Chapter 217: Crossing into Date A Live
Coming back to his senses, Franklin heard what Uchiha Madara said beside him and was reminded of the soul he had slain and devoured.
"You're right—but our situations aren't the same. The Shinobi world truly has no means of strengthening the soul, but I do."
As he spoke, Franklin's Rinnegan locked directly onto Madara's gaze. In an instant, Madara felt as though he were facing a vast, boundless ocean.
While Madara was momentarily stunned, Franklin's divine sense had already enveloped everyone within a hundred-kilometer radius. Anyone who had witnessed the earlier scene had that segment of memory temporarily sealed away.
Exposing too much too early could give rise to unnecessary thoughts. When the Fourth Shinobi World War began, restoring those memories would have a far stronger deterrent effect than revealing them now.
After returning everything to its original state, Franklin snapped his fingers, and everyone instantly came back to themselves.
"Why am I here?"
"Third Hokage? Why are you here too?"
"The Valley of the End… all the clan heads are here. Don't you remember anything from the middle of all this?"
At this moment, Danzō, who had been hiding in the shadows, slowly stepped forward.
"I'm here as well. Judging from how heavily armed everyone is, something major must have happened here.
But all our memories are gone, which means we must have encountered something utterly inconceivable.
Given my personality, I would never willingly accept memory erasure. That means an overwhelmingly powerful individual erased everyone's memories.
Combined with what happened last night, I believe you all already have some guesses. The Akatsuki must not be underestimated—their secrets run far deeper than we imagined."
With just a few sentences, he deduced most of the situation. Franklin couldn't help but reassess Danzō slightly.
That said, he still needed to die. Alive, he was useless; dead, he would be far more beneficial.
"Directly modifying memories on such a massive scale… your strength truly exceeds imagination.
By the way, you still haven't told me what you plan to have me do. Kill people or something else? I can't stay idle—if I do, I might stir up serious trouble."
Looking at Uchiha Madara, who now seemed relaxed, almost as if preparing to enjoy retirement, Franklin thought briefly and then said calmly:
"Your task for now is to once again advance the Sharingan into the Rinnegan.
During this time, I won't place any restrictions on you.
What you need to do is conceal your identity, travel across the Shinobi world, and collect the grudges and histories between the major nations."
"Advance the Sharingan into the Rinnegan again?"
Seeing Madara's puzzled expression, Franklin directly removed his eyes and used his bloodline to nurture two newly born Sharingan.
Madara's Rinnegan were then returned to Nagato. As for the Sharingan Nagato had been using, Franklin erased them outright.
"Try awakening them. Let's see what level you reach. If it's Mangekyō, I'll help you duplicate two Sharingan and replace them."
Watching Franklin's practiced eye-swapping, Madara was momentarily speechless.
"Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan. No need to trouble you. Since you're not restricting me, then I'm really leaving."
Franklin nodded lightly. "Remember the task I gave you. And don't cause trouble—try not to expose your identity."
"Relax. I know what I'm doing."
Letting loose a god of slaughter—Franklin wasn't sure whether it was good or bad—but it would definitely shake the Five Great Nations. It might even produce unexpected results.
Watching the spy Shinobi around them being vented upon by Konoha's upper echelon, Franklin shook his head helplessly.
He said nothing more, directly sending Nagato back. The Outer Path statue was once again summoned away by Nagato.
Seeing Uchiha Obito follow after Madara, Franklin did not interfere. Orochimaru had already vanished the moment everything ended.
"Master, do you feel a bit better now?"
Looking at Nymph, who was being unusually cautious, Franklin smiled, stretched lazily, and said:
"Moving around did help a lot. And I've already obtained the fragment of the Dimensional Heavenly Tome. We're one step closer to going back."
Bringing the three women back to the two-story villa, Franklin sat cross-legged on his bed. The three angels sat around him, curiously watching his every move.
[Dimensional Soul Division Technique]
[Description: The myriad worlds offer infinite opportunities. Remaining in a single world yields limited chances.
Split the soul across the worlds to pursue fortune. When all souls merge as one, invincibility follows.]
[Usage Restriction: Determined by cultivation realm. At peak Nascent Soul stage, the soul may be split into six paths.
Each soul can reach early Nascent Soul realm. Every split soul is a main soul, possessing all divine soul abilities prior to splitting.]
[Warning: Soul-splitting is possible at any cultivation level. The lower the cultivation, the higher the death rate.
The more souls are split, the greater the risk of divine soul fragmentation. Talent Awakened One, take heed.]
[Usage: Freely choose the number of splits.]
Reading the description, Franklin let out a breath and directly chose four paths.
In the next instant, his vision went black.
When his sight returned, four perspectives appeared in his mind. Each was himself, yet the other three felt distinctly strange.
Exhaling slowly, the three other main souls also sat cross-legged, doing their best to adapt to life with four simultaneous viewpoints.
"One mind, four uses… that really is something else."
After sighing, Franklin opened the task interface again and selected the "The Myriad Worlds Journey Home" to view its details.
[The Myriad Worlds Journey Home]
[Task Rank: E- ～ EX]
[Task Duration: ???]
[Task Location: ???]
[Subtask One: Use the Dimensional Soul Division Technique to send split souls to three unknown worlds.
Each world includes combat, daily life, multiple heroines, and fragments of the Dimensional Heavenly Tome.
Upon entering a world, the corresponding main storyline will be triggered.
After completing it, you may choose to return or remain there permanently.
Completing the main storyline allows free selection of rewards: spirit stones, spiritual energy cultivation, physical cultivation, or lifespan.
Each world traversal consumes one hundred years of the Talent Awakened One's lifespan.
Do you choose to traverse?]
[Yes] [No]
Looking at the options before him, Franklin took a breath and decisively chose Yes.
With his body and one main soul remaining in the Naruto world, and the other three main souls retaining all abilities, there was no reason to hesitate.
As his vision stabilized once more, Franklin looked at the floating text before him.
[World detected: Date A Live
Abnormal Dimensional Heavenly Tome fragment detected. Corresponding subjugation task has been generated.
Due to the special nature of acquiring this fragment, time acceleration has been applied to this world.
The Talent Awakened One's perception will feel no different than usual,
but the flow of time in other worlds will be greatly reduced, or even halted.
Please execute this world's task with utmost care.
The success or failure of this mission will determine the future potential of both the Talent Awakened One and the Dimensional Heavenly Tome.]
After finishing reading, Franklin's vision went dark once again.
He really hadn't expected that the very first world would already bring this much trouble.