Naruto: Starting with Creating a Genius Persona

Chapter 99 The Spirit Contract (2/16)

As the campfire gradually dimmed, the last bear bone was thrown into the fire, producing a soft crackling sound.

The dinner in the woods ended in silence.

Shinichi wiped his hands and took out a rather large blank scroll from his ninja tool bag.

The scroll has a special texture, and it gleams with a supple luster under the residual firelight.

At the same time, the clone, Isshin, tacitly handed over a small glass bottle that had been prepared beforehand, containing a dark red, slightly viscous liquid.

That was his own blood.

Shinichi pulled out the bottle stopper and took out a special brush used for drawing talismans and sealing spells. He used blood as ink, and the tip of the brush was saturated with crimson.

With a calm expression and focused gaze, he laid the blank scroll flat in front of him, then steadily lowered his wrist and began to outline and write on the scroll with a specific rhythm and rune structure.

The pen tip swept across the paper, leaving behind streaks of crimson ink imbued with chakra fluctuations, which gradually intertwined into complex yet orderly patterns and contractual text.

If an experienced ninja were to witness this, they would immediately recognize that a new summoning contract is being written!

The origins of summoning contracts are ancient, and it is said that they can be traced back to the three holy lands in the legend of the ninja world. However, its core principles have long been spread throughout the ninja world, and have been partially mastered and applied.

Its core power lies in the fact that once a contract is successfully signed, it can establish a stable connection that transcends space, allowing the signatory to ignore the distance and summon the other party's summoning beast to their side by using summoning jutsu and consuming chakra.

The convenience of this spatial summoning is not limited to the highly intelligent and ancient spirit beast races of the three holy lands.

In fact, all kinds of summoning contracts widely circulated in the ninja world have this effect, whether it is the ninja beasts that ninja families have raised for generations and fought together (such as the ninja dogs of the Inu family), or powerful special creatures that powerful ninjas find and subdue in nature (such as Hanzo's salamander Ibuki).

Once a psychic contract is successfully established with them, one can enjoy this ability to summon instantly across space.

However, there is a long-standing mystery, or rather, a consensus within the ninja world.

This strange spiritual contract seems to allow humans to form contracts with almost any creature in nature that possesses chakra or special abilities, but they are uniquely unable to establish a spiritual connection of the same nature with other humans.

If humans were to achieve similar spatial teleportation, the only secret ninjutsu in the current ninja world that is recognized as capable of doing so is the Flying Thunder God Technique developed by the Second Hokage of Konoha, which involves time and space transformation.

This further highlights the unique and transcendent nature of the spiritual contracts between the three holy sites.

To some extent, the relationship between them and the contractors is reciprocal. The Holy Land not only allows contractors to summon spirit beasts, but the spirit beasts can also use the contract to summon the contractors back to the Holy Land or to their side, which is called the reverse summoning technique!

In the original timeline, it seems that only the contract system of Mount Myōboku has consistently demonstrated this two-way summoning ability, while Shikkotsu Forest and Ryūchi Cave, which are also sacred sites, have never clearly demonstrated it.

Shinichi had asked Tsunade before he learned that Shikkotsu Forest also had this ability; the Great Slug Sage could summon contractors to its side via reverse summoning.

At this moment, Shinichi Higashino is attempting something that, if known to the outside world, would be groundbreaking and outlandish—he is trying to sign a psychic contract with someone.

The essence of the clone "Isshin" is extremely special. He is a clone of Shinichi's origin, fused with the bloodline genes of the powerful summoning beast race, the Monkey King, and was created through the system's rules and regulations.

He is both a "human" originating from the true source and a special being who has integrated the characteristics of the top-tier spirit beast, the ape demon king, into his life level. His physical strength is domineering and powerful, far exceeding that of ordinary people.

So, can such a unique individual, somewhere between "human" and "beast" and carrying the bloodline of a spirit beast, be recognized by the spirit contract and establish that kind of summoning connection that transcends space?

This is the possibility that Shinichi wanted to verify—the possibility of breaking the rules.

Shinichi knew that if successful, its significance would far exceed that of an ordinary tactical enhancement. The clone, One Heart, was incredibly powerful, possessing the fierce physique and combat instincts of the Ape Demon race. It was an extremely reliable and powerful combat force, even surpassing Shinichi's main body in terms of pure physical strength and raw power.

If he can achieve instant summoning through a psychic contract, it means that he can instantly project this powerful force from the distant Land of Iron to any battlefield near him, forming an absolute local advantage or dealing with a sudden and deadly crisis.

More importantly, Shinichi knew that time was running out. According to the intelligence he had been intentionally collecting and analyzing through various channels recently, the Third Kazekage had not made a public appearance for some time.

Shinichi was even certain that this man, known as the "strongest Kazekage in history," had already been murdered, and the Third Shinobi World War, which would ignite the entire shinobi world, was imminent.

To this end, Shinichi wrote a second report to further solidify his image as a genius strategist in the eyes of the Third Hokage.

The clone sat quietly opposite, the afterglow of the campfire dancing on his rugged face. He watched as the main body used its own (the clone's) blood to outline ancient and mysterious runes on the contract scroll, his eyes calm and undisturbed.

If successful...

This means that clones will gain an extremely convenient ability to deploy quickly.

No matter what kind of training he is doing in the Land of Iron, what plans he is carrying out, or what dangers he is encountering, as long as his main body uses the Summoning Jutsu, he can cross thousands of mountains and rivers and instantly appear beside his main body. The strategic value and flexibility of this are immeasurable.

Thinking further, what if this contract, based on the unique nature of clones, could possibly achieve a certain degree of two-way summoning, like the legendary reverse summoning technique of Mount Myōboku?

If the clone can also summon the main body to the Land of Iron or other safe areas when necessary, its value is unimaginable.

Therefore, in the upcoming brutal and chaotic Third Shinobi World War, as long as Shinichi doesn't deliberately go to the most dangerous and dangerous places to die, with this trump card, it is almost impossible for him to die easily.

After all, the connection between him and his clone is essentially one mind controlling two bodies. This connection is independent of distance, allowing them to clearly perceive the specific state of their two bodies at any time.

In contrast, even the spirit beasts of the three holy lands, even with their legendary reverse spirit communication abilities, could never possibly keep track of their contractors' situations at all times.

A few minutes later.

The intricate runes drawn in blood on the scroll were finally completed, the entire contract text shimmering with a dark luster and exuding an ancient and mysterious aura.

Shinichi took a deep breath and bit his right thumb, drawing out a bead of bright red blood that gathered at his fingertip.

He pressed his finger on the designated signature area below the scroll and, using blood as ink, steadily wrote his name, Shinichi Higashino.

The moment the name was written, all the runes on the scroll seemed to light up slightly, as if they had been infused with some kind of directional spirituality.

Immediately afterwards, Shinichi swiftly formed the most standard hand seals for summoning spirits.

Almost simultaneously, Isshin, sitting opposite, suddenly shuddered slightly.

He felt with absolute clarity that a strange, indescribable "calling" appeared out of nowhere in the depths of his consciousness.

It's like a "coordinate anchoring" and "summoning permission request" that originates from blood ties and contracts and directly affects the essence of existence.

Without the slightest hesitation, Isshin (his clone) responded clearly and firmly in his mind the instant he sensed the summons. The next moment, "Bang!"

A cloud of white mist, not particularly dense but noticeable enough, exploded in the open space in front of the true entity.

The fog quickly dissipated, and the tall and robust Yixin was already standing there steadily, no more than ten meters away from where he had been sitting by the fire.

But Shinichi and Isshin both smiled slightly.

This short ten-meter displacement has a completely different way of moving.

This is genuine teleportation that transcends space!

The summoning mechanism of the psychic contract successfully worked on the clone Isshin!

"It's a success," Shinichi muttered to himself, a sharp glint in his eyes.

The first step of verification has been successful; the clone can be summoned as a summoning unit.

"Let's try reverse psychic communication again."

Shinichi looked up at his clone, intending to conduct the next crucial test. If the two sides could achieve bidirectional summoning, its strategic value would increase exponentially.

The clone bit its own finger, formed the same summoning jutsu hand seals as the original, and its chakra surged as it attempted to "reverse summon" its original body by using itself as the contracting party.

The seal is complete, and chakra is consumed.

However..

Nothing happened.

The forest remained quiet, without any white mist or spatial fluctuations. Shinichi stood still, quietly watching his clone, his brows slightly furrowed.

The reverse channeling failed!

Shinichi carefully sensed that just now, when his clone formed hand seals to activate the summoning technique, he did not sense that strange calling feeling in the clone's heart.

However, one-way summoning is sufficient.

Shinichi didn't dwell on it too much.

Being able to summon clones to one's side at any time is already a trump card capable of changing many things in the ensuing chaos.

Furthermore, since Isshin's clone's most fundamental origin comes from Shinichi, Isshin's transformation technique into his original form is almost a perfect replica, which may play an unexpected role in battle.

As for reverse summoning, perhaps we can indirectly study it from the contract principles of the three holy lands, or from the direction of space ninjutsu such as Flying Thunder God.

Thinking this, Shinichi took out another storage scroll. Looking at the scroll, a rare and obvious look of heartache appeared in his usually calm and composed eyes.

This contains almost all of his savings over the years, including mission rewards, hospital fees, prize money from culinary competitions, and royalties from comics.

Not only his main body's savings over the years, but even his clone would have to bleed a lot of money to complete the plan.

He placed the scroll on the spot, then released two shadow clones and handed them something. Soon, the two shadow clones headed one after the other towards the northwest of the Land of Fire.

After doing all this, Shinichi moved slightly and disappeared into the shadows of the forest, leaving the clearing silently.

The night wind swept by, leaving only the gradually cooling air and the embers of the campfire.

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