Talks in Amegakure III

"I'm a descendant of the Sage of Six Paths?" Nagato asked with some disbelief.

Being told he was the reincarnation of the Sage for so long, then having that worldview crushed and then being told he was actually descended from him was a rollercoaster of emotion.

"Yes. The red hair is a dead giveaway, the signature physical trait of the Uzumaki clan who lifeforce is so strong that they don't die immediately after a Tailed Beast is extracted from them." Shiki said.

"The Uzumaki clan . . ." Nagato saw in a low voice, his thoughts his own.

"That's right. That is the reason you could barely handle the Rinnegan even though, as you found out, the cost was still quite steep." Shiki said.

"Regardless, now you know the origins of your eyes." He added.

"I . . . Guess I do . . ." Nagato replied.

"I guess we should hear your proposal now." He continued.

"Sure thing." Shiki replied.

With the security of the Soul Contract Tag, Shiki unhesitantly spewed out the outline of his plan and what had been done to achieve it at this point in type. Of course, while being suitably scarce with the details.

Finally he told Nagato his detailed plans for Amegakure and his point in coming here.

"Won't such a thing mark Ame as a threat to the other Big nations?" Nagato asked after hearing Shiki's plans for his village, the paths even getting into more battle ready positions.

If one thing could be said about Nagato, was that he loved his homeland, that place where he met he most precious companions and the place that held their dreams.

"Maybe so, but there would be a lot of nasty implication if they wanted to attack and I've personally got a handle on three of the Five Great Hidden Villages and two of the villages closest to reaching that level so I can handle the fallout even if something does happen." Shiki persuaded.

"Even so." Nagato didn't want to budge before the possibility that he would see his Amegakure become a battlefield once gain.

"Nagato!" Konan called out from the side. She was more open to Shiki's proposal.

After all, it was not just about the survival of the village, this could significantly improve its standing and prosperity in the long run so she was quite interested, even if she shared Nagato's worries that Ame might become a battlefield once again.

"I'll extend an olive branch. We'll set the terms now while the tag is in effect and create a condition like a handshake which will be the moment the terms come into effect so that you do not have to make the decision right now." Shiki offered.

'I've unbalanced him enough for him to listen to me. No I just have to be patient and let him see reason . . .' He thought in his mind.

"I . . . Appreciate your understanding and will take the offer you've so graciously given." Nagato responded.

"Very well then. It's settled, just activate this tag if you want to meet with me when you have your answer." Shiki gave them a communications tag and just disappeared into nothing, much like he had appeared when he arrived.

"Hmm . . . Looks like we have a lot to think about Konan." Nagato said.

"Indeed." Konan replied.

Nagato then controlled the Paths to go back into their capsules but, much to his surprise, they did not move.

Upon further analysis he realized all the blood inside them and turned solid, turning each Path into an immobile statue, even his three new ones.

It was of course Shiki's doing, he activated the chakra infection in the blood of three of the paths and enhanced it to cross into the other three when they were put in capsules near each other and just activated it to solidify their blood when Nagato got them into attack position.

"Truly an unfathomable man . . ." Nagato commented while Konan was shocked to silence.

"Thank you Konan." He said.

"For what?" She asked.

"For calling out to me when things got tense or I might have made the terrible mistake of taking that man as my enemy." Nagato clarified.

". . ." Konan responded with nothing but silence.

And so, with Nagato being left to consider things and discuss them with Konan Shiki went back to his usual work routine.

All of the core members of Mugetsu required little to no sleep due to their enhancements, making them quite productive due to all the extra time.

As such, when breaks from work were taken, at least by Shiki and his lovers, it was for some sexy times together. Like this, he progressed in his work and experiments while waiting for the various plots he left cooking to finally hatch.

His current pet projects were the Guruguru based body armor and the disposable mindwiped soldiers from the Box of Ultimate Bliss. While the former kept giving him problems and did not work exactly how he wanted it to, the latter was going quite well.

So well, the Shiki had pretty much already perfected a standard procedure from the enhancement of the "reformed" criminals that were fed to the Box.

Various technological implants with diverse functions and a rough enhancement without caring too much for the subject were all fair game.

A powerful Zetsu Serum that left them with pretty much broken minds but much stronger bodies first, and then to the Box they went to make sure no mental problems were left and they became obedient puppets.

Only then would the various implants would be integrated and augmentation surgeries performed so as to turn them into killing machines capable of fighting reasonably powerful shinobi despite their mass produced nature.

Various technological regulator implants were put in place, Injecting them with regulated doses of growth hormones and other enhancement drugs with long term effects on the body without much care being given about side effects so long as their operational ability was not affected.

Augmentation surgeries to mineralize their bones to make them tougher and harder to break as well as fuse their rib cages into bone plates. Metal reinforcements were added afterwards for extra bracing and protection.

Metal filaments were weaved into their flesh with servos capable of manipulating them to coil with great force, thus making each subject not only tougher, but also physically stronger.

Extra regulator implants that administered concentrated food pill extracts to sustain the subjects and lifeforce to power converting drugs based on the Hero Water from Takigakure were also added.

Finally there were too last resort contingencies put in place that acted in consort with one another, the Soul Burn Implant and the Final Flash Implant.

The first was an enhanced version of the Hero Water based drug that literally converted all of the user's lifeforce and soul into raw power and chakra, thus making them extremely powerful for a short period of time, even forcefully opening four of the Eight Inner Gates automatically.

As for the the second, it converted all of the user's remaining energy and even their flesh, blood and bone into a powerful explosive with untold power. This was truly a last resort with great collateral damage.

That being the case, using the first of the mentioned two implants until one's body crumbled to ash and dust was much preferred, with the other being an alternative for extremely specialized situations.

Since they were quite dumb as a result of the mindwipe, Shiki was worried these disposable shock trooper would underperform so he implanted them with a controlling seal that would allow Aion to move them at will and an implant based on automata brains, made with a Stone of Gelel just in case.

Quite unfortunately, Shiki was quite sure how he should set up the system the various Mugetsu outposts would rely on to get these disposable shock troops, nor did he have a handy opponent to throw a couple of goons at but he would figure out, just like always.

With that piece of work done and the Guruguru Armor frustrating Shiki enough for him to toss it to a soul clone for an indefinite amount of time, he was left pondering on what he should focus on right now.

Inevitably, his thoughts turned towards the jinchuriki and the way he set things up with Isobu. Shiki had more or less secured the Tailed Beast's cooperation but now, he had to finalize the preparations.

Shiki both needed ways to preserve the jinchuriki's lives as well as the tailed beasts existence. The plans were drawn already but implementation was still needed.

He would start with the Three Tails,Isobu and move on from there until he had all of them ready for future events . . .

'Time to run around the world persuading god like chakra beasts to join me in my madness.' Shiki jokingly thought to himself with a light chuckle.

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