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"Yes, with a chakra fruit, you automatically increase your understanding of laws at the expense of your life. Should you survive, you get to eat another chakra fruit which increases your limit, should you die, that's the end of it."
"With the first fruit, you're guaranteed a rank of 100M with subsequent ingestion you get an increase of a mere 10M. So to reach the stage where the Otsustsuki God reached, you can imagine the number of worlds sacrificed."
Kaguya answered.
I felt scared thinking about that. If this is it, then that Shibai guy is crazy, how did he come up with such a loophole? And how long did he die and reincarnate just to destroy another planet.
That's dedication right there. I wonder what was driving him forward.
Since eating two chakra fruits in one body leads to death, then you could just decide to eat one, die, then reincarnate and eat another.
With time you can just break enough limits to reach the apex level. From 100M to 1B that shoul be close to a hundred planets.
And that's not including the extras. I wouldn't say this process works everytime so there would surely be a large gap between every hundred not to mention the billion mark.
And if that's the case, then there's is a possibility that this Shibai guy is currently existing as a law in and of itself, forsaking his physical body.
Similar to Hagoromo but on a universal scale. Damn. This dude is scary.
"You three have actually broken this delicate balance you see. With your physical bodies, I dare say you could give a 100M level a run for his money. The downside is that he recovers faster than you."
Kaguya said and I nodded.
That's understandable. Gai with his eight gates could give Six path Madara a run for his money and Madara at that moment had the Chakra of the ten tails, so basically close to a 100M.
"With such a body and the quality of your chakra, you three could eat 2 or more chakra fruits without repercussions. If worse comes to worst, the excess chakra could be poured into your dimensions. Further evolving them into real worlds."
Kaguya said.
"That's not necessary. To me at least. A chakra fruit is similar to a world. If I need one I'd just refine the core of my dimension into my chakra sea. The same applies to Hinami and Ria. Theirs is already merged into their chakra sea. With time, it'll become a real world that may even best living beings without your direct interference,"
I said explaining the advantages to them. I wouldn't want them being greedy over a chakra fruit obtained from the death of a planet.
"Yes, but if I'm not mistaken, you feel a kind of dread when you attempt it right?"
Kaguya asked.
"Yes, why?"
Kaguya began laughing weirdly.
"Kukuku..."
"You're scaring me here Kaguya,"
"With my extensive knowledge gathered from the books in your head, I've already predicted this outcome and also predicted a solution."
"Eh, Really? Alright then, let's hear it," I said
"The repercussion I predicted would be your immediate death should you force that refinement. it's like adding a sea level amount of water into a dam meant to hold a lake level amount of water,"
"The way to solve it is to actually gather chakra fruits and directly refine them into the core then when the core is seemingly evolving, you refine it, evolving together with it. This way, you could even skip some levels." Kaguya said.
"Isn't that the same as simply eating chakra fruits and sending the excess energy into the core while forcing a merge?" I asked.
"Well yeah."
"Then I stand by my decision. I'd rather merge with my dimension forcefully than eat a chakra fruit. That's the lives in an entire world in a single fruit, you know."
I said seriously which startled Kaguya, Hinami and Ria for a few seconds.
"Yeah, you're right. I guess I got carried away."
Kaguya said as her voice got quieter. I knew she had my interest in mind when she proposed that idea so I felt bad seeing her like that.
"I'm not blaming you or anything, I'm merely saying that I abhor eating a chakra fruit gotten from the lives on a planet."
"How about this? We get a chakra fruit and plant in my dimension, find some bad Otsustsuki, feed them to the tree, I increase the time, it blooms and forms a chakra fruit and then I eat that. Win-win. How's that?"
I asked with a smile.
"Kaguya looked at me for some time and then smiled and said.
"That works too."
"But isn't that dangerous?"
Hinami asked.
"Nah... I haven't refined the core of my dimension yet so it's not merged with my chakra sea fully yet. It won't affect whatsoever." I replied.
"Hmm. If you say so then." Hinami said
"This way, I get to retain my world while reaping the benefits. However, there is an important issue I want to ask you about Kaguya."
"Hmm? What's the issue?"
She asked.
"If we went travelling and someone recognises you, how would you explain Ishikki's disappearance?"
She furrowed her brow and then said.
"That won't be an issue. If I explain what happened to my mother and aunts they would cover for me."
"Hmm. Are you confident?"
"Of course. Do you even know who I am? This young miss is the most doted upon in this entire galaxy"
She said with a haughty look on her face. We all paused and then burst out laughing as she looked exactly like those pampered young missus.
"Let's just hope there won't be a cultivation world scenario then."
"Of course, there won't."
She replied
"Good then. Oh look, is that the gates you talked about,"
I asked as I noticed a huge portal similar to a black hole swirling in a corner of space. it was enormous compared to us but still small that the Eiengar wouldn't be able to pass through.
"Ah yes, that's the one. It seems to have expanded since we last came here. Hopefully, no one notices it for a while."
Kaguya said.
"How long do you think something as huge as this would remain unnoticed? And if they noticed what would be their course of action?"
"A few centuries at most and should they notice, they'd probably send a young master from their clan. At most he'd be a 50M to 60M. Basically someone who has recently eaten a chakra fruit."
"If you say so then. But how are going to pass through with this Fortress? Also, would there be any complications with passing through?"
"Well, out there in the badlands where no reasonable person would want to go but with us four, there shouldn't be any struggle."
"As for complications, the worst that could happen would be us five separatings. Fenrir would be a good supplement for some people so..."
Fenrir who had been lazily taking a nap since he entered this ship suddenly stiffened as his ears straightened up.
"You mean they could turn him back into chakra and absorb him?"
Shun asked as he already had an idea of this one. Momoshiki did the same to Kinshiki. I don't know the principles behind that but I'd rather Fenrir not be a score goat.
Alright then you all get into my dimension, I'll brave the portal alone.
"Are you serious? Wouldn't it be better if we all pooled our strengths together? Also, I'm strong enough to protect us all so there is no need for that."
Kaguya said eliciting a nod of approval from the other two. Fenrir however immediately plunged inside my dimension without even saying a word throughout the entire ordeal.
"Alright then let's do this together. If worse comes to worst, retreat into your dimensions, if you think there's no need for that, fight as hard as possible for any one of us to notice you."
I said as I looked at them all solemnly.
They nodded with determined looks on their faces.
Kaguya then waved her hand and an Orb manifested and formed a cube for us to enter.
"As for Eiengar, I'll be leaving him in my dimension," I said and stored Eiengar away.
"Him? Isn't it supposed to be a she?" Ria asked
"Nah, my creation my rules. He's a legitimate He. Never forget that." I said with a tone of finality and pride.
"Humph. It's a she. Eiengar is a she." Ria pouted.
"Then we'll ask her that when she develops her intelligence."
"Intelligence?"
They all looked at me in askance
"Yup, I created an algorithm for artificial intelligence. It will be our travel companion throughout our adventure. When it matures, it'll let us know. Alright, let's get moving."
"Sure."