Chapter 9

"William are you awake yet?"

"Yeah, I just woke up. Let me freshen up and I will come down for the breakfast in a bit."

"Okay. I will be waiting downstairs."

'Any changes I should know about, Saphira?'

(*Ding* Yes. Your mother has selected 400 Sq m from the north side of the farm as a base for guild headquarters. The building should be ready in 58 minutes.

Rie has gotten better at cultivating chakra. Although her level won't increase due to the increase in chakra, her attributes will increase, just like yours.

I have properly explained the function of the store to Claudia. Since I couldn't directly say that she could buy anything from the 'Harry Potter world' or other anime and movie related worlds, without hinting at your past life and 2D creations, I just told her that she can buy almost anything imaginable.

She looked very thrilled about it. Apparently, it has a lot of untapped potential for business.

She has also deposited 15,000 Galleons for your use.)

"Sweet! Any suggestions on how to use the galleons?"

(*Ding* Yes, I have a suggestion. I ran a few million simulations and I realised that the best way too use them right now would be to use 10,000 galleons for the second summoning. Its the quickest way to increase your combat capacity. And you should use the remaining 5,000 galleons to buy a summon responder token. Here is its description:

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Summon Responder Token - Allows the holder to respond to one summon from other worlds. Only one person can answer the summon. You can stay in the summoned world for at most 5 years. But responder can come back to the original world whenever he wants. And only a moment would have passed in the responder's original world when he returns.

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You can just put Itachi in the farm while using the token and he will be able to accompany you to the new world. Although you will become penniless again, I guess you may be able to get everything back in a few seconds.)

An eery silence spread through William's bedroom. It was broken one minute later by a maniacal laughter. Itachi instantly appeared in the room because he could clearly hear the madness hidden within the laughter. He tried to make sense of the situation but he couldn't come up with an explanation for his master's current attitude.

He gave a sigh and turned around to leave because he didn't want to deal with this shit so early in the morning.

"Itachi, wait! Abandon all the previous tasks. Prepare for battle and don't go out of the space."

"Yes, William." After giving a small bow he took his leave.

"I think I will buy a responder token. But I don't want to get a second summon yet. I would rather have a powerful weapon for me and Itachi.

I think its time to finally increase my level. I was really apprehensive about grinding my level in this world because I didn't want to alarm someone who shouldn't take a notice of me. With this token, I can just raise hell and run away if necessary."

William started thinking about all the possible weapons that would be the best fit for speed types like him and Itachi. It shouldn't be too powerful because of budget reasons but it shouldn't be weak either. It would be great if it had an evolving status already attached to it. Saphira's power of evolving would surely make it more powerful in time.

"Saphira, what are the prices for Senbonzakura, Zangetsu, and Ryujin Jakka?"

(*Ding* Ryujin Jakka cannot be purchased yet. The store needs to be levelled up before you can purchase it. Senbonzakura and Zangetsu both cost 4,999 galleons each.)

"I was expecting something along those lines. Send the Senbonzkura to Itachi and give me the Zangetsu."

After 30 seconds, Saphira sweet voice sounded inside his head again.

(*Ding* It has been done. You can immediately start contacting it. It is inside your spiritual world. Since chakra is comprised of spiritual and physical energy so it was very easy to fuse it with your soul. There will not be any repercussions in the future. Their potential has also increased due to me. Someday, they should be able to go beyond the bankai stage.)

"I didn't feel anything except a slight jolt but good work! I will be closing up, tell Itachi to do so too. Ask no one to disturb us."

(*Ding* Okay. Best of luck, Will!)

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***Inside Walker Mansion***

[Claudia's POV]

According to the ***** magazine, taking a bath with warm water and shea butter soap keeps the skin healthy and glowing. Although she didn't show sign of aging yet, she was still careful so that she could stretch her youthful look for as long as possible. As she turned around, she could clearly see the weird looking tattoo on her back, in the large bathroom mirror.

It was the tattoo of a very cute looking chubby grim reaper. He was clad in a black cloak. He had white wings coming out of his back and he wielded a very large scythe, completely unbefitting of his small stature. According to William, it helped her become more powerful by killing things.

She didn't know how to feel about that though. Killing others to make yourself powerful sounded wrong on so many levels. She had also brought it up and was trying to make her son understand the implications of what he was talking about. Unfortunately or fortunately, instead of changing his views, it was her who had been convinced that it was a necessary procedure.

He had given her the most serious look ever and said,

"Mother, If given the right situation everyone will kill. A butcher kills poultry every day to earn a living. A psychopath may kill another human for pleasure. Both cases are treated differently. Why? Because of the intent and reason behind the killing...

My enemies will be very strong and I'm completely confident that they cannot be bound by the laws of a country. Sooner or later, a frigid war will take place between us. This is the reason why I didn't tell you about all of this a year ago. I wanted to be strong enough so that you can trust me to take care of myself.

I can promise you that I will never make you kill something. I can also promise you that I will never kill someone innocent. But, I will never be lenient towards my enemies."

William had ended the talk right there and walked out of the room. She still couldn't believe that her obedient and sweet son will have such a domineering side to him. That was not even the biggest shock she had got that day. Her son's subordinate, Itachi, had also shared an experience with her. It had completely shattered her worldview again.

He had killed all the members of his clan with his own hands so that his little brother could live. She couldn't even begin to imagine the amount of resolve it would have taken to do such a task.

After this meeting, she had quickly realized that her son may be in more danger than he had let her on. She felt so pathetic as a mother, she had to be coddled by her own son!?!

Although she couldn't stomach the thought of killing and she wasn't a good fighter by a large stretch, but she firmly believed that she could earn a large amount of money for her son. She was completely confident in her business skill, so she had made a firm promise to herself that she would never let him worry about management and financial matters from now on.

"Mistress, you have been in the bath for too long. You may be late for the office if you don't come out soon."

Sophia's voice broke her out of her reverie. She took a deep breath, looked at her own eyes in the reflection of the mirror, confirmed her resolve, and walked out of the bathroom like an overprotective mother lioness on the hunt.

[Claudia's POV end]

Who would tell her that she may have taken the situation a tad bit too seriously? Well, she is a mother so the misunderstanding is completely understandable.