" Sasuke, I will take care of him, you take care of mine. "
" If we want to win quickly, that's the only way. "
Hearing Sasuke and Haruto conversing in an alien language, Itachi became curious. To him, after opening Domain Expansion, most enemy attacks are useless and it's an easy win. But it seems they really have a way to counter his domain.
" Uncle Itachi, sorry for the trouble. "
As Haruto said this, he slowly floated into the air and, after flying high enough, pointed his sword downward before finally letting it go.
" Weigh his sins, Shikai: Shukugō no Megami. "
{ Goddess of Accumulated Karma }
The next moment, the world started cracking. Itachi, on the other hand, upon hearing Shikai, immediately became excited and cautious.
To him, of the Big Three, Bleach is the most dangerous with its numerous hax abilities. After that is Naruto with its Six-Paths level characters, and finally One Piece, though One Piece is not complete, so nothing can be said.
A few seconds later, Itachi found himself in a black space filled with blinking stars acting as the only source of light. The next moment, a golden light started shining as a figure started emerging from nothingness.
" This... "
Itachi was astonished, not only by the beauty of the lady but also by her SIZE. She was blindfolded, tens of kilometres tall with a huge balance scale in her hand and a wheel behind her.
The next moment, he found himself on one side of the scale with Haruto on the other. Then, black human figures started forming behind him, and so did behind Haruto.
" Uncle Itachi, this is my Shikai. It weighs the sins ( Negative Karma ) of both sides and quantifies them. "
1...2...3...5...10...100...1000
Seeing the numbers as well as the increasing number of black figures behind him, Itachi began to prepare himself. But when he tried to use Domain Expansion, he couldn't...
" Your Domain Expansion will not work here. "
Hearing Haruto's words, Itachi stopped the pointless struggle and began to think of other ways while watching the numbers rise.
2000...5000...10,000...20,000...24,000...24,345
With this, Haruto's numbers stopped rising while his continued to increase as the balance scale started to tilt towards him.
30,000...50,000...100,000...500,000...1,000,000...5,000,000...10,0000
Seeing ten million, even Haruto started to sweat a little for Itachi as well as for himself, wondering how his uncle had committed so many sins.
10,000,000...20,000,000...50,000,000...100,000,000...110,087,986
" One hundred and ten million... Uncle Itachi... now I know why it abandoned you... "
" Haruto, is this all? "
Feeling nothing dangerous, Itachi asked Haruto. The Shikai can't be this useless, can it?
" Indeed, my Shikai allows me to manifest the Goddess and scale the karma, sins, and everything between the two sides into karmic points. Though, you should be careful. "
" Ban...kai... Shukugō Jigoku Tenkai. "
" Expansion of the Hell of Accumulated Karma "
The next moment, the scale which was tilted started to become equal once again as a number started to increase in the middle of the scale.
1...2...5...10...50...100...300...500...1000...3000...4000...4500
Sasuke, who was seeing the rise in numbers, for a moment felt pity for both parties. But then, thinking of his previous agreement of taking care of Haruto's part, began to regret his quick answer.
" So, Haruto, what does this number mean? "
" This is the Equaliser Multiplication. It equals my karmic points to yours and also multiplies yours by the same number. One karmic point equals one karmic avatar which has the strength of a Genin. You just have to fight the total number, kill them, and it's over. "
" Means, you will fight one hundred and ten million Genin while I will fight... four hundred and ninety-five billion Genin???? "
" Yes... my Bankai can be considered overpowered or even useless by turning against me... everything depends on my karma and the opponent's. If there is a vast difference between the two sides and I am the lesser one, then by combining billions of karmic avatars I can make multiple Six-Paths level opponents for you. The only way to exit here is to defeat your opponent's karmic avatars or kill me... "
Hearing this, Itachi began to think about how it compared to other top Bankai in Bleach. If fought against similarly karmic individuals, then it's essentially useless, but its limit is over the top.
Yamamoto's Bankai or other Bankai have an upper limit of planetary level or star level (I think), but this Bankai is specially effective against those Otsutsuki members who destroy planets and all the lives at every turn, as well as for other worlds like Dragon Ball.
Imagine Frieza or Vegeta or Beerus... the total difference multiplier between the two might be millions or billions. Mind you, karmic points are not just for human deaths... even animals' deaths are counted.
Though like other Bankai, its limit is spiritual pressure or chakra. If your chakra can't hold the Bankai, then it's a useless Bankai... well, let's see how it goes.
The next moment, the Goddess and the balance scale vanished into golden ash as Itachi and everyone returned to their previous battlefield.
Simultaneously, behind Itachi, an endless black sea formed which started wriggling. In the next few seconds, one after another, humanoid creatures with crayon-like white eyes and completely black bodies started emerging, rushing towards Itachi.
Itachi, on the other hand, felt his Domain Expansion become usable once again, making him understand that all types of attacks and jutsu are void in that space of measurement.
" If it's only numbers, then it's only a matter of stamina and chakra. "
Six-Paths Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique
The next moment, with a wave of his hand, he threw dozens of white cubes towards the black sea of karmic avatars which, upon landing, expanded into kilometre-long and wide cubes, killing tens of thousands of karmic avatars in a second.
Six-Paths Fire Style: Great Fire Extinguisher
Seeing the gap quickly fill up, Itachi spat out a sea of fire kilometres wide, engulfing millions in an instant and burning them to ashes.
ECR: Ten Million Cannons
The next moment, millions of cannons formed around Itachi, each spitting out blue beams of light.
" Combine, Karmic Knight!!! "
Just then, Haruto shouted. With his voice, the human-sized avatars started to merge with each other, forming bigger three-metre-tall avatars.
Lightning Style : Thunder Spear
Wanting to check the strength increase, Itachi threw a normal lightning spear towards one of the bigger avatars. The next moment, the lightning spear pierced it even though it tried to dodge, but it could still hold on for a few seconds.
' Hundred normal avatars form this Karmic Knight... with Chunin-level strength... though can it perform jutsu? { Total number: 4.95 billion Chunin-level Knights} '
Until now, the avatars hadn't reached Itachi, so he wasn't sure whether they couldn't or if he was simply out of range.
" Combine, Karmic General!!! "
One hundred Knights combined together to form a five-metre-tall Karmic General with Jonin-level strength. { 49.5 million Jonin-level Generals}
" Combine, Karmic King!!! "
One hundred Generals combined together to form a ten-metre-tall Karmic King with a crown on its head and Kage-level strength. { 495 thousand Kage-level Kings}
" Combine, Karmic Emperor!!! "
One hundred Kings combined together to form a hundred-metre-tall Karmic Emperor with a crown on its head and Super-Kage-level strength. { 4950 Super-Kage level Emperors}
By now, Itachi was already sweating... nearly five thousand Super-Kage-level opponents... Even Kaguya would be beaten black and blue. In the entire Naruto anime, the number of Six-Paths and above does not exceed a dozen or two... and although Haruto was already near his limit, he didn't need to combine more... it's already too much.
" Hehehe, Uncle Itachi... I have made the feast... enjoy it. "
While Itachi was preparing to fight five thousand Super-Kage-level Karmic Emperors, Sasuke was already fighting one with his Complete Susanoo.
Mangekyo Left Eye: Tariff
The moment Itachi used his ability, his left eye started to bleed, though the effect was immediate. Nearly two thousand Emperors disappeared.
" Haah... haah... if that's the case, then let's go all out... "
Haruto, with his thousand percent chakra consumption increase, began to pant even more, but his expression became a little crazy.
Mangekyo Left Eye: Karmic Domain
Mangekyo Right Eye: Celebi's Blessings
With this shout, a white-black domain covered the entire space as the Karmic Kings started to merge as well and his body started to glow.
Mangekyo Right Eye: Sanction (1000% increased power) { Permanent until battle has ended }
Summon Yggdrasil....Sagittarius
With this, a huge ten-kilometre-long Lightning Tree emerged, making the purple-black sky brighten. In his hand, a purple-black spear appeared as well.
With his right eye bleeding, Itachi threw the spear towards Haruto with all his force to interrupt him from creating a dozen or so Six-Paths-level opponents.
" Niddhogg, take care of him. "
Sasuke, who was about to finish his opponent, seeing Sagittarius rushing towards Haruto, immediately called his partner.
The next moment, the ground below Sasuke melted as a pitch-black dragon more than three kilometres long rushed out of it, flying towards Sagittarius.
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// INFORMATION //
┌───────────────────────┐
│ SHIKAI: SHUKUGŌ NO MEGAMI │
│ (Goddess of Accumulated Karma) │
└───────────────────────┘
│
▼
Manifestation of Blindfolded Goddess
(Golden Goddess + Balance Scale + Wheel)
│
▼
Haruto and Opponent are placed on
opposite sides of scale
│
▼
Special Measurement Dimension
(No attacks, no jutsu, no domains)
│
▼
Goddess calculates all karma
and negative deeds
│
├─ Human deaths
├─ Animal deaths
├─ Mass killings
├─ Wars
├─ Destruction
└─ All negative karma
│
▼
Converts everything into Karmic Points
│
▼
Example Measurement Result
Haruto = 24,345 Points
Itachi = 110,087,986 Points
│
▼
Scale tilts toward greater sinner
│
▼
Measurement Complete
│
▼
┌───────────────────────┐
│ BANKAI: SHUKUGŌ JIGOKU TENKAI │
│ (Expansion of Hell of Accumulated Karma) │
└───────────────────────┘
│
▼
Scale begins balancing itself
│
▼
Calculates Equaliser Multiplier
Opponent Karma
────────────────
Haruto Karma
Example:
110,087,986 ÷ 24,345 ≈ 4500
│
▼
Equaliser Multiplier = 4500
│
▼
Both sides receive opponent's karma
multiplied by Equaliser Multiplier
│
▼
Every 1 Karmic Point becomes
1 Karmic Avatar (Genin)
│
▼
Example Battlefield Creation
Haruto receives:
110 Million Genin Avatars
Itachi receives:
495 Billion Genin Avatars
Avatar Evolution Tree
│
▼
100 Genin Avatars
│
▼
Karmic Knight
(Chunin Level)
│
100 Knights
▼
Karmic General
(Jonin Level)
│
100 Generals
▼
Karmic King
(Kage Level)
│
100 Kings
▼
Karmic Emperor
(Super-Kage Level)
│
100 Emperors
▼
Karmic God
(Six Paths Level)
│
100 Karmic Gods
▼
Higher Forms...
│
▼
Win Conditions
│
┌──────┴───────────────┐
▼ ▼
Kill all enemy avatars OR Kill Haruto
▼
Bankai Ends
*** Final Concept ***
SHIKAI = Measures Karma
↓
BANKAI = Equalises Karma
↓
Converts Karma Difference into Armies
↓
The greater the sinner,
the greater the punishment.
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Author's Note
Hello everyone!
This entire chapter was mainly a build-up for Haruto's Bankai, though there is still a little more left before everything is fully revealed.
I wanted to hear your thoughts about his Bankai. As some of you may have already guessed.... a small spoiler. This Bankai originally belongs to Itachi and was passed on to Haruto.
Now, regarding the purpose behind this Bankai: it wasn't designed just for the current arc. The main reason I chose this type of ability is because it is meant to be effective against future opponents. Most of Itachi's future enemies will be beings of the Otsutsuki Clan, and if the story eventually reaches worlds like Dragon Ball or Tensura, those characters won't be treated as untouchable gods either. ( Most of these people would have committed more sins than Itachi )
Because of that, I needed an ability that could remain relevant even against absurdly powerful opponents, and this Bankai gives Itachi a unique advantage in those kinds of battles.
So, what do you think about it? Do you like the concept, or do you have any suggestions or concerns? I'd love to hear your opinions.
/// Took an entire day to create this...not to make it too overpowered ( though it is — with restrictions ) not to make it useless for future use ///