Chapter – 90: Success and future plans

[Rei POV]

Initially, my plan was only for Konoha as I can make use of the Origin space as a huge warehouse or even a granary, but I changed my mind after my clones reached different hidden villages. Even though using the storage seals will be a lot more inefficient for the process, they can definitely get the job done. Therefore my targets now include all five hidden villages...

There is something important I need to keep in my mind while making my move though, if Konoha or any other hidden village for that matter, realizes the shortage of rations early, they will quickly try to find an alternative for it and they might succeed in time too or even if they can't, they can delay their participation in the war! Which will be a very bad outcome for me. Therefore, the longer they take to notice the shortage, the more profit I make by suddenly stopping the inflow of goods into the markets and inflating the prices.

Hence, what I will have to do is, keep a steady supply until the right moment and suddenly cut it off creating an artificial shortage everywhere. This way, even though I will lose out for few months in the beginning, in the long run, I will be making a much bigger profit.

Anyway, with a few years of hard work and a ton of money, I have been able to collect a... let's say a lot of it... enough to sustain Konoha by myself for at least a few years!

'However...'

I have been thinking about this for a while, should I make use of this opportunity and create myself a new identity inside Konoha? An identity, not as a shinobi, but as a business tycoon who has some say in the civilian council and this will be the perfect opportunity to do it.

'If I play my cards right, I should be able to control the entire grain market of this world from the shadows...' I chuckle.

...

"I have finally found a way to cast parasites without hurting my soul!" I breathe a sigh.

From the experiment I did with Yahiko, I have finally determined a two-step process to deploy the parasite without needing to split my soul. The way it works is, previously I already had a way to deploy parasites to my clones to control them without needing to split my soul, and now, with the Shadow-II parasite, I can split this already deployed parasite and send it to a new body, as I did in the case of Yahiko... This way, I will be overcoming both of the major defects the origin parasite deployment process had; the need for being physically present at the site and splitting my soul!

Although I have found the way, it still needs some research as currently the parasite can only be split once. For example, let's say if I cast a parasite this way on Anko, then the parasite inside her will not be able to split further and spread to Orochimaru's soul later because it has already exceeded the amount times it can split!

'A.I. Chip! Establish a new mission! Optimize Shadow-II's ability to split... loss of some of the other minor functions is acceptable...'

[Mission establishing! Gathering information, beginning simulation….]

[Beep! Mission established. Simulation time: 16d 23h 57m 38s!]

'Little over half a month... that's fine I guess as there is still time for Orochimaru to start on cursed seal experiments...'

...

A few days later.

I am currently looking at a Petri dish with utmost concentration like it is the most perfect thing in all of existence, and even that cannot hide the expression of jubilance on my face. The reason for that is, Madara's cells!

What I am looking at right now are the cells that Yahiko's clone was able to get from Nagato's Rinnegan. I have already conducted some initial tests and as I had predicted, these cells have all Fifty-four Otsutsuki cells; twenty-seven Uchiha and twenty-seven Senju, and the most important part is, all of them are active!

'With this, my path to Rinnegan will be a lot smoother...' I think with a smile.

'Also, now that I have collected all the Uchiha, Senju, and Kaguya genes, and the Hyuuga ones will be completed soon too, I have no reason to keep avoiding changing the future...'

I still remember what the Eight Winged Angel, Sophos had said, "Every action in life that you take will have corresponding karma associated with it. Karma points are actually the numerical representation of how impactful these Karma are on the scale of the world itself."

This whole matter regarding Karma is way more complex than I had initially imagined, but what I should focus on is 'how impactful these Karma are on the scale of the world!' First of all, the world will not care if I killed or changed the fate of some random people as that would not result in any drastic change in the trend of the world; hence, the Karma I will get will be small as well. However, let's say I make even a tiny little change to ones with a great destiny, I will be earning a huge amount of Karma! But it is not so simple, when I change the fates of normal people, the backlash I will receive from the world because of it will also be small, however, if I change the fate of someone like Naruto, I don't even want to think about the backlash I will receive... and the crucial part is, I have no idea how or what the backlash will be! This is also one of the major reasons why I was reluctant to change anything in the past; uncertain of being able to handle the backlash!

Then comes the even more complex stuff. Be it Shinobi world or any other for that matter, it cannot do without those to act as Villians; no world can survive if it had only heroes! Balance is the key... A hero gets his chance to shine only because there is someone whom he can defeat to bask in the glory. The greater and the more powerful the Villian is, the more outstanding the Hero will be when he defeats him... We can say, the greatness of a Hero is defined not by his own prowess, instead, by the Villain whom he defeats!

So, if my understanding is correct, Madara should have the same amount of Karma as Naruto... Therefore, it doesn't matter whether the change I make is positive or negative, both will yield the same amount of Karma!

Back to the topic, 'Let's see... '

'Uchiha clan is and will always be my cover and fortress... because, as long as the Uchiha clan is there, someone using a Susanoo outside the village, although will draw attention, will not be as eye-catching as when there should have been no Uchiha left...'

'So, the massacre needs to be changed... but I need to change it in such a way that I should not receive any backlash for it...'