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After Black Zetsu went online, he did not hesitate to make his stance clear. He declared that the Great Toad Sage was a liar.
Big Pillar Hanhan: Liar!?
Black Zetsu: Yes. I've been in the group for a while.
Black Zetsu: I've also read through your conversations.
Black Zetsu: And this Jiraiya... the title, and the fact that he came from Konoha.
Black Zetsu: I can confirm that he was likely deceived.
Black Zetsu: And he was deceived from a very young age.
Black Zetsu: Like just now, when he mentioned the celestial spell. Uchiha Madara went to retrieve it.
Black Zetsu: So let me ask—before Uchiha Madara went to get the celestial spell, did Jiraiya even know it existed?
Senju Tobirama: Jiraiya, did you know?
Namikaze Minato: Teacher Jiraiya!?
The loyal dog of Mount Myoboku: I really didn't know anything about it before.
Black Zetsu: That settles it. Jiraiya was most likely deceived.
Black Zetsu: Though Mount Myoboku, Shikkotsu Forest, and Ryuchi Cave are renowned as sacred grounds for training...
Black Zetsu: None of them have ever truly opened their doors to all ninja.
Black Zetsu: And now, with something this significant unfolding, Jiraiya just happens to be sent here...
Black Zetsu fell silent, but everyone understood the implication. Based on the system rules and the discussions so far, the past Hokage believed Jiraiya's title held weight.
But according to the system, the evaluation is purely based on truth.
So, Jiraiya's official title is... the loyal dog of Mount Myoboku.
Meaning... was he truly tamed?
And if he was tamed...
Namikaze Minato: Teacher Jiraiya, you were my mentor. That's why I must say this.
Namikaze Minato: I hope you can look at yourself clearly.
Namikaze Minato: This life belongs to you. Don't let it be defined by others.
Namikaze Minato: I passed away early, but even so... Jiraiya-sensei, you're already 50 years old.
Namikaze Minato: Is it really right to cling so blindly to the so-called prophecy of Mount Myoboku?
The loyal dog of Mount Myoboku: Can it really be?
Jiraiya was taken aback by Minato's words.
To him, the Hokage in this chat group felt like illusions, but Minato was his disciple. After Nagato's death, he even believed Minato could be the next Child of Prophecy.
So, what Minato said, he listened to.
The loyal dog of Mount Myoboku: I used to think about what it meant to be a great ninja... how to bring out the true value of a shinobi.
The loyal dog of Mount Myoboku: Should it be measured by what one achieves in life?
The loyal dog of Mount Myoboku: Or how one meets their death?
The loyal dog of Mount Myoboku: I've always wanted to be a good ninja. When I realized I had a heavy responsibility, I tried to carry on... but in the end...
The loyal dog of Mount Myoboku: I'm still just the tail of the crane...
The loyal dog of Mount Myoboku: Heh...
Jiraiya gave a small laugh, one tinged with self-mockery and pain.
The loyal dog of Mount Myoboku: In the past 50 years, I've done nothing. I was rejected by every woman I liked. I failed to stop my friends from going astray. The two times my disciples truly needed me, I wasn't there.
Namikaze Minato: Jiraiya-sensei...
The loyal dog of Mount Myoboku: Minato, there's no need to pity me. Over the years, I've come to understand something.
The loyal dog of Mount Myoboku: In my most precious years of youth... I did nothing of worth.
Namikaze Minato: That's not true, Jiraiya-sensei...
Senju Tobirama: Jiraiya, return to Konoha.
Senju Tobirama: Come back to the ninja academy.
The loyal dog of Mount Myoboku: Huh?
Senju Tobirama: A ninja's value isn't determined by how he dies or how powerful he is.
Senju Tobirama: If everyone could be perfect, there'd be no need for Jonin, Chunin, or Genin rankings. No need to organize missions by difficulty.
Senju Tobirama: Some are strong, yes. But those who aren't, those who never reach the peak... does that mean they're worthless?
Senju Tobirama: No.
Senju Tobirama: Today's Konoha is a place of great tolerance.
Senju Tobirama: So come back to Konoha. Help guide the future.
The loyal dog of Mount Myoboku: I'll think about it.
Senju Tobirama: Are you still trying to run away, Jiraiya? Do you want me to ask Sarutobi to bring you back?
Senju Tobirama: I won't hesitate. Sarutobi made many mistakes. So continuing his missions outside the village at his age is fitting.
Senju Tobirama: I told him to protect the village, to protect the people who believe in him, and nurture the next generation.
Senju Tobirama: But all he did was shield himself and sacrifice the next generation.
The loyal dog of Mount Myoboku: I understand. I'll return to Konoha now.
Senju Tobirama: Good.
Beep
Jiraiya has gone offline
The Big Pillar Is Silly: Tobirama, will Jiraiya really come back?
Senju Tobirama: I don't know.
Senju Tobirama: But if Black Zetsu is right, and the Great Toad Sage is a liar... then Jiraiya truly has been deceived all this time.
Senju Tobirama: How many fifty years does one get in a lifetime? And in those fifty years, so much has changed… The Great Toad Sage really went too far.
The big pillar is silly:
Big brother: So… is Agang getting old now?
Senju Tobirama: Big brother, don't bring this up so suddenly. Or are you saying that Agang stops being our granddaughter just because she grows old?
The big pillar is silly:
Big brother: Actually, I'd be quite content if Agang grows old, because it means she lived through youth and escaped a tragic end in middle age…
Senju Tobirama: …Eh…
Tobirama knew once again that his big brother was right.
Tobirama's record: In other words, did my eldest brother acquire the celestial spell from Mount Myōboku?
Senju Tobirama: That's correct.
Tobirama's record: Could you not say it in such a worrying tone?
Senju Tobirama: …Eldest brother probably won't use that kind of power for anything good.
Tobirama's record:
Beep!
Black Zetsu has gone offline.
And over on Black Zetsu's side, he had also voluntarily logged off.
"Black Zetsu, why were you zoning out just now?"
"I'm talking to you!"
As soon as Black Zetsu went offline, he saw Uchiha Madara staring directly at him.
"Nothing," Black Zetsu replied. "Just thinking that the Great Toad Sage of Mount Myōboku is a fraud."
"Oh?"
"Mount Myōboku holds such a powerful spell, yet the Great Toad Sage, who claims to be the brother of the Sage of Six Paths, never used it on the Sage himself. His body was cremated." Black Zetsu's voice was filled with scorn.
"Heh…" Uchiha Madara gave a low laugh. "You don't get it."
"In the ninja world, only you can truly trust yourself," Uchiha Madara said coldly. "Eighty percent chance that the Great Toad Sage used the celestial spell on himself instead."
"…" Black Zetsu was silent.
Is that so?
Isn't it the same as believing in Hashirama's hot-blooded mother?
Black Zetsu felt bad for fooling Madara, but if someone like Senju Hashirama was resurrected and babbled a bit, it was entirely possible for an idiot like Madara to get manipulated again.
"But why did you push me to unleash my full power at Mount Myōboku?"
"Even Susanoo went straight to its final perfected form," Uchiha Madara asked, confused.
He'd originally summoned a fifty-meter incomplete Susanoo during the invasion of Mount Myōboku.
Yet Black Zetsu had urged him to go all out immediately, to snatch the spell without even conversing with the Great Toad Sage.
"I figured the Great Toad Sage would be easy to deceive. If a toad can claim friendship with the Sage of Six Paths, how hard can it be to fool him?"
"I'm just a fragment of your will. I have no real power," Black Zetsu said plainly.
"Madara. Don't worry. I won't be tricked."
Black Zetsu said nothing.
And Madara didn't sense anything wrong, continuing,
"Hmm…"
"You brought back the celestial spell, didn't you?" Uchiha Madara asked. "But how do I use it?"
"Just put it on your body—give it a try," Black Zetsu instructed.
So Madara placed the faded talisman onto himself.
But in that moment—
The spell instantly changed.
Green patterns lit up across it, and the energy enveloped Madara's entire body.
The cracks from Impure World Reincarnation across his face were sealed, and his flesh and blood body was restored.
"…!"
"I'm alive again…"
Black Zetsu hadn't expected this kind of effect either.
But now… he felt reassured—relieved.
It really was worth it.
And…
"…"
"Incredible…" Black Zetsu stared at Madara's face.
"Hmm?"
Uchiha Madara didn't understand at first, but soon realized something was different.
The Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan granted him acute perception—but now, it was more than just clarity. The world itself seemed to slow around him.
His physical strength had surged as well.
He…
Was he… back to his prime?
No.
More than that…
"I…"
Madara's eyes widened in realization.
"Rinnegan?"
"Young body plus Rinnegan?!"
Madara was stunned.
"Congratulations," Black Zetsu said. "Seems you no longer need Nagato to use Rinne Tensei. You've already been directly resurrected."
"Hmph… hahahaha…" Uchiha Madara laughed freely.
"Now I can finally fight that hot-blooded Hashirama properly!"
"Hahahahaha…"
He roared with laughter.
"Forget the fight, let's go to the moon first!" Black Zetsu urged. "Cut through the moon to obtain the power of Ōtsutsuki Hamura!"
Uchiha Madara nodded.
"Right," Madara said. He hadn't forgotten that Black Zetsu had come from the moon and mentioned Hamura's lineage still existed there.
And the giant Tenseigan.
"But…" Uchiha Madara admired his rejuvenated body. "Now that I feel even stronger than before… maybe I really can defeat that hot-blooded Hashirama."
"This body can wield the full power of the Rinnegan now. I might be able to overpower his Wood Style."
His fighting spirit burned fiercely.
"…" Black Zetsu.
Black Zetsu was speechless.
Madara had just claimed he couldn't be easily fooled—then asked why he didn't gag the Great Toad Sage with some quick words.
And now he claimed he wouldn't be deceived?
What a joke!
He's already been tricked so many times!
The person Madara fought earlier wasn't even the real Senju Hashirama—but the Wood Style clone of Kitahara Hitoshi!
Black Zetsu was in utter disbelief!
Meanwhile…
Ryūchi Cave was just a few hundred miles from Mount Myōboku.
"Damn you, Orochimaru!"
"It's one thing to run from enemies every time…"
"But this time, you ran off with the White Snake Sage!"
Tian Xin-Shenji was furious, ranting to her sisters.
Orochimaru had escaped again—and this time, he took even their ancestral figure, the White Snake Immortal.
While she ranted, a rumble shook the ground.
"An earthquake?"
"No—it's coming from Mount Myōboku!"
A snake girl looked toward Mount Myōboku and saw a massive blue Susanoo—two hundred meters tall—rising there.
"That's… the same blue Susanoo the ancestor said fought Ōtsutsuki Kaguya's Divine Tree a thousand years ago…"
"An illusion?"
"No, the one inside that Susanoo… it's Uchiha Madara! He came from Orochimaru's hideout!" Tian Xin-Shenji shouted.
The snake girls glanced at each other.
"What do we do?"
Tian Xin-Shenji made a decision.
It was shameful, but the three top elders of Ryūchi Cave…
Agreed in unison.
Run!
Orochimaru, that bastard, he left behind filth and summoned some terrifying horror!
He ran—but didn't even tell them to run too?
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