Chapter 11: Chapter 10 : Sky
A gentle breeze washed over him as he stood atop the Akatsuki building.
The beautiful blue sky, combined with the unique view of the modern city, made him feel like he was truly in another world. Some might think that another world had to have a European medieval theme. But for him, another world was better this way.
Rather than medieval Europe... Though, he was a little disappointed that there were no other intelligent humanoid species in this world, besides humans.
There were animals that could speak human languages, though. They lived on Emu Island, an archipelago filled with summonable beasts. The Emu Islands were under the protection of the five great nations.
It was a place where Shinobi would try their luck to obtain summonable animals. In Nagato's diary, he'd read that a few days after Nagato had mastered his Rinnegan powers, Nagato had gone to this island to get his own summonable beasts.
Of course, Nagato hadn't gone through the official channels. He'd gone illegally.
He glanced behind him. He saw Pain Chikushodo standing rigidly behind him.
The reason he was currently in Amegakure was that he had commanded Pain Chikushodo to summon him with a Kuchiyose no jutsu.
He had to admit, when he first experienced it, it felt like instant teleportation. It was amazing. It was like blinking. Then, when you opened your eyes again, you were in a different place.
As a human from Earth, seeing this phenomenon was both illogical and mind-blowing. Scientifically, it just didn't make any sense. How could the atoms in a human body stay together? Or not disappear? Even with the physics knowledge he had now, he couldn't explain how this phenomenon could happen in the real world.
This world was very strange to him. He had previously confirmed that the laws of physics still applied in this world. But on the other hand, there were phenomena that clearly violated the laws of physics. It was very perplexing to him.
Forget it; from the start, this world didn't make any sense.
He walked up to Pain Chikushodo. He gazed at Chikushodo's beautiful face. If he remembered correctly, this girl was one of Konan's students.
But this girl had died during a mission to investigate the Five-Tails Jinchuriki. A day after her death, her corpse had then been used to become a Pain.
Up close, he could hear Chikushodo's heartbeat and breathing. This proved that Pain were living beings from a medical point of view.
Yeah, in theory, he could use Pain for food, or other things. Like getting Pain Chikushodo pregnant. This was theoretically possible. Although, he wouldn't do such a lewd thing. Besides, he wasn't Rudeus, who was known for being perverted.
He closed his eyes for a moment and then opened them again. He saw himself in front of him, and he also saw Pain Chikushodo.
His viewpoint right now, was like watching CCTV on a monitor.
He pulled his consciousness back from Pain Chikushodo's body and put Pain Chikushodo in auto-pilot mode. In this mode, he only had to give Pain a few commands, and Pain would carry them out. In auto-pilot mode, he could still connect his consciousness to Pain. This meant he could speak using Pain's body while in auto-pilot mode.
Auto-pilot mode allowed Pain to think and find their own solutions, like a living being. He'd already stated that Pain had intelligence. Without this auto-pilot mode, Nagato would have a hard time controlling the Pains.
The power of the Rinnegan was truly extraordinary.
"Return to the Pain room," he said.
Pain Chikushodo immediately moved into the Akatsuki building after hearing the command.
"No matter how many times I see it, it never gets old," he murmured.
After watching Pain leave, he stood on the edge of the building. Then, he jumped off the Akatsuki building, which was 40 meters high. If it were an ordinary person, they would surely die. But he was not an ordinary person.
"So this is what it feels like to jump from 40 meters."
When he was a few meters from the ground, he used his flying ability.
People who were walking below were startled by the sonic boom.
"What was that?"
"What happened?"
These people were those who weren't interested in the free food distribution.
"Hahaha, now this is what I call living." He flew towards a place suitable for housing the Gedo Mazo.
Right now, the Gedo Mazo should be in one of the Akatsuki's hideouts. Black Zetsu probably already knew about it.
This meant that Madara, a.k.a. Obito Uchiha, already knew that he and Konan were still alive.
Therefore, he had to secure the Gedo Mazo immediately. The Gedo Mazo was very important to him; it was a prerequisite for the Kingdom of Erlania to continue to exist in this world.
Because if Erlania didn't have the Gedo Mazo, the major countries would invade Erlania to take revenge. The Gedo Mazo's existence was a deterrent and a threat to the outside world not to invade Erlania.
It was just like a nuclear weapon.
The major powers had lost their strongest weapons. And they would not invade the Kingdom of Erlania, which possessed seven Bijuu.
Nagato didn't know, as he was thinking about all this, that there was a white figure observing him from below.
...
A few minutes ago.
Someone wearing a black cloak, whose gender was unknown, entered a cave. From the outside, the cave looked very eerie. No normal person would dare to enter it.
The person walked down the cave corridor and eventually reached a fairly large cave chamber. There, many strange humanoid white creatures were gathered. These creatures looked like humans, but they weren't human.
"How did it go?" One of the white creatures asked.
"It seems impossible to leave Erlania. That brat has put up a very powerful barrier around Erlania," replied the figure.
After saying that, the figure revealed its appearance by taking off its cloak and gas mask. Its appearance wasn't much different from the white creatures around it.
"Erlania?" The white creature asked.
"That's the name of the Kingdom that brat Nagato just established," the figure said.
The white creature was surprised upon hearing this.
"A Shinobi becoming a king? This is a first in history," one of the white creatures said, shocked. To the point that its expression looked like a stone emoji.
"That's not all; Nagato used his real body when declaring the founding of the Kingdom of Erlania," the figure said seriously.
"That's impossible. The Rinnegan's healing ability cannot be used on his real body. This has been confirmed by Madara several times," one of the white creatures exclaimed in surprise.
"That's the reality. I saw him using both my eyes. It's impossible that it was a Pain's body," the white figure in the black cloak said, thrusting its head toward the white creature standing in front of it.
"Then what do we do next?" the crowd of white creatures asked.
"Getting out of Erlania is impossible, so the only way is to ask Nagato to open the barrier," one of the white creatures suggested.
"Do you think he will obey our request?"
"Why not? We've always provided him with the latest information about the world and always obeyed his requests. He should help us,"
"And Nagato also doesn't seem to know that we are always watching him. As long as he doesn't know that fact, he won't kill us all," said one of the white creatures.
Most of the white creatures nodded.
...
Konan took a white plate from her lower left side, she took the plate and sprinkled it with warm white rice. She also made sure to add some side dishes.
After that, she gave the plate, which was filled with food, along with a bottle of water to the little girl who was waiting in line for free food in front of her.
"Eat a lot," she said, smiling.
"Thank you, Your Excellency," the little girl said, leaving after getting her free food.
Seeing this sight made her heart ache. As a leader, she felt like a failure. The people were starving, children had no time to play or go to school, and unemployment was rampant.
And recently, many infrastructure projects that had been built with borrowed funds had been damaged due to the earthquake.
This made her feel like she'd been struck by lightning. It was so heavy, this burden was too heavy for her.
If Yahiko were here, what would he do? Konan pondered, looking up at the blue sky.
"Your Excellency, Your Excellency," she was jolted out of her reverie. Then, she looked at the Anbu Shinobi standing to her right.
"What is it?" she asked.
"Your Excellency, the owner of the Amanai Company wants to meet with you. He says he wants to discuss the production of a new type of firearm."
"Tell him, I'll be there," she ordered.
The Anbu nodded and then disappeared using Shunshin no Jutsu.
To be continued...