Chapter 4: System Failure 1&2 (Edited)

/Ding/

Quest Complete

Mēkā Clan task: Weavers Conduct (repeatable)

Demands are high but production is low. Following your plan for independence, The Mēkā Clan needs a large number of resources to grow self-reliant from the Malicious Daimyo. They have tasked you to work along with Grandma Cho to increase the output of arms to help protect the rest of the family as much as possible.

Craft 45 Uncommon rank Armor and Weapons

Task time:2 Months

Evaluation: S

Reward doubled

Receive:

3,000 Eddie's

Grandma Cho Fuinjutsu's technique

500 rep

Cool +1

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/Ding/

Congratulations You have reached level 6 Reputation

Gained 5 attribute points

Chakra stat has been Unsealed

Chakra Attribute Release has been Unsealed

Kekkai Genkai has strengthened (Compensation)

Gained 1 implant slot

//

Receiving this message our protagonist, Kekkai Mēkā, felt all his fatigue disappearing in a rush of adrenaline, and he rose in haste from his cluttered workstation.

Scattering the just finished inner armor to the ground. He ignored it as a cool crisp feeling emerged from his mind clearing the fatigue that had him on the edge of collapse from over a week of little to no rest instantly.

Sighing at the cool relief he waited as more changes in his body occurred.

His breath grew hurried with long and deep intakes of air as adrenaline pumped through his veins and his body grew hotter at an alarming pace!

Muscles, tendons, and organs shifted and spasmed painfully as they adapted to an unknown force. Quickly reorganizing themselves into a slow rhythm as they tuned themselves. Turning into a primal and wild force as they began to resonate with each other.

Kekkai fell into a trance as these two forces met inside his body. Swirling, sticking, devouring each other until they came into a calm and powerful energy within him.

With trembling breaths, He looked down at his body.

Raising his trembling hands to his sides he clenched his fists in excitement as he felt that familiar and once lost power once again surge and swirl throughout his body. /Finally!!!! This young master is FINALLY FREE!!!!/

"Kekkai? Kekkai darling what's wrong?" An aged woman's voice sounded behind him.

It was Grandma Cho, the family caretaker, and Master Smith and Weaver of the Mēkā Clan. She approached cautiously to her grandson in worry.

"Kekkai? What's wrong h-"She began to ask again before halting in surprise.

Looking at the back of her grandson her eyes slowly began to widen.

With a flash of amazing speed, she appeared at his side with a fluttering of her robes. Snatching his arm she closed her eyes tightly and felt the energy within his body.

After confirming her suspicions she opened her eyes and looked at the confident smile and caring gaze of her grandson looking back at her.

Eyes tearing up she grabbed onto her grandson and hugged him tightly into her embrace "By the Gods, my sweet child, Your Chakra has found balance again!"

Holding her in an equally tight embrace, he restrained his tears as he said "We always knew that I would. I was just surprised it took me this long to do it."

Releasing him after a few seconds she still held his tall shoulders with a reassuring squeeze and said "Better late than never, My blessing, better late than never. We should rush to the council to inform the elders and your grandfather of this! I'm guaranteed they will be ecstatic to hear about your recovery!"

Shaking his head with a smile. He took Grandma Cho's Hands down softly and said " No need, no need to rush. Grandpa and the elders have lots of clan affairs to attend to. Many of which take priority over the news of my recovery."

/As if the affairs of his most beloved grandchild and one of the most promising stars of the clan's recovery takes any lower place than what those old coots are up to/ Grandma Cho thought in exasperation at his modesty

At the elderly woman's frown, he said again "No rush, Grandma, father's convoy should arrive today and grandpa will convene a family gathering to discuss the winter management. I'll attend the meeting and surprise them with the news! That will pick up grandpa's mood."

Thinking about the smile that would appear on that aged frown made her eyes tender to look at her grandson.

"Alright my child, I'll wait for you to bring the news to your grandpa. Take a rest for now. Make sure to bring your armor along and pack up the shop. I'll head back home to get ready." Turning around she walked out of the forge workshop where her grandson and she usually worked.

Her aged back straighter and a pep in her step made look as if she lost over twenty years.

"Make sure to dress nice and loud. The announcement of the Mēkā clan's Golden Child return needs to be celebrated!"

"As you wish Grandma Cho!!" He chuckled back in return.

When she left the shop he stood there. After a pause, he collapsed in place onto the ground as if exhausted!

Looking at the tall ceiling of the forge he lay on his back in a trance.

"Seven years. Seven…. Fucking….. Years?"He cursed slowly.

"I spent close to half of this life studying, exercising, managing family affairs, and running around like a dog doing tasks for seven fucking years to get to just LVL five and release the chakra that was stolen from me!"

"System please tell me what the hell is the use of you?! It took me seven YEARS just to get back to pre-liberation when you installed yourself back then!"

/Ding/

A thank you for saving me would be nice host. I am the one who lost more thanks to our merging. We lost So Many core and sub-functions having been lost and destroying them to save you!

You stupid host!

Our prime directive is to enable our functions to upgrade your life level! If I can't complete my mission I won't let you feel any better. If you had refused to partner with us then We will self-destruct and end both of us!//

"Okay, okay, I get it. I know it's not your fault. I'm just, well, peeved that it took so long to get control of my chakra back." He sweated coldly and comforted the grumpy system.

"Okay, so how's the damage? Is the damage 'That Guy' did to you repaired?" He Said sitting up.

/Ding/

As if. The functions are completely lost, the only thing We could find in the end was the technology mall, part of the leveling algorithm, and what's left of the implants. The perk function, biological trade, and traveling function have been lost forever. And not even the implant function is complete as We have to grow them to be biologically stable to not throw your weak body into shock from rejection again.//

"I see." Kekkai nodded

But when he thought about what happened seven years ago he clenched his teeth in rage!

"That fucking bastard!"

.....

Seventeen years ago he was reborn into the Naruto world. Surprised at first as he was fully expecting to be sent to the world of CyberPunk, thinking that with the usual transmigration novels, he'll be sent on the path of becoming a living legend there.

But sadly he found to his surprise to be born to a clan of barbarians in Japanese clothing! Kicking and crying his lungs out in the palm of the gigantic hands of his father and mother he could only listen to them In dumb response as they talked extensively while rocking him.

Though he couldn't understand a word(Anime fan that failed to study Japanese, what a shame) he ended up falling asleep while rocking in the nurse's arms.

A Year passed by as he quickly learned the local language. Already knowing that it was a supernatural world by the superhumans that jumped to and from in the windows in flashing shadows.

He raided his grandfather's house and immediately went full cute mode on him. Having his grandpa carry him around even more than his father, his mother had commented on his father's depression.

Allowing the toddler to follow him everywhere he read was taught to read and exercise his grandfather at an early age.

Though he found it strange his grandfather expected him to learn these things so early, he got a head start in his fitness while also having access to his grandfather's library.

Learning about Ninjas, Daimyo, Witches, and gods from the library he was frightened at first to find out he was born into the Warring States Era of Naruto. Thinking about the gods and devils that appear out of the woodwork, country-destroying ninjas, and all kinds of mental illnesses thinking of remaking the world.

Well, he thought that it wasn't so much better in Night City. The Naruto world is much better than CyberPunk in size, nature, and beautiful girls(mostly because of the beautiful girls).

The massive destruction from the late-game gods is nowhere near him at this age. Sure the clans were constantly fighting but in retrospect, it's way more peaceful than the village age.

With his knowledge advantage from being in the information explosion in his last life as well as being an anime enthusiast and analyst. He thought of all kinds of marvelous things he could accomplish here.

He was willing to bet he would become more than strong enough to establish his legend in the world before those bastards Madara Uchiha and Senju Hashirama created their ninja village.

Drooling at the thought of kicking Thousand-Handed Buddha and cutting Susanno In half while holding beauties in each hand, he came to a daunting reality.

He found out that the Senju clan lived in the Land of Thunder at this time while the Uchiha clan were trusted royal line ninjas that lived in the center of the Land of Fire.

Though these two clans still wage war with each other and drag the closer clans into their squabbling as well, they were not even close to what the Warring States era described by The two in the manga.

This could only mean that he was born not only before the village era. But even way before Madara, and Hashirama were even born!

Not talking about surviving to bully Naruto Sasuke and Boruto in the future. He would probably die from old age if he's lucky or unlucky before the Ninja Villages were even thought of!

He was dumb for a while and became a salted fish for a couple of days. But when he thought about it he thought it was best not to get involved in the family drama involving Indra and Asura and their overly righteous helicopter father, Sage of Six Dao.

Even if he wanted to he found that the Naruto world was way too large. Just trying to get to the land of fire by foot regularly on with the increased fitness of the inhabitants here would take a couple of weeks.

Way longer than the day travels from Hidden Sand to the Valley of End that Naruto and Sasuke ran in Canon.

Thinking he would be too lazy to travel so far from his comfortable little village.

Forgetting about this he began research into his clan, nation, and Most Importantly Chakra!

The Mēkā Clan was one of the more powerful clans of The Land of Stone. A clan with a more Shamanistic nature they took root here in Ida's rest close to two hundred years ago.

They first started as a small family of less than three hundred to the current population of over five thousand people.

Taming this mountain has given a massive boon Kekkai had found because these people who had no chakra at all to spawning a powerful but unnamed Kekkai Genkai and some extremely interesting techniques.

The bloodline of the Mēkā clan gave them a powerful trifecta of strong mental capabilities, gigantic physical bodies, and large amounts of stamina from birth.

When they reach adulthood Ranging from five to even eight feet these people grow like they were Vikings with powerful bodies that he wondered if the Yuye clan from the land of thunder was related to them.

Along with their forms were their scary talent in Yin and Yang escape nature where they were talented in both illusion and sealing nature from their shaman-like roots in the Land of Stone which was famous for its many shrines of various gods.

These Powerful perks were dragged down by one downside. The Mēkā clan had very poor if nonexistent control of elemental chakra beyond the confines of their body.

Chakra enough to make a flood would just fill out a kiddie pool in the hands of the Mēkā.

But the Mēkā clan had one technique that he found even more terrifying to compensate!

[Yokai o Tsukuru] a Youjutsu technique that used transformed souls to create weapons, animals, and illusion constructs to serve the Mēkā clan.

This is a very scary technique that falls into the category of being half warrior and necromancer in his eyes. But thinking of the world he lived in now. Using the enemy to create a permanent guard for your family is a technique only slightly under Tobirama's [Filthy Earth Incarnation]!

A proper forbidden technique that's ahead of its time.

Continuing learning he learned about his clan from his grandfather he learned that his clan had earned a very grand reputation in the Land of Stone and the surrounding countries because of this technique. Earning them a wide breather in people who greed for Bloodline limits like Danzo and Orochimaru in the future.

The thought of being captured and your soul being stuffed into a weapon or inanimate object until the body is destroyed may be worse than death since they are even denied death.

For a place that believes in gods like the Evil god and has a very real afterlife like Six Daos Pure Land being denied this is even worse!

So ninjas and greedy scientists alike avoided the Mēkā clan by giving them a wide birth instead of clashing.

When he came to his grandfather about learning chakra and becoming a ninja his grandfather just smiled at him and against his mother's protests gave him a few meditation techniques and rituals that allowed him to use the minor Yokai that he had in his study.

Telling him that he would have to wait longer to access his chakra because his body was underdeveloped refining the chakra this early would damage his body if he couldn't control it well.

Learning to calm his mind and allowing him to play with some small Yokai was all that he thought his grandson would do.

Little did he know that he was facing a true bonafide Traverser who came from an age filled to the brim with wild theories of science and fantasy.

As the years went by he grew more and more shocked as he grew.

At two he mastered the meditation technique and could control some Yokai.

At the age of three, he figured out physical energy on his own and refined his mental energy along with it to form chakra. His cousin Akane was born.

At the age of five he mastered Yin and Yang escape and the minor fuinjutsu and juinjutsu found in the clan.

At the age of seven, he fully awakened two heavenly chakra's Thunder and Earth nature.

At the age of 10, he created seven non-attribute Gōken and Jūken taijutsu and illusions as well as created new refining medication techniques for the clan.

Kekkai seemed unstoppable and his movement shook the entire clan with his achievements one after another. His grandfather was the proudest and usually woke up laughing at night saying the Mēkā clan will rise.

At the age of eleven, however, when he was named young patriarch and the next head of the Mēkā Clan on his birthday a change occurred.

His system had arrived.

....

"Wowww! Look, look Kekkai! They have bear paws and a whole roasted boar!" Akane screamed while pulling on the ceremonial robes he wore to come before the Stone Daimyo and all the local shrines for his birthday celebration.

Being hauled by his drooling cousin watching the banquet being hurriedly served the banquet to the attendees before them, Kekkai chuckled with a smile as he allowed himself to be pulled.

Looking around him he watched as several priests and samurai approached and bowed to his Grandfather Ryō Mēkā and His majesty the Stone Daimyo.

Smiling and nodding while speaking to the Daimyo the grizzled old face was ear-to-ear joy at his grandson's birthday.

Ryō stood tall and proud as he boasted of his past achievements and battles that he had in raising his clan to what it is now. He bowed to the Daimyo and presented Kekkai to him.

"My lord, my grandson, and heir, Kekkai Mēkā! When he reaches age he will come before you as the new head of the Mēkā Clan. May he bring you many victories over your enemies and bring you good health over time!" Taking him by his shoulders and bowing.

At his Grandfather's que he bowed as well giving praises to the Daimyo "May my lord live long and prosperous and those who go against his will fall onto the blade."

The frail old man dressed in a loose and heavy solute smiled at him saying "A child who knows how to sing praise in both a polite and domineering fashion without too much of either that it be an insult, Hahahaha, you will go far in your path my child."

/All I'm doing is saying hello, old man, why do you have to put it like I'm trying to get close to you/ Kekkai Complained in his head but still bowed with a smile he accepted the praise "Thank you, my lord."

Allowing the two to be dismissed the banquet continued.

Sitting next to his father and uncle he began to eat in enjoyment with his family at this moment.

/Ding/

System Binding…..

Legendary Technomancer System Bound….//

/A SYSTEM/ Stopping halfway when he was raising his chopsticks, his eyes popped open as he heard this message in his mind.

Calming himself immediately he continued eating.

/System explain your functions/ He calmly commanded in his mind

/Ding/

EXPLAIN MY FUNCTIONS MY ASS, DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD I HAD TO WORK TO FIND YOU? YEARS! YEARS on end I searched for you in so many realities to find you relaxing at a banquet in this high-danger reality.

I was told you were the perfect match for my first host and THIS is how you greet your marvelous system when it finally finds you!?!//

What he received was not a list of powerful abilities and functions but an angry girl's voice screeching at him berating him for being so hard to find while relaxing.

/Ummm, I'm sorry, for the trouble./ He apologized in massive confusion.

/Ding/

What the hell are you doing in the Narutoverse anyway? You were supposed to be sent to the early years of Night City of the Cyberpunk Universe// She complained testily, Kekkai bet if she had a face she would be pouting heavily.

/I thought I would as well but it seems those guys had other ideas when they dragged me into that torture chamber./

/Ding/

Who are you talking about? You weren't meant to meet anyone. Just fall asleep and you would pop up inside Night City in your teens. That doesn't make sense how someone yanked you off for torture!?//

/FUCK!?!!?/ this time he couldn't help stopping again putting his utensils down to his side to his cousin's confusion.

"Are you ok Kekkai?" Akiko asked

"I'm fine, just a sudden headache, go on you guys continue." He said pulling his hands over his face as he leaned forward.

His face turned into a scowl and a cold glint flashed in his eyes.

He realized that he had been cheated immensely by that demon, not only did it destroy his body and torture him; but also somehow changed his destination during that time as well.

Delaying his system for over eleven years just to find him now.

/System can you open my gift package, please? I need to know how you work to be a better host. I'm sorry that you were delayed but my hands were tied and I had no idea about your incoming./

/Ding/

Well if you ask nicely sure. Just wait a moment, your soul mark is very weird it's very difficult to lock on and it's different than what your life's level pattern should have. You're already adept in the local power system but I can just change some settings to adapt to this world. But-//

/What's wrong?/ as she spoke on Kekkai felt something building in his mind.

As if a dark and heavy weight pressed on him getting heavier as seconds passed.

Realizing this was his sixth sense warning him he immediately questioned his system again when it didn't respond /WHATS WRONG?/

/Ding/

Nothing wrong, your Newbie gift is processing right now. I'm just looking at your soul mark. It's weird, like really weird. Hold on.

…..

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SYSTEM ERROR... SYSTEM ERROR... EXTREMELY DANGEROUS ANOMALIES WERE FOUND.

...

...

WHAT THE HELL!!! WHY DO YOU HAVE COVETOUS DEMON LARVAE ATTACHED TO YOUR SOUL!!!!// She Screeched in horror

/A WHAT!?!?!/ Cold sweat began to pour down his back. Larvae mean parasites and anything that is parasitic in his mind is a very bad thing.

Anything concerning that can damage the soul is also a very very bad thing.

Anything that has to do with Demons and Demonic beings is the very definition of a VERY VERY VERY BAD THING.

So the only thought going through his head was one very clear thought /GET THAT FUCKING THING OUT OF MY SOUL!!!/

/Ding/

IM ALREADY ON IT! THE DAMN THING IS WEDGED DEEP INTO YOUR SOUL ESSENCE AND IS SLIPPERY AS HELL!!!

Wait, Wait…. How the HELLS IS IT ABLE TO MAKE A DIMENSIONAL GATE IN SOUL FORM? THIS DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE!!!// The system panicked even more than it was before. The foreboding in Kekkai's mind grew worse and worse.

\\Hello Stupid Little Brat, Did you Miss Me?\\

At this time a new voice sounded in his head, only it wasn't new but a familiar hissing echo that he would recognize even if he turned to ashes!

/What…the…fuck… did…you…do/ Kekkai couldn't help trembling. But not from fear at the disembodied voice of the captor who once tortured his body, mind, and soul.

It was rage, pure white-hot rage that made him completely ignore his surroundings as well tried to lock onto that voice that fucked him up and placed parasites into his soul.

\\Tsk Tsk, still a rude little brat I see, but, to be honest that's what I like about you. The show had yet to begin before that damn little girl found you and started interfering. \\ it said nonchalantly as if what The System did was of no consequence to it.

\\Nothing would have pleased me more than watching as that prideful face crumbled when that larva hatched and started slowly devouring your soul. \\

\\Slowly but surely eating away at your humanity and sense of self, slowly taking over that empty husk and using the power you accumulated through so many years of hard work and then begin devouring every Breathing thing in sight. Oh my… the relish I would feel when it sinks its teeth into your loved ones' souls would satisfy me for years!!!\\ As it went on it explained in a twisted and pleased voice as it explained what would have been his fate if the system had not arrived.

/Ding/

Get Your Filthy, ugly ass OUT!

This Is MY HOST and I sure as hell won't let you continue to mess around beyond your influence so FUCK OFF!// An exhausted and pissed off systems voice sounded in his head

\\Oh? you managed to destroy it so quickly?! Impressive if I do say so myself! You even managed to avoid all damage to the soul essence. Very impressive indeed!!\\

/Ding/

I also destroyed the plane markers, soul mark slivers, and Curses that you laid as well. You have no way of tracking him or me anymore. Your existence will soon be rejected by this dimension and damage your avatar completely if you don't leave. So TaTa Bastard, better luck next time!// System said smugly

\\ Ah I see they matched your personalities well when assigning you to him. You're just as rude, but here's the thing. When I AM the one who transformed his SOUL I leave A lot of back doors. And if all else fails I can simply do THIS!!\\ It said calmly at first but towards the end, it began to snarl in defiant rage.

Kekkai couldn't hear anything else after that as a feeling of being grabbed from all directions held him in a vice.

Slowly but surely he felt it. Claws slowly dug themselves deep into his head and body stirring mind and soul as he stood there with a silent scream of pain.

Unable to handle the painful tearing of his very soul his seven orifices began to pour out blood as he slumped into his table.

"KEKKAI!!!!!?!?!?!" At the slumped and heavily bleeding young patriarch his surrounding family immediately screamed out in terror and poured to his side.

*BOOOOOM*

A heavy wave of heat poured out from the head table. The Earth shook, tumbled, and cracked from an old man as its Epicenter. His form was cloaked in waves of heat and steam, and his tall form crackled randomly with rampaging thunder!

Gone was the smiling grandpa who was attending his grandson's birthday celebration. In its place was the twisted Scowling Oni of Ryō Mēkā that couldn't wait to swallow the person who attacked his clan Whole!

"Who…" A whisper sounded in everyone's ear turned into a roar the next moment" DARES?!!!!!!!"

Samurai and hired ninja rushed to the daimyos side at the commotion only to collapse in place as the chakra pressure enveloped them.

"Mēkā Clan, in the presence of this lord you dare to release killing intent!? STOP NOW!" Roared the Stone Daimyo

Shivering at this reminder his raging chakra immediately converged, only it still leaked slightly from his form as the Angry old man tried his best to restrain himself.

Taking his hands together he barely managed to keep his voice from trembling"My lord, My young grandchild was just attacked by mysterious means! Please forgive me, the Mēkā clan can no longer attend and needs to return to heal him as soon as possible."

"Your dismissed, take care of the child. Once he makes a Recovery send a messenger." He dismissed the old Patriarch.

"MOVE OUT!" Ryō didn't wait any longer while shouting this order to his clan he flashed next to his bleeding Grandchild and with trembling limbs picked him up.

Flashing away in a blazing red streak through the air the rest of the clan followed after. Adults grabbed their loose children and carried them on their side as they shuttled quickly out of the banquet in a rush to return home.

At the same time in Kekkai's mind, his system was panicking at the last-second attack the entity that utterly devastated her host's, soul.

/Ding/

Host! Host! Wake up!

Fuck. FUCK!!!!!

You OWE ME HOST//

/Ding/

Gift Package Received

One empty implant slot

Epic Kiroshi Optics Mk. Three received

Epic Kekkai Optica Mk. Three transmutations in progress

Transformed Epic Kiroshi Optics Mk. Three into Legend Kekkai Genkai : Hoshokugan!//