+1 extra chapter because you surpassed the goal
(I think so. Actually, I scheduled the chapters for the whole month to have more time to write, so whether we reach the goal or not, two chapters will be published on the first day of each week. I trust you all.)
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Onoki was an intelligent man.
Even on his deathbed, he gave a speech that seemed prepared, making sure to associate every part of Kushina with the massacre so that, now that he could no longer stop it, she would feel guilty. He even gave her a name. One could say that, even in death and with his judgment clouded by anger, he still found a way to make Iwa's name continue to exist indirectly.
He realized that Kushina would become famous in the future for her strength, probably more famous than anyone else in history, so if he could not defeat her, he at least made sure that his name would be linked to hers, not only as revenge for the destruction of his village, but also as a way to leave a legacy.
However, Kaito did not care about that in the slightest. If there was something he liked about Kushina, it was her purity. Perhaps others would find it immature or even insulting that she enjoyed herself and seemed to play around on the battlefield, but to Kaito, that only proved that she refused to be stained by war, remaining firm and faithful to her ideals.
Kaito had known for a long time that he was responsible for each of his subordinates. He could not expect them to serve him just because, if he wanted them to give everything for him, then he had to be willing to give everything for them.
So, carrying a name full of resentment meant nothing. After all, everything Onoki had insulted Kushina for had been caused by him.
Not only that, Kaito was certain that in the future, in the countless worlds he would visit, similar situations would repeat themselves, and there would come a time when killing ten thousand men would become something ordinary.
Kaito did not expect to avoid it or achieve everything without killing anyone, he only hoped that, somehow, it would not change who he was.
[New title acquired]
[Red-Haired Demon
Increases the power of attacks meant to kill a group of more than 1000 people by 50%.
Side effect: The more people you kill, the redder your hair becomes. The color will only return to normal over time and cannot be hidden with other abilities]
"A new title, huh?" Kaito murmured, not too surprised.
While reading the information, Kushina approached Han's unconscious body.
"Kaito, I'm going to do it!" she shouted, drawing his attention.
Seconds later, powerful chakra burst out of the unconscious body, and a huge figure began to materialize. Immediately, the immaterial form opened its enormous mouth and roared.
"It seems roaring as soon as they are released from their seal is some kind of habit among tailed beasts," Kaito thought, seeing the same scene for the third time.
It lasted less than a second, because Kaito immediately activated omnipotence.
With everything around him frozen, the Five Tails finished being released and appeared on the battlefield.
It was a massive creature, the same size as the others, shaped like a horse with dolphin-like skin and five tails.
"I don't have time for this," Kaito said, and with a single thought, memories of when he dealt with Kurama and when Kurama dealt with Son Goku appeared in Kokuo's mind.
Kokuo, although not the strongest tailed beast, was still extremely powerful, and since he was formed of negative chakra, he had a great ability to sense and manipulate it easily, so he immediately knew that this was not genjutsu or an illusion, but real memories.
Even so, to be sure, Kaito created a giant, semi-transparent version of himself, a kind of enormous spirit, which grabbed the giant horse and pressed it against the ground.
"You've seen it, will you submit, or do you want to go through the same thing?" Kaito said without any emotion in his voice.
Kokuo tried to lift his head to speak, but the spirit tightened its grip around his neck, causing pain and pressing him back into the ground.
"I submit," the Five Tails said angrily, unable to raise his head.
"Good," Kaito nodded. He activated Kushina's summoning skill on his own, and after Kokuo accepted, he quickly unsummoned him.
Kokuo, not fully understanding what had happened, disappeared in a cloud of smoke and reappeared in Kushina's familiar space.
Kurama and Son Goku, one resting lazily and the other simply exploring the place, sensed Kokuo's familiar chakra and looked in his direction for a second before returning to their own business, unsurprised.
Outside the familiar space, Kaito did not forget to modify the memories of the only three bodies present for when their memories would be checked later.
In their memories, Kokuo had been stolen by Tasogare on the way to the front, on the same night Son Goku was taken.
With everything done, Kaito returned time to normal.
For the rest of the world, even for Kushina, absolutely nothing had happened. Even someone with extremely high perception would have only felt a large amount of chakra for an instant before it disappeared without a trace.
"Oh, I got another one, how fun, it's like collecting figures," Kushina said when she felt the Five Tails inside her, although Kaito noticed that her smile seemed somewhat forced.
Kaito reached out and stroked her long red hair.
"Don't make that face, I already told you I killed them. Besides, didn't I tell you before that your job is just to follow me?"
"No."
Kushina shook her head.
"Even if I didn't kill them myself, I still have responsibility. Not just now, when I start a war against all nations, how many innocent people with nothing to do with it will die? If even those deaths are my responsibility, how could these people you killed for me not be? So I'm guilty too," she said, looking into his eyes.
"Ah, we've known each other for almost eight years, right? It seems you grew up without me noticing. You're no longer a child who knows nothing about the world."
Kushina smiled proudly, put her hands on her hips, and puffed out her chest.
"Of course, I've grown up."
That movement made Kaito's gaze drift downward without him being able to stop it.
Kushina noticed and covered her chest.
"N-no, I don't mean it in that way. Don't be a pervert," she said, blushing.
Kaito ignored her and smiled.
"Someone is coming, I'll leave now."
"Huh? Already?" Kushina's face quickly turned reluctant.
"Well, I could stay a few more hours, but there's no need, I have nothing else to do," Kaito replied.
Kushina made a face.
"Tsk, fine, go then, don't keep your seven wives waiting..."
She made a small pout, expecting a clever reply as usual, but when she looked forward again, no one was there.
"You could have stayed and kept me company," she murmured with a bit of childish resentment, staring at the empty space in front of her.
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In the world of Detective Conan, Kaito had been using the console on his bed before using "Descent", so when he entered the world, it fell directly onto the bed, screen facing up.
It suddenly turned on, and a light projected outward like a projector. In the center of that light, pixels formed Kaito's figure before becoming tangible and falling onto the bed.
Without paying attention to anything else, he began breathing heavily.
"Aaaaaah"
With his breathing ragged, his vision blurred, and everything around him faded, turning once again into Iwa's front.
This time, he did not see it from another person's perspective. With his super speed, Kaito witnessed the death of every person, heard their screams, saw some trying to flee, others trying to defend themselves against the immense attack, and others simply giving up and kneeling, hoping it would somehow help.
[I recommend activating the Impenetrable Mind skill at 100%]
The system's voice sounded, although Kaito could not see the notification.
But Kaito mocked the idea.
"Hah, I've seen enough stories to know how bad it is to seal all your emotions. Leave it at 70% for now, I'll lower it later when I'm ready."
After a while, the vision in front of Kaito returned to his room. Having calmed down a little, he sat on the edge of the bed, but when he looked down to stand up, he felt as if he were hundreds of meters in the air again, with Iwa's front appearing beneath him.
He lay down again.
"Alright, looks like I'll be staying in bed for a few more days," he murmured to himself before picking up the console beside him again. "Let's see how Kushina is doing."
On it, everything was displayed from an aerial perspective, like in a video game, allowing Kaito to zoom in and out and switch between different viewpoints.
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"What happened, Kushina?"
Raizen appeared in front of her along with ten other jōnin and looked at her worriedly, checking her injuries.
A few minutes earlier, while they were setting traps and requesting reinforcements through summoned animals, they had felt a powerful energy. Looking into the distance, they had seen an attack comparable to, or even worse than, a tailed beast bomb.
Knowing the enemy had a jinchūriki, they became worried and decided to go support her.
Raizen even temporarily abandoned his command post to help Kushina, and many jōnin offered to go with him, but thinking about the bigger picture, he only brought ten, the strongest ones.
However, when they arrived, they found no tailed beast, not even the supposed army of ten thousand men, only an enormous crater and nothing else, making them wonder if the report had been false.
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Hey, I just published the first chapters of a new fic: To Love Ru: Chaos.
If you're interested or want to support me, go read it and leave some Power Stones.
But it's literally the complete opposite of this series, so I recommend reading the 'Before You Read' section to see if you'll like it.
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80 power stones = 1 extra chapter (cumulative)