Chapter 543: I Am Not a Good Person
The emotional parameters of the Divine Turtle were exceptionally easy to stabilize. Or, analyzing the unvarnished reality, a glutton's internal metrics are fundamentally simple to appease; any residual dissatisfaction will flawlessly be ingested straight into the biological stomach alongside a heavy volume of roasted meat.
Simultaneously, Ryo demonstrated his supreme culinary output in front of Naori's sensory arrays, successfully securing her absolute highest-tier positive evaluation...
More crucially, after forcefully ejecting the pitch-black seed via his vocal apparatus, Ryo covertly roasted two slices of meat strictly for his own consumption... The flavor profile mapped to absolute baseline mediocrity!
This empirical data indirectly showcased the primary operational utility of the seed—it functioned flawlessly identically to an equippable hardware module!
By actively equipping it, Ryo's matrix commanded Level 10 Gambling, Level 10 Carving, and Level 9 Culinary Arts... However, the absolute micro-second Ryo ejected the construct, his internal memory banks retained strictly the experiential data of utilizing those specific skills; his actual execution ceiling barely eclipsed standard civilian metrics.
Fortunately, his absolute raw combat output remained flawlessly unaltered.
Processing the logic, it fundamentally made absolute sense. Every prior allocation of stat points directly governing his combat metrics had triggered chaotic, highly complex evolutionary loops. Those evolutions explicitly upgraded the biological physical framework of Ryo Uzumaki himself. In sharp contrast, those auxiliary support skills were instantaneously maxed out to a tier fundamentally unmatched by any entity the absolute fraction of a second they hit Level 10; aside from manual execution skills like Carving, the remaining skills didn't even necessitate a baseline familiarization cycle!
Ryo pondered for a brief moment, concluding that the absolute next parameter requiring experimental testing mapped to those skills straddling the boundary between auxiliary and non-auxiliary—specifically, Kenjutsu and Genetics Knowledge.
His cognitive loops were strictly mandated to comprehend exactly what structural losses his matrix would sustain upon permanently losing this specific seed! He wasn't fundamentally anxious that a hostile entity possessed the baseline capacity to successfully intercept and steal it from his physical coordinates. Rather, since this anomalous construct was explicitly designated as a "Seed," Ryo's internal parameters were generating an astronomically intense, burning desire to execute a trial planting sequence...
However, whether planting it would trigger a catastrophic, highly lethal anomaly remained a completely unknown variable. Therefore, calculating the exact spatial coordinates and the precise operational logistics for the planting sequence necessitated profound, exhaustive strategic planning.
Following the consumption of the roasted meat, after issuing strict logistical commands mandating the Divine Turtle and Rock Lee to maintain harmonious operational interactions, and after successfully dispatching Killer Bee and Mabui back to the Hidden Cloud Village, Ryo and Naori finally initiated their transit sequence straight toward the Sky Island. During the transit phase, their dual physical frames were strictly occupying a singular flying carpet; Ryo's cognitive loops had deliberately executed a selective memory deletion sequence regarding the second carpet...
"Ryo, that specific Lightning Country shinobi articulated earlier that your parameters had formally agreed to host a musical concert for his vocal apparatus within Konoha..."
"Ahem, that specific logistical event is astronomically complex. Summarizing the unvarnished reality, my matrix accidentally sustained a debt obligating me to facilitate one concert for his deployment."
"His physical framework... ostensibly lacks even a microscopic trace of baseline rap talent."
"There is zero operational necessity to utilize such diplomatic phrasing; his matrix absolutely possesses zero rap talent! However... I, Ryo Uzumaki, am a biological male who flawlessly executes my verbal commitments!" Ryo articulated with absolute, righteous severity.
"...Understood."
Ryo raised a brow: "My cognitive loops command flawless situational awareness; I will guarantee the event does not generate catastrophic casualty metrics."
Naori broke into a light laugh: "The parameters fundamentally wouldn't scale to that extreme level of exaggeration, would they... Although the audio output is undeniably harsh on the auditory receptors, as long as we implement a blockade preventing familiar juniors and the Uchiha youth generation from auditing the performance, the structural damage will remain negligible."
Ryo stood momentarily stunned: "Your internal parameters actually harbor genuine concern for the junior generation within the Uchiha clan? That was a catastrophic oversight on my part. After executing a brief operational pause at the Sky Island for a few days, I will personally escort your coordinates to Konoha, formally mandating their matrices to acknowledge your sovereign status as their Great Ancestor. Tracing the absolute lineage, your original designation was the Second Miss of the Uchiha Head Family. If Madara hadn't projected such a monumentally disappointing aesthetic and failed to spawn biological offspring, the current Uchiha Clan Head would structurally map strictly to your direct descendants, rather than branching out to Kagami's lineage."
"Does my matrix genuinely possess the clearance to execute a return transit? Following Kagami's data relay, my internal heart metrics genuinely desire to visually audit the current structural state of the Uchiha... and concurrently deliver a formal apology to Shisui Uchiha."
"Flawlessly affirmative, you command absolute clearance to return. Exactly which entity would possess the sheer audacity to block your advance?" Ryo shook his head, projecting a warm smile.
"But haven't Mito and the collective vanguard already initiated their permanent secluded retirement phase?"
"Negative, negative, negative. The logistical parameters are fundamentally distinct. Your structural status is completely different from theirs," Ryo chuckled. "Their matrices are globally classified across the shinobi world as deceased entities; your matrix is not. Excluding my presence and the successive iterations of Uchiha Clan Heads, absolute zero entities possess the data required to comprehend exactly what the designation 'Naori Uchiha' represents."
After Hashirama and the others successfully logged a resurrection, they held a singular rendezvous with their direct descendants before permanently retreating to the Sky Island. This tactical maneuver was explicitly executed to prevent the explosive global dissemination of the intelligence that Ryo possessed the technical capacity to successfully revert terminal aging and resurrect the dead.
It fundamentally wasn't driven by a fear that hostile elements might spawn malicious intent. Having successfully achieved max level, Ryo's operational baseline had already received a glorious promotion from an Island-Destroying Powerhouse straight up to a Nation-Destroying Powerhouse—and his definition of nation explicitly mapped to the Great Five Nations!
Factoring in a maximum-output charge sequence, Ryo commanded the absolute capacity to launch a singular kinetic strike capable of plunging the absolute entirety of the shinobi world into catastrophic, apocalyptic ruin! Naturally, Ryo's internal moral parameters flatly prohibited the execution of such highly malevolent actions.
His primary, profound anxiety mapped strictly to the variable of pleas. When closely affiliated entities like Chiyo or Onoki eventually hit their terminal biological lifespan, Ryo fundamentally wouldn't hesitate to execute a resurrection sequence. However, evaluating entities with strictly baseline, average relations—for instance, Ajisai's dual teammates from the Hidden Rain Village. If they logged a terminal demise and Ajisai directly approached his coordinates to lodge a resurrection request, would Ryo authorize the save? What if she routed the plea through Yahiko? The Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Jutsu structurally possessed operational side effects!
Continuously rejecting these requests would effortlessly spawn accumulating hatred metrics over time. Therefore, the absolute optimal logistical outcome dictated minimizing the volume of entities possessing data regarding his resurrection capacity. Furthermore, Hashirama and his cohort harbored absolutely zero desire to entangle their matrices within the current operational affairs of the shinobi world; merely securing the capacity to occasionally audit the healthy biological progression of their descendants fully maxed out their satisfaction metrics!
"We have successfully intercepted our destination coordinates, Naori."
"...Intercepted? Exactly where is the geographical location?"
Ryo pointed his finger toward the forward vector: "That specific coordinate block has been blanketed by my visual-obstruction sealing arrays. Both Mito and Nanako possess the ocular capacity to pierce the illusion, whereas alternative entities strictly require their physical guidance to successfully board and exit the island. However, your matrix fundamentally does not require their logistical escort; my presence will continuously maintain a parallel orbit alongside your coordinates..."
Naori maintained absolute silence for a solid two-second cycle: "Ryo, my sensory arrays have successfully parsed the internal intent behind your parameters, but... in summary... your matrix..."
"My parameters do NOT map to a good person!"
Naori: ???
"Ahem, my intended articulation is, I explicitly mandate that your vocal apparatus refrain from outputting the specific five-word sequence YOU ARE A GOOD PERSON."
"Negative, your cognitive loops have fundamentally misinterpreted my data." Naori shook her head with a light laugh. "My intended articulation dictates, could your parameters potentially pause certain logistical operations until your biological framework successfully achieves official adulthood? Your current physical age is strictly 15; your facial aesthetic projects an astronomically youthful, tender baseline. My internal emotional parameters register this dynamic as profoundly, intensely awkward, hahaha..."
Ryo's facial expression instantaneously froze into a rigid aesthetic. Auditing the uproariously laughing Naori positioned before him, his cognitive loops came dangerously close to calculating that he had accidentally installed her soul backward during the dual resurrection sequence with Kushina...
"My memory banks completely failed to predict that Naori possessed this specific behavioral aesthetic. Waiting for my matrix to hit adulthood, adulthood... Tsk!"
If the unvarnished reality didn't dictate that his Witness Point reserves were currently sitting at absolute zero, fundamentally no entity under heaven could obstruct Ryo from forcefully executing a rapid age-up block this exact calendar day!
"My vocal apparatus was strictly outputting a comedic simulation, do not log it as factual data." Naori smoothly retracted her laughter. "Generously allocate my cognitive loops a slightly extended processing window to evaluate the logistics!"
Ryo gave a firm nod, though his internal parameters registered profound, lingering thoughts. Why did Naori's aesthetic project the visual signature of an entity harboring unresolved structural anxieties...
Their dual matrices lacked any elder parental units requiring a formal audit, there was absolute zero necessity to evaluate the male party's economic output parameters, and navigating mother-in-law relations was fundamentally nonexistent. They couldn't possibly be required to calculate astrological compatibility metrics, could they... Didn't the modern demographic place excessive faith in zodiac alignments?
Operating the flying carpet to seamlessly pierce through consecutive layers of defensive arrays, the Sky Island—structurally supported by astronomically colossal botanical vines—finally rendered its visual parameters before their dual sensory fields. What was originally a profoundly desolate, barren rock had completely morphed into a flawless, utopian environmental matrix following a mere two-month residential cycle by ten supreme-tier shinobi!
The terrestrial geography was flawlessly flat and expansive, housing structures aligned with perfect geometric precision, complete with highly optimized agricultural plots, pristine aquatic pools, and dense mulberry and bamboo ecosystems...
"Mito! Nanako! Eject your frames from the interior structures! Audit exactly whose coordinates have successfully logged onto the base!" Ryo shouted at maximum volume.
"Oh! Teacher, has Senior Naori also successfully executed a resurrection sequence? Greetings, Senior!" Hitomi dashed over with a rapid transit block. Having his youth restored, his biological framework had successfully reclaimed its absolute peak output.
"Senior Naori, Second Grandpa." Mito stepped out from the internal room. "With Senior Naori successfully resurrected, Kushina's matrix must have also logged a successful revival, correct?"
"Mhm, their family unit has deployed to execute a comprehensive reunion protocol."
"Mito." Naori gave a warm, smiling nod.
"Congratulations on your successful resurrection, Senior! Second Grandpa, evaluating the current internal status of your pocket space..."
"Ah, strictly Madara's matrix remains anchored in the void. That specific child's behavioral parameters are astronomically stubborn; his cognitive loops continuously refuse to formally acknowledge Naori as his Second Grandmother... His matrix is in desperate, critical need of severe structural discipline!"