Sitting in his seat at the head of the table, Tachibana found himself contemplating his future actions.
'I have this strange idea about what I can do with the Sefirah Castle, but I'm not sure if it'll work yet.'
'If it does, I could easily amass believers to be my anchors for the future.'
'But for it, I'll need to learn several things like making puppets and the soul.'
'System…Is it possible to reobtain a contract after it has been used to contract with a person from Pure Land?'
[ No host, such a thing isn't possible since the contracts are a one-time use item. But it is possible to impose the contract on a soul through the vessel it is inhabiting. ]
'So you're saying that as long as the body in which the soul exists has a contract with me in it, the soul will have to obey that contract?'
[Yes host.]
'Hmm…'
Tachibana nodded before doing something else.
With his spirituality churning the grey fog, Tachibana quickly scanned around the nearest crimson stars, to figure out the people that he could summon inside the Sefirah Castle.
But almost instantly he froze as soon as he saw the vague figure of a blond woman who had a blue crystal necklace around her neck.
'Is that Tsunade?'
Tachibana carefully pulled away his spirituality from the crimson star and made sure not to touch it, even accidentally.
But surfing around the other stars in the area Tachibana felt a little shocked and unnerved.
There weren't only the Five Kage that Tachibana saw, he saw Nagato, Konan, and all the other Akatsuki members including Itachi.
'This…how are there all the Kage level shinobi here?'
'What is this place? A secret meeting place to hold the Five Kage Summit? The heck!?'
*Phew*
Breathing a short *sigh* to calm down, Tachibana looked at the situation with a little bit more thought.
'While I could summon them right now…I don't have anything to use as leverage to bargain with these people…I could act as a terrifying god and threaten them in the Sefirah Castle with the help of the Grey Fog…but that would just make them hate me, which would make them try and stop me from getting believers or anchors.'
Tachibana made sure to withdraw his spirituality carefully without activating the summoning function of those stars.
Even though he had total authority in this place and was sure that no one could harm him, Tachibana didn't want to fight anyone carelessly.
'System, why can I summon nearly all the strong people in this world from here?'
[Because the Sefirah Castle in this world is in a secret place like the Sage Lands of the various Sage creatures, the host can summon people from all around the planet as long as they meet the minimum requirements to enter this place.]
'And that requirement is?'
[They must have either a Kekkei Genkai or be strong enough to fight most shinobi on their own below the Elite Jonin Level.]
'*sigh* how overpowered…'
'While I might not be able to make them listen to my commands and orders, I could simply spy on them as long as I wanted to through the crimson stars. Even though it would be as blurry as a two-forty-pixel camera…'
Tachibana thought about it for a while before looking at the symbol on the back of his chair.
'It's here…the strange pupil eye symbol…with the various random strokes on the bottom…'
'Time for some tests I guess…'
Tachibana quickly left the Sefirah Castle and in the real world began to draw up the symbol he had seen on the back of his chair.
As soon as Tachibana finished the symbol, he felt a strange sense of connection to it even though he hadn't poured any spirituality or chakra into it yet.
'So the symbol is connected to me in some way.'
Tachibana then quickly poured chakra into the symbol and to his surprise he began to hear murmurings in his year for a few seconds as if someone was praying to him.
'So the symbol is connected to me…but what is my honorific name? System what is my honorific name?'
[The host can set any honorific name he wishes. As long as the honorific name points towards the host, the system will connect it to him. But if the honorific name is convoluted and isn't based on reality, it will cause the host to develop a split personality.]
Tachibana frowned upon hearing this information.
'Something that connects to me?'
'My transmigration?'
'Would something like-
The Fool that doesn't belong to this World;
The Mysterious Ruler of the Forgotten Lands;
The Researcher who aims to deliver Salvation.
-work?'
'The first line hints at my transmigration, the second line indicates my connection to the Sefirah Castle and the last one describes me as Tachibana, a person that is researching sealing jutsus in hopes of becoming powerful enough to save myself from the divination of my death.'
'And it sounds cool to other people too…since they'll think that I'm going to help them instead of myself when they learn about my honorific name…'
'Will that work?'
[Yes, host the system does not see any problems regarding it.]
'Alright…'
[Does the host want to use this as his honorific name?]
'Yes.'
A weird sensation passed through Tachibana's soul.
But what he didn't realise was that the rest of the universe was covered by such a sensation too.
All three Great Sages immediately perked up at the sudden change that had occurred.
And while the toads and snakes were confused, Katsuyu reminisced about the boy she had seen earlier.
'Is it his doing?'
'I should as Tsunade to keep an eye on the boy…'
As soon as Tachibana felt the disturbance in his body calm down, he quickly folded his hands and closed his eyes as he spoke words that he had tied to himself.
"The Fool that doesn't belong to this World;
The Mysterious Ruler of the Forgotten Lands;
The Researcher who aims to deliver Salvation."
Tachibana made sure to keep his voice low and as soon as he finished his prayers he heard sudden murmurings whisper into his ear.
Tachibana quickly wanted to enter the Sefirah Castle and check if he had done right, but froze after a second.
'System how do I enter the Sefirah Castle?'
[The host naturally needs to perform the Celestial Worthy of Heaven and Earth ritual, but the ritual needs to be targeted towards the host himself since there is no Celestial Worthy of Heaven and Earth in this world.]
Tachibana *sighed* a little before quickly entering the kitchen quietly and stealing a few snacks which he placed at four corners of the room and used to perform the Celestial Worthy of Heaven and Earth ritual.
Tachibana performed the ritual by taking three steps anti-clockwise in the form of a triangle and chanting his own honorific name.
As soon as he was finished, Tachibana's spirit body left his physical body and appeared inside the Sefirah Castle while his main body was left unprotected in his room.
As soon as Tachibana was back in the Sefirah Castle he saw two things.
The first one was that the symbol on his chair was glowing slightly and the second was a crimson star that was pulsating slowly.
Tachibana first examined his chair and saw that it was pulsating because of his experiment from earlier when he poured chakra into the symbol he drew outside.
Then checking the pulsating star Tachibana saw that it was pulsating because of his prayer to himself.
'So it works…'
Meanwhile, Tsunade who was about to fall asleep after putting the matter of Tachibana gaining more chakra aside, suddenly woke up when she felt that Tachibana had vanished from her perception.
'This…he died?'
'No..I can still feel his physical body…but his spirituality…it's missing!'
Tsunade was about to rush quickly to check on Tachibana but as soon as she stepped out of her bed she suddenly vanished in a *puff* of smoke.
When Tsunade reopened her eyes she found herself in the Shikkotsu forest, a place where all trees were covered in corrosive slimy mucus left behind by Katsuyu.
"Katsuyu-sama!" Tsunade shouted in a hurry while looking at the small slug that was on a tree branch, "Send me back! Someone needs my help!"
"Tsunade-sama! Please calm down. I have called you here regarding an important matter."
Tsunade's brows furrowed before she folded her hands impatiently, indicating that she would listen.
"Do you remember the boy who could perform divinations?"
Tsunade's brows furrowed further, "Yes. It is he who needs my help right now. His spiritual energy suddenly vanished-"
"Worry not Tsunade-sama. The situation isn't as bad as you think it is. In fact it might be good for the world."
"What? Why do you think him dying is good? Was he that bad? Or did the Toads share another prophecy with you?"
Katsuyu's small body shook its head slowly before explaining in the ever-sweet and wise voice, "No. Tsunade-sama. You have it wrong. The boy's spirit was likely summoned by his God for him to personally witness 'His' rebirth."
Tsunade's eyes widened slightly.
"What do you mean?"
There was a slight pause before Katsuyu gathered her words and explained.
"I cannot tell you exactly what happened since it is a feeling limited to a true Sage, but the universe has just shifted as if something long forgotten in it had awoken."
Tsunade's brows furrowed further.
'This…'
Although she couldn't fully comprehend what was going on, she understood that the boy was the key to understanding what was happening.
But before all that, she felt like she had a duty to do something about all this.
"...Is it a danger to the world?" Tsunade finally asked after some hesitance.
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A/N : Sorry for the delay, I fell asleep.