Hiruzen's expression grew awkward when he realized his teacher, Tobirama, was staring at him.
Tobirama's feelings toward the Uchiha Clan were complex.
What he wanted was to "tame" the Uchiha, to make them abandon their obsession with family and glory and dedicate themselves to the village.
Only then would Tobirama find satisfaction.
If that proved impossible, he believed the clan's power should be exploited as a military asset, rather than slaughtering everyone from newborns to the elderly.
He had expressed these views during their previous discussion, but this mention of past events reignited his displeasure.
The thought of losing so many talented child soldiers and cheap laborers pained him!
"Orochimaru, what is the point of showing me this? It's just child's play, nothing to take serious," Hiruzen said, feigning ignorance of the Second Hokage's piercing gaze.
"A child? I remember you saying that Uchiha Itachi could think like a Hokage at seven years old. Hyuga Hanabi is also seven years old now, and she is thinking like Uchiha Itachi. By the transitive property of ninja logic, that means Hyuga Hanabi can think like a Hokage at seven years old. Does that not prove she is serious?" Orochimaru countered with a sneer.
'Can you even use math equations like that?' Hiruzen did not know what to say.
Meanwhile, the bored Black Zetsu spotted a small notebook on a chair.
Thinking it might be experimental notes, the parasite picked it up to pass the time.
Snap.
Black Zetsu slammed the notebook shut and glared at Makoto beside him.
"What is this?"
"How would I know?" Makoto blinked, reaching for the notebook to check the contents.
Black Zetsu flinched, but after a moment of hesitation, it let Makoto take the book.
Makoto's expression showed he did not know what was inside, which meant the contents had nothing to do with him.
"Oh, this looks like something Jiraiya dropped earlier. I wonder when he will realize he left his stash behind and come back for it."
Orochimaru noticed the situation, glanced at the cover, and identified its origin.
"Jiraiya? Could it be one of his... adult manuscripts?"
Makoto felt a sense of foreboding and lowered his head to examine the contents.
Whether it was the Vigorous Paradise series or the Limited Tsukuyomi lore, both leaned more toward the bizarre and abstract than adult smut.
The simple truth was, even if every word of those works were published in the village square, they would pass government censorship.
But Jiraiya's novels were different.
They were pure smut.
It was difficult to imagine what Black Zetsu would think upon reading such explicit material.
In the original timeline's final battle, Naruto used the Reverse Harem Technique, then declared, "Never seen a technique like this before, huh? This is the history of ninjas, you bastard!"
Anyone who witnessed that scene would retort in their heads on Kaguya's behalf, "If this is the history of ninjas, then the Shinobi World deserves to be destroyed."
"...Impressive," Makoto murmured as he read Jiraiya's handwritten notes.
"That Jiraiya brat might be average in other areas, but when it comes to lewd matters, his IQ is twice that of Orochimaru," Tobirama remarked, having materialized behind Makoto to read the contents over his shoulder.
The notebook contained a series of plot ideas inspired by classified information Jiraiya had gathered after arriving in the Hidden Rain Village.
The scene Makoto and Black Zetsu were reading went like this: Ōtsutsuki Kaguya had been resurrected and engaged Makoto in battle, dragging him into another dimension.
Since Makoto could fly and manipulate natural forces, standard environmental dimensions had no effect on him.
Thus, after repeated shifts, Amenominaka transitioned to the Gravity Space.
This shift left Kaguya weakened, unable to switch dimensions.
Yet she remained confident Makoto was trapped.
However... The Gravity Space had a unique property: the more chakra a person possessed, the greater the gravitational force they experienced.
Even Kaguya was forced into a half-kneeling posture, unable to launch attacks.
In the original story, Naruto was immobilized, while Sasuke could only kneel.
At that moment, only the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki whose chakra had been drained, Uchiha Obito who was sustained by Yang Release, and the chakra-starved Kakashi were able to move.
This raised a crucial question: what about those with zero chakra?
The answer was simple: they were unaffected.
While Kaguya struggled to lift her arm, Makoto strolled around her and positioned himself behind her.
At that moment, Kaguya resembled a neighbor's wife stuck in a washing machine!
What followed was not suitable for children.
No wonder Black Zetsu wore such a bizarre expression.
For it, this smut was truly bizzare.
Yet the physical descriptions of the Amenominaka dimension were accurate. This confirmed Makoto's claim of being from the future.
"It's nothing. Come, look at this." Makoto pulled a thick book from behind his back and thrust it into Black Zetsu's hands.
This was the Limited Tsukuyomi series of novels that Tsunade had commissioned Kakashi to publish, and which Sage Shima of Mount Myōboku now regarded as invaluable intelligence.
Black Zetsu took the book with a puzzled expression, flipped through a few pages, and it yellow eyes went dark.
What do you mean Hagoromo wants to overthrow her rule because she opposes furry fetishists?
What do you mean Hamura discovered she is the most beautiful rabbit girl and wants to go to the moon to be with her?
Makoto knew showing Black Zetsu these stories would not disgust Kaguya.
After all, the entity had watched the tailored films he had prepared and tasted the absurdity of such narratives.
He showed these stories to make 'Black Zetsu' understand the importance of speaking up—or rather, the power of narrative PR control.
If you do not speak up, you have no voice.
Then do not blame others for writing whatever smut comes to mind about your family.
While Black Zetsu stared at the new book in horror, Hanabi arrived at the lab.
Orochimaru handed her a metallic activator and two thumb-sized cultivation tanks.
"You need to maintain a steady chakra state and insert both tanks into the activator. One tank contains raw meat from the Ōtsutsuki Clan, and the other contains your own cells. Once activated, the two will mutate and fuse, channeling the combined power into your optic nerves. This method is the safest and minimizes the risk of side effects," Orochimaru explained.
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