"Great! Finally succeeded!"
Seeing the complete soul standing on the tombstone, Takumi felt incredibly exhilarated!
It wasn't easy!
This time, it took him over a year to finally materialize this Spirit Summoning Technique and successfully summon a soul!
So arduous!
It's more difficult than any previous simulation!
After taking a sip of water, Takumi continued the simulation.
[Kato Taichi curses wildly, saying his body and head have been disappearing and reappearing repeatedly for months, and asks if it's your doing.]
[You smile faintly and tell him to look at the world around him.]
[Only then does he realize with a start that this isn't the Pure Land, but the world of the living.]
[You tell him the truth, including the current time, that this is Konoha, and that you are the one who summoned him, etc.]
[Kato Taichi stands there dumbfounded. After a long moment, he tells you about himself.]
[He turns out to be from the era of Shodaime Hokage, and his identity was just an ordinary Konoha's cannon fodder, a Genin-level figure.]
[Over the next few days, you manipulate Kato Taichi's soul, taking him around the current Konoha Village.]
[During this time, you gradually practice controlling souls more freely.]
[Another week passes, and Kato Taichi finds it uninteresting as there are no familiar faces. He asks you to send him back.]
[But you propose a suggestion: why not revive one of his friends?]
[His eyes immediately light up, and he strongly urges you to revive his girlfriend.]
[After a day of searching, you finally find his girlfriend's tombstone in the cemetery. With the experience of your first success, this time it only takes you three months to completely summon her soul to the present world.]
[You witness their emotional reunion and feel gratified. So this terrifying technique can also bring happiness to others.]
[A week later, Kato Taichi's girlfriend pleads with you to revive her sister's soul.]
[You nod in agreement, as you need the practice anyway, and helping others is its own reward.]
[Soon, you find her sister's grave. With two experiences already, you think it might only take a month to fully summon her sister's soul this time.]
[However, a month passes, and your progress is still stuck at two legs.]
[Two months pass, and only the waist gradually appears.]
[It takes a full year for you to completely summon her sister's soul.]
[The moment her sister fully materializes, you are all stunned because it's not the right person.]
[You summoned the wrong soul.]
'What the f...'
Reading this, Takumi couldn't hold back.
'Is this a joke?'
'A whole year of work, and it's not even the right person?'
[After some discussion, you identify the cause of the error.]
[It was likely due to the chaos of war years ago, and some people's remains were buried in the wrong places.]
[The girl you just revived was a Chunin.]
[You form a hypothesis: The stronger a person was in life, the harder they are to summon.]
[To test your theory, you start looking for people you recognize.]
[Forget about Shodaime Hokage and Nidaime Hokages… forget whether they can be summoned, you don't even know where their graves are.]
[People like Konoha's White Fang, Uchiha Shisui, and Might Duy are also tough, as their strength was at Kage-level or above.]
[So you can only choose people of medium strength.]
[But this doesn't really trouble you. Inuzuka, Nara, Yamanaka, Akimichi... You just need to follow the names of the major clans.]
[In the Shinobi World, generally, knowing the surname gives a rough idea of their strength.]
[You find an Akimichi Clan's grave, the name is Akimichi Doichi.]
[You begin Spirit Summoning on him.]
[Quickly, you realize you've encountered resistance, so this person is at least Chunin-level.]
[You find another cannon fodder without a major clan surname, and sure enough, it's smooth sailing.]
[Thus, you confirm a fact: the stronger the person was in life, the longer it takes to summon their soul successfully.]
[So, you begin even more arduous training.]
[Whether it's windy, rainy, or sunny...]
[People always see your figure moving through Konoha's cemetery.]
[You often sit on tombstones all night long. To outsiders, it seems like you are telling stories to Konoha's deceased, keeping them company.]
[But in reality, you are practicing Spirit Summoning.]
[Two years later, Pain invades Konoha. Fortunately, this cemetery is in the back mountains and isn't destroyed by Shinra Tensei.]
[Three years later, the Shinobi World War breaks out and ends.]
[But you don't participate, because aside from Spirit Summoning, you have no interest in other matters. You remain focused on Spirit Summoning.]
[Five years later, you have been promoted to the director of Konoha Cemetery. Besides guarding and cleaning the cemetery, you sometimes handle new burials. Your Spirit Summoning ability has also become masterful.]
[For Genin level, you only need 10 seconds to summon their soul from the Pure Land to the present world.]
[For Chunin level, you only need one minute to complete the summoning.]
[As for Jonin, it takes longer, about three days and three nights.]
[Another year passes, and your Spirit Summoning ability improves again. Summoning a Jonin now only takes an hour.]
[On Obon Festival that year, you summon Asuma, Hizashi, Gekko Hayate, and Neji back for a grand reunion.]
[Everyone is utterly shocked, especially Asuma and the others. They were already revived once during the Fourth Shinobi World War… they never expected to be revived again now.]
[After touring Konoha and seeing the village peaceful and quiet, with everyone living strong lives, they have no regrets.]
[They just ask you, if you're still alive, could you summon them out occasionally to see the village as it is now.]
[You agree, then send them back.]
'Whoa, this... is actually quite touching...'
Seeing his simulated self being so kind-hearted, even organizing a gathering for Konoha's deceased,
Takumi felt a wave of emotion and sigh.
Yes, the Naruto World is much crueler than many other worlds… people die left and right.
Many people leave with regrets. If he had the ability, reviving them would be a reasonable thing to do.
[This year, you are 21 years old. Your Spirit Summoning ability has reached its peak, because you can now even summon Kage-level powerhouses, and it only takes one minute.]
[This day is Valentine's Day. With a nervous heart, you begin summoning Minato.]
[Soon, the Spirit Summoning succeeds. Minato appears before you, completely bewildered.]
[After you explain the situation, he is utterly shocked but begs you to let him see Naruto.]
[You smile and shake your head. Just as Minato feels regretful, you summon Kushina as well.]
[In that moment, you feel a long-standing regret in your heart has been fulfilled.]
[Minato and Kushina first cry out in shock, then embrace tightly, having a grateful reunion.]
[You release the restrictions on them, allowing them to float to the village to see Naruto.]
[You smile kindly, then begin a second round of operations.]
[You revive Uchiha, Hashirama, Tobirama, and Izuna.]
[The four initially think it's the Impure World Reincarnation, but after the shock, the four start fighting directly.]
[Then...]
[Nagato, Konan, Deidara, Hidan, Kakuzu, Jiraiya...]
[As if you've taken some energy boost, you revive those who died in Shinobi World's history one by one. You give them one day of freedom, allowing them to go wherever they want, see their relatives, see their descendants, catch up with old friends, or apologize to their teachers.]
[You name this day's event the Shinobi World's First Hyakki Yagyo!] (T/N: Hundred Demons Night Parade.)
[You feel incredibly fulfilled on this day.]
[You feel like a Demon King, with all souls under your control.]
'Whoa...'
As the simulation reached this part, Takumi's heart trembled!
'Revived so many people at once?'
'Hyakki Yagyo!?'
'Damn, he really knows how to have fun!'
He had to admit, seeing these people gathered together was quite moving.
After all, there are far too many people with regrets here!
Giving them a second life isn't a bad thing.
[You are now 23 years old.]
[You never imagined that from comprehending Spirit Summoning to being able to control it completely freely would take a full 10 years.]
[But now, a new problem lies before you.]
[That is, how to make souls into physical entities.]
[Simply summoning souls doesn't satisfy your needs.]
[What you want is for these souls to become like Heroic Spirits, turning them into living people with flesh, blood, and warmth!]
[You begin even more arduous training.]
[Year 1: You make no progress, and thousands of attempts fail.]
[Year 2: You make slight progress, and you can solidify one Genin's foot.]
[Year 3: You realize you are 26 years old, which in the Shinobi World already falls into the category of an older unmarried youth. You decide to find yourself a wife.]
[However, after wandering the village for half a month, no one introduces you to a potential girlfriend.]
[It's then you realize that having this kind of job makes it impossible to find a wife.]
[So, with a somewhat dejected mood, you return to your training.]
[Year 4: You successfully control a Genin's lower body.]
[Year 6: You successfully summon Kato Taichi. He has flesh, blood, and warmth. But after 10 days, his Chakra is depleted, and he returns to the Pure Land.]
[You are somewhat shocked because, strangely, even though they are just souls, under the development of your technique, they can automatically construct flesh and blood from the biological world, becoming special humans close to living people.]
[However, what powers their movement can only be Chakra. Once the Chakra is depleted, they cannot maintain their form.]
[This aspect is very similar to Heroic Spirits, as you don't want to work for free either.]
[Year 7: You successfully summon Uchiha Mikoto.]
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