Preparation (2)!!

Akihiko came back to his base indifferently. He had found out that it was useless to rely on Bounty missions to hone his combat cababilities. This was because he could take care of those missions without the use of Swift Release. To really gain anything from a battle, Kage level was the minimum requirement. The Second would be the ability to put him on edge or at a disadvantage.

By then, he could improve his fighting style exponentially!! So he returned to his base, to prepare what he'll need for the upcoming 'hard times'. He knew that Uchiha Shisui was still alive, this means that Danzo would soon make his move. It will be a lie to say that he didn't have plans for Shisui, but he didn't want to jeopardize or take the risk of changing Danzo's fate.

So he decided that he'll observe from the sidelines, then decide what he'll do after that.

With that out of the way, he could concentrate on more important issues.

Communication with Orochimaru! He estimated that over 70 percent of his plan for domination hinged on Orochimaru's support. He needed to learn Medical Ninjutsu for starters before going deep into the intricacies of the body, he couldn't do this by himself since he didn't have time so he was going to take Orochimaru as he's teacher.

This will mean becoming a Missing Nin but he didn't give it a second thought, its not like he liked Konoha in the first place, besides he will have true freedom by then. Who knows whether he could even join the Akatsuki alongside Orochimaru, by then he would have ideal opponents to fight against.

There were not many ways to contact Orochimaru so far as Akihiko was concerned. So he had to find a way to meet that Legendary Sannin. Regarding Orochimaru, Akihiko didn't dislike him no matter how many flaws he has, because he was strong all those flaws didn't matter.

He also needed to think about the direction he would use to grow his strength, as of now nothing came to mind so he was going to fully devote himself to Medical Ninjutsu before he would have an upgrade in his abilities. He didn't want to be a Jack of All Trades, Master of None. He was going to master all arts!

Since Akihiko didn't gain anything after all his movements, he decided to take a break from all his tiring thoughts. Teleporting back to Konoha, Akihiko took a leisurely stroll around Konoha. This was the second time he was doing this, so he actively blocked his ability to perceive negative emotions.

Konoha was truly beautiful when it comes to the surface activity and happiness that radiated in the atmosphere. It will be safest to say that Konoha was the most joyful yet most sorrow filled placed in the Shinobi World. The common citizens and ignorant Ninja's were joyful and filled with happiness of their peace in Konoha, meanwhile the truly perceptive and upper class knew all to well what transpired in order to fulfill all this peace.

The 'cleansing' of dangerous individuals by Danzo and his Root, the supposed 'Integration' of the Senju clan and so on and so forth. All this showed the dark side of Konoha. As Akihiko walked through the streets of Konoha he had a sudden realization. What is Yin and Yang, there must be balance between everything in Nature, this was the crude manifestation of Yin and Yang in the emotional and mindful spectrum.

Without these Negative Emotions these Peaceful and Positive Emotion would not exist and Vice versa, besides Evil and Good are just the perception of the Human Mind imposing laws that make what Good is and what Evil is in the mind of people. These means that in a certain place; acts like Lust and Killing where considered 'good' while Kindness is for the Weak.

At the end of the day everything is still balanced under Yin and Yang since no matter how one interpretes Good and Bad it wont affect the Order of the Universe. So what will happen when Yin and Yang achieve a perfect fusion in Konoho? With this food for thought, Akihiko unknowingly appeared in front of Ichiraku's Ramen.

Glancing at the sign of this eatery, Akihiko was compelled to enter and try its Heavenly Appeal! If there was one thing he wanted to try when he came to the Shinobi World; it would be Eating at Ichirakus and to play Soccer with a Truth Seeking Ball, maybe he'll have a Truth Seeking Goal?

Scolding himself for such a stupid joke, Akihiko quickly entered the Ichiraku Shop.

"Ojii-san One bowl of Miso Pork Ramen!"

"Hoya! A new costomer I see, coming right up." Teuchi loudly replied from the Kitchen, it was like he had already sensed that a new customer came to his shop.

Regarding Teuchi, Akihiko had complex thoughts but he decided not to meddle with the guy as of now. It is widely known that Teuchi is an Otsutsuki and Akihiko didn't believe that he had the strength to battle an Otsutsuki, even if he can be arrogant when he undermines those Mangyekou Techniques he won't become dumb in his arrogance.

He also knew the reason why all of Konoha's catastrophy never affected their shop, the Kyuubi's destruction, Pains destruction….I mean, how can you destroy an Otsutsukis property in front of him? Its like destroying the Giant Tenseigan on the Moon in front of Hamura! Junior you Dare?

Well, considering that he doesn't yet have the strength to confront Teuchi and use him for his experiments, he decided that once he had obtained the Tenseigan he would be back!

Abandoning any more thoughts on Teuchi, Akihiko silently mused about the complexity of Yin and Yang. He wanted to know if Yin and Yang was a concept or if it wasn't, if it wasn't a concept then what was it? Was Yin and Yang a degenerate of the concept 'Order', but in the famous Tao quote stating: 'The Tao produced One, One produced Two, Two produced Three and Three produced All Things' Where the Tao represents the Great Dao and One represents Chaos, and Two represents Yin and Yang, Three represents Heaven, Earth and Human.

This means that Chaos was degenerated to produce Yin and Yang, but why are Yin and Yang having the properties of Order, or does this mean that Chaos is not actually a Concept on its own? It needed the combination of Order to truly become a Concept? As Akihiko dived into confusion, he silently mused... If Chaos was not a Concept then how can Void be a Concept since Chaos was the Beginning of the Great Dao. What is the Great Dao in the first place? Where did he go wrong?

[Ding! It is detected that the Host is in a state of confusion. Initiating Enlightenment Module 13.4]

[Ding! The Great Dao in itself is the Manifestation of the Will of the Cosmos, Chaos is the Grand Concept that the Cosmos Controls, However there are Rules that Govern the Continuity of the Cosmos, these Rules have the Grand Concept of Order in their Control. There are Seven Rules of the Cosmos namely Creation, Destruction, Void, Fate, Karma, Thought, Order.]

[There were originally 6 Rules and 2 Grand Concepts which were Chaos and Order, however there was a great wrestle for power between the Rules and the Cosmos, therefore Chaos was taken away by the Cosmos whereas Order was taken away by the Rules. This was caused by the acquisition of Conscience in these Concepts and the Cosmos. With Intelligence, struggle will obviously follow, struggle for more power!]

[This is collectively called 'The Struggle for the Great Path']

[With the ever growing power of the Cosmos, these Concepts had to restrain the Cosmos if they wanted to live! This is not an Inter-Dimensional War, this is a different scale of war that even Outer Being may be Killed Violently, The System is Cheering for the Host!]

'What?!!' Akihiko couldn't help but sweat, WTF, so his inner monologuing could unveil such terrifying information. So the System basically told him that on the path of Power he needed to pick a side.

If he gains power from understanding the Concepts and becoming an Embodier, then he'll automatically be part of the Rulers Faction, if he cultivates the Dao; that is Chaos, Life and Death, Yin and Yang, the Heavenly Dao, Human Arts, Earthly Transformations, etc, then he'll be part of the Cosmic faction.

The cosmic faction has individuals like Cultivators that cultivated the Dao and achieves various powers. Some practice Body Cultivation, Spirit or Soul Cultivation, and Spiritual Cultivation which involves harnessing the power of Elements and Concepts through the Cosmos. Normally, it shouldn't be possible for this to happen but the Cosmos could Circumvent all of these with its Immense Power.

This brought about the appearance of Cultivating the Dao of Time and Space, Dao of Destiny which is a derivative of The Rule of Fate, Dao of Guidance and Manipulation which is fact the derivative of The Rule of Thought. It wont be an exaggeration to say that the Cosmic faction were the strongest in the Struggle of the Great Path.

Logically Speaking, the Path of the Shinobi World is in fact the Cosmic Faction, however the fact that he's a Dimensional God made him follow the Path of the Rulers. This means that his Body follows the Cosmos Path whereas his Soul follows the Rulers Path. It may seem advantageous at some point, but as he gradually becomes stronger, it can severly affect his path to greatness.

'Say, System; which faction do you come from?"

[…..The System is not allowed to disclose such information!]

'What?!!' Akihiko exclaimed in his head! What is this? Will it harm it to disclose such information? Its like the Waters are unbelievably deeper than he was let on!