As everyone knows, Kinkaku and Ginkaku once survived by consuming the Nine-Tails' raw flesh and blood, thus permanently obtaining a massive reserve of Nine-Tails Chakra.
So, logically speaking, it really wasn't all that surprising that the White Snake—having violently consumed the "balls" of the Sage of Six Paths, who was the Jinchuriki of all nine Tailed Beasts, possessed the Sage Body, and wielded the Rinnegan—managed to gain some incredibly special, god-tier abilities.
"Wow, that actually makes sense!"
Hanabi suddenly spoke up from the spectator audience, instantly attracting everyone's horrified attention.
"I've long heard Father mention the ancient stories of the Three Great Summoning Regions. I've always been super curious why the three Sages could live for so long. Even if other Summoning Beasts are naturally long-lived, absolutely none of them live to that extent... but now I finally understand!"
"Think about it! The Three Great Sages: one had a deeply intimate relationship with the Sage of Six Paths, one is the literal biological descendant of the Sage of Six Paths, and the last one ate the Sage of Six Paths' balls and... Mmph!"
Halfway through her disturbingly accurate lore summary, Hanabi's mouth was violently clamped shut by Kushina, who had finally snapped back to reality.
"Hanabi-chan, why the hell are you analyzing this cursed shit in such detail?!" Kushina grabbed the little girl by the shoulders and shook her wildly.
"Quickly, clear your mind! Don't ever say these things out loud again!"
While frantically shaking the Hyuga heiress, Kushina suddenly noticed Tsunade furiously scribbling something down with a pen and paper.
She was instantly bewildered.
"Lady Tsunade... what the hell are you doing?" Kushina was completely puzzled.
Was there honestly some valuable military intelligence worth recording in that traumatizing story just now?
"This universe's lore doesn't seem like something a normal human brain could ever come up with. It's so unbelievably bizarre. I need to record this shit properly so I can publish it and make some money," Tsunade said without ever looking up.
While answering Kushina, Tsunade had already finished completely filling another sheet of paper, quickly pulling it out and aggressively slapping it to the bottom of the stack.
"Huh?!" Both Kushina and Hanabi—whose shoulders Kushina was still tightly gripping—were utterly stunned!
"Jiraiya and Kakashi both earned a fortune by publishing their trashy smut books. Why the hell can't I make some extra money on the side, too?" Tsunade continued meticulously recording the key lore details while speaking.
She was genuinely terrified that if she wrote too slowly, her brain would try to defensively delete the trauma she had just heard!
Of course, in reality, what they had just heard was something absolutely no one would ever be able to forget, no matter how hard they scrubbed their brains.
"No, Lady Tsunade, I meant why? You're literally the Hokage. Can you really be that short on money?" Kushina asked, having finally regained a shred of her composure.
"Why? Because ever since the administrative system was revised, it's become so much harder for me to embezzle... uh, I mean, harder for me to respectfully allocate some emergency funds to strictly maintain my physical and mental well-being!"
Because she was so intensely focused on writing her new bestseller, Tsunade almost slipped up and said the quiet part out loud, but just barely managed to hastily correct herself in time.
Actually, "maintaining physical and mental well-being" did have a legally allocated reimbursement amount in the village regulations.
Even traveling abroad every now and then for a "vacation" wouldn't be a problem.
But Tsunade still desperately needed this side hustle because her preferred "leisure activities" were way too damn expensive!
Rather than the new administrative system strictly preventing Tsunade from embezzling, it was far more accurate to say that the resurrected Hokages made it completely impossible for her to steal a single ryo.
Tsunade strongly suspected that if she dared to use public funds for her gambling addiction now, she might face a severe beating at any given moment.
Especially since one of them (Tobirama) was particularly merciless—he might even use Shadow Clones just to jump her and join in on the ass-whooping.
Poverty breeds innovation, viciously forcing Tsunade to seek other "legitimate" and compliant ways to generate massive income.
Writing unhinged furry erotica based on alternate-universe lore was the brilliant solution she had just devised!
"But Lady Tsunade, as the active Hokage, if you publicly publish a novel with such filthy content, wouldn't you completely disgrace Konoha?" Kushina whispered her desperate objection.
"Hmm?!"
At that exact moment, the very person Tsunade had just been terrified of—the one who would absolutely mercilessly beat her with Shadow Clones—glanced over with cold calculating eyes.
"It's fine! I can just have... Kakashi publish it for me!" Tsunade panicked and quickly found a scapegoat.
She had initially considered using Jiraiya as her proxy, but rapidly dismissed the idea.
Jiraiya was her peer and entirely too unreliable—he might get drunk and start loudly gossiping about the book's true author with women in the red-light district.
In short, having Jiraiya handle it would lead to a catastrophic number of complications.
But Kakashi was different.
As a junior, Tsunade could easily pressure him into absolute obedience using her seniority.
Moreover, Kakashi was a secretly eccentric pervert, but he was incredibly tight-lipped—he didn't drink excessively and could easily take a secret to his grave.
"...Well, alright." Kushina hesitated briefly before dropping the subject entirely.
If this were the Kakashi from her past—the cute, serious kid she remembered—Kushina might have actually spoken up in his defense.
But after being resurrected alongside Rin and witnessing Kakashi's absolute moral decline firsthand, Kushina understood with crystal clarity that there was no need to treat Kakashi like a pure, innocent child anymore.
What they found deeply absurd and horrifying might already be commonplace reading material for a degenerate like Kakashi.
....
Meanwhile, elsewhere.
As the Hidden Cloud duo saw Makoto's group rapidly approaching the Land of Lightning's borders, Yugito shifted her perspective.
After confirming her alternate self's approximate location in this world, she quickly relayed the exact coordinates to Uchiha Hikari.
"Fortunately, I'm always out searching for new training grounds, so I've long since memorized the Land of Lightning's entire terrain," Yugito's expression showed a very smug hint of pride.
"Indeed. It's just a damn pity that only we can see the events of this Illusionary World. It would be better if the entire ninja world could witness this broadcast," Samui maintained her cold, aloof persona, speaking only half her thoughts out loud.
But Yugito perfectly understood her implied meaning.
If the entire ninja world knew about the degenerate state of the Limited Tsukuyomi World, they would naturally compare the other four great Ninja Villages with the Hidden Cloud Village and instantly realize how incredibly normal... well, how righteous and pure their village was!
Even now, this direct comparison filled Yugito and Samui with immense satisfaction and pleasure.
They had initially been quietly debating whether or not to provide Makoto's group with their location information.
But after seeing the horrific contrast of the other villages, they immediately stopped hesitating.
They needed to quickly show Makoto's group the Hidden Cloud Village.
Preferably, they wanted to make them develop highly favorable impressions of their completely normal sane village too.
"Understood. Message received."
Uchiha Hikari received the approximate coordinates inside the Susanoo cockpit, quickly compared her direction in the sky, and looked down at the ground to confirm her current position before smoothly gliding toward the target vector.
"Yep, indeed. From my alternate perspective earlier, that glowing red dot in the sky was definitely them," Yugito switched back to her own counterpart's perspective in the Limited Tsukuyomi World, smiling confidently as she waited for Makoto and the others to descend and witness her normalcy.
However...
This time, right after switching perspectives, something felt incredibly off.
Her counterpart in the Limited Tsukuyomi World was no longer just gazing up at the sky or normally sparring with Samui...
Well, not exactly.
It seemed she was currently preparing to "spar" with Samui in a completely different... highly intimate way inside a secluded cave.
"Wait... no fucking way."
"That can't be! My nails are way too long for this!!!"
After her consciousness violently snapped back to her real body, Yugito just stood there completely alone in the spectator area, muttering to herself with a stunned horrified expression.
"What about your nails being long?" Samui was totally puzzled.
Yugito's nails were indeed incredibly long, as they were one of her primary lethal means of physical attack.
Why was she suddenly so surprised and panicked about them right now?
"Ah."
...
Down below in the illusion, the second Uchiha Hikari landed her Susanoo and caught a glimpse of the incredibly compromising situation going down inside the cave, she didn't say a single word.
She immediately performed a crisp 180-degree "Uchiha Turn" and started walking the exact opposite direction.
She knew her extreme anti-yuri precautions around those two back in Hozuki Castle weren't for nothing!
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