The Vessel

Main God Space

In the space that belonged exclusively to him, Zhu Shen examined a body:

It looked like a gigantic humanoid creature, with a torso and limbs resembling a human's. It had only one eye, one ear, and one mouth. The ear and mouth were on opposite sides of its head, and its eye was a Rinnegan. Its whole body resembled Kogarashi, and it had nine horns on its head: six on top and three along its jaw.

This was the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path! More precisely, it was a statue the system had manifested after absorbing the original Demonic Statue's fortune.

The original Demonic Statue was still in Amegakure, of course, but all the fortune it contained had been absorbed by Main God Space during Doflamingo's last mission. Its appearance hadn't changed, and it hadn't suffered any other losses. It still had all its functions; the only difference was that it no longer contained that special fortune.

For Zhu Shen, the Demonic Statue's unique status as the source of the Ninja World's fortune, combined with a body purchased using points and infused with that fortune, meant it could now bear part of his consciousness!

That was because Zhu Shen was the consciousness of the Ninja World planet! Though the Demonic Statue was a Divine Tree sapling cultivated by the Otsutsuki Clan, it was also a life-form native to the Ninja World—and the source of the world's Chakra. With such a unique nature, it was the perfect body for him to use as a vessel he could move around in.

As for why he didn't use the original Demonic Statue, instead going to all this trouble, it was naturally for the sake of the entire Ninja World. Kaguya's resurrection and subsequent sealing in the future were the main storyline of the Ninja World.

Only after that storyline concluded would the entire Ninja World's fortune fully manifest, allowing him to gain complete control of it.

Of course, that didn't mean he couldn't gain control by taking a different path. It was simply the easiest route, one that let him absorb more fortune along the way and gain a better grasp of the world's origin. After all, people tended to favor whatever benefited them, didn't they?

From another perspective, with a body he could move freely, Zhu Shen would be better equipped to adapt, no matter what unexpected changes arose as Main God Space developed!

With all his plans in place, Zhu Shen would finally have an avatar of his own!

"Baymax, begin the soul-consciousness transfer!"

"Right away, Master!"

After a mysterious, profound pulse of energy passed through him, Zhu Shen felt that he had gained another consciousness. The gigantic Demonic Statue of the Outer Path in the space opened its eyes!

"It really worked!" Zhu Shen had successfully "stuffed" part of his soul-consciousness into the Demonic Statue. Through its special connection to the fortune, he had gained control of the body!

"That wasn't easy. After so many reincarnation missions, I finally get to make an appearance..."

"Right, let's check how strong this body is."

"Baymax, bring up the stats for this body."

[Name: Demonic Statue of the Outer Path (Main God's avatar)

Size: 70 meters

Strength: Low Fourth Tier (Pseudo)

Bloodline: Ten-Tails

Skills: Soul Absorption, Chakra Absorption, Sealing Jutsu, Soul Pressure, etc.]

The gigantic humanoid Demonic Statue of the Outer Path sat cross-legged as if deep in thought. Its pseudo-Fourth-Tier strength was only its innate potential. After all, Soul Absorption and Chakra Absorption had already been abilities of the Demonic Statue in the original story. The final skill, Soul Pressure, was probably due to him. It had few skills, and its size was rather inconvenient, but that wasn't a big problem. As Main God, he had plenty of points to spend on whatever abilities he wanted!

"System, purchase perfect A-rank Quantum Control and perfect A-rank Psychokinesis enhancement."

For Reincarnators, those two perfect A-rank purchases cost 810,000 and 600,000 points, respectively, as well as three A-rank side-story rewards. Zhu Shen didn't need to spend side-story rewards, and he only had to pay one-third the points. Even so, the two purchases cost him 470,000 points, nearly half his entire stockpile!

Quantum Control came from Dr. Manhattan of the DC Universe! In an accident, his body was destroyed, but his mind entered another realm. By chance, he reassembled his body in the original material world and gained the ability to manipulate the most fundamental particles of matter. It sounded impressive, but in reality, it was even more powerful than one could imagine!

Just how powerful was it? He could control all material and immaterial particles, which meant he could instantly destroy, rearrange, or even create all kinds of particles. He could travel between different timelines, and freely destroy or create universes!

Of course, all of that described Quantum Control as wielded by its original owner, Dr. Manhattan.

Perfect A-rank Quantum Control could only rearrange most material particles to a limited degree. It couldn't control any immaterial particles at all. In other words, it had no control over conceptual particles such as those related to time and space.

After all, the complete version of Quantum Control was a perfect S-rank purchase, an ability only someone at the upper levels of the Fifth Tier could control! The combined energy of all Main God Space couldn't withstand the cost of that right now, so he could only purchase the weakened perfect A-rank version.

Psychokinesis enhancement was easier to understand. Similar to a psychic ability, it greatly enhanced one's mental power and allowed them to affect reality. It also came with abilities such as mental suggestion and mind control.

One ability controlled matter, the other controlled the mind. Together, they were enough to let Zhu Shen run amok for now. As long as he didn't enter some high-level world teeming with gods and Buddhas, his Fourth-Tier strength would make him practically a deity in most low- and mid-level worlds!

"Baymax, which world is gaining fortune the fastest right now?"

"The C-rank world, Parasyte." Baymax brought up the data for the Parasyte world.

The Parasyte world had now issued a total of 68 reincarnation missions, with over 230 Reincarnator participations. Most Reincarnators came from Parasyte itself and two other currently designated low-level worlds, Resident Evil and Highschool of the Dead. Very few came from the three A-rank worlds of Death-Fire-Sea. After all, the missions had to be balanced so the Reincarnators couldn't farm points, and Reincarnators from higher-level worlds were generally much stronger.

After getting a general idea of the Parasyte world and its mission data, Zhu Shen selected it.

[Reincarnation World: Parasyte

Background: One day, numerous spores suddenly appeared out of nowhere on Earth. The larvae that hatched from them invaded human bodies, aiming for the brain. Once they finished parasitizing their hosts, they merged with the brain cells and took control of the "dead body." They could change shape at will, and their food was their hosts' own species! However, some people were parasitized without losing their consciousness...

Main Mission 1: Escape from the city hall!

Reward: 2 D-rank side-story rewards, 800 points!

Main Mission 2: Pending

Mission begins in: 00:09:59!]

Cold. Shaking.

The instant she woke, Saeko Busujima grabbed the long sword beside her, sat up, and warily surveyed her surroundings.

She was in a corner of a hall sealed off by a protective barrier. There were nine people around her, some standing and some lying down: four women and five men.

When she woke, a dark-skinned boy with short white hair had already come to, a little before her. He was keeping watch from the corner as well.

Had he woken before her because he was a veteran who had completed many reincarnation missions?

That was right—this wasn't the first time she'd suddenly been transported to an unfamiliar place to carry out some bizarre mission! This was Saeko Busujima's second reincarnation mission!

A few months ago, her world had undergone a cataclysmic change. Zombies known as "the Dead" had overrun the entire world... After struggling to survive for a while, she had somehow been chosen as a Reincarnator. She'd survived her previous mission in the Resident Evil world and become a regular Reincarnator.

Now that her second reincarnation mission had arrived, with a difficulty rating of ten participants, she wasn't feeling very confident. She decided to ask the Reincarnator who seemed like a veteran for some advice.

The person she'd mistaken for a veteran was Darui, a Genin graduate from Kumogakure in the Ninja World. The reason he had woken before Saeko Busujima was simply that he was the strongest among the newcomers. At the peak of the upper level of the First Tier, he could use his Kekkei Genkai, Storm Release, to fight at the Second Tier's level.

In theory, he should have crushed most Parasytes in this world. Parasytes were purely physical, First-Tier creatures, and were naturally at a disadvantage against an energy system like Chakra. But since this mission had sent him here, it had surely taken various factors into account.

Back to the point.

When Saeko Busujima, the striking, purple-haired beauty, questioned him, Darui was still completely bewildered. He didn't understand what was going on either, but the woman in front of him seemed to know more. Before he could even speak, though, the things she said left him utterly confused.

"My name is Saeko Busujima. I'm a close-combat swordswoman, at the middle level of the First Tier. My path is D-rank internal energy enhancement. What about you?"

Darui: ???? Who am I? Where am I?

After a chaotic round of explanations, everyone understood that Saeko Busujima was the only one among the ten who had completed a mission before. The others were all newcomers... That also gave Saeko Busujima temporary leadership.

Besides her, there were Darui from the Ninja World, the girl Koala from the One Piece World, Satomi Murano from the Parasyte world, and six completely ordinary bit players.

A small scuffle broke out during the introductions, but Saeko Busujima, who had grown into a capable swordswoman, put it down before it could escalate.

Soon, the mission countdown ended, and the mission began...