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.
Chapter 435: 400. Mortal with the power of GODS
Somewhere in an unknown dimension with red skies and desolate surroundings filled with sinister chakra and nature energy,
Slash…
"Blade of Nandaka: Dimensional Sunder,"
A cloaked figure wields a transparent blade and slashes away at the hoard of countless Abyss centurions in the form of flood dragons, asuras, horned demons, arachnids, and many other life forms.
The powerful slash of the blade rips apart the space and laws of the unknown dimension and leaves behind a gigantic cross-shape scar in the sky of the unknown world. Chaotic energy flows through the cross mark and negates any attempt of the unknown dimension to mend the space.
With a single slash, the bones, flesh, and even the blood of those countless abyss centurions evaporate into oblivion. The solemn atmosphere of the surroundings pair together with the desolate aura of the hellish dimension.
"You are getting scarier with each passing day. At this rate, my father, who is the strongest astral demon lord, won't be a match for you in the next two hundred… no, hundred years." The purple-cloaked figure who is also the prince of the astral demon clan praises him.
"And you are as useless as ever!" The black-cloaked figure remark.
"Hey! Don't insult me like that. I am still ranked among the top fifty strongest astral demons." The astral demon prince retorts.
"You are ranked last on the list."
"…"
The prince becomes speechless.
"I have a plethora of abilities and techniques. Given enough time and opportunity, I can even assassinate the thirty-first person on the list. Though I will lose my life after that." He utters the last part in a feeble tone.
"What use are your abilities if you can't even find a stinky rat in his hole? As for that top demon rank list or whatnot, I can kill the eleventh rank demon lord in a confrontation and escape with minor injuries." The black-cloaked figure harrumphs at him.
"Hey, I am a genius with never seen potential in the past ten millennia in the astral demon clan. I am not a monster like you who can even combat against people of much higher power than you." The prince shakes his head.
"As for that stinky rat… this entire dimension is his turf. His aura is widespread across this entire dimension. He can hide in any remote corner of this world and it will not be easy for us to search his traces."
'He is a never seen before monster with almost infinite potential. He killed the eleventh-ranked demon lord and escaped while being encircled by almost thirty other demon lords. Seriously, he should consider the feelings of us never seen before geniuses in consideration.' The prince has a helpless expression on his face.
The past few days, they have been fighting against hoard after hoard of Abyss monsters, and the master of this place Jashin has yet to show up.
"But don't worry, my death authority curse will slowly eat away his soul and he will die within the next three to four hundred years. Only someone with a power on the same level as the top ten astral demon lords can dispel the curse." The prince smugly stares at the black-robed figure.
"That won't do! I want to make him pay for what he did with my own hands. I won't rest until I execute all perpetrators with my hands." The black-robed figure clenches his fists.
"Yes, I won't forgive them. The lava of molten hot emotions boils within my blood. The millennia of rage simmer within me, ready to erupt and burn everyone." The astral demon prince gnashes his teeth.
Pitch-black flames rise from his body and burn everything in his vicinity into cinders.
"Calm down!" The black-robed pats his shoulder. The surrounding flames vanish into thin air.
"Channel this rage towards those culprits and burn them with these flames. For now…"
The black-robed figure raises one of his hands towards the sky of the hellish dimension.
"Order and Chaos authority: Kālacakra"
Rumble… rumble…
The ground quakes and the sky trembles as the black-robed figure opens his eyes. There is a sigil of a Dharma wheel with eight spokes in his right eye and another sigil of a chaos wheel with eight arrows in all directions in his left eye.
RUMBLE…. RUMBLE…
A gigantic sigil of the Dharma wheel shrouds the entire dimension. Another layer of Chaos wheel stacks on top of the Dharma wheel.
"Hey… hey… HEY! Are you sure you want to use this attack in this place?" Goosebumps crawl across the skin of the astral demon prince as he stares at the giant dharma and chaos wheel in the sky with trepidation.
Bzzt… crackle… Black and white lightning flicker between the two wheels. The gates of order and chaos open as a rift to reveal the spokes of a giant, wheel-like weapon. Numerous irreparable spatial cracks appear in the surroundings just from the presence of the giant wheel weapon alone.
"Stop! Please stop! Alright… alright… I understand. So, please stop! I will even put extra effort into searching for that damn rat."
The astral demon prince pleads to the black-robed figure.
"You also know that this place is a shattered ruin of a small world. Even though those filthy abyss creatures wiped out or corrupted the natives and pilfered the origin energy; this place is a complete world in the end. If you destroy this world, then you will ruin the equilibrium of the cosmos."
"Hmph… fine!" The black-robed withdraws his hand. The sigils in his eyes disappear. The giant chaos and order wheel formation in the sky also vanishes, and the rift created by the wheel-like weapon closes. Peace and tranquility return to the surroundings, but the numerous scars like spatial cracks are still proof of the peril this dimension suffered.
Phew…
The astral demon prince heaves a sigh of relief.
"That was scary! Really damn scary! I almost died from a heart attack." He calms his rapidly thumping heart.
After calming his emotions, he turns to the black-robed figure.
"How?… The aura of that weapon… how did you come into possession of such a weapon? It has touched the primordial laws of existence and that aura… it reeks of the Numen era."
"I forged it in the dead remains of the first star, using the materials from the heart of the firmament." The black-robed figure replies in a casual tone, but the eyes of the astral demon prince widen to the extreme.
He surveys his surroundings. After ensuring the absence of any sort of intelligent life form or any sort of detection technique or tool, he erects an isolation barrier around them.
"Hhh… how? How did you do it?" These words barely escape from his mouth as he is still unable to fathom the depth of the black-robed figure's previous remark.
"I deciphered the secret of Sin and virtue."
"IMPOSSIBLE!"
The astral demon prince almost falls to his knees. He stares at the black-robed figure with an incredulous gaze.
"Www… what are you planning to do with that 'thing'? No one in the entire cosmos is your match if you are able to control that weapon. Do you plan to kill my father and replace him as the current leader of the Astral Demons?"
"Hmph… the hegemony of the astral demons was never my goal. My goals lie far behind that. I plan to…"
The black-robed figure points his finger towards the sky and then clenches them in a fist.
GASP~
The astral demon prince gasps and almost faints in shock at the lofty ambitions of the person in front of him. He understands the meaning behind the gesture. The more he thinks of such conceited words, the more ridiculous he thinks the situation to be.
'NO… if it's him, then he really might be able to do something like that.'
Even he, himself is unable to believe the words he thought just now.
'Slaying a higher existence… not just one… but all of them. Such arrogance!'
He takes a glance at the nonchalant expression of the conceited fellow in front of him.
Tch…
A sour expression appears on his face and he clicks his tongue in annoyance.
"Don't just talk big! First, let's kill this stinky bastard, and perhaps later we can think about other things."
"Hmm… while you were lost in your fantasy tale, I already discovered the location of that stinky rat. Though it's not just him, I also found his foul brother. I have some personal grudge against that bastard. Today I will settle everything, the past and present grudges."
The black-robed figure cracks his knuckles and flies in a particular direction.
Sigh…
The astral demon prince sighs and helplessly shakes his head.
'I even lost to him in terms of sensory abilities. My sensory skills, which were ranked number one among all astral demon lords, are no match for him. Well… at this point, the title of number one doesn't even matter in front of his sky-high goals.'
"HEY! WAIT FOR ME!"
The prince increases his pace and chases the trail of the black-robed figure.
'A mortal who holds the same level of power as GODS.'
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