Seventh Reincarnation
Lin Fan's?

Ars breathed in fresh air after being sealed for so long.

"Only those who have lost their freedom know how precious freedom is."

Raising his hand against the dazzling sunlight, he smiled widely.

"This will be my first and last sealed experience. Thanks to the [Cryptic Space], no existence of any kind can sense my arrival."

This experience has given Ars a valuable lesson. In every world, there are powerful extensions capable of matching or being stronger than it.

Since they could not kill him, they could only seal him.

It's a simple, but effective method.

Fortunately in the previous world, Ars obtained a chapter of the Space Scripture, which was one of the Nine Great Heavenly Scriptures.

That chapter contained a technique called [Cryptic Space]. This made it possible to hide anything from everyone, not even the sky would be able to detect it.

Ars has understood and mastered [Cryptic Space], so no one can detect it if he is hiding.

"You're cultivating faster than I expected. According to my calculations, you'll be in seclusion for 10 years."

As Ars enjoyed his moment of freedom, an exactly the same voice was heard from behind.

Turning back, he saw the clones he had left behind before entering seclusion.

"What happens when I'm not around?"

"Too much has happened in these five years, and there is one news that will surely surprise you. Too long to tell, you better see for yourself."

The clone put the grocery bag on the table, then he turned into a puff of white smoke.

*poof*

After the clone disappeared, the memory of the clone for five years was transferred to Ars.

[Kage Bunshin no Jutsu (Shadow Clone Technique)] is considered the top clone technique in this world. Many advantages, but the most useful according to Ars is memory sharing.

When the clone disappears, all the memories of the clone will automatically go to the brain of the main body.

Generally the Konoha Shinobi did not dare to maintain the clones made with [Kage Bunshin no Jutsu] for a few days, as the information the main body received would overload the brain.

But Ars is different, his brain processes memories for five years without any side effects.

"Interesting... Yamanaka Lin Fan, Hashirama's death, Tobirama plunged into battle, another village attacked Konoha... Turns out a lot of things happened in five years."

Ars lay on the couch, closed his eyes, and digested the memory he received.

"Yamanaka Lin Fan, Shinobi genius of Yamanaka Clan. At just 15 years old, he made many glorious achievements on the battlefield. With the Yamanaka Clan's unique Jutsu, he possessed the body of the enemy leader, and deliberately gave orders that led to the Shinobi's death. Now, he is considered a Hero of Konoha, and receives promotion to Jonin's level."

"His enemies gave him the nickname 'Spectre Spirit', due to his extremely threatening and dreaded presence."

Closing his eyes, he said the information about Yamanaka Lin Fan. Then Ars opened his eyes.

"No matter how I look at it, it's a Chinese name. Moreover, it was the standard name of the Chinese protagonist. Why is no one questioning his name that is strange and different from the others?"

"But why is Lin Fan again?!"

Before his first reincarnation, Ars also read the novels xianxia, and manhua. I don't know how many writers used Lin Fan's name as the protagonist.

Couldn't they think of any other name besides Lin Fan?

In the world of High School of the Dead, the Transmigrator who possessed and took over the body of Igou Hisashi is also named Lin Fan.

What happened to Lin Fan?

Now, Ars meets the other Lin Fan.

Ars knows this because his clone has done an investigation about Lin Fan.

"According to the clone, Lin Fan was a Reinkarnator like me. It's the first time I've met my kind."

With this, Ars has crossed paths with Reinkarnator and Transmigrator, while wandering the Myriad World.

Although they were both named Lin Fan, there was a difference in the way they came.

A reincarnator is an individual whose soul or essence is transferred into a 'new body' after their death. Usually they start from a baby, or awaken memories of a previous life at a certain age.

Transmigrators are individuals whose souls are transferred into the 'body of a living person'. They retain their identity and memory from their previous lives and take over the bodies of others.

To be honest, Ars doesn't like Transmigrators. They are like parasites taking over their host.

"99.99% of Reinkarnators and Transmigrators are endowed with cheating devices to ease their lives. I wonder what kind of cheating device Yamanaka Lin Fan has."

Ars doesn't believe Lin Fan doesn't have a cheating device.

The proof, Lin Fan achieved his achievements at a young age.

As for 0.1%, they are the unfortunate ones and fared more unlucky than Ars, for not receiving a cheating device.

"I'll see it later. As long as he doesn't harm Konoha, I won't do anything to him."

Although the device requires killing Reinkarnator and other Transmigrators, Ars has no intention of killing them blindly.

As long as the other party did not provoke him first, he was too lazy to deal with them. After all, he had no lack of strength.

"Haaa... Let's go on pilgrimage."

Ars got up from the couch in a low mood. Then he left his home under the watchful eye of Anbu who was hiding.

...

Konoha Cemetery is where villagers are buried and located on its outskirts.

Ars put a flower in front of one of the gravestones.

"You died too soon, Hashirama. You made Mito a widow at a young age, and he has to take care of your children alone."

"You're called the Shinobi God, but you're just an irresponsible bastard."

Anbu who was hiding not far from there, felt a cold sweat on her forehead when she heard her supervisor target vilifying the First Hokage.

Ars continued to vent his disappointment.

"Luckily Mito is a good woman. If it was another woman, once her husband died, she would marry another man. You understand, Hashirama? You're a victim of Netorare!"

He recalled one of the scenes in the Fourth Shinobi World War, when one of the Sunagakure Shinobi was resurrected through [Edo Tensei (Impure World Reincarnation)]. The man met his acquaintance, and asked his wife and daughter, and he found out that his wife had remarried and was living happily with another man.

"Forget it, there is no point in cursing the dead. You didn't hear this either."

Ars stopped berating Hashirama.

From the memories of the clone, Hashirama died six months ago. The cause, the wound he received while fighting Madara in the Valley of the End for three days and three nights.

[Author's Note: The cause of Hashirama's death remains a mystery to this day. This is just the author's guess.]

"Goodbye, my friend. If fate permits, maybe we can meet again in the future."

Ars stared at the tombstone with a complex expression. Sighing a deep breath, he turned away.

He was used to attending the funerals of his friends.

"No matter how many times I've experienced it, it's an uncomfortable feeling." Mumbled slowly.