Chapter 516 509: Great Lan Above! Dazzling Ninja-Rangers Take Their Places!

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Inside the experimental compartment.

One prop after another was shattered!

Getting closer and closer to the exit!

Various alarms and system prompts rose and fell in succession.

"Unauthorized personnel detected in Sector C 11. Security, please activate defense protocols."

"Warning: Corridor C11's security system has largely gone out of control."

This scene…

Made Rappa inevitably recall the final day she left Ninja Capital!

On that day,

The streets of Ninja Capital were drenched in an ominous green moonlight.

Inside the laboratory, shattered glass tanks leaked foul-smelling slime, and bizarre shrieks echoed endlessly.

Carrying the Galactic Ninja Scrolls Tools bestowed by her Master, she shuttled through the merciless acid rain, cleaving through the filthy air, sprinting toward the heart of the Ninja Capital.

Soon,

The Evil Ninjas discovered her.

They lunged from all directions, spewing incomprehensible gibberish.

"The test subject is rioting!"

"Dammit, you broke the expensive equipment!"

"Who poured that damn virus into her brain?!"

Yet she,

Utilizing the terrain to shake off the Evil Ninja's pursuit,

Broke through the encirclement they had laid out once again.

Finally,

She stood atop Ninja Capital!

The matrix of the Laboratory shattered like snowflakes, and the great gates of Ninja Capital were finally pushed open.

The light outside…

Was blinding.

Moreover,

That near-infinite expanse made one instinctively want to shrink back.

Back then,

She glanced back for a moment and quietly made her decision in her heart.

"By Reignbow Great Lan! A ninja never looks back!"

Next…

Just as Rappa continued to reminisce,

A voice cut through her thoughts.

"Guys, look at this mission description!"

"The more you think about it, the more terrifying it gets!"

It was the streamer Little Gui's voice.

She opened the mission interface.

There was a line of text upon it:

[ Soon, all here will deteriorate into savage monkeys obstructing the Rangers, a fate sealed the moment they entered the AtaviSearch Forest. You know that his way of the ninja has ended, yet you chose not to debunk the false promises he offered you even till his end. Now, you will continue to live with this lie, then conduct your hunt. You will hunt until the way of the ninja's bitter end. ]

[ Your name as a ninja is true, your way of the ninja is true, and the road beneath your feet is real. Therefore, charge forward. ]

"Does that mean…"

"Rappa actually knew everything in the laboratory all along!"

"These researchers had long been implanted with the memetic virus. At a certain point, they would lose all reason and intellect! Turning into pure, fighting savage apes…?!"

"And now, the fall of the laboratory signifies that that moment has arrived."

The livestream chat exploded instantly!

…

"Dr. Primitive is ruthless!"

"My god…"

"Isn't this way too cruel?"

"In Dr. Primitive's eyes, whether it's test subjects or these research apes, they're probably all the same."

"Is this the perspective of a Genius?"

"Good, good, good…"

"Didn't you follow Dr. Primitive? You deserve this ending!"

"I wonder if the research apes watching this plot will still faithfully build laboratories and continue performing atavistic experiments for Dr. Primitive…"

…

Opening the great gate.

A flash of intense white light filled the entire screen.

There was only Rappa's heavy, tense breathing.

A moment later,

She calmed down.

She sighed with emotion: "So.... this…. is how the air outside the Ninja Capital….. actually… smells like."

Right at that moment,

The voice of the female Galaxy Ranger who had appeared before chimed in: "— Hey, little miss, are you alright?"

"A first meeting. Who might… Your Excellency be?"

"A Galaxy Ranger. I received a distress signal. This place really is the territory of Dr. Primitive's henchmen. It's as hard to find as those Ninja Slang bananas hidden in the woods."

At this moment.

Young Rappa stood on the alloy floor.

The white lab coat on her body was already tattered and torn.

A metallic high-tech collar was fastened around her neck.

She looked utterly disheveled.

Only her gaze remained steadfast.

…

"Huh? The art style in this scene is completely different from before!"

"Holy crap!"

"Except for the paint on her face, nothing else is the same!"

"Oh god! So that was already foreshadowing back then."

"Before was Rappa's perspective, now is the reality."

"Rappa must have been wearing this lab coat the whole time; the ninja attire was just her imagination."

"Uuuu, my poor little Rappa… undergoing such inhumane experiments at such a small, frail age…"

"Now that she's escaped, everything will get better!"

…

"A Ninja Hero? Huh. It seems my trial has finally come to an end."

"Trial? What kind of Ninja Slang… Another poor kid driven mad by those monkeys, Ninja Slang."

At this moment,

The screen flashed with rapid flashbacks.

Shattering and reassembling over and over!

The reality's Rappa and the Dazzling Ninja from her memories alternated repeatedly!

Rappa's eyes flickered like a short-circuited light bulb.

All of this combined to create an intense sense of urgency, teetering on the edge of a breakdown!

Rappa asked: "The final trial of the Mappou Age… Destroy the matrix of Osaru's house and end the catastrophe…."

"Pray tell… Have I proven myself worthy of the title of "Ninja Hero"?"

The Galaxy Ranger froze for a moment.

"Ranger Slang no way… No wonder these Ranger Slang in the lab are all dead on the ground."

"You did all this alone?"

…

"The technique point jars Rappa smashed in the corridor earlier… were probably the researchers in reality."

"Well done!"

"These goddamn scumbags deserved to be sent straight to hell!"

"Classic Galaxy Ranger potty mouth."

"Do all of you Rangers speak with built-in bleeps?"

"Looking at it this way, Rappa is actually quite polite for a Galaxy Ranger."

"Sorry, the scene is serious, but the constant bleeps are making me laugh so hard [ covers face ]"

…

The screen gradually stabilized.

"Ten years of suffering, one day of recognition…"

"This one has not failed the Dazzling Ninjutsu… Master Kucha, how I wish you could witness this sight…"

Meanwhile, the Galaxy Ranger next to her completely lost her composure!

"Ninja Slang, I get it now. This girl's infected with a memetic virus. Ninja Slang, most people would've turned into complete Ninja Slang by now, but she's still running around like nothing's wrong?"

"Please, listen to me! You're in serious danger right now. If you don't get treated soon, your brain will eventually burst!"

However,

Rappa replied: "Wait! Since I am now a ninja hero who can contend with evil ninjas..."

"Could this one… lend you a hand…?"

"Ninja Slang, you're asking me this now. Do you have a death wish?"

"Dead folks don't get to take revenge. You wanna walk the Path of the Hunt? Girl, that's a point of no return!"

"By Great Lan above. Eradicating evil, till my last breath. My bow drawn, no turning back…"

"…One must remain single-minded, eradicating evil and revealing righteousness."

Rappa's tone grew firmer and firmer.

The light in her eyes shone brighter and brighter!

Splashed with colorful pigments, the two visions fused into one!

The Dazzling Ninja, Rappa,

At this very moment,

Found her path!

"Whoever follows the way of the ninja is a ninja. I…"

"I've made my decision."

…

"So badass!"

"She had nowhere to return to in the first place… Only by walking the Path of the Hunt can she fulfill her Ninja Path!"

"She's back, our Dazzling Ninja is completely back!"

"Born of Erudition, walking the Path of the Hunt."

"By Great Lan! Only now do I realize how weighty that phrase really is!"

"Now I finally understand why Rappa is a Galaxy Ranger yet walks the Path of Erudition."

"Life should be like an arrow released from the bowstring; though the flesh perishes, the will never wavers!"

"The stellar arrow nocked, the golden gaze blazing—the Reignbow Arbiter never looks back!"

"Go back and tell Dr. Primitive: the vengeance of The Hunt will inevitably come!"