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Ancient Manipulator - Chapter 18

Published at 23rd of February 2019 04:58:41 AM


Chapter 18

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Yasuo opened his eyes facing a bland gray ceiling. Nothing was strange, a normal gray ceiling, just like every other ceiling in the village. He was currently in a bed that seemed too comfortable and soft for it to be his own.

'Where am I...?' He had thought, lifting himself into a sitting position before looking around. He was in a room like those of hospitals in his previous world. It greatly startled him, 'What happened?' And with that, A.M. decided to chime in:

{Host has been unconscious for 5 years.}

"F-five years?" Yasuo said out loud in surprise. Then, his expression turned into shock and disbelief, his voice had changed! It was now less childish with a hint of smooth maturity. "H-how?"

{Due to Host using an excessive amount of chakra from casting [Omoikane], Host had to go into a coma to restore Host's chakra}

'Omoikane? But I just used it for a mere nanosecond, maybe even less!'

A.M. was slightly impressed, its Host knew what a nanosecond was. Anyhow, it responded: {In that 'mere nanosecond', the Target had experienced multiple years stuck in the [Genjutsu]. Time-stopping [Genjutsus] are very costly, Host. The system would recommend using [Omoikane] and [Ebisu] in only life-threatening situations.}

Yasuo nodded in understanding, anyone would know time-stopping [Genjutus], heck time-stopping anything, were things that were both very powerful and very expensive to make or use. Yasuo sighed in depression, he had missed out on five whole years of his life just because of some stupid [Genjutsu].

He sighed, the past was the past and he could no longer do anything about it, and hopped out of bed, slightly stumbling forward as he was unaccustomed to his new height, and decided to walk to the bathroom that was coincidently right beside the door with a sign that said 'EXIT', which of course, he assumed was the exit of this room.

Yasuo walked into the bathroom and arrived before a luxurious mirror that had literal gold borders. 'How... generous this hospital is... or Shisui-san just paid this ward to give me the best room...' Yasuo sighed and looked towards his reflection. He was mesmerized by his body, it looked so lean and athletic, yet so flexible; he couldn't help but subconsciously grin.

Snapping out of his daze, he walked out of the bathroom and asked, 'AM, what's my current status?'

~~~

[Status]

[Yasuo Uchiha]

[H.P. Bar]: 700/700

Age: [10 Years]

Race: [Devil, Death God]

Health: [Immortal]

Bloodline: [Indra, Phenex]

Level: [25]

Power: [148]; Endurance: [150]; Dexterity: [156]; Agility: [161]; Magic: [370];

Luck: [250]; Charm: [36]; Karma: [+4] (Neutral-Good);

Equipped: [Gravity Suit];

A.M. Points: [378,000]; Money: [Infinite];

Skills: Open/Close

Items: Open/Close

~~~

'Oh! The 'Open/Close' function is awesome AM!'

{Thank you, Host.}

'Well, then... now what. Oh! Do you-' Yasuo paused mid-sentence, about to ask of what had happened during the five years he had been comatose, but a sudden interruption of a voice in his mind had stopped him. "YOUNG MASTER! YOU'RE BACK!" The owner of the voice was, of course, Urataros. "OH YOUNG MASTER! YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH I MISSED YOU!" Urataros shouted in mixed emotions. Disbelief, joy, sadness, and happiness could all be found in his voice.

"Urataros-san?" Yasuo didn't know what else to say, after all, he didn't know anything that happened during the past five years. 'Didn't know anything that happened during the past five years... oh right! I should ask Urataros-san!' Yasuo thought before using [Kamui] to teleport Urataros into the room, asking him, "What happened?"

Hearing his young master's question, Urataros immediately kowtowed, replying, "FORGIVE ME, YOUNG MASTER!" Yasuo became confused, what would he forgive him for? Which Urataros answered soon after, still in his kowtowing position, "I've been in the [Kamui] dimension for the entire five years, young master. PLEASE FORGIVE ME!" Thankfully, the room seemed to be fixed with sound-proof seals, making it so that outsiders would not be able to hear shouting inside a patient's room.

Yasuo hastily lifted the Imagin before saying, "Don't worry about it Urataros-san." Lightly scratching his cheek in shame, Yauso continued: "It's my fault to use [Omoikane], go into a coma then just leave you in [Kamui] for the five years."

Urataros looked slightly confused, thinking, 'when did I tell young master he was in a coma for five years?' Then, he suddenly understood, 'ah, it must have been young master's system.' Urataros thought as he nodded.

While with Yasuo, seeing Urataros nod, though misinterpreted, it gave way to a sigh of relief. Yasuo was just thankful Urataros seemed to stop begging for 'forgiveness' that he didn't even need. 'I wonder if I can give Urataros access to [Kamui]...' Yasuo thought.

A.M. responded: {Give [Summoned] [Urataros] access to [Kamui]?

Options: Yes/No}

'Yes!' Yasuo 'said' without hesitation. Urataros had shock and surprise splashed onto his face and he had suddenly kowtowed once again. Knowing that his young master would rush to pick him up once again, and not wanting to inconvenience his young master, especially after him being so generous and giving Urataros control over [Kamui], Urataros immediately used [Kamui] to teleport back into its dimension.

Yasuo sighed but didn't mind Urataros's antics. He looked towards the 'exit' door and headed towards it, using [Mystery] and pulling the knob before leaving the patient room, all at the same time thinking, 'I wonder how Vyra-chan and Kumiko-chan are doing...'

___

Today, the sun was dancing in joy while the streets were filled with laughs and chatter.

Over the past years, Konohagakure no Sato had improved greatly overall: economy, population, and military; though mostly in the economic aspect.

The cause of this was due to a single person, Shisui Uchiha.

Due to taxes, the village was able to obtain a large amount of wealth from his monopoly of everything. The village had even raised the tax rate to 30% for all of the company's products, but people were still rushing in to buy whatever they could.

From the tax, the village was able to help a multitude of people. The homeless and people in poverty were given money while orphanages and parks were created as well. Even more, the quality and quantity of goods were improved, people were now eating more and healthier than ever before.

More and more people were also immigrating to Konoha for a new life, attracted to all of the benefits of living there, which in turn increased the total population of Konoha, which increased the economy of the village even higher.

On top of the whole increase in population, the military had also improved greatly due to the new technologies invented by Shisui Uchiha's company. Due to the overall sharpness, durability, power, and swiftness of the weapons created by Elysian - previously Elude - the military had almost only used the weapons from Elysian, as it was better than anything else created by other blacksmiths.

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Currently, Yasuo and Urataros were exploring the new Konoha, thoroughly amazed at everything. Urataros was under the effects of an alter [Mystery], now making him look as if he was a normal human being, other than people looking lustfully at Yasuo, no one really paid attention to the two.

Yasuo was wearing was wearing a plain pitch black kimono with an equally inky obi tightened around his waist. Though it was 'plain', having been made from [Unlimited Treasury] had given it a naturally luxurious charm, combined with Yasuo's innate looks, it made him simply otherworldly; many of the onlookers seemingly wanting to pounce onto him at any second. But, Yasuo didn't care for any of this, he was instead fascinated by his surroundings.

The trees were much larger, a more common one capable of the size of a whole house. The leaves were a shade of green darker and thicker overall, fat birds and insects could be seen munching on them and dozens of fruits were hanging on strong, healthy branches; which Urataros had a very strong urge to pluck and have a nice big bite out of, but ultimately didn't, not wanting to embarrass his young master.

The roads were much wider, cleaner, and sturdier with patches of beautiful flowers, grass, and weeds growing along the edges of the pavement. There were plenty of stands along the road, making and selling their own specialty of foods, tools, and a number of items.

However, what had caught the attention of Yasuo was a captivating aroma, Urataros had seemed to notice it as well. Looking at each other, they both grinned and ran towards the direction of the smell.

They had soon arrived at the origin of the aroma, in front of a ramen bar with the words 'Ramen Ichiraku' on beige-colored sheets. Behind them, six wooden stools and a red-colored serving counter with chopsticks in a metal container and salt and pepper shakers that had a blue and red cover respectively.

Once again grinning whilst facing one another, Urataros and Yasuo both stepped into the small restaurant.

What greeted the two was an old man wearing a white hat, white outfit, and a blue apron over it, with a wide, warm, and friendly smile across his face that was exceptionally contagious. "Welcome to Ramen Ichiraku! What can I get for you?" The old man said, handing two paper menus filled with various kinds of ramen to Yasuo and Urataros.

The two smiled back, it was truly infectious, the old man's smile was, and looked through the list of dishes. They both decided to have shio flavored ramen with extra egg, which the old man immediately started right after the order.

"Ojii-san, can I watch you cook?" Yasuo suddenly asked. The old man looked at Yasuo, surprised, but seeing the sparkle in the handsome boy's eyes, the old man couldn't help but nod to his request. Yasuo grinned, saying 'thank you', and made his way behind the counter as the old man began skillfully and rather quickly chopping ingredients.

The old man had also generously told Yasuo how to make ramen, step by step, something Yasuo was quite thankful for as it helped level [Cooking], now [Lvl. 21], faster as 'teaching' was a multitude better than merely 'seeing'.

As the old man finished making two big bowls of ramen, Yasuo's [Cooking] was now [Lvl. 26], a whole 130% bonus on all dishes! Yasuo sat next to Urataros, who was watching his young master the entire time, extremely proud of how studious Yasuo was. Scrap that, he was proud of everything that Yasuo was and could do.

The old man placed the two bowls of ramen in front of the two, and they began to dig in...

"Old man! More!" Urataros and Yasuo shouted simultaneously while holding their bowls out for collection. The old man let out an amused and pleased grin. Amused at the two desperately wanting more ramen and pleased at the two wanting more of HIS personally-made ramen.

"Hey, old man! I'm back!" A voice sounded towards the three. Looking behind, Yasuo could see a young boy with a black hair styled bald-fade, a face alike of that of a young 5-year-old version of the old man and lightly squinted eyes. The boy looked towards Yasuo and Urataros, smiled widely and rushed towards the back of the restaurant, all the while saying, "Oh, customers! Dad, I want to cook, too!"

Instead of reprimanding the boy, the old man merely nodded, proud of his son's passion for cooking. The old man had already taken Yasuo and Urataros's bowls and started washing them, now waiting for the boy to come out and cook for the customers instead. The old man had wanted his son to take over the ramen bar when he couldn't any longer.

The boy had soon come back out, now wearing the same thing as his father, but fitted for his small size. He took a wooden stool from the corner, stood on top and began to cook another set of ramen for Yasuo and Urataros. The boy was also rather talkative, conversing with the two whilst he was cooking.

"Hello! My name is Teuchi, what's yours?" Teuchi said looking at Yasuo while cutting bits of scallions; how skilled. Yasuo replied with a smile, "My name is Yasuo, nice to meet you Teuchi." The old man was quite happy, his boy was making friends! However, Teuchi's expression was a bit different: he was shocked beyond belief!

"U-Uchiha?" Teuchi stuttered, still shocked. This person in front of him could be Yasuo Uchiha! The prodigy! The genius! The handsome! That one person in a coma!... that one person in a coma? In response, Yasuo nodded, unaware of why Teuchi would be so surprised at this, even the old man seemed surprised - the only thing he could do was to tilt his head to express his confusion.

"I thought you were in a coma!" Teuchi came rushing next to Yasuo, grasping both of his strangely smooth hands into a hold, no longer paying any attention to the still-cooking ramen, which the old man went to tend to, leaving Teuchi and Yasuo to their own devices.

Both Urataros and Teuchi both saw that Yasuo seemed dazed and was not paying attention to Teuchi, thus Urataros took over: "Teuchi-kun, Yasuo-sama just came out of the hospital today." Teuchi looked as if he had just-now noticed Urataros, which he looked at him and merely nodded before staring at Yasuo once again.

With Yasuo:

~~~

[Ding! Quest Received!]

-Learn of the Past and Present-

Mission: Ask [Future Ramen-God] [Teuchi] of the events you have missed!

Additional Mission: Become friends with [Future Ramen-God] [Teuchi]!

Mission Rewards - 5,000 Points, [Random Summon] (Mythical/Cursed - Emperor)!

Additional Mission Rewards - 100,000 Points, 5 Level(s)!

~~~

Yasuo snapped out of his distraction, finding the 'Future Ramen-God' Teuchi looking at him with amazement and shock. Deciding to start a conversation, Yasuo asked, "Teuchi-san, can you tell me what happened during the time I was in my coma?"

"No problem, Yasuo-san!" Teuchi grinned, he was more than happy to inform of THE Yasuo Uchiha of what happened during the past years. Yasuo could already hear a notification sounding in his head, it was about the additional mission being completed or something. That was rather easy. But, he paid no mind to that, wanting to hear what Teuchi had to say, not just because of the mission.

"Shisui Uchiha had made everything better in Konoha," Yasuo nodded to this. If he had remembered correctly, Shisui had a company called Elude... "with his company Elysian."

Or not.

"With taxes applied on his company's items, the village was able to get better food, water, weapons, and pretty much everything!" Yasuo was snowed, this boy was quite knowledgeable for a five-year-old. While impressed with the boy, Yasuo was also thinking how great of a job Shisui had done, not only had he kept the company going, he even went on and improved everything in the village!

"Lord Hashirama had stepped down and Lord Hiruzen is now Hokage." Yasuo and Urataros were visibly surprised at this new piece of information, eyebrows slightly raised, but weren't overly shocked. Lord Hashirama was perhaps already in his 70s, a good age for retirement. Lord Tobirama and Madara were already quite old as well, none of them wanting the stress of becoming Hokage and just living a nice, quiet life filled without trouble.

Izuna was still doing his own things, not yet thinking of retirement, and Yasuo had never heard of this 'Lord Hiruzen'.

Yasuo could already hear a 'ding' sounding in his mind, alerting him that the mission was complete. It seems like that was all that Teuchi knows. "Thanks, Teuchi-san!" Yasuo said while smiling. "But shouldn't you go back to cooking?"

Teuchi's eyes widened and with a short 'Ah!', he had gotten back behind the counter, making another set of ramen while Yasuo had begun to eat the bowl of ramen in front of him, which the old man placed there when he and Teuchi were chatting about...

After a couple dozen bowls, Urataros and Yasuo felt that their stomachs would burst open with the slight poke, but neither looked very bloated. They had left the ramen bar, Yasuo paying with a [Mystery]'d [Unlimited Treasury] and giving a huge tip for the extra services:

"This is too much!" The old man exclaimed. "I can't accept that!"

"Ojii-san, please," Yasuo said as urged the old man to keep the solid gold bars. "Just think of it as an investment."

Sighing, the old man had eventually accepted the 'investment'. However, just as Yasuo was about to leave, he shouted back, "An investment you never have to pay back!", which he soon left in a hurry, not wanting the kind old man to refuse and give back the 'tip'.

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It was now the evening of the day, watching the glowing orange sun, slowing descending the mountain of heroes was a beautiful sight to see.

Urataros had previously teleported back to [Kamui] once they were a good distance away from civilization, away in the empty forest filled with brilliant green trees, filled with life and strength. Yasuo was here to use the [Random Summon], it would be strange for someone to randomly 'pop out' of nowhere. Yasuo had also used [Mystery] to ward off people from the area, something alike flags and borders that created a little domain that made it so people couldn't see nor hear Yasuo or others inside.

"Alrighty AM, let's use it!" Yasuo shouted, he was excited to have yet another subordinate, they were truly helpful. Shisui was smart and powerful while Urataros made a great sparring partner. This time, Yasuo hoped the 'summoned' was going to be someone who didn't bother with formality or servitude, it was rather annoying...

[Ding! Using [Random Summon]...]

Fire.

Evil, crimson fire erupted in the air.

It was warm, yet menacing.

Yasuo was confused, this had never happened before. When he had summoned Shisui, he merely appeared and the same was with Urataros.

The fire started to enlarge, forming a humanoid-like shape.

*POOOOM*

An ear-piercing sound boomed and the crimson fire exploded into thick smoke. Yasuo had activated the [Intangebility] active of [Kamui] to teleport his body into the dimension, avoiding the explosion, and activated his [Mangekyō Sharingan] to detect any chakra signatures.

Looking into the dense smoke, he could 'see' a red-colored aura with a scarlet and lightly dark hue that seemingly unconsciously released 'SUPPRESSION' towards whoever witnessed its might. The shape of the chakra was akin to that of an evil-looking pheonix showing all of its glory and dominance.

Unknowingly, seconds, minutes, passed by and the smoke slowly cleared, revealing a woman with a stoic expression. She had side-swept bangs, black, wavy hair, pale skin, and rose-red eyes, wearing a dress with a white-colored feather collar while the bottom of the dress appeared to be lit on fire, but she seemed unaffected.

In short, she was an absolute beauty that would cause countries to topple.

In her hands were two golden blades that were ablaze, her hands hidden by the never-ending flames. Looking at the blades, Yasuo could feel that they were already 'copied' into [Unlimited Treasury].

[Host has summoned [Emperor Tier] [Consort Yu]!]

"Consort Yu greets young master!" Yu said respectfully while kneeling, her voice smooth and pleasant. Yasuo quickly rushed and pulled her up to her feet, saying, "Yu-san, please don't kneel!" At the same time crying inside his mind, 'Why does every single one of my summoned kneel in front of me?'

"This subject thanks young master." She bows while Yasuo sighed, he knew nothing would change her manners of doing things. 'My luck seems to hate me. Emperor tier is nice and all, but why do they always bow and kneel?!'

"Ah Yu-san, can you get something else to wear?" Yasuo asked. "It's a bit too... revealing." Yu nodded and suddenly, a blinding light came from her body, causing Yasuo to deactivate his [Sharingan] and look away.

Once the flash had died out, Yu's previous clothes were replaced with a kimono with an array of colors: black, red, purple, and white all with different tones of light and dark patterned similarly to the night sky. The obi of the outfit was also colored and patterned correspondingly as well as the wooden geta sandals.

Yasuo noticed that the entire set of clothes and accessories had cost a whole 45,000 Points, but didn't mind much as he could easily get that back with a bit of cooking, his total amount now accounting to 438,000 Points. He also 'copied' the outfit into [Unlimited Treasury] as was quite attractive and for 45,000 Points, it should be a treasure right?

Anyhow, Yasuo and Yu walked back into the busy streets of Konoha.

___

Yasuo was now close to the 'Singularities Home' and along the rather quiet journey, he had noticed many lecherous gazes directed towards Yu and in return, Yu's expression showed of an intense disdain towards the onlookers; not that it was a surprise, who wouldn't when people were 'checking you out'?

Even Yasuo couldn't help but feel a slight disdain towards these people. During their travel, a group of bastards had tried to stop them, but a mere mention of his name had gotten them fleeing as fast as they could possibly manage. Yasuo sighed, humans were and are truly sinful, yet have the potential to be the greatest beyond God; after all, he was, repeat was, human himself...

From a distance away, Yasuo could see his home. "Ah, Yu-san. We're almost there," Yasuo said softly, but Yu could tell his voice had a hint of excitement and underlying nostalgia. From what Yasuo could remember, the house was no longer the same. It looked almost like a medieval mansion, distinctively different than all of the other nearby residences.

Soon arriving next to the mansion, they both traveled up the stairs before a door, strangely there was no gate. Yasuo looked around and found a doorbell-like structure, pressing it. Both of them could hear a muffled, but definitely feminine and childish 'coming!' from inside accompanied by small, but quick footsteps becoming louder and louder as the person came closer and closer to the door.

'Hmm. Maybe it's Kumiko?'

However, it seemed he had guessed wrong.

Who had answered the door instead was a little girl, looking the age of 5, with long black hair and red eyes like that of Yasuo's own facial features. Her face closely resembled that of Vyra's, but she was definitely not Vyra. Yasuo was confused, who was this girl?

"Who are you?"

"Who are you?"

They both said at the same time.




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