Naruto: I Am Crazy with the Simulation System!

Chapter 178: First Entry into Ryūchi Cave



You were never someone who hesitated—when you said you'd go, you meant it.

But before leaving, there were some things you needed to take: the cloned Sharingan and Byakugan technologies developed alongside Orochimaru, along with the necessary materials and experimental equipment.

There was also the bloodline essence you would use, and several unused bloodlines as well.

All of these were stored in your Divine Realm space—in a specially partitioned area untouched by the flames.

Once everything was ready, you set off for Ryūchi Cave's entrance within the Shinobi World, under Orochimaru's guidance.

According to him, the entrance to Ryūchi Cave wasn't fixed.

It only opened in unpredictable locations, and only when the chosen one was selected. Orochimaru himself had once stumbled upon it by sheer coincidence.

Drawing on your past conversations with Jashin and the Shinigami, and combining that with intel from Boss Black Cat, you'd deduced:

The Three Great Holy Lands were likely all vast spatial realms built atop dragon veins!Normally isolated and self-contained, they maintained communication with the Shinobi World solely through Summoning Contracts—Summoning and Reverse Summoning Techniques linked summoners to their creatures.

Only under specific circumstances would a direct connection to the Shinobi World be opened!

This alone showed that Ryūchi Cave took your arrival seriously.

As Orochimaru reminisced about the past, you quietly mulled over your own tangled thoughts.

It wasn't long before you arrived at the entrance to Ryūchi Cave.

The one who came to greet you was Manda.

But Manda didn't treat Orochimaru kindly—if anything, Orochimaru looked a little afraid of him.

You realized then that the essence of a Summoning Contract was rooted in bloodline.

And Orochimaru had long since changed bodies—maintaining his link with Manda now depended solely on old ties and offering up sacrifices in exchange for cooperation…

Of course, for someone like you now, contracting summoning beasts held little value.

Unless it was someone like the White Snake Sage—but that was simply impossible.

...

Upon entering Ryūchi Cave, snakes of all sizes slithered from countless tunnels, flicking their tongues to study this unfamiliar intruder—you.

A few larger snakes even bared their fangs, slithering from behind Manda, clearly intent on capturing you and devouring you whole.

Manda pulsed with pressure, releasing a wave of serpentine dominance that forced the lesser snakes to retreat.

But when you reached the deepest part of Ryūchi Cave...

Several serpents as massive as Manda emerged, all staring hungrily at your flesh.

It was clear—they meant to make you a part of their strength in the very next moment.

The mountains of white bones piled around the cave, and the way those giant snakes stared, all drove home a single truth:

—This was the law of survival in Ryūchi Cave. The strong devour the weak—whether human or snake.

Even an invited contractor would not be spared.

But to you, their strength was laughably insignificant.

With just a flicker of your chakra, flames nearly ten meters tall erupted from your back, pressing every snake present to the ground—none could lift their heads.

Even Manda, partially embedded into the rock wall, was forced to bow.

You gave him an apologetic glance and flicked a drop of bloodline essence his way.

Whether or not this would work on snakes, you weren't sure—but the purity of power inside was enough to keep Manda busy digesting it for a while.

Then, you stepped onto the contractor's trial.

...

What awaited you there was the illusion conjured by the Three Snakes.

You had to give them credit—still sticking to protocol even at a time like this, trying to cast Genjutsu on a Uchiha.

Even with Sage Art enhancements to boost the illusion's strength, against you—a member of the Ōtsutsuki Clan who had already touched the rules of reality—it was a joke.

In just one instant, their illusion was reflected back at them.

The Three Snakes were instantly trapped in their own technique, lost in self-created fantasies.

With their Genjutsu broken, the mist on the trial began to dissipate.

You walked forward and soon reached the lair of the White Snake Sage.

Faced with her massive form, you actually felt something you hadn't in a long time—a genuine sense of pressure.

But this pressure wasn't like that of Jashin—invincible and overwhelming.

It felt like you might actually be able to fight back—maybe even wound her, or escape her grasp.

It seemed the White Snake Sage hadn't formed a divine Authority.

Just like you, she stood at the same level of existence. The difference lay in:

She wielded powerful Sage Energy and had already fully mastered a vast array of rules.

This kind of White Snake Sage, while still considered a demigod like the Six Paths level, could be crushed with ease—if one had the strength.

Fortunately, the White Snake Sage bore you no hostility.

On the contrary, she proposed an alliance.

She could not tolerate the betrayal of Mount Myōboku, nor allow another Ōtsutsuki like the Sage of Six Paths to continue growing unchecked in the Shinobi World...

So you had another honest conversation—about ancient shinobi history and the origins of your Ōtsutsuki lineage.

Jashin, the Shinigami, Black Zetsu, and now the White Snake Sage—this was the fourth version of history you'd heard.

But one thing was now clear: the causes, timing, and outcomes of the major events were finally aligning.

And thanks to the White Snake Sage, you confirmed that the path you were on—absorbing rules, growing stronger, and ultimately becoming a god—was the right one.

As for your Ōtsutsuki bloodline, you attributed it all to your mutated Sharingan.

And that wasn't a lie.

Interestingly, the White Snake Sage seemed to favor you more than a naturally born Ōtsutsuki—perhaps because you were originally Uchiha, and later transformed.

Even her scale-covered face showed a rare softness.

After that, she readily agreed to your request to train in Sage Art and absorb natural energy.

Since you would be advancing and retreating together, there was no reason to hold anything back.

She revealed to you the full method for cultivating true Sage Art, not the chakra-based imitation known as Sage Chakra.

Then she stepped aside, revealing a hidden entrance beneath her massive body.

Through that opening, you would enter a stable space built where Ryūchi Cave's dragon vein energy was most abundant.

There, you would master Sage Art—quickly and perfectly.

...

Once you stepped into the Sage Art training chamber, the White Snake Sage began pouring bucket after bucket of milky-white snake oil into it.

She said it would enhance your affinity with natural energy and assist your training.

As the entire chamber filled with the snake oil—so rich in natural energy and even traces of bloodline power—you felt it made sense, but still kept your guard up.

So, fully immersed in snake oil, you followed the teachings of Sage Art.

You began circulating your meridians, continuously drawing in the surging natural energy of the dragon vein…

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