Star Rail: Can't I Just Peacefully Do Commissions? Chapter 36

"Don't be too sad. You also have a good disciple. Although they killed you once, they're merely inheriting the fine tradition of your lineage. The Third Hokage sent the Second Hokage to his death, and you personally saw the Third Hokage off. They, too, are just planning to see you off."

Tch!!

The Orochimaru of this age didn't possess the shameless thick skin that disregarded all external opinions like his future self. This cold-blooded man of this era still cared a bit about his reputation...

So, He retorted with a chillingly cold voice, forcefully defending himself, "I haven't done those things yet."

[Emotional Value from Orochimaru +25]

...Good! Orochimaru! Your mouth is as hard as ever.

"Sasuke Uchiha, one of the twin saviors of the future ninja world, the second son of Fugaku Uchiha, the reincarnation of the chakra of the Sage of Six Paths' eldest son. In the future, you will master the Six Paths Yin Power, possess the Six Tomoe Rinnegan surpassing the Tomoe Mangekyo Sharingan, be able to use the Nine Tailed Beasts as power banks, and a single Indra's Arrow can easily destroy a small country. Do you feel a sense of profound honor?"

Six Paths Yin Power.

Reincarnation of the Sage of Six Paths' eldest son's chakra.

Tomoe Mangekyo Sharingan.

Six Tomoe Rinnegan...

Orochimaru began to tremble uncontrollably. He thought he had already stood at the pinnacle of the ninja world, and there were no longer too many secrets hidden from him. But now, everything Shirou Emiya casually revealed to him was as if telling him he was nothing but a frog in a well, and even worse, he was smugly content in his confined existence.

Pain! Such pain!

He could admit his weakness, but he refused to accept his ignorance and foolishness...

"I want..."

Orochimaru lowered his gaze, and suddenly, a somewhat pathologically fanatical voice emerged from his throat, "Everything you've spoken of... I want it all."

"The power of the Six Paths, the Rinnegan, the Tomoe Mangekyo, Sage Mode... I want all of it!"

"Lord Emiya, since you know everything about the future... can you allow me to obtain all of this for you, to master it, and to present it all to you completely."

"¨〃 Now that's much more polite."

Shirou Emiya smiled. Strictly speaking, there were only a few talented individuals in the entire ninja world. This cold-blooded man was one, and the late Second Hokage was another. In the other villages, there was Sasori of the Red Sand, who might not have been born yet, and Himiko, who might have defected, making it two more.

The rest, Are basically just commoners who only know how to use Ninjutsu without any invention or creation, and they're not worth mentioning.

Even the God of Shinobi wouldn't have reached the peak without the chakra of Asura Reincarnation.

And as long as the power of the Otsutsuki clan is thoroughly researched, the God of Shinobi, Ninja Asura, and all that will become mass-produced. Everyone can pilot Gundams and fly into the starry sky. Wouldn't it be wonderful to team up and hunt the Otsutsuki clan then?

Especially now that the power of the Path has solidified an "Anchor Point" here. The act of trailblazing new things in the future will accumulate, until one day it's converted into tangible gains, pushing open that "Trailblaze" Imaginary Gate.

"Orochimaru, you are a talented individual, and right now... the ninja world has not yet perceived that a new power has already begun to take root within you all."

"Go explore 'new things,' constantly crave 'new possibilities,' delve into 'new knowledge'... Pursue."

"At that time, the door to 'Trailblaze' will open for you, and then, an invitation to a more vast world will fall into your hands."

"In that vast universe, there will be beings who, with a single thought, dominate the infinite life transformations of an entire galaxy. There will be recorders who preserve the variables of everything in the world, recreating the old world at the moment of its end. There will be ravagers who destroy everything, reducing all civilizations to zero and plunging the universe into long, lonely slumber..."

"Orochimaru, don't be bound by the minuscule ninja world before you. Unleash your talent, unleash your imagination. I will look forward to welcoming you aboard a train in the future."

"I will definitely go!!! I will definitely live up to your expectations!!"

[Emotional Value from Orochimaru +99]

Hahaha! Good job, Orochimaru! I knew I wasn't wrong about you, brother!

You did great! Absolutely great!! Chapter 074: Now this is more like it. (1/5)

"Yin Release? No, this is a substance created by true power, not something that dissipates without the support of Chakra."

Witnessing a laboratory being created out of thin air, Orochimaru's heart was once again uncontrollably shaken.

After inspecting the various equipment in the laboratory, Mei was very satisfied with the acceptance.

"All that's left is to transfer the data."

"This time, we might need Vill-V's help with a small favor. If she could just steal the highest authority of the Flame-Chaser once, it would be too wasteful for so much precious observational data and research data to be squandered by those politicians in the Flame-Chaser."

"You're playing a dangerous game, Doctor."

"Since you've already decided to betray, why not go all the way? It's my mercy that I didn't let Vill-V wipe all the data clean."

"As expected of you. But I can also handle this small matter, as long as you commission me."

"Commission! I must commission you heavily!"

[You have received a new commission!]

Wonderful!

Mr. Emiya likes this decisive and swift style of action. When he does anything, his execution is at full throttle, emphasizing efficiency and a pragmatic spirit that he consistently upholds. Collaborating with someone like him, Shirou has absolutely no worries about the output efficiency of this research institute, and he can earn points with ease.

"Right, for the First Research Institute, it's best if you arrange for a fire incident involving 963. That way, Blanca and I can disappear from there completely, and it'll also prevent those Flame-Chaser folks from bothering Elysia and Kevin."

"There's no need for such trouble. The Flame-Chasers have a decent foundation. Once we master Chakra, we can directly control all the high-ranking members of the Flame-Chasers through the Sharingan. Then, all the world's resources will be at your disposal."

"That sounds good. Alright, then I'll deal with those guys for a while longer. During this time, I'll have to trouble you to travel back and forth between our worlds."

"Oh, right, take me back to the Flame-Chasers today. I have an appointment with Mei... that child has a very keen perception of the quantum field and is also one of the team members I've chosen. It's a shame that the quantum field she's researching doesn't have a suitable environment provided by the First Research Institute, and the higher-ups in the Flame-Chasers have been suppressing her."

"Suppressing her? Why?"

"Seniority."

Shirou Emiya was momentarily speechless. What a simple and unpretentious reason, but it was also understandable. Once one enters an environment teeming with such powerhouses, ranking by seniority seems like a customary trope.

If it were just old scholars solely focused on academic fields, it would be one thing. But the problem is, with the nature of an organization like the Flame-Chasers, there's no doubt that scumbags from academic cliques will come to dictate terms, draw lines, and allocate resources.

"The research in the quantum field cannot be translated into practical research output in a short period. Before we completely conquer the 'genes' of ninjas, that child can come and be my assistant for a round to accumulate experience. When this topic concludes and we return to the Flame-Chasers, she can stand on her own and establish her own department."

"You're quite considerate of her."

"I just dislike mediocre people wasting the time of talented individuals. If they were people with ambition, it would be fine, but unfortunately, most mediocre people develop hatred due to the difficulty of climbing upwards, which then transforms into oppression, exclusion, and targeting of talented individuals."

"On this world, the most venomous thing... is the human heart."

"Therefore, I detest the current Flame-Chasers. It... makes me feel sick."

The light in her eyes flickered unstably as she recalled her own childhood, when her family ostracized her as a monster due to her innate intelligence...

By the time she grew up to her current age, she had witnessed too many mediocre people and those who achieved nothing in her life. Wasting her own time was bad enough, but the crucial point was that they also liked to waste other people's time. Thus, she couldn't stand those fools, idiots, and morons now. Whenever she saw them, she wished she could dissect them all like lab rats.

"Then, make it into the shape you desire."

Shirou Emiya chuckled.

"When I used to argue passionately with people online, there was a common formulaic dialogue: 'If you think you can do it, then you do it.' Back then, I would think... if I can do it, I really would."

"So, Doctor, when you have the ability to do something, then bravely do it. Now you have me, your brother, as an ally. If you don't seize this opportunity to vent your frustrations, will you regret not enjoying this moment a few years from now?"

Regret it a few years from now?

Upon hearing this, Mei's blood pressure immediately spiked. Thinking about it carefully, it was true. She had tolerated those scumbags for so long. If she just kicked them out like trash after returning, wouldn't that be letting those runaways off too easily?

Damn it, these runaways had disgusted so many people in the research institute. If their residual value wasn't thoroughly squeezed dry, how could she possibly justify the suffering she had endured before?

"You're right. I will turn it... into the form I like."

A sinister and charming smile began to appear on the Doctor's lips. Just as she later gained some of the snake's habits after merging with Samsara, at this moment, she had already begun to exhibit a hint of the darkness and venom characteristic of snakes.

Now that's more like it.

Before, she was completely like a motherly figure. Mr. Emiya even felt a bit like the product didn't match the description.

Seeing this smile now, he nodded in satisfaction.

"Then, shall we go?"

"No rush. What did you mean by 'Trailblaze' when you were talking to that snake just now?"

"The Doctor is also interested?"

"Naturally. I heard some terms during our previous casual chat. That so-called 'Trailblaze' is the deity that you Nameless people revere, isn't it?"

"Yes and no. 'Trailblaze' is essentially a concept in philosophical theory. Doctor, you should have heard of superstring theory, right? If we assume 'philosophy' is an 'Imaginary Space' that cannot be observed normally, then Aeons are the 'highest authorities' who grasp this single dimensional philosophical concept. Although it's far from the omniscient and omnipotent claims in the original native myths of many planets, their power, with just a glance, is enough to trigger an Imaginary Tide that easily overturns a planet. The aftershocks could easily annihilate a planet and affect the entire galaxy, which is not impossible."

"And the concept of 'Trailblaze' applies to any situation of 'opening a new map.' When the members of the express arrived in this world, the Path of Trailblaze gained a Beacon. And now that I've brought the Navigator here, 'Trailblaze' has begun to take root, waiting for someone to push open the Path of 'Trailblaze' in this world."

"I see. Deities in philosophical concepts are indeed much more absurd than the natural gods or earth mother goddesses in ordinary mythology... According to you, when you appeared in our world, shouldn't 'Trailblaze' have extended as well?"

"No, the planet you are on... has been in the same universe as us from the beginning. However, the 'Path' has been sealed... You most likely cannot defeat the 'Honkai' through the 'Path'."

"Sealed? By whom?"

"An entity called the 'Cocoon of Finality'."

[PS: The content related to the Hokage will only be for these few chapters for now. Although I will occasionally write a little more later, there won't be any continuous content exceeding five or six chapters.]

Chapter 075: I've Always Suspected That Pink Fatty Was an Alien! (2/5)

"As I said before, Earth is obscured by the Imaginary Tide Belt, and the Solar System has not been observed by any Aeon to this day. This has resulted in the power of the Path being unable to enter the Solar System. Furthermore, there is another crucial element that is sealing the possibility of the Path fully unfolding the Imaginary Gate for you. That is the true source of the Honkai phenomenon, the 'Cocoon of Finality.' Its origin is unknown, suspected to be a product of a high-dimensional civilization. Its purpose is to create a race similar to themselves that can adapt to Honkai energy."

"Before Earth, Venus and Mars had already been embraced by the Honkai, but both were failures. Mars has already sealed the consciousness of all its life into a data space, and the entire civilization is barely surviving in that space, which Honkai had no time to deal with."

"To overcome the Cocoon of Finality, the simplest solution is to have a suitable host that can accept the 'Authority of the Herrscher of the End.' And this host, after accepting the power of the End, must firmly choose to stand with Earth and humanity."

Kiana's final achievement in the post-civilization era was considered a qualified 'graduation plan' for the Honkai trial. By using herself as a medium to accept all the power of the End, she ultimately severed the processed Imaginary Internal Energy that the Cocoon of Finality was sending to the various planets in the Solar System.

"After our civilization failed, other civilizations or our later civilizations used this method as a solution, right?"

Mei narrowed her slender eyes slightly. This kind of gloomy femme fatale sometimes possessed a captivating beauty. Although the inevitable aging had diminished her charm somewhat, it did not affect her unique and dangerous beauty.

Hmm...

It would be incredibly satisfying to bully this kind of gloomy, bad woman!

Several poker techniques flashed through his mind, but Mr. Emiya responded with an unchanged expression, smiling.

"That's right. Kevin will have a child cultivated through genes in the future, inheriting his Flame Chaser bloodline into the second generation of civilization. The Kaslana family became one of the three great families in the European world of the new civilization, the 'Knight Family.' And a portion of the primordial humans inherited Elysia's power of symmetrical deficiency, possessing the Holy Blood power to neutralize Honkai, thus becoming one of the three great families, the 'Saintess.' And by combining the powers of these two with the Herrscher Core of the new era's Herrscher of the Void, a perfect host was born."

"It possesses Kevin's future 'Brahma Chimera' genes, with super adaptability to Honkai energy, and also has the symmetrical deficiency genes of the Saintess lineage derived from Elysia, the Herrscher of the Human, for neutralization. Furthermore, it was cultivated through the host body of the deceased Herrscher of the Void... Doctor, the Herrscher of the Void of that new era had merged with six Herrscher Cores at her peak. When all these coincidences combined, a perfect host was born."

"…To fuse six Herrscher cores as a base body?"

Mei was muttering in a low voice, dangerous thoughts beginning to surface in her mind. If they could artificially cultivate a multi-core Herrscher, would it be possible to control it?

No, it should be said that they must first cultivate the first Herrscher that could stand on humanity's side.

"A deficiency in symmetry, the result of an unequal exchange? Elysia, so she also became a Herrscher in the future?"

"Is it possible she was always a Herrscher?"

"...I see, that makes sense! I always suspected that pink fatty was an alien, and now the case is finally cracked!"

Mei showed a rare expression of pleasant surprise on her face.

"I finally have a reason to tie that guy to my experimental table."

"She is a natural Herrscher, the result of one in a billion errors born within the Cocoon of Finality. Her true name should be the Herrscher of Origin, the first Herrscher closest to the Herrscher of the End, and the source from which later Herrschers would gain self-awareness."

"This person should have allowed the Herrschers of this era to gain intellect!"

"She didn't understand her own power, and moreover, she eventually died willingly at Kevin's hands, and she definitively passed on hope to the next generation."

Listening to Shirou Emiya's words, Mei bit her lip, her eyes filled with unwillingness. She didn't truly want to target Elysia; she was simply dissatisfied… dissatisfied with the ending of their story that Shirou Emiya had spoken of.

Although she always expressed dissatisfaction with Elysia, deep down, she unexpectedly cherished this peculiar friendship. She had noticed Elysia's abnormality early on but had never actually intended to uncover her secrets.

However, If the ending of this story was for them to stand by and watch Elysia die, wouldn't that make all of them incompetent failures?