Marvel: Devour to Evolve From Naruto

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As Ron disappeared once again, Tony's expression turned serious.

"Jarvis, can you still connect to him?"

"Sir, the moment Ron vanished, his signal also disappeared."

Hearing this, Tony let out a sigh of relief.

That's good.

At least it seems Ron isn't being controlled by anyone.

Meanwhile, on the other side...

Ron, clad in his Iron Man suit, reappeared at the spot where he had vanished.

The moment he showed up, the back of the suit opened, and a mini-satellite launched into the sky.

A holographic screen popped up in front of him.

"Scanning the surrounding environment..."

"Temperature: Normal..."

"Humidity: Normal..."

"Air quality: Normal..."

"Scan complete! No immediate threats detected!"

"Would you like to activate the satellite map?"

Ron instinctively responded, "Activate the map."

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Holy crap!

This is amazing!

So this is what it feels like to crush everything with technology?

For the first time, Ron truly felt the power of advanced tech.

The map displayed everything within a radius of several dozen kilometers, covering the entire surrounding area. Even better, he could zoom in or out on any specific location at will.

This is insane!

Yep, having a powerful background really makes all the difference.

With Stark backing him up, everyone else looked like small fries.

Even in another world, it's the same story!

Damn it!

Where are those guys who tried to threaten me earlier?

"Scan the area and mark all human locations."

"Understood, sir. Marking targets now."

A radar appeared on the map, with countless red dots representing humans scattered around him.

"They couldn't have gone far in half an hour."

"This direction, one kilometer west... Five people detected."

Locking onto his target, Ron took off into the air, vanishing into the sky.

In just over ten seconds, he caught up with them.

It was the same five people from before.

Hovering above, Ron noticed something strange.

They were moving fast.

Too fast.

They looked like refugees—malnourished, starving, reduced to eating grass and tree bark—yet their speed didn't match their physical state.

Normally, they should've been too weak to run like this.

Puzzled, Ron landed ahead of them.

He raised his hand— Boom!

A low-powered repulsor blast shot out.

The leader was sent flying backward, crashing into a tree before slumping lifelessly to the ground.

Dead in an instant.

The remaining four immediately dropped to their knees, begging for mercy in a language Ron didn't understand.

"Sir, language translation is unavailable. It appears to be an island dialect, possibly an ancient or unrecorded variant."

No translation available?

That means I can't get any information from them?

What kind of world is this?

Ron frowned.

He raised his hand again—

Boom!

One shot for each of them.

Just as he was about to leave, something on his status panel caught his eye.

[Note: Defeated enemies can be stored in the spatial inventory!]

This was the only note on his panel with an exclamation mark, making it stand out in his memory.

"Wait... what's the point of storing dead bodies?"

Ron was confused but still decided to follow the prompt.

As soon as he stored the bodies, he entered the spatial inventory himself.

What he saw next shocked him.

The five corpses had turned into five white clouds of mist, floating aimlessly in the space.

"What the...?"

Before he could react, the mist suddenly surged toward him, as if drawn by some unseen force.

It poured into his body.

Not just his body—

Some of the mist entered his brain as well.

After about ten minutes, all the mist had been absorbed.

[Power Level +2!]

At that moment, Ron finally understood what had happened.

The spatial inventory had broken the bodies down to their purest energy form.

By absorbing that energy, his physical abilities improved—

And he inherited their skills.

Not just that—

He also gained all of their memories.

It was like watching a movie.

He could browse through their experiences at will.

If he needed specific knowledge, he could extract and integrate it into his own mind.

Without hesitation, Ron absorbed their linguistic knowledge.

In an instant—

He became fluent in the local language.

No different from a native.

At the same time, by going through the memories of these five people, Ron finally learned where he was.

This world had five major nations and numerous smaller ones.

The five major nations were—

The Land of Fire.

The Land of Lightning.

The Land of Earth.

The Land of Wind.

The Land of Water.

Each nation had a powerful ninja village:

Konohagakure, Kumogakure, Iwagakure, Sunagakure, and Kirigakure.

In other words—

This was the world of Naruto!

"Wait a second!"

"If my spatial ability can refine bodies into mist... doesn't that mean I can gain a ninja's powers and bloodline abilities too?"

Though these five were just refugees with no connection to any ninja village—

Their memories mentioned something important:

The ninja villages were at war.

A massive battle was raging between them.

Word was that the Kazekage of Sunagakure had gone missing.

Meaning—

This was the Third Great Ninja War!

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