Chapter 176: Accepting the Mission, the Strange Momo
Franklin studied the designated task information before him, calmly considering his goals for the upcoming trip to the Naruto world.
His main objective was the remaining page of the Dimensional Tome hidden within Uchiha Madara's body. The other possibility was obtaining a Divine Tree Fruit.
While thinking over these two points, Franklin casually glanced at the black-robed figure. He smiled slightly and asked:
"So, one more question. What in the Naruto world would help me improve my current power the most?"
Feeling the robed man's strange stare, Franklin cleared his throat.
"You're an observer — you know far more than me. And since you don't seem to have any bad intentions, asking for some advice is much easier than thinking alone."
After a long silence, the black-robed figure let out a quiet sigh and finally spoke:
"The Naruto world fell out of control because an Ōtsutsuki — one who consumed an unending number of Divine Tree Fruits. That's why it split from the tree-born world.
If you want something valuable, of course it's the Divine Tree Fruit. Its effects are similar to the Spirit Fruit of the Dragon Ball world.
One draws on the life and natural force of nearly an entire planet, plus an Ōtsutsuki.
The other sacrifices all life force of a planet as nourishment. But the Divine Tree Fruit has additional unknown effects as well.
I've never eaten one myself, so even I can't be certain. You have the Eye of True Sight — if that's your goal, you can examine it yourself later.
But a warning: the Ten-Tails Divine Tree is a creation of the Ōtsutsuki. Until now, only their clan has consumed its fruit.
You can withstand the immense energy, but the unknown influence remains unpredictable.
My suggestion is to pick a fruit and keep it for now. Don't eat it yet — the risk is too high."
Everything aside from the censored parts made Franklin frown slightly. After thinking it over for a moment, he exhaled lightly.
"Thanks. I'll judge according to my limits."
He then began setting his designated task targets.
"Designated Target 1: A fully matured Divine Tree Fruit with no side effects, one that I can consume immediately.
Designated Target 2: Absorb and obtain the Dimensional Tome fragment of the Dimensional Spirit-Division Technique inside Uchiha Madara."
The black-robed figure visibly froze at those words.
[Two task targets designated. Calculating…]
[Directly designating targets automatically includes location and time. As the targets involve different time points within the same world, the system defaults to Designated Location, Designated Time, and Designated Task.
Cost: 600 years of lifespan.
Accept this designated task?]
Franklin felt his scalp tighten. He had hoped to take advantage of a loophole — but clearly, no such luck.
"Denied. Both task locations are within the Naruto world. Only the time differs. At most it should cost 500 years."
[Rejection acknowledged. Cost adjusted to 500 years of lifespan.
Accept this designated task?]
He opened the Dimensional Tome:
[Age: 30 / 892]
Even after losing 500 years, he would still have over 300 left — and he had the Lifespan Fruit besides. Not a bad trade.
"Accept."
[Designated Task Accepted]
[Designated Task]
Task Target 1: A fully matured Divine Tree Fruit with no side effects, suitable for Franklin to consume.
Task Target 2: Absorb and obtain the Dimensional Tome fragment inside Uchiha Madara.
Task Location: Naruto World
Task Time 1: Unknown
Task Time 2: Konoha Year 48
Total Required Task Duration: 20 years
[Detailed task progression will be revealed after entering the Naruto world.
Calculating transfer timing… Teleportation countdown: 10 minutes.]
[09:59]
Franklin let out a slow breath and looked toward the black-robed figure.
"It's set exactly how you wanted. I'll start the temporal anchor once I finish. Now hand over the Lifespan Fruit."
Seeing Franklin hold out his hand so matter-of-factly, the robed figure tossed the white, peach-shaped fruit to him without hesitation.
A moment later, his body began to fade.
"I'm leaving. One last reminder — your body-realm trials of Heart Questioning and Heart Tempering are done. The only thing left is the lightning tribulation of the spiritual-energy realm.
You can choose to undergo it in the Naruto world. Since that world is detached, Heaven's Will senses it weakly. Being a small world, it will hold back a bit — but the tribulation reward will increase instead.
This is exactly what you need. And remember: your lightning talent is far from ordinary. Your yang-lightning can absorb tribulation lightning to grow stronger.
Don't waste the chance. If you miss it, raising your yang-lightning to a higher grade later will not be so simple."
[Lifespan Fruit acquired. Store in Dimensional Tome?]
As the robed man vanished completely, Franklin reviewed his words. He stored the fruit at once.
The dream began to collapse. Light tore through the darkness.
Franklin's eyes snapped open. The familiar ceiling greeted him. He exhaled softly.
Sitting up, he found Momo and Lala beside him. The house intact. Everything normal.
With eight minutes left on the countdown, Franklin floated up and traveled to Nana's subspace.
Seeing the three angels lying peacefully on their beds, he finally relaxed.
Watching them gather with Bulma in-game under Nana's guidance, Franklin scratched his head helplessly.
"Looks like this time it really is reality. In that case, keep doing whatever you're doing. I'll deal with everything after I get back from the Naruto world."
Still uneasy, he checked each room one by one. Only after confirming that all the girls were safe did he return to his own room.
Thinking back on everything that happened in the layered dream, Franklin reached out to pat Momo awake, wanting to ask if she had appeared there as well.
But the moment he touched her, Momo sat straight up. A cold, sharp gaze glowing pink, an unfamiliar aura radiating from her — it froze Franklin for a second.
Before he could react, she grabbed him, pulled him down onto the bed, and straddled him. Her glowing pink tail pressed against his forehead.
"Who are you?"
"Who am I?"
Franklin was completely baffled. Seeing the wary, unrecognizing look in her eyes, he instantly thought of one possibility.