Showing Off the Toys

The fortress hand changed alot since its conception. Each individual area was a lot more developed and there were even new areas established.

Shiki wanted to save the newest area for last since it was one of the creations he was the most proud of as such, they started by going around the others.

First was the production plant which was responsible for using the limitless chakra of the Ryumyaku to produce several needed resources. It was truly a surprise for Tsunade who knew of the Ryumyaku's existence to find out Shiki had built a base on top of it.

But once she thought about it, finding its location was not that hard if you knew what to look for and with his fuinjutsu skills, tapping into its power would be child's play.

The seals that allowed him to endlessly reproduce strategic materials that every village thirsts for were too shocking, various types of chakra metals, special woods, chemicals, etc. But the surprises were far from over.

They went outside the main fortress to the Domain of the Five Heavenly Beasts, the barrier that protected the place. Despite the fact that were in the middle of the desert, it was truly a paradise filled with wonders, inside the barrier the climate could be controlled and the various other auxiliary features were present.

Like extra chakra density in the air, the natural recovery speed enhancements but the place where these changes could be fully appreciated was the Garden of Eden. The name SHiki had given to the plantation section of the fortress.

It was under the care of a Shiki clone after the Kodo clan member that he had recruited was placed in the Land of Medicine once more to expand his influence there.

Multiple radial climates, chakra rich rains and all kinds of other things were being done to promote a high quality of plants and an accelerated growth.

With their medical expertise, both Tsunade and Shizune could spot abundant amounts of medicinal ingredients that were nearly impossible to obtain, even for them.

But if they were thinking of borrowing Shiki's facilities before due to the ambient and wealth of rare ingredients and materials, now they wanted to move in.

Before them was all the equipment Shiki had stolen from Orochimaru, along with a few others, all upgraded by is increasing resources and knowledge.

It was truly a land of dreams for a medical professional but the surprises were far from over. Now, Shiki would present his war potential in the form of his puppet assembly line.

The assembly line had been vastly improved and Land of Snow and Spring technology had begun to be integrated. Lower quality automata were being shipped worldwide, and when Shiki mentioned he could tracelessly spy on whoever bought them, the two kunoichi were flabbergasted.

After all, they could see the appeal of large quantities of disposable troops with enough combat potential to cause serious damage. Shiki was also going to start selling slightly updated models which despite being vastly inferior to those he kept to himself, were still far from disposable.

These would fulfill the roles of heavy weapons, changing the theater of war in this world. They of course could be constructed only with the use of the amazing properties of Gelel so even if the buyers, miraculously manage to bypass the safety seals to prevent tampering they will still be unable to reproduce them.

Tsunade and Shizune were aware of these but had not bought them for the village but knowing that they were Shiki's, an order was immediately placed at a preferred rate for a good amount of basic units and a few ordnance units as well.

As for the automata kept for Mugetsu's exclusive use, they included flyers, shinobi puppets that had stored jutsu they could use, extreme ordnance, far beyond the sold models, transports for various environments that could deliver large amounts of automata anywhere in the world.

For his crowning achievement, Shiki had used the tech from Chakra Armor to give all the automana personal energy shields but more than that, by utilizing an enormous Stone of Gelel, a powerful Pure Soul and days of tireless work by soul clones in seal development and application, he had done it.

Shiki had created a powerful and high performance central intelligence that could not only control all the automata but it could take battle data from all units, including sold ones to improve fighting effectiveness and even change production to make improvements.

It was even capable of integrating new technology Shiki had added and not only learn to use it, but to adapt it. Named Aion, it was so good in fact that Shiki had granted it control of the base's control systems as well. Needless to say, it had numerous safeguards to prevent rebellion.

This was something incomprehensible for not only the two women but also for the rest of Mugetsu who still couldn't comprehend the extent of SHiki's achievement or what it would mean for the future, but it was time for the final reveal.

Near the core of the fortress, laid a large room with only one purpose, the use of Shiki's surveillance network, God' Eye. Using the crystal style to create an appropriate focus with a small Stone of Gelel inside and various seals placed upon the final product created an unrivaled surveillance device.

It was small, and was shielded from any method of detection and it possesse capabilities not unlike Shiki's White Eye of the Kagura. It could watch a large area, give status information, mood and with some modifications, even sound, all the crystals formed a network under the management of Aion.

Using protocols that Shiki designed, it assigned different categories and levels of importance to information as well as urgency. It then stored all the organized information in a data bank that could be accessed by any member of Mugetsu in three ways.

With kiosks in the base, on their personal computers or on their forearm tablets made with the awesome properties of Gelel and fuinjutsu. These were tool that didn't require recharging and with even greater capabilities than the Boruto era technology for the most part.

Under their insistence, Shiki promised to make a personalized version of the forearm tablets in the form of a fashionable wristwatch for Tsunade and Shizune with all the capabilities of the original.

But before such a request was even made, Shiki had to weather an assault of questions about his massive spying network and how far his business had expanded, the mercenary activities of Mugetsu, its various illegal ventures and so on.

Shizune was still a bit out of it but Tsunade was impressed. Just like she had seen so long ago, Shiki was not an idealist that would try to fix everything through the "right" way. She was no innocent little girls, she was a war veteran and battlefield doctor, not much could faze her but this . . .

She couldn't be more proud. Yes it was dirty and underhanded, outright villainous even but Shiki was nearing the fulfillment of his vision for the world, and she honestly found him even more charming when she found out just how much of a bad boy he was.

Specially when compared to the ultra good guy she was involved with previously. She loved Dan, even to this day, but her preferences were starting to shift to her new flame.

He had almost forgotten it but Shiki decided to show his outift's signature gear. Right now, other than the Mugetsu Cloak, there was also an upgraded version of the Chakra Armor to go along and the forearm tablet which also had field applications.

Field scan, database access, traceless communications, you name it it has it. Even a storage seal with small drone type automata that can be controlled via it. Shiki was full of plan on things to add further down the line.

The new Chakra armor itself integrated with the tablet and allowed for greater customization. Flight capabilities with a possible extra attachment in a storage seal that could extend the flight to long distance, allowed for high linear speed and great efficiency, personal barriers against physical attacks, ninjutsu attacks and even genjutsu.

But it didn't stop there. Artillery attachments, recon and stealth modes even upgraded the chakra amplification to be effective at granting a consistent 300% in power, it was a masterpiece. Too bad the last function was wasted on him since the armor couldn't handle that much power.

With a miracle material like the Stones of Gelel and his masterful fuinjutsu, nothing was eternally out of his reach.

The two kunoichi were having trouble accepting the reality of what Shiki had built and what he had obtained in so little time but there was one more things that Tsunade wanted to check. After all was said and done, she just had one thing to ask.

"All you toys are fine and dandy but how are your personal shinobi skills?"

She was sure they didn't fall behind and even progressed far beyond her estimations but she wanted to know exactly what he had attained in terms of personal strength without all the bells and whistles . . . Boy was she in for a surprise.

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