, he would probably face that woman again.
"This time, no newbies." Pirate Ren glanced around.
"Let's synchronize first." Naruto Ren reached out his hand, and all the Rens touched it.
Before long, the place became noisy.
"Damn, the Revolutionary Army has already moved?" Pirate Ren looked at Akame Ren.
"Yeah, it's about to wrap up. With my current skills and influence, I'll gain both fame and fortune." Akame Ren grinned, especially with Esdeath's help.
"After that ends, take a look around. I can use the data here." Detective Ren pushed up his glasses.
"By the way, why are you slacking off more and more, hiding in the lab every day? Your emotional side hasn't improved at all." Pirate Ren looked at Detective Ren with disdain. He was about to fight the God's Knights, and Detective Ren was still hiding in the lab.
"A researcher focuses on studying new things. If I don't research, where will modern tech come from? I wonder if any of us are from a high-tech world. Here, I have no common ground with anyone." Detective Ren sighed.
Re:Zero Ren quietly absorbed information from other worlds and enhanced his abilities. He stayed extremely low-key and didn't comment.
"The Senju and Uzumaki are about to be wed, and I'll escort Mito to the Senju clan." Naruto Ren explained the upcoming events.
"Congratulations, congratulations." Already married, Akame Ren was the first to congratulate him.
"What? These are just events. Senju and Uchiha haven't reconciled yet, and it's not even me getting married." Naruto Ren rolled his eyes.
"Re:Zero, is that side heading toward the Pride IF route?" Pirate Ren looked at the silent Re:Zero Ren.
"Yeah, it's a bit troublesome. I'm being treated like a boss. Now I understand why the Demon King in the game wanted to cut off players' net." Re:Zero Ren complained.
"Let's have a moment of silence. He doesn't even have memories of different loops. That's rough." Akame Ren expressed sympathy.
"Authorities have no rank. He's already affected by my authority. Even if he wants to gather my intelligence, neither I nor my people will die because of it." Ren had fully prepared once he knew the other was on the Pride IF route.
"Our synchronized ability indeed made you able to talk safely." Naruto Ren nodded. From his perspective, Re:Zero Ren's power did seem a bit broken—trigger it and you wouldn't die. Who could withstand that?
"Looks like this time it's over. Everyone, work hard to get stronger. I'm lying down." Akame Ren laughed.
"Heh heh."
They all knew exactly what Akame Ren was doing—living wildly every day, already thinking with the lower half of his body.
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In the world of the Hokage, in the land of the Uzumaki clan.
Uzumaki Ren woke up, feeling the chakra in his body… undoubtedly, he was now a humanoid Tailed Beast, even surpassing the normal Tailed Beasts, and on top of that, he had a collection of ninjutsu.
This was naturally inspired by the original story, but now he was the developer. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call him a Professor of Ninjutsu, as he had mastered all Uzumaki sealing techniques.
Ren came to a jungle, where a Tailed Beast lay with nine tails.
"Nine-Tails, how about it? Have you thought it through?" Ren looked up at the massive creature in front of him.
Hoo~
Nine-Tails bared its teeth and exhaled at Ren. It wasn't thinking anything.
It had been sleeping peacefully, suddenly punched hard by someone. When it tried to fight back, it was already sealed and wrapped up.
Anyone would lose it under such treatment. And for some reason, this man even knew its name.
"You're still angry? You have to relax. Imagine being controlled by some red-eyed guy, then getting beaten senseless by a wooden golem—it's totally not worth it." Ren jumped onto the Nine-Tails and patted its head.
Kurama suddenly erupted in anger, beginning to gather a Tailed Beast Bomb, unable to tolerate someone riding on its head.
Ren quickly formed hand seals on Kurama, and with a single sealing technique, the Tailed Beast Bomb Kurama had gathered immediately dissipated.
"Why can't you understand? I'm actually being quite friendly to you," Ren said, sitting on Kurama's head, speaking earnestly.
Kurama immediately closed its eyes, thinking that out of sight meant out of mind, ignoring whatever the man was doing on its head.
It couldn't defeat him in battle anyway, and with that advanced sealing technique, it was completely restrained.
Ren jumped down from Kurama, knowing that he had captured it while it was still sleepy.
Kurama hadn't yet experienced the full force of the Uchiha and Senju, so naturally, it was filled with anger toward Ren.
At first, whenever Ren approached, Kurama would immediately unleash a Tailed Beast Bomb attack.
But after facing repeated trials of taijutsu, ninjutsu, and sealing techniques, Kurama gradually realized that it could not defeat this man.
Eventually, Kurama decided to ignore him. As long as it didn't attack, Ren couldn't harm it either. He had simply sealed it in the forest near the Uzumaki clan, giving it space to move, but not as freely as before.
Thinking that freedom might be far out of reach, Kurama decided to wear Ren down over time. This was its only plan for now.
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