Exploring souls and death!

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-In the pure land-

Mara Received the report about what happened to the 7 soul reapers they sent to deal with a weak ninja village hidden in the sound and his eyes couldn't help but widen in surprise

'Hmm? Did those dead hunters anticipate our attack on the village hidden in the sound? What kind of level of scheming could this person possess to anticipate our actions to such a degree' Wondered Mara before he let out a sigh and muttered "Lord Izumo won't like this news, he's probably already aware of the situation thanks to his connection to the pure land… Still, I will have to report anyways"

After concluding his thoughts, Mara slowly made his way to Izumo's throne room, but surprisingly, the usual sound of the ghosts screaming completely disappeared…

'His mood is far worse than expected' was the thought on Mara's head as he shot a look at the suffering souls that stopped their screaming not because they weren't being tortured anymore, but because of the terrifying aura gushing from the silent throne room, and it was so terror-inducing to the point that they forgot about their pain!

Mara calmly made his way inside the throne room while staring at the ground the whole way courtesy of his hunched back, and he was also hit by the terrifying aura, although he seemed more resistant than those souls, showing just what kind of monster was hiding under his frail appearance…

"Lord Izumo, the attack failed, we suspect that the one who interfered must be part of the dead hunters since he used similar attacks to theirs and even collected the bodies in a similar way"

There was no response for a long time after Mara finished his report, only an eerie silence that covered the throne room as a dark and deathly aura seeped into every inch of the room!

Mara raised his head to stare at Izumo and he finally saw to what extent his anger has risen, his reddish and orange hair appeared to have ignited into dark flames and his whole figure reeked of the scent of death as he contemplated silently and Mara felt a chill just from staring at him.

The playful and lazy Izumo was no more as the man who stood before him was the incarnation of death itself, the same person he lost to for the possession of the pure land ages ago!

"Mara, do you remember what happens when someone forces my hand?" spoke Izumo calmly and Mara recalled some distant memories before he answered "A fate worse than death is what awaits them"

Izumo nodded calmly at this before he waved his hand causing a shockwave to pass through all of the pure lands and Mara couldn't help but widen his eyes as he asked "Are you sure? This will mess up with the very nature of this world"

However, in the face of Mara's worries, Izumo simply smirked darkly and said "Only chaos can erase the sins of our failures…"

Mara remained silent as he thought 'This is no normal chaos…'

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In one of the dead hunters' hidden bases, Kabuto was trying his best to modify his Edo Tensei so that he could regain control of the evil ghosts emerging from the pure lands…

"It's becoming even harder every day, someone is definitely interfering with the working of the pure lands…" this is what Kabuto concluded and he didn't want to imagine what kind of level of power was required to achieve such a thing.

However, he suddenly felt a tremor coursing through his body, and his connection with the pure land was suddenly destroyed which made him receive a terrifying backlash that almost destroyed his soul, but the shock in his heart was far bigger than the damage he received as he instantly yelled "IMPOSSIBLE" And called Bakorio right away…

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After analyzing what his true clone spoke with Kabuto, Bakorio remained silent for a long time before he let out a sigh and thought 'This is truly beyond my expectations '

What Izumo did was nothing short of terrifying, to use Edo Tensei, someone needs to sacrifice a life and use a body part of the person they desire to summon to create a connection with their soul in the pure land, but what if the pure land was already under their control?

What Izumo did is overwriting the laws of the pure land so that, whenever someone's reached the end of their life, instead of their souls going to the pure land, they become sacrifices for the terrifying thing he cast on the world, an ultimate version of Edo Tensei.

Not to mention that thanks to him already in control of the souls in the pure land, he didn't require any body parts to revive whoever he wanted!

In less than a day, Bakorio received countless reports of old legends reviving, and imagine the shock of the world as a new ninja village was created under the leadership of these dead people, a village that contained countless Kage level ninja as well as famous clans such as the Uzumaki, the Kaguya, the Hagoromo, and many others that vanished in the annals of history.

But that wasn't all as some beasts from the various holy lands also started to revive, and they all marched to this new village while creating chaos wherever they went…

"This is bad, should we destroy them?" Asked Hagoromo to his mother and brother who could also observe all of these changes, but Hamura calmly shook his head and said "Our enemies aren't these people, plus I'm sure you noticed that only ninjas from the past century were revived, older souls were probably already assimilated by the pure land"

"Still, even if it's only people from the last century, it's still a terrifying force for the ninja of this world to face… and if you add to that the beasts, hell, and the demons… Surviving is simply impossible"

Hamura had a dark look on his face similar to his brother's, and even Kaguya had a frown on her face as she remembered Bakorio's words of not making a move so she eventually let out a sigh and said "Let's trust in the man that freed our hearts, I'm sure he won't sit still and watch this world face its downfall"

Hagoromo clenched his hands and he couldn't help but turn to his mother and yell "How can we let one man bear all of this responsibility on his shoulders-"

However, Hagoromo suddenly froze when he stared at his mother's face which was full of anger, and from her activated Byakugan and the way she was gritting her teeth, it was clear that she was barely holding herself back from taking action prompting Hamura to let out a sigh and say "I'm sure we all feel the same…"

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Meanwhile, Bakorio remained still in his room as he contemplated a way to face this new disaster but he simply couldn't find any, this was an immortal army with human intelligence and a variety of abilities, dealing with them in normal ways is simply a dream…

After a few minutes of contemplation, Bakorio finally opened his eyes and raised his right hand and if anyone was in the room they would feel life escaping their body from the terrifying aura of death that was dancing on top of it and he muttered calmly…

"It seems like I will have to master death, and the way of the souls and even go beyond if I want to contest with Izumo…"

As Bakorio muttered this, he shot his system a look and saw what he gained after gaining energy control and trying to understand the workings of his Yomi no Kuni [Death chakra transformation level 6]

And there was another skill that he gained from his constant creation of clones [Soul control level 12]

'These two will be my top priority for now, and until I can contest with Izumo in the control of death, I will have to let the dead hunters deal with the new emerging hidden village… Those ghosts and rising zombies will have to be left to the hidden villages to deal with, at least for now...'