Later in the night.
Hmm…
Izuna opens his eyes. He glances outside the window. His vision pierces through multiple walls to spot a hidden underground facility.
"I can't see past the passage of this hidden facility. There seems to be some sort of restriction or seal in place. Izuna turns around and glances at a nearby tree.
"Genjutsu: Sharingan,"
The tomoe in his eyes spins rapidly.
"This should take care of the peeping tom."
"Shadow clone jutsu,"
Izuna makes a shadow clone and signals it to lie down on the bed.
"With this, I have an alibi. Now I don't need to worry about the useless trouble these people could create for me."
Swoosh…
Izuna's figure slowly turns invisible.
"Light Release: Camouflage Cloak,"
He wraps his body in a few small barriers to avoid creating any unnecessary sound.
"Now it's time to look at the secret of this little inn."
Whoosh…
Izuna's figure disappears from the room as he approaches the hidden facility at a quick pace.
Soon, he reaches the entrance of the hidden facility.
Hmm…
Izuna spots a few fuinjutsu runes on the door of the facility.
"These people… they have a certain level of Fuinjutsu skill to erect such a barrier and place so many restrictions. Only the members of the Uzumaki clan in the shinobi world can compete with their level of expertise."
The level of Fuinjutsu skill impresses Izuna. He continues to inspect the barrier for a while.
'Now that I take a closer look at these runes and their usage, I can safely deduce that the Fuinjutsu technique of the Uzumaki clan and these people had the same origin. While the Uzumaki clan weaponized their Fuinjutsu in terms of sealing and binding powerful opponents, these people focused on the utility of the Fuinjutsu in terms of barriers, summoning, and other miscellaneous tasks. Furthermore, they have refined their techniques by studying the gigantic Fuinjutsu formation around this planet since the core of that formation lies somewhere in Redaku.'
Izuna recalls the powerful barrier encompassing the entire planet. After studying that barrier for months, he concluded that this planet doesn't have enough energy to sustain that barrier for such a long time. Nature energy of this entire planet and its inhabitants isn't enough to manipulate the flow of space-time around the planet. If that formation were to use the Shinobi world's nature energy, then the entire planet will turn into a wasteland in just a few months. The energy consumption of sustaining such a powerful phenomenon that manipulates reality and bends space-time rules is unfathomable even to the current him.
'Perhaps this is the territory of the GODS.'
He shakes his head and focuses his attention on the barrier in front of him.
'This barrier is similar to a modern face or identity recognition system. It only recognizes a set of parameters similar to a lock, which only recognizes a particular keycode. So, if I replicate the logic behind those parameters and create a key, then it isn't that difficult to bypass this barrier anymore.'
Swoosh…
Izuna uses the earth style to create a sapphire. He infuses his chakra in the sapphire and inscribes multiple sets of runes and inscriptions on it in a matter of seconds.
"Done!"
He holds the sapphire in front of the eyes of a crow statue. A ray of light inspects the sapphire and grants him access.
'I will erase the record of my visit. These people sure are quite strict with their safety measures.'
Izuna edits a few runes and erases any information related to his key or his visit.
After successfully infiltrating the hidden facility, he closes his eyes and senses the multiple presences hiding inside the facility.
'This is quite a big facility. Who would expect that there is a huge underground hidden facility the size of a quarter of the town hidden right beneath their nose? The anomaly I felt earlier…'
Izuna turns his direction to a particular direction. He senses a strange chakra emanating from that direction.
'Other than the nature energy, I can sense another type of energy similar to energy which is quite similar to chakra but a lot less powerful.
Chakra is a privilege of the Otsutsuki clan, which the Sage of Six Path shared with the entire world. After reading through the various records, I am pretty sure the Sage wasn't aware of his actions at that time.' Izuna shakes his head as he follows the strange energy signature.
Soon, he arrives in front of a giant hall. Izuna cloaks his presence even further as he senses a gaze in his direction.
'Despite my efforts, someone here was able to sense my presence.'
Izuna's gaze turns to a young lady with silvery white hair. Multiple people in black robes gather in a circle inside the hall.
There is a gigantic circular formation in the middle of the group. The lady with silver hair is sitting in the middle of the formation with closed eyes.
'Huh?! Those fuinjutsu runes… it seems to be some sort of sacrificial summoning circle." Izuna curiously stares at the giant formation on the ground.
'Is that girl the sacrifice for this summoning?' A slight doubt appears in Izuna's mind.
The lady with silvery white hair slowly opens her eyes. She glances at the former position of Izuna.
'Strange! I thought that I sensed someone there for a second. But… that shouldn't be. The barrier formation at the entrance will immediately alarm everyone in this facility if someone attempts to trespass it. Even the data about every visitor is recorded inside it. So, if someone suspicious enters the facility while holding the key of one of our members, it will alert us to his presence.'
She closes her eyes and sends a strand of her chakra across the entire hall to sense the presence of any intruder.
'Hmm… there is no one suspicious here. Perhaps I was worried about nothing.'
She shakes her head.
'What's the matter, Miko-sama?" One of the black-robed persons enquires.
"Nothing. It's just that the stress and exhaustion from such a long ceremony are piling up." The Miko with silvery white hair shakes her head.
"Don't mind me. The moon is about to reach overhead. It's time for us to start the ceremony." She reminds the black-robed person.
"Yes, Miko-sama!" The black-robed person bows to her and retreats.
A few minutes later,
Rumble…. Rumble…
Ground trembles slightly as the roof of the hidden facility slowly opens up to reveal the giant moon in the sky.
The black-robed people take out a knife and slice their wrists.
Drip… Drip…
Blood trickles down from their hands and spills on the ground. It flows toward the formation inscribed on the ground and slowly seeps into it.
The Miko bites her thumb and wipes it on her palm. She makes some erratic hand signs and slams her palm on the ground.
'Hmm… those hand signs… they seem to be a variation of the regular shinobi hand signs.' Izuna mutters as he curiously stares at the ritual.
Rumble… Rumble…
The blood of the black-robed people coalesces into the formation. The formation slowly rises in the air and covers the space between the roof and the moon.
The Miko continues to make more hand sign and chant some incoherent words.
Soon, a film of water gathers between the moon and the blood formation. The moonlight passes through the water film and shines on the blood formation with a blue hue.
The Miko has a pale expression as she continues to infuse her blood and chakra in the formation. A rusty old bronze token appears in her other hand.
She grasps the bronze token tightly.
Wham…
A fluctuation of strange energy leaks from the token and fuses with the blood formation. The trembling blood formation stabilizes and a faint image of a strange creature appears on the water film.
Hmm…
'Interesting! Things are going to become more interesting in the upcoming days.'
Izuna takes another glance at the formation and the Miko.
Whoosh…
He silently exits the hidden underground facility.
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Somewhere in an abandoned warehouse at the port,
Multiple masked figures gather in a warehouse.
"How is it? How are your preparations?" One of the figures questions the rest.
"The preliminary preparations are complete."
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