Cid watched over his magic channels.

There was just one small problem of trying to convert the magic-oriented thing (which heavily relies on soul) into chakra-oriented (which is more on physical side). He already had a draft on how to proceed with that, but, uh… It would be really, really painful. Not on the level of shoving a freaking dimension into your body and soul, but still painful. What wouldn't you do to get power… And he needs. More. Power.

Alright, what does he do now? He tries to find the ideal proportion of physical and spiritual energy. Unlike people of this world, he was not born with in-built chakra system and genes that programmed it. Theoretically, he could use the samples he got to decode the genes, but there was no point in doing so; if he was correct, without chakra system the genes would be useless. And to get chakra system he needs to know the ideal proportion between physical and spiritual energy. Which would be the easiest to get if you have the example before your eyes.

And he had one! Naruto! Though kid's chakra system favored physical energy way more than spiritual… Probably why he had troubles with controlling it and was so energetic. In comparison, other people had way more balanced distribution.

Hmm, come to think of it, wasn't that academy entrance soon? If he somehow gets there, maybe he can watch over everyone? But for that he needs changes… And now he also remembered about academy in his world. And girls. Almost eight hours passed… for them. For him it was a whole fucking month!

Patience, Cid! Patience! You can do it! You can at least get chakra system and then leave for some time! Chakra system can allow you to dominate them in bed…! Wait, no! Why did he think that?! Now he wants to return even more!

Focus.

Alright, focus. How does chakra get mixed? That he does not know, but he is willing to try!

Experiment #1: try to forcefully mix physical and spiritual energy. Result: went well so long as Cid held control. Once he let it go, mix self-destructed. Good thing he has done it outside his body. Theory: mix is possible, but does not hold on itself. Need to find a way to make it stable.

Experiment #2: try to gently mix physical and spiritual energy. Result: it doesn't mix, acting like water and oil. Theory: it seems like some conditions have to be met before a stable process can occur.

Experiment #3: try to make an environment with enough pressure so the mix can happen on its own. Result: the energies slowly flowed around each other until a small mixed drop converged an hour later. Too slow. Theory: either apply more pressure or think a way to re-create a temperature in non-material plane.

Experiment #5: environmental conditioning has proven to be a strong factor in energy mix. However, it still required a lot of power to condense even small (in comparison to magic reserve) drops of chakra. The mix is stable, however, so experiments can continue in his body. Theory: the body would be a way better environment to create chakra out of his energy.

Experiment #8: a success. Chakra mixing is actually done better in the body, however they affect each other in strange ways. Nonetheless, it's a success. He now has a certain amount of chakra, but no chakra system as of yet. He needs the core to make it self-producing.

Experiment #13: the chakra amounts are finally enough for a try. The rune circles are ready, the stage (a cave) is ready. Finishing the diary.

Cid looked over the experiments in thought. It has been two weeks since he started the chakra system creation, and he only managed to produce it manually. Nonetheless, the amount produced was quite good, and by his estimations if his next experiment is to be a success, he will gain another energy to use. And he really wanted to get chakra because of… fuinjutsu!

That's right! The runecrafting of this world! Cid and Hams were long thirsty for the knowledge about it, and even though they actually got the beginners guide into fuinjutsu, it was unusable without having access to chakra. However, it will be changed once his chakra system is ready to use!

Hams, oversee the process of ritual! Todd, control the Soul Space! Diva… oh, whatever, just do something.

Let the ritual commence!

Hiruzen slowly sorted the papers in thoughts.

Ever since Naruto-kun has summoned the strange human, it seems like he has become way happier than before. Even though deep inside he probably knows that the man is not his real father, he clings to the only resemblance of family he ever had. And of course, not a small part of this was old Sarutobi's fault…

Old man took out a pipe.

Soon, the cloud of smoke was released into the air.

Maybe, just maybe… If back then he was way more insistent, small Naruto could've been hailed as a hero that held the Tailed Beast back. Unfortunately, there are no 'ifs', and instead poor child was harassed for something outside his control.

No one knew that he was the son of the hero that defeated the Tailed Beast. The Fourth Hokage himself, Namikaze Minato. He sacrificed his life together with his wife, Uzumaki Kushina, in order to make sure the village survives. The only thing he asked for is for them to make sure Naruto is taken care for. And Hiruzen… failed to hold that promise.

Ever since then, it was as if something was broken inside old Hokage. He allowed to be swayed by other people's opinions, to the point where councillors has noticed that and started pushing their agendas. Of course, everything they did was for the betterment of the village, but was it any excuse for some of the immoral actions? Especially towards their own people?

Fortunately, it seems lady Luck itself favoured a child, and he summoned a protector. Protector that seemingly did not go back to summon's world… That somehow stayed indefinitely after being summoned… If it was any other case, Hiruzen surely would act against a threat as such. But now, he was desperate. He wanted to make sure Naruto feels safe and loved.

And if old man Hokage was unable to do that, then let the protector do the job in their stead. Even if he makes up some imaginary enemies from other worlds… Or does he?

"Fu-u-uck…"

Everything hurt like hell. Come to think of it, the last time something like that happened was when he shoved Sanctuary into his soul. Of course, this time it was way weaker, but still… After-effects were similar.

Cid did a quick check-up on his body and was pleasantly surprised. It seems like their experiment was really a success!

What did they do? Well, by their plans they wanted to create some pathways between lifeforce and spiritual energy. In these pathways, the energy would slowly be collected, mixed, and then released into chakra system. How would they accomplish that?

Well, as it turned out (or rather, they already knew that, but only found an application for it now), there is an excess of energy whenever your reserves are full. And this excess is released into the environment if there's nowhere for it to go. Like, when you train physically, this excess will go into repairing your muscles, right? It's used with profit. However, if you just laze around, the energy is being wasted. And in Cid's case it was even more prominent, with his rich lifeforce and whatnot.

Hams could not stand such a waste of resources, and neither did Cid nor Todd, so they sat down and started tinkering with ways to use it long before coming to this world. They, of course, tried to simply store it away for future use, but even their containers are finite. In short, in long-term it did not work out.

But now they actually found a use for it! Chakra! Which would unlock even more uses! And so, they came up with filters and drains… if they can even say that. In short, whenever there's an excess of energy, it would quickly be collected, not allowed to be released into the environment, and instead used in creating chakra.

And it turned out to be success! To some extent. For some reasons, instead of the gateways that released chakra — tenketsu, — his drain-filters were in their place, that collected excessive energy and converted it into chakra. Moreover…

"Hams, did you use the samples from Naruto?"

Huh, they really did. Anyways, the previously abandoned magic system that slowly started to disappear got a second life when chakra was introduced to it. Upon receiving the instructions — rune circles with samples that contained DNA — magic system was slowly reconstructing into chakra system under Hams' watchful eye. Todd reported that Spirit Layer was connected via pathways with chakra system in places where tenketsu was supposed to be. Physical body did not need any connection as chakra system existed directly in it, however excessive energy was gathered in these same places.

Moreover, it seems like chakra system itself was not even finished yet. The chakra channels — which, again, suspiciously looked like a mix between circulatory and nerve systems, — were still growing in ways that Cid himself quite could not understand yet, but it was interesting to look at. They developed the most in hands and legs; in comparison, the rest of the body was fairly undeveloped, and Cid had doubts it would be able to release the chakra properly. That will not do.

He took a hold of his newborn chakra system and started explaining the politic of their party. Namely, the fact that being basically crippled was not in his plans, and so it would be better to grow in all directions. In fact, since chakra system already resembles circulatory system, why not grow very small chakra channels branching from bigger ones that would supply his body everywhere? There's nothing against that!

And so Cid interjected and in his usual research craze started messing around with chakra system. If it was already established, if Cid did not have previous experience with using magic, if he did not have deep knowledge about the body and physics… In short, without any of these factors it would nigh impossible to tinker with chakra system. Fortunately, chakra system barely came to life, Cid was the best magic user of his world that possessed deep knowledge of advanced scientific world, and he also had support of very intelligent Inner Beasts that were a part of him but still quite different!… Yes, if you don't praise yourself, who will?

Well, it did go well. So well, in fact, that is was suspicious, but upon checking it up three times they have come to a conclusion that there was nothing dangerous about what they did, and if there were, the chakra itself was quite beneficial for the body, Cid could regenerate from basically any wound, and, well, he had Faith energy. If even their previous calculations would not be able to help them, he would just apply Faith. That will fix everything. Though his ego will be hurt for sure…

Ahem, nevermind. Everything is well that goes well! And it all went well, so it's all well! He can't wait to test out his brand new energy! That's not some Faith that you just wish and it happens! You have to think, to be proficient here! Muh-ha-ha!

They could finally dig into fuinjutsu! Ninjutsu? Genjutsu? These are good, too, but they are most interested in fuinjutsu! With fuinjutsu they could probably replicate at the very least ninjutsu, anyway.

But first things first, let's see how it works. The mysterious chakra, he means. He allowed the chakra to enter his muscles all around the body. A pleasant feeling, somewhat similar to what magic did, but, hmm, almost without strain? Well, it is to be expected, since mana is somewhat alien to physical body energy, while chakra has physical's body energy in the mix. The only strain was from the fact that the body was not yet adapted to new energy, but that did not matter since he has trained the body to the peak and had magic to fix anything.

Alright, let's see… Jump-!

The trees quickly descended past him as he saw the gigantic mountain with faces carved onto it standing below him. He put a hand on his chin.

"Hmm, you know, maybe the control could use some work?"

An astute observation, Cid Kagenou! It only took you launching yourself one time to the clouds to realize that!

The check-up took up until evening, but I managed to come back! Now I will lie down for the procedures on 18th of Juny. Just heads up. Up until that I am free!… If we don't count work, that is.