Chapter 433: Side Story Part 13: Redaku Arc: Creation of the Donut Island
Rumble… rumble… BOOM…
Earth trembles beneath Izuna's Susanoo as he blocks the black energy projectile with his Yata shield. The water in the gulf has long evaporated as a result of the heat and the force of the clash of many powerful attacks.
The two-layered elemental shields of the Yata shiel quake and tremble.
Crack…
Cracks appear on the first shield and after a few seconds, the first energy shield shatters. It absorbs a portion of the energy of the attack prior to its dissipation. The second shield bears the burden and soon crumbles into energy fragments after absorbing another major portion of the black energy beam.
HAAAA…
Izuna continues to hold the Yata shield uptight in place. The impact force behind the beam slowly pushes his Susanoo all the way to the walls of the gulf. Soon, the energy attack dies down with no damage to the Susanoo.
[He did it!]
Ryui nods in surprise.
"He really did it!" Yuri clenches her fist with a smile.
GYAAAAAHHH…
The eel monsters scream in frenzy at the sight of Susanoo's feat.
Huff… Huff…
Izuna regulates and breathing and smirks at the remaining hoard of monsters.
"It's not over yet!"
SHOOM…
The eyes of the Yaksha on the Yata shield emit an eerier emerald glow. It slowly cracks open its mouth.
"Time for payback!"
"Yata no Kagami: Counter Reflect,"
A highly compressed dense beam of energy gathers at the mouth of the Yaksha.
Fwoosh…
The compressed energy turns into an orb and shoots toward the group of monsters at an incredible speed.
GYAAAAH…. KYAAAA… REE….
The monster roars and screams in fear as they sense the threat of death from this attack. However, Izuna pays no heed to them. As soon as the attack reaches the middle of the hoard, he snaps his finger.
BOOOMM…
The energy orb explodes into a giant pillar of energy and engulfs the surrounding monsters. Most of the monsters frantically attempt to escape from the column of energy. However, the speed of the explosion surpasses their speed and soon the mouth of the gulf, which was tightly packed with the eel monster, is blown away by the explosion.
GYYYYAAAAAAHHH…
A loud shriek escapes from within the giant pillar of energy. The wailing sound is similar to the cacophony of the slaughter of a thousand pigs.
"Tch… what a foul scream?"
Izuna cleans his eardrums with his little finger.
Rumble….
Shockwaves travel across the sea. The entire sea bed around the gulf becomes devoid of water. Multiple conch shells, skeletons of fishes, broken parts of ships, and even an entire giant boat appear in the waterless area.
"Is that titanic?" One of the civilians shouts and points toward the broken remains of a giant ship full of seaweed and mold.
Izuna and the rest of the people turn toward him in surprise.
"I was just joking!" Hoshi sheepishly scratches his head.
"Hmm… now that you mention it, it does look like titanic." Kei also voices his opinion.
"Hmm… this outline looks similar." A few of the sailors discuss among themselves.
Izuna dispels his Susanoo and lands beside Yuri.
"What are these people talking about?" He gazes at the bottomless hole present at the center of the explosion.
'So, I have become powerful enough to alter the terrain of the world.
The powerful clash between him and these monsters has leveled the hills around the gulf. His previous attack even blew a bottomless hole at the previous location of the gulf and shifted the tectonic plates of the area, which resulted in the elevation of the seabed.
Now, the entire island looks similar to a donut when viewed from above. Only the rift created by the slash of his sword connects the bottomless hole to the sea.
"They are talking about the legendary ship that sank a century ago. It was one of the most ambitious projects of our people. However, it was attacked by these eels like the sea monster and met its cruel end."
"Oh!"
Izuna turns silent and observes the seawater slowly pouring into the hole through the channel created by his sword.
"Umm… what happened to the Umibozu? Where is it? Did it escape?"
Yuri bites her lower lips, an act she has been repeating since she met with Izuna.
"Well, it blew up!"
"…"
Yuri, Ryui, Akari, and Viktor turn silent at Izuna's remark.
"Umm… I didn't expect it to be so weak. It was attempting to fuse with that grotesque mass of flesh; but before it could complete its transformation, it got blown by my attack."
Izuna shakes his head in disappointment, as if he was expecting more from the monster.
"…"
The rest of the Uzu clan members silently stare at him.
[I can't sense the evil presence of Umibozu or its remnants. It's dead for good.] Ryui opens her mouth to speak for the first time.
"YOU CAN SPEAK!" Izuna's eyes widen for the first time.
[Of course, I can speak. I have lived with humans for so long that I picked up their language. Also, it's the power of my summoning contract.]
"OH!"
"Fufu…" Yuri burst into a chuckle at his shocked expression.
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A week later,
In the Uzu clan compounds,
"Hmm… I have studied the summoning contract between you and Ryui. This contract has multiple flaws. I can remove it if you want?" He turns towards Ryui and Yuri.
"Please improve the summoning contract if possible. The cost to maintain the current summoning contract is too huge." Akari requests him.
"Very well! You can say this summoning contract is the first of its kind in both the shinobi world and Redaku. After your ancestor, Kenshiro Senju, left this place, he improved the summoning contract in the shinobi world and removed the blood sacrifice limitation, and replaced it with a bit of blood and chakra. Though the duration of summoning is limited by the amount of the user's chakra. It's not permanent like your current one."
Izuna explains the details to them.
Izuna's finger flows with bright blue chakra. He taps the summoning contract on Yuri's hand and extracts it from her body.
"AH!"
Both Yuri and Ryui are startled as they lost their connection.
With glowing hands, Izuna releases the contract in mid-air. He inscribes one fuinjutsu rune after another on the contract seal and soon creates a giant array from the summoning seal. Izuna continues to carve multiple runes in the air and adjusts or removes the previous rune.
Soon, a giant, complex circular formation appears in the sky of the Uzu clan.
"I have made some improvements to it and modified a few parts and even added a space-time teleportation seal to it. Now you don't have to continuously supply your blood to the seal to maintain it. The summoning seal will become dormant after you run out of chakra or when you want to dispel the summoning. The drawback is that you won't be able to maintain your telepathic connection while the seal is in a dormant state. Also…"
Izuna takes out a giant scroll from his storage. He carves multiple Fuinjutsu seals on it and hands it over to Ryui.
"Infuse your blood and energy in this scroll."
Ryui follows his instruction and bites one of her flippers. She drops her blood on the scroll.
"Good!"
Izuna carves a few more runes on the scroll.
"Done!"
Ryui's body and the scroll shine with a bright light and soon the scroll flies toward her and lands on her back.
"With this, you can sign a contract with any member of the Uzu clan you want. Though the summoner has to meet the minimum criteria of chakra to successfully summon you."
Phew…
"With this, my job is done!" Izuna exhales a deep breath.
"Thank you… thank you so much for your help." Akari, Yuri, Viktor, and a few elders of the Uzu clan bows to him.
"It was nothing much!" Izuna shrugs his shoulder.
These past few days, he was quite busy. On the mayor's pleading, he terraformed the exposed sea bed part of the island using his earth release and wood releases to make it suitable for agriculture and other activities.
He even modified the hole present at the previous location of the gulf and connected it with the sea and filled it with fresh water to make an inland reservoir. He inscribed multiple purifying Fuinjutsu seals at the entrance and exit of the reservoir to convert the sea water into fresh water and salt.
With this, the biggest problem of Shirodo town was solved. Previously, Ryui and the Umibozu shared space in the gulf. Now, the new reservoir became Ryui's new house.
[That monster has plagued this land for centuries. My husband, Tatsu died while fighting alongside Kenshiro-sama against that monster. He sacrificed his life to seal the monster. Now, the curse inlaid on this land is finally lifted with your aid. I am very grateful for that.] Ryui bows to him. She extends the summoning scroll toward Izuna.
"I want to sign a contract with you."
EEEEPP….
A small plesiosaur leaps out from a pocket around her waist and curiously walks towards Izuna.
EEEEEPPP…
It nudges its neck against Izuna and points one of its flippers toward the summoning contract.
[Ryu! This kid!]
Izuna and the rest are startled by the appearance of a small plesiosaur.
[I am very sorry for his rudeness. He is still a kid.]
Hmm…
Izuna inspects the small plesiosaur with his Sharingan.
"How is he a kid? He is around 300 years old."
[We have a different life span compared to humans. Our species lives for two thousand years and the egg incubates and hatches after 200 years. So, in human terms, Ryu is still a kid.]
EEEEPPP…
Ryu licks Izuna's face. Izuna strokes Ryu's head and forms a summoning contract with him. He turns towards the Uzu clan members.
"Looks like it's time for me to leave."
Chapter 434: 399. Island of Redaku Part-3
Hoshi narrates the tale to the Konoha group.
"So, after defeating that sea of the monster; Izuna-sama helped us with the reconstruction of the entire island. He cleared the surrounding monsters and thus after his suggestion, we named this island the Donut Island."
"Hoshi, what's the matter? Did some monster attack the island?"
Soon, a few red-haired figures walk out of the entrance of the hotel.
"Akari-san, Yuri-san… it's…"
Two redheads walk toward the escort group. They stand beside Hoshi.
"AH!"
They are startled to see Kushina since they recognize her.
"Hmm… what's the matter?" Their strange expression perplexes Kushina.
"It's nothing!" Both of them sighs and shake their head.
'So, Izuna-dono succeeded in his venture.'
Hoshi introduces the two groups to each other.
"Uzu clan? Hmm… I think I have some records about them in the Uzumaki clan library. I didn't expect it to be real." Kushina is pleasantly surprised to learn of their identity.
"Then, let me reintroduce myself. I am Kushina Uzumaki, the former princess of the Uzumaki clan."
"Former princess?" Akari and Yuri stare at each other.
A bitter smile appears on Kushina's face.
"Unlike your clan, my clan wasn't lucky. Barely a few members of the Uzumaki clan are alive today." Kushina narrates the incident of Uzushiogakure's slaughter.
"That's unfortunate! To think our close relatives suffered such a fate. We are lucky, we met Izuna-dono, or else we might also…" Akari shakes her head.
"It's alright! I have moved on from that tragedy. Now I am living happily with my family." Kushina introduces Minato and the rest of the group, who politely greet them.
"Hmm… where is Izuna-sama? It has been more than two years since he visited us." Yuri looks around in confusion.
Kushina, Minato, and Tsunade stare into each other's eyes. They notice the love-stricken look in Yuri's eyes.
'Another innocent girl snared by Izuna's love trap!' Tsunade mutters in her mind.
'This girl is also infatuated with Izuna.' Kushina replies to her.
'It's an unrequited love.' Minato shakes his head.
Sigh…
Minato sighs and explains.
"Izuna is caught in some important task and is unable to visit this place."
"Is that so?" Yuri's face fell.
"Don't worry, once he is free, I will ask him to visit with his family." Kushina smiles at her.
"His family?"
"Mm… this girl is Izuna's younger sister, Ayaka."
Ayaka waves at them.
"He also has a wife and two kids. His wife is on her way here." Tsunade adds.
"He has a wife and two kids…" Yuri's face fell. A slight tear appears in her eyes. She turns around and dashes away.
"YY… Yuri!" Akari helplessly raises her hand toward Yuri to stop her.
"I am sorry for this!" she apologizes to the group and chases after Yuri.
"Tsunade Nee-san… is it alright to do this?" Kushina turns to Tsunade.
"I can understand her sentiment. But it won't change the truth. She has to face it and move on." Tsunade shakes her head.
"Izuna has already met his love. Harboring any affectionate feeling for him might hurt her." She continues.
"Please give us an opportunity to host you." Viktor, the silent butler, gently bows his head.
He escorts the group inside the resort.
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A few hours later,
The rest of the escort group also sails their ship to Shirodo island. The ship anchors on the shore and the group walks on the island.
"Amazing!" The group stares at the building in Shirodo town with amazement.
The guards proudly puff their chests and introduce the landmarks of Shirodo town to them.
For these people, shinobis are figures of legend and yet these legendary figures are now amazed by their hard work.
"This way, please!" The guards lead them toward the trinity corporation resort.
"Incredible! To think that Lord Izuna has such a widespread influence on the people of the foreign land." Chojuro and Ao look around.
"Look… look… that's Sensei's jutsu statue."
Hanabi tugs Yakumo's sleeves and points towards a gigantic statue of Izuna's Susanoo at the town square. Another life-sized statue of Izuna with a katana is present beside the giant Susanoo statue.
"Wow! Incredible."
They approach the statue and read the story of Izuna's heroic deeds on the memorial.
"As expected of him!" A faint smile appears on Mei's face.
"Umm… I also want a giant statue like this." Naruto murmurs.
"Don't you have the Naruto bridge in the Land of Waves?" Sasuke speechlessly replies.
"But that's just the name of the bridge. There is no statue." Naruto complains.
"Well… at that time, the people of the Land of waves were short on money. They didn't even have enough money to build the bridge. It was Izuna Sensei who gave the funds to them." Sakura adds.
"Don't worry, Naruto. Once you become the Hokage, you will get your own stone carving on the Hokage mountain." Sasuke consoles him.
"I feel much better after hearing that." Naruto looks around and notices a small ramen shop on the corner.
"Hey… hey… look… look… there is a ramen shop here!" He points towards the ramen shop in excitement.
Ugh…
The rest of the group clutch their forehead.
"Naruto is Naruto. One moment he is depressed, the next moment he becomes cheerful." Izumi remarks with a chuckle.
Sasuke sighs as he is dragged inside the shop by Naruto.
"We should also eat something fresh. We have been eating dried rations and preserved food for the past few days." Mei gives her permission and enters the shop with the rest of the group.
Inside the ramen shop,
"Mmm… this ramen has a completely different taste from Ichiraku ramen."
Slurp… slurp…
Naruto finishes the fifth bowl of ramen and asks for more.
"It's good but if I have to pick between Ichiraku and this, then Ichiraku will be my first choice."
"Mm… they mostly serve ramen with seafood ingredients. It's understandable since this place is present beside the sea." Sakura finishes a bowl of ramen.
After the meal, they exit the ramen shop and look at the various food stalls. All the teens turn their gaze to Mei.
"Since we are in a new place, then we might as well have a taste of their culture." Mei understands their gaze and gives them approval.
"Yay!" Hanabi and Naruto jump in excitement.
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Back at the resort,
The Konoha group meets up with Akari and Yuri. Yuri has calmed her emotions by now.
"I will also like to meet Izuna-san's wife and see what kind of person is she." Akari heaves a sigh of relief at her words.
She can see betterment in her daughter's words, but some things aren't meant to be.
"I would like to take you somewhere!" Yuri turns to Kushina.
"Is it the…"
"Yes, the Sea Lord wants to meet Lady Kushina." Yuri nods at Akari.
"If you don't mind, can we follow her?" Tsunade turns to Akari.
"No… not at all." Akari agrees to her request.
The group walks deeper into the Uzu clan compound. After a few turns here and there, they arrive at the center of the island.
"Woah! So huge." Ayaka exclaims at the sheer size and depth of the inland reservoir.
"Fufu… of course, as expected of my student." Tsunade proudly puffs her chest as she steals Ayaka's lines.
"So, this place was carved out of Izuna's attack." Kushina and Minato turn to each other.
"He has grown much stronger now!" They recall the scene of the powerful jutsu used by Izuna to blow away an entire mountain in his battle against the Otsutsuki clan member.
"This is nothing compared to the chasm of death he carved with his blade." A bitter smile appears on Minato's face.
[This familiar presence…]
An unknown telepathic connection in their mind. The group instinctively raises their guard against any attack.
"Don't worry… it's the Sea Lord." Yuri explains.
"Oh!"
The group turns towards the center of the reservoir, where a giant column of water is slowly rising.
Soon, a gigantic plesiosaur appears in their vision.
"Woah, so huge!" The group is startled by the size of the plesiosaur, which easily dwarfs Kurama.
[It's nice to meet you, I am Ryui, also known as the Sea Lord.] Ryui introduces herself.
EEEEPPP…
Another small plesiosaur leaps out of the water and flaps its flipper toward Ayaka.
The small plesiosaur appears beside Ayaka and nudges its head against Ayaka. Ayaka gently strokes its head, since she doesn't sense any hostility from the creature.
[He is Ryu, my son!]
Ayaka pats Ryu's head. Ryu points one of its flippers toward Ayaka and the other toward its back.
"You want me to ride on your back?" Ayaka asks him.
EEEEPPP…
Ryu nods its head.
"Alright!" Ayaka jumps on top of him. A water bubble surrounds Ryu as the latter jumps into the water reservoir.
[Don't worry, Ryu has a summoning contract with Izuna. Just like he can sense the connection between Izuna and her. Thus, he considers that little girl as a part of his family.] Ryui explains to calm them down.
"I see!" Tsunade heaves a sigh of relief.
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