The amount of information in the movie version is simply too much!
Kishimoto himself didn't expect that the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox could be interpreted with a term like 'Tailed Beast'.
This way... since there's a Nine-Tailed, naturally there can be an Eight-Tails, Seven-Tails!
His train of thought immediately opened up, and he took out a piece of paper to quickly record his inspiration.
But at the same time.
The screen in front of him switched back to Asuma's battlefield, and—
As the plot progressed, the Black-Robed Man appeared again.
Chaotic and gorgeous battles constantly erupted on the light screen; several consecutive minutes of combat were of the finest and top-tier quality.
During these few minutes, the bullet chat decreased significantly—
It wasn't that no one was there, but that it was too exciting; one battle after another. If one wanted to properly appreciate the produced battle scenes, there was simply no time to type bullet chat.
Especially for mobile users, they wished they had a large tablet in their hands.
But.
When the Black-Robed Man and Yagyu Masahiko appeared on the screen together, the bullet chat finally couldn't hold back.
Later on, Masahiko even took a blade from the Black-Robed Man to 'cover' Asuma Sarutobi.
After that, the opponent used Body Flicker to retreat.
"Hitting himself? What kind of performance art is the Old Thief playing?"
"Still clutching his hand, he's totally immersed in the act!"
"Can only say 666."
Everyone was completely convinced by Masahiko's acting.
No wonder no one noticed the Black-Robed Man's situation.
After being saved by Masahiko, Asuma woke up as if from a dream. He didn't suspect his companion behind him at all, but instead questioned the opponent:
"Who are you?"
And the answer—
"This decaying world..."
"I am the promoter of the transformation of order!"
After saying this, the Black-Robed Man retreated incredibly coolly by riding a stream of water.
The performance effects of the consecutive battles, through editing and intercutting, were more compact and exciting than the actual battle situation, making the exit even more shocking.
After savoring it... everyone finally got the gist.
"Was that official confirmation just now? The Old Thief is indeed the Black-Robed Man, right?"
"Yes, both used similar Lightning Release."
"Lightning Release isn't exclusive; there's still some room for quibbling, but it's really not much."
"The officials probably don't have any intention of hiding it anymore."
With the broadcast of the movie version, the Black-Robed Man's identity was basically exposed.
Seeing this scene and seeing that most of the comments were praise and positive reviews, Masahiko felt a weight lift off his heart.
Whether protagonist or antagonist, as long as they survive and have high popularity, it's fine!
He accelerated forward.
He hadn't seen part of the battle between Kakashi and Itachi.
However.
He and the audience had already anticipated the power of Lightning Cutter.
Only this Amaterasu... the bullet chat unanimously felt it was very strong, but only a few people considered its not-so-fast release speed.
What Masahiko didn't expect was—
His'speech' in front of Kazuma was not edited into the main feature; there was only a flash of the scene where he met Kazuma again.
After that, it was the scene of Itachi pursuing Orochimaru.
Naturally, the result was that he didn't catch up.
At the end of the shot—
Naruto woke up in the night, opened his eyes, and saw Kurenai Yuhi.
"Teacher Kurenai, I... where is Teacher?"
"Teacher Masahiko was too tired and fell asleep. Naruto, are you okay?"
Kurenai Yuhi looked concerned.
Naruto had a dazed expression: "I'm fine, it's just... after leaving the city, things are a bit blurry, I can't remember clearly."
Amidst a round of comfort, he fell back into a deep sleep.
After this, the second dialogue between the Black-Robed Man and Kazuma finally played on the screen.
During the impassioned narration, the Black-Robed Man looked down at Kazuma.
The camera rose, looking up from Kazuma's perspective, just like the scene on that half-poster.
At this moment, the screen froze... and the ending theme song played.
"So fast?"
"It's so well done..."
"The Old Thief's popularity is too high. After this movie version, he'll probably really enter the main story's plot."
"Wonderful! I'm going to rewatch it and savor it!"
One bullet chat after another lingered for a long time during the ending song, all of them being positive reviews.
At the same time.
Lines of text appeared before Masahiko's eyes.
[Popularity Assessment: S]
[Comprehensive Assessment...]
[Your performance evaluation for playing the 'Mastermind' in this movie version: S]
[Obtained Salary 1: High-level Summoning Beast Random Card]
[Obtained Salary 2: Advanced Cultivation for Actors - Sealing Jutsu Chapter]
[Sealing Jutsu training module has been opened.]
High-level Summoning Beast... With a thought, Masahiko immediately understood how to use this card—
Take a blank scroll, and after drawing the card, he would obtain special techniques and characters. Writing them on the scroll would allow him to obtain the corresponding summoning beast.
With the High-level Summoning Beast Random Card, the summoning beast drawn would not be too weak.
He pondered for a moment and decided to use this card himself after returning to Konoha, instead of using it to summon a personalized projection.
He currently did lack such means.
If there was a suitable summoning beast, Masahiko could even let Shisui and Kazuma sign a contract, using it to transmit information.
As for the Sealing Jutsu training module... Sealing Jutsu is useful after all. For one, he already understood the principles of the Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal.
If he could learn this Sealing Jutsu, he could even make slight modifications to the seal planted by Danzo, changing the seals on others to his own.
Not to mention.
The value of other Sealing Jutsus was also quite high.
If he could draw a qualified summoning beast, he would be even more satisfied.
"Use!"
In the next second.
[Consumed 'High-level Summoning Beast Random Card'.]
[Drawing...]
[Draw successful!]
[Summoning Beast: Iron-Eating Beast Clan.]
Masahiko was stunned for a second when he saw this, first thinking of the panda he had seen in his previous life.
It belonged to Ajisai of the Hidden Rain Village, but besides being big and strong, it didn't have any particularly powerful abilities.
That thing... is worth a High-level Summoning Beast?
"It's not easy to gamble once, don't let me lose so badly!"
Masahiko took a deep breath, took out a blank scroll, and wrote according to the techniques and characters written on it.
Finally—
Write the name with blood.
The moment he wrote the name, an invisible contract lingered between him and the scroll, leading to a distant place.
At the same time, a complete summoning technique was also included.
Masahiko immediately entered the 'acting instance'.
In the acting instance, there was originally only the 'Special Jonin Assessment'.
But now, besides 'Kakashi', two more instances had appeared—
One was the Danzo breakthrough battle that Masahiko personally experienced during the Uchiha Clan Massacre Night.
The second was the 'Battle of the Twin Jades' that had just been solidified and obtained, with opponents Kazuma, Asuma, and Masahiko's Shadow Clone solidified with his abilities at that time.
He chose the Danzo breakthrough battle to enter.
Afterward, Masahiko immediately used the summoning technique... Poof!
A sound.
In front of him, a panda that wasn't too large appeared, black and white, looking very honest and simple.
Danzo was just as he was then, immediately using a large-scale 'Pressure Damage'.
At this time, the panda roared, and a special Chakra appeared on its body.
Clang clang clang!
The violent wind scraped against its body, making a sound similar to metal. The wind blades attached to the Pressure Damage couldn't hurt it at all.
"Iron-Eating Beast..."
"Possesses Chakra, and its ability is Metallic Skin, greatly enhancing defense?"
"I just don't know how its intelligence is."
While Masahiko was pondering, Danzo threw a Kunai carrying Wind Release Chakra. He saw the Iron-Eating Beast rush forward and pin it down with its claws.
The Wind Release Chakra was shattered, and it opened its mouth to chew and swallow the Kunai.
Then... it let out a fierce roar at Danzo.
Afterward, it looked back at Masahiko with a hint of pride and laziness in its eyes.
Masahiko thought: "It possesses quite high intelligence."
Although he didn't know what was going on with it, this panda indeed possessed high intelligence and ability, worthy of the 'High-level Summoning Beast' status.
Moreover.
It was only one of them.
Masahiko vaguely remembered that he had contracted a 'clan'.
There might be other individuals.