328Izuma looked at the sky as he sit on the water tower located on the rooftop of the hospital. Uncaring of his surroundings as he was currently deep in thoughts, his face shows nothing but a troubled look of a man
Izuma is currently in his very own little turmoil, the plan he had made, or if more properly called, a 'Play' he had wrote is starting, and from the looks of it there will be no stopping for him
Izuma chuckle as he looked around Konoha, the village thriving with lives, people living their everyday live, goin on about their things, be it good or bad
These people, They exist
They're not some background characters with no story anymore
He knows it because he listens to their stories
All of them has their hopes and dream, despair and fallings
This world, this is not a fictional world
It's real, this is all real
He can see them
He can feel them
He hoped for them
He despaired for them
He guilt because of them
He angers because of them
He's motivated because of them
'What is real? Does existence defines what is real? If you feel, see, smell, sense, and taste, does that mean it's real? If they are within my field of vision does that mean they are real to me? Does their death guarantees the proof of their existence? Does logic defines what is real? Does illogical things eliminate the possibility of what is real?'
'If this world is nothing but the construct of imagination existing by the product of ones mind, does that mean this world is not real? If so, does everything that he knows is not real? Does anything that can be defined as real is even real?'
'If so, then is this world the creation of a simplistic mind such as I, or the creation of a mind far beyond the understanding of what I am'
'If all is not real, then what worth do these people actually carry?'
'If all is truly real, then why am I doubting what is real?'
'Maybe'
'Just maybe'
'What if...' Izuma thought as he looked at the palm of his hand
[Non-Fiction]
the power to undo [All Fiction]
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"Huh, I guess I'm not dumb enought to erase my own memory then" Izuma mumbles out to himself feeling a bit reassured of that one thing, but that still didn't throw the unpleasing feeling knotting up inside him
'Let it be known to gamers, never mess around with Reality Bending powers'
Izuma sighed in frustation as he palmed his face with his hand, the sheer absurdity of his current state is surreal, it's like seeing someone just easily throwing themselve off a cliff, the sheer absurdity of that action would prompt anyone to immediately ask the 'Why' question
In truth, who knows why that person jumped, maybe the person thought he saw a chest full of gold inside that depth of infinite darkness, or maybe he thought it would be fun to try out, in any case we won't know the answer cause the person already jumped, and the only way to ask that is person is if you can catch up
'This is stupid' Izuma grumbles in his mind as he kept thinking of ideas to put in to his script, Izuma then heard a soft landing sound behind him as he knew immediately someone was behind him
"Master" An old man voice spoke behind him, a familiar voice which he recognize who it belongs to, he did not need to turn around to know what and who it is
One of Odisla's many puppets, a little skill he put in his servant to extend his control over, well, everything basicly
"So Odisla, have you made the arrangement for my meeting with Nagato?" Izuma asked as he could imagine his servant nodding in response
"Yes, all is prepared for you master" Odisla's puppet responded
"And you are sure that Obito or Zetsu will not be interfering our meeting, or even notice Nagato disappearing correct?" Izuma asked as he kept his attention to the script on his hand
"Yes, your meeting will recieve no interference, no one will now your meeting with Nagato ever happens, and if possible Nagato himself will not remember if things 'might' turn south" said Odisla as Izuma smiles at Odisla's enthusiasm
He could always rely on his Instrument for efficiency
"Well, I guess I just have to finish up my part here before meeting him, you go finish things up with Minato before you leave" Izuma said to his servant
"As you command Master" was the last parting word as Odisla's puppet disappear from the scene
Izuma didn't look back as he didn't care much about it, in all honesty he was tired
All these acting, the badass shinobi, the know it all big brother, the dense pervert, and the hidden genius
All of it, it's finally taking a toll on him
All he ever wanted was to find a place within this world, but being the possbly only alien being inside this world, he can't seem to budge anywhere without having to actually put on a disguise
This disguise allows him to actually integrate into the social standards of this world, this weird and stupid world, cruel yet funny, cliche and new
It's almost as if he's in a badly written Fan fiction
'Oh, wait, maybe that's because I am'
Caught in his own delusion, his own imagination, what is real anymore? He doesn't know, the longest ever since he got the power of [The Gamer] he always wondered if he's actually just in a coma and lying on a hospital bed right now, just waiting to finally wake up from a dream
Maybe he is, and when he finally wakes up from this dream….or nightmare, everything will disappear and he will resume on to his normal life
What was his normal life like again?
"Heh, I can't even remember what it was like" Izuma said in a somber tone as he tried to make light of it, but in truth it was not light
Whe is he? What is he? Is he real? Is any of this real? Do anything he do here even matter? Does anything even matter?
It's madness really
Izuma shook his head as he then pulled out a noted pad and a pencil, he'll get the answer once he crossed that broken bridge
"Right, I need to work on a speech about human desire" Izuma mutter as he scratch his brain for ideas, after all Presentation is one of the key in being a Super Villain as Megamind once said
(With Sho and Minazuki)
"Why are we dragging this bitch out here again?" Sho wondered aloud as he can be currently seen dragging a certain blonde haired Kunoichi through a snowy terrain, pulling her by the hair
A couple of hours he was given a new task by the Instrument. There was a certain Kunoichi inside the Village that had to be removed from the vicinity, since the Kunoichi might prove to be a real nuisance in the future
Sho being the merciless killer he has always been was the perfect person for the task, but the order was to actually execute the Kunoichi in a deserted place somewhere in Land of Snow so no one will ever find her remains
'Because we need this kill to be done in discreet as Lord Odisla told us' Minazuki spoke up in his mind as Sho sighed at that response
"I know that's the order, but why couldn't we just have killed her on the spot and then dispose of her body, better yet why don't I just burn her body" Sho said as his hand lit up in black flames
"UMFHGH!"
Sho turned his head around and saw the blonde Kunoichi trying to free herself from her bonds which Minazuki craftily made to be hard to free from
"Oh shut the hell up bitch, even if you do get out from the bonds and escape us you probably won't survive in the Far Future anyway, cause there will be no more future once we're done" Sho said as he kicked the girl on the rib hard in which the girl wriggled in pain
'That last detail was very unnecessary Sho' Minazuki scolded Sho who rolled his eyes in response
"And you're too uptight man, things we can't let every single little thing worry us" Sho assured Minazuki who didn't want to prolong the topic. Sho then stopped on his step as he looked around, the environment around them looked pretty desolate to him
"Okay this place seems desolate enough" Sho said as he pulled out his blade out of his sheathe. His eyes gleamed like the silver of his blade as he grinned at the girl he is about to kill
"Well, it's time for you to die" Minazuki said as he observed the desperate look on the Kunoichi, oh how he enjoy seeing these looks on someone's face before they die
Sho then proceed to stab her, as blood began to come out. The Kunoichi screamed in pain with her gags on
Sho looking at what he did knew...
That he was nowhere done yet, he then raised his sword for his next stab. The Kunoichi could only look with terror in her expression as she could still feel the pain from the previous deed aching
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"Well I say that's a job well done" Sho said as he walked away from the execution site, a bloody foot trail he left behind as his boots were stained by blood after stabbing her so many time
'It would've been easier if we had just cut off her head Sho, clean and fast' Minazuki told Sho who shrugged in response
"It would've, but where's the fun in that?" Sho said with a cruel grin on his face as he disappears from the area in, leaving a body of a Kunoichi bleeding out and stabbed multiple time, her death was guaranteed, the cold embrace of death wraps upon the body of the Kunochi
(With Orochi)
The Psuedo-Orochimaru can currently be seen in one of the many lab inside the fortress Hirude, and currently donned in a Lab coat like a what proper scientist would look
"OH GOD PLEASE JUST LET ME GO!" A terrified scream could be heard from the room as Orochi turned to look at his live 'test' subject, one of the many prisoner belongin to the Order of Stalwart, a defector if he's correct
'Ku ku ku, Lord Temujin is sure kind enough to release this man off his care' Orochi chukcled as he turned from whatever he was doing and looked at the man currently strapped lying on the table, on his hand was a syringe with an unknown substance in it
Orochi slowly approaches the scared man as he looked at those pair of terrified eyes, his own predatory eyes dialated in excitement
"Don't worry, everything is going to end in a second, believe me when I say your'll serve something greater than your own selfish needs whic your intelegence cannot comprehend" Orochi said as he brought up the syringe up and wasted no time stabbing it at the man's arm and injected the content of the syringe
The can only looked it terror as tears starts to pour out of his eyes as he kept trashing around in fear, he didn't want to end up like this, this was nothing what he had thought his fate would end up like, this is far worse than death
Hours of torture which he calls 'tests', what sort of a demon had Temujin brought upon the Order! Denied of death but also life!? What sort of a sick twisted monster is this thing!
The man then can feel something stabbing his skin
'Oh god! Oh lord I don't want this please no, please no, PLEASE NO!' The man thought in despair as wave of pain began to surge through him
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGHHHRHRARHRH-"
Ororchi only smiled at the result which is currently displaying itself right in front of him, finally he was making progress
"Now, let's get on to the other Drugs" Orochi said to no one but himself, if there's one result he can clearly say from the previous drug is that there was no longer a crying sound coming from the man
(With Temujin)
Temujin, The Stalwart and the Leader of the Order of Stalwart, can currently be seen over looking the maps of the Elemental Continent as he is currently drawing up plans for the Order of Stalwart for what comes after the Grand Plan is finally executed in the coming days
He has been stuck in the solar of the Fortress for hours as he was busy drawing up plans
After the bried meeting between the Servants and the Master himself in which he appears in a different form than the Demonic looking form Temujin had gotten used to seeing on his Master, Temujin had known that at some point his Master was going to show himself to the world and make the Elemental Continent as his starting point to the road of Utopia
But he never actually knew how his Master was going to started things off, and as it turns out he will start it by plunging the Elemental Nations into chaos, slaughtering the Daimyo which is the head of every state there is on the continent, well at least only the the Major nations are getting hit, which would mean his Master plans to muscle arm the neighboring small countries to subjugation, the Hidden Village of the smaller Nation are of no concequences, but the Five Great Hidden Village, they will be the problem that needed to be taken care of, and a topic which he will want to discuss with Lord Odisla once it is done with it's project on the Workshop
"My Lord Stalwart" A person seem to call out from the door of the solar, Temujin looked up as he was met with the sight of one of his subbodinates, a loyal one which had been with him eversince he first founded the Order, a bit of an extremist too
"Xavi come in, it is good to see you my friend" Temujin smiled at the bulky man in front of him who is dressed diffrently from the other, while other members are dressed like a soldier Xavi here dressed himself in a fashion of a cleric
The man known as Xavi broke to a smile as he entered the solar. Temujin observed the bulky man, not much has changed from last he met the man, still bald, guess the hair never grew back from last he saw
What is unique about Xavi is that he took the existence of the Master differently from others, while his other subordinate see the Master as an illusive king, yes he knows that there are flaws to this kind of loyalty but he knows that all will change when the Grand Plan is finally executed, but Xavi here takes his existence as some sort of a deity...well Xavi isn't far from being correct there
"Me too Lord Salwart, but lest not keep you waiting for I know you are busy with his Almighty finally have beckoned his presence amongs us mortals! Oh what a wonderful day this truly is!" Xavi exclaimed in joy as he was spinning around as where he stood like a man who had just first experience what it feels like to breathe
Temujin only sweatdropped at the weird display his subordinate is displaying in front of him, his weird worship antiq might be something, but it was worth coping with since Xavi is extemely efficient in creating an information network across the continents, and he is also efficient in rallying people to their cause which is how majority of the Knights of Stalwart was recruited
One might ask how does one come across a fanatical man who is also skillful in creating a spy network? Well the funny thing is that the man came to him instead, he claimed that he witnessed the miracle which his Master had preformed in one of their journey across the land, his Master have always been one for a spectacle it was no wonder someone would would get awestrucked to fanatism
The journey which he and his master went through if described properly was pretty...bizzare
Temujin eyes widened as he shook his head from the trance of reminiscance he was experiencing, and turned his attention back at the person in front of him
"So Xavi, what did you want to tell me?" Temujin asked the man in front of him who immediately put on a serrious look on him, this change of demeanor wasn't missed by Temujin
"Yes, it seems one of our faithful followers have finally discovered the home den of those heretics, and I think it would be on our best interest that we immediately terminate every last one of those heathens before they make a move" Xavi told Temujin who immediately adopted a serious look since he knows who Xavi is actually referring to
The Jashinist
Those cults of mass murderers that have been cause chaos all over the place, the Order had made their encounter with those cultist in the past and swore that none of them will be left alive on the next encounter, the only problem the Jashinist pose to the Order was their seeming immortal body, but of course they found the solution to that, his master alwas prompt him to think outside the box
"Right, I'm going to assemble the Holy Legion and we're going to wipe them out once and for all" Temujin said as he immediately got up and took up his sword, Xavi smiling at the immediate reaction his lord has taken bowed
"Yes my lord, oh how we await the end of those heretics, I shall personally sing to your glory once you return from your crusade my lord!" Xavi said in a praising manner which Temujin flinched a bit as he noticed how Xavi mentioned, "I" and "Sing" in the same sentence
It's not a hidden fact that Xavi is infamous for his terrible singing voice
But at least Xavi have enthusiasm
(With Shion)
Having a new preception of the world was whole different experience for Shion, before she could only see everything limited only on two things, the Demons, and the Monks, it was pretty much everything there is for her since the she is always cut off from what the outside world is actually like
But now, actually experiencing the outside world beyond her confinement, she has to say that it is a ranging mix of emotions. For one she is free from her confinement, but now is bound to another, and that other is none other than the Demon King of the Sixth Heaven
She remembers what happened after she was converted into his 'children', brought from the ruins of her home she was brought upon the Seal which kept the Demonic Spirit, Moryo, it turns out a former Monk which once worked for Motsuraku defected and worked together with Nobunaga to open up the Seal which kept Moryo for thousands of years, she was the key needed to open it since she has the knowledge of how the seal works, and with her now bound in servitude toward Nobunaga she has no choice but to open the seal as Nobunaga wills it
Moryo was released, but she didn't knew where it went at the time, but after the meeting his new 'Liege' had attended in which she dragged her with him she knew where it went. An individual in that meeting room was reeking the Aura of Moryo, she could feel the Darkness emiting off the man, it was like a sweet whisper to her soul
Now, she is currently inside her room where she was ordered to wait by the called Odisla, she couldn't do anything but wait as she was told, she thought of exiting the room, but she concluded that it might not be the most favorable action to be taken with how she has no form of knowledge of the Fortress
'Fortress he said, might as well consider this thing as a city for precision' Shion thought as she turned to the window of her room where she could gain a view of the outside and the fortress itself. She could see the tall wall which surrounds the Fortress, the many sort of buildings surrounding the main tower which is the center of the Fortress, she could see people walking around, but none of them are civilians, all of them look a lot more like soldiers
It was a terrifying sight to be hold, like what are they even here for? A War?
Her eyes widen as she just realized that was the most probably case
'War, all of them are preparing for a war' Shion was the overcomed with an urge to know more of the future event, unknowingly opening her ability to look into the future which she haven't used for a long while now
Her eyes widen as she could see visions
Visions of the future
A white haired man who is wearing a white suit, he stood on top a giant statue she couldn't recognize, but she recognize who the man is, she had seen him before, he was the one who the Demons served, the one who is preparing for a war, the one who moves under the shadow
All around the man was Chaos, a massive battle is currently happening all around the man and the massive statue, he could see the man adopting a cruel smirk on his face as he looked at the scenery around him
She sees Titans, Monsters, Warriros, and structural things that she doesn't recognize, everything is chaotic, she couldn't even begin to comprehend what is currently happening
She then sees the man gaining an excited look as she can hear a single name being spoken in a very fond tone, like a person who have longed for a release
(With Odisla)
If Odisla had a face right now it would be grinning like a mad man, the single hole on Odisla's puppet head glowed blue from using it's [All Seeing Eyes of God]
"Curious little priest, very naughty indeed" Odisla shook its head in amusement a bit before returning to do his multitask
This little priestess might come in handy after all
Cause what better way to spread fear then to show a glimpse of what hides under your bed
'That reminds me, I hate to start changing the vision of that old toad' Odisla thought as it starts to use it's power once more to change the premonition of the future to it's liking
Yes, the [All Seeing Eyes of God] really does come in handy when dealing with seers
(With Minato)
"Sensei, are you sure these reports are correct?" Minato asked Jiraya who is currently in the room with him discussing over a sensitive information Jiraya had gained
Currently the two of them can be seen inside the Hokage Office, only the two of them, no one else is in there due to the sensitive topic they are currently conversing of, Minato also make sure his assistant to only let him know if something very important have come up
The topic of the conversation? a threat from across the sea
"...I'll be honest Minato, I'm not, Toyotomi's shinobi are very thorough with how they do their job and they are pretty good at what they do" Jiraya sighed as he scratched his head in annoyance at the current predictament they found themselves in
Jiraya while prize himself as a Super Pervert, also prize himself as an excellent spymaster, and he knows it, he was damn good at that no one can question the validity of most of his information
But lately a challenge have shown itself to be the one that seem to manage to foil all of his attempt in gathering information across the sea
A part from the fact that gather information is already hard enough, there have been someone, or some people who keep foiling his attempt in setting up a spy network
A group of Shinobi that serves the individual of his target
If there's anything to be impressed about these Shinobi is just careful and effective they were in preventing information leak
That had been the wall which prevents Jiraya from gathering useful information about Toyotomi Hideyoshi
But lately he had recieved an information about a certain island, an information that needed to be brought upon the Hokage;s attention
And Minato is very much is not pleased with the information
"If this is true then they already went one step ahead of us" Minato said as he looked at the profile he is holding, profiles of three genins which participated in the Chunin Exam, sepcificly the one from Getsugakure
Now it's not a new thing for a minor Hidden Village to send their genins to a major Hidden Village, but face of fact is that Getsugakure is located in a very much remote island from the rest of the main land which made communication with them a bit harder than the other minor Village
But when he got the letter request from the Leader of Getsugakure, he was suprised at first, accepting really, finally he gets to see what the Shinobi of Getsu are really like
What he didn't realize he was accepting was a scout, none other than Toyotomi's scout, Jiraya came to Minato with the information that a rumor circulating around the island Getsu, saying that some unknown foreign strangers took over the island, and now are holding it tight
The implications are obvious
If this peice of information is correct, then that means Hideyoshi Toyotomi is all ready making his move in preparing an invasion to the Elemental Continent
Though it's only a thesis, but it's a strong one
Minato came to know about the warmonger Hideyoshi Toyotomi back when he first became the Hokage, the Land of Okoku, another continent which the Fire Daimyo had trading partner with, was suddenly closed off, a complaint from the Daimyo himself asked to be checked and investigated, not a priority, but still something was asked to be done
A discovery was made that day, a change had happened, a new ruling state was founded under the iron fist of one man
Hideyoshi Toyotomi, an unknown individual who one day pops out like an elephant that no one ever knew was in the room in the first place
"This is troubling news" Minato mutter lowly, it had been years since he last heard any news of what happened on the other continent, his sensei Jiraya the spy master tried to implant a network in there, but Toyotomi's fleet patrolling the sea between them makes it hard for Jiraya to actually gather any intelegence, and to top it off their best effort to infiltrate Toyotomi's territory had been ending up in failure due to Toyotomi's Shinobi
The Koga, Fugu, and Harume, three shinobi clan which serves a man named Ieyatsu Tokugawa, who is known as one of Toyotomi's closest vassal if the rumor that is heard is to be trusted, these three Clan alone are one of the major war contributer to Toyotomi's campaign, the number of Shinobi they posses are nothing to be scoffed at
And he knows by now scraping the barrel for information against Toyotomi is all he could do with how little information he can gather around Toyotomi's growing empire, the last time he was worried about this topic is when he heard the news on how the Empire is rapidly expanding across the Land of Okoku
Now, the possibility might as well be that Toyotomi already conquered the whole continent and annexed it to his empire
Minato isn't going to pretend that he knows the mindset of the man known as Hideyoshi Toyotomi, all effort he had done to actually gather some intellegence about the man is always met with empty hand, so Minato will have to play the game of 'Worst case scenario', and the worst case scenario is the invasion of the Elemental Continent
Minato doesn't know much about the military of the Empire, but he can make out the outline of it, Shinobi, and Samurai, only the Samurai part is the one that he still haven't grasped fully
The Samurai is main body of the military while the Shinobi is more of a vassal army
It really shows a contrast on how the relation between Shinobi and Samurai in this land, the Shinobi of the Hidden Great Villages have always been the main body of millitary power for each nation in the Elemental Country, it have always been the greatest militaty power even before the time of Hidden Villages, mean while Samurai are the minorities that have always kept to themselves, they train on a special art that differs from Ninjutsu, both sides have a foreign prespective toward each other
But if there's two thing clear about Samurai's is this, don't face them head on, and definitely never underestimate their Shogun, Nen user are trained Army Slayer
Two things that Minato makes sure is hammered into his head when he first learned the strategic of warfare with Shukaku
'and now with this sort of development, I will need to consult with Shukaku for plannning if they will actually come here' Minato thought in grim as he thought of the possibility of war between Toyotomi's empire and the Land of Fire
"Minato there's something else you should know about my findings" Jiraya's voice suddenly cut off his train of thought as Minato began to focus at what Jiraya is about tell him. Jiraya seeing the serious demeanor took it as his que to continue
"I have heard people talking Minato, they say there had been strange sighting near the island of Owari" Jiraya revealed as he then pulled out a photograph from his pocket, and placed it on the table
Minato looked at the photograph and tried to make out at what he is seeing, he can see the outline of the island yes, but he realize that it seems like there's a second island sitting right next to Owari
'That can't be right'
Minato was about to say something to Jiraya when he heard a knock on his door, then the door is opened as his assistant came in
"Lord Hokage I'm sorry to interrupt you, but Lord Shimura is here to meet you" His assistant announced immediately as quick as she went out of the room
Jiraya and Minato eyes widened as soon as they heard so, and from the door came forth the man they known since long as the War Hawk of Konohagakure
His old and yet still strong appearance came into sight, a testament to his strength in the name of survival through out the year
Shimura Danzo, his one lone eye narrowed at the Hokage
"Minato, I know about the infiltrators" Danzo said in a stern and yet careful tone
Jiraya could only mutter 'oh boy' as he knew what was about to come next
(With Nobunaga)
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Silence was the only thing that can be heard in the room Nobunaga is in, as he was currently seated on a throne, a bloody red and exquisite throne, on his hand is a skull which he uses to drink his Sake
Nobunaga stares at the skull as he thought about his decision back then in Uzushio
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"You know, if you really have decided to commit a Seppuku then that means you are determined to finally rest correct?"
"Yes, this nightmare will finally end with my passing, and I will regain my pride as a man"
"Hmm, commendable, but let me make an offering you cannot pass up"
"..."
"You have decided your own fate, and that is to die"
"..."
"Why, nothing else is more commendable for someone to be determained to face death itself without doubts, but if you are going to kill yourself, how about doing it with a...style"
"..."
"The monster known as the Demon King, Nobunaga Oda, Demon King of the Sixth Heaven, lay dead upon the hand...of a HUMAN"
"...You want to make a spectacle out of me"
"No, I want to make a spectacle out of us, a collaboration for the benefit of the two of us, you get to die, and I get...what I want"
"...I feel that this is no different from letting someone else choosing the fate that befalls me, back to being a pitiful dog"
"Keh, you are only a dog so long you think you're one Lord Nobunaga"
"...!"
"So, how about it, the monster slained by a human who manage to overpower the Demon itself, don't you think that's an glorious way to go?"
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Nobunaga looked at the reflection of himself from the Sake
He grinned
"Death by the hand of a human doesn't sound so bad"
AN:
I've been trying to work out on fixing my story telling, there was a lot of trials and erros, mostly errors, there might be some in here too anyway, and now I'm going to fill out the author note untill the document fills out 6000 word just for the lol, anyway is this 6k word yet? if anyone ask why it's not 10k word like the usual, it's because I'm getting a bit nervous on my writing style, it kinda comes to a point where I had to re read my own fanfiction and then drink bleach five times
Anyway, thanks for reading, as always pls leave a comment, not to sound like a youtuber but that's what starting a youtube channel will get you LOL