After a day of playing around, Jiraiya took Yahiko's team to experience many things through games.
From the arcade, they also learned that Konoha didn't mind setting up arcades in other nations.
After understanding everything, Yahiko gained a new goal—or rather, he added another to his existing ambitions.
That goal was to have an arcade established in the Land of Rain.
It wasn't just because arcades held great value or that Genjutsu games could help ninjas.
More importantly, the arcade staff mentioned that these gaming centers would only be opened in prosperous cities.
If an arcade could open in the Land of Rain, it would mean the end of its decline and the arrival of prosperity.
That was Yahiko's true goal—to change the Land of Rain and make it a country worthy of having an arcade.
To Jiraiya, this was undoubtedly an ambitious dream. He laughed heartily and encouraged Yahiko, looking forward to the day when an arcade would be built in the Land of Rain.
When that time came, he promised he would visit and play games with them again.
These words were both a promise and a farewell.
Because Jiraiya was leaving.
Just like that, the next morning, he parted ways with Yahiko's team at the border city of the Land of Fire, where they had spent their time.
One side headed deeper into the Land of Fire, toward Konoha.
The other crossed the border, returning to the Land of Rain.
It was clear that Yahiko's trio was full of fighting spirit and had high hopes for the future.
While Jiraiya was letting his three disciples experience the Genjutsu game, over in Konoha, Uchiha Kai witnessed a rather amusing scene—one that left him with mixed feelings. He secretly recorded the whole thing.
Late at night, when even the study-obsessed Orochimaru had logged off to rest, someone secretly logged into the Mental Network World.
That person was none other than Kurama, who, just a short time ago, had declared with great conviction that he would never set foot in the "Genjutsu World" again.
Yet, not even three days had passed, and Kurama had already gone back on his words. To avoid being discovered, he even chose to log in in the middle of the night.
If not for Uchiha Kai staying up late to develop a new game—and the fact that, as the owner of the Mental Network World, he could immediately sense any logins—he wouldn't have noticed Kurama sneaking in like this.
Curious about what Kurama was up to, Uchiha Kai used his administrator privileges to make himself invisible and observed from a higher-dimensional perspective.
Because they were in different planes within the Mental Network World, even Kurama, with his sharp senses, couldn't detect Uchiha Kai's presence.
And so, everything Kurama secretly did was completely exposed to Uchiha Kai.
"Hashirama! You're too powerful! You need to be sealed!"
"Uchiha Madara, you pathetic beast! Let me control you!"
"Hmph! Hah! Fight, fight, fight! You two losers are destined to be at my mercy!"
"Hehehe, hahahaha~~~"
In the end, the Nine-Tails let out a wild laugh, and in front of him stood two NPCs, refreshed with basic permissions granted by Uchiha Kai.
These NPCs had been designed by the Nine-Tails to resemble Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara.
There was no doubt about it—the Nine-Tails did this on purpose, as a form of revenge on the two who had once bullied him.
It was a classic situation of "I can't beat you directly, but can't I bully your action figures?"
Anyway, the Nine-Tails, now compressed in the mental network world and looking rather "miniature," was extremely pleased, especially while beating up the not-so-tall Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama.
The joyful smile on his face was unmistakable, as if he was experiencing pure happiness deep within his heart.
Uchiha Kai watched from a distance, feeling as if the Nine-Tails was bullying two little kids. It left him speechless, but he couldn't help but laugh. In the end, he secretly recorded the whole scene.
The Nine-Tails' embarrassing moment, saved!
"Nine-Tails, you don't want others to find out that you were playing with figurines in the middle of the night, right?"
"How dare you! You evil Uchiha brat!"
"Hehehe! You just called me born evil! Of course, I have to act a little bad to match the image."
"Damn it, my lifetime of fame… is it really going to be ruined by this?"
In the mental network world, Nine-Tails was lying on the ground in an OTL position, the entire fox filled with unwillingness and despair.
Uchiha Kai, who appeared before Nine-Tails, immediately pounced, landing right in front of Nine-Tails with a very pleased smile.
"Yes, this is it! I've always wanted to see you make this face. This look full of unwillingness, jealousy of me—hahaha~~~"
As he spoke, the background changed to a beach with sand, creating a masterpiece of the century.
Well, all of this was Uchiha Kai's imagination. The sight of Nine-Tails playing with figurines was just too funny, and Uchiha Kai couldn't help but imagine what would happen if he suddenly appeared in front of Nine-Tails. Then, his mind ran wild.
Of course, Uchiha Kai wouldn't really do that. Maybe when their relationship is better in the future, but trying such tricks right after just building mutual trust would definitely ruin it.
After Nine-Tails had enough fun, Uchiha Kai appeared before Nine-Tails. The happy Nine-Tails immediately froze, his pupils shaking, and sweat began to pour down like a waterfall.
Uchiha Kai smiled and then directly used his authority to create a separate space for Nine-Tails—a forest scene.
Then he said, "This is an independent space I've created for you. From now on, when you enter the mental network world, you can directly come here to play, and no one will see you. Also, you can restore your original size."
"Additionally, I've upgraded your ability to refresh clones and added some modules. Now, you can directly create real-life versions of Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama."
As he spoke, he demonstrated by refreshing young versions of Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara.
One posed with one hand on his waist in a heroic manner, while the other crossed his arms arrogantly, both looking exactly like they should.
Seeing this, the Nine-Tails froze for a moment and then laughed joyfully, "Hahaha! Interesting, really interesting!"
As it spoke, it immediately tried to return to its original form. In an instant, the massive Tailed Beast appeared, with nine tails swinging like monstrous creatures.
It grabbed the refreshed Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara and tried to devour them.
Then, Uchiha Kai seemed to see a giant husky running wild, holding the two NPCs, Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara, in the forest, causing havoc, rolling around, completely carefree.
This was quite normal, given that it had been imprisoned for many years. Even now, it had the chance to play in the sealing space and enter the mental network world, but it still faced many restrictions.
Only now, with Uchiha Kai giving it a vast independent space and allowing it to interact with near-real versions of Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama, had the great fox finally let go.
Or rather, because it mistakenly believed Uchiha Kai was the person the Sage of Six Paths had prophesied, the Nine-Tails was now so carefree, not caring at all about appearing foolish in front of Uchiha Kai.
Well, it was partly because Uchiha Kai had already seen it act embarrassingly earlier, so continuing this way now seemed completely normal.
After causing a ruckus for a few minutes, the Nine-Tails happily ran back to Uchiha Kai and shrank down again.
As for the two NPCs, Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara, they had already been completely shattered into pieces during the previous chaos.
Though they were just puppets, the Nine-Tails was still incredibly pleased, feeling a sense of revenge against those two useless figures.
The proud Nine-Tails, surprisingly, thanked Uchiha Kai and expressed its satisfaction with the space, declaring that it would be its place for relaxation and entertainment from now on.
Uchiha Kai smiled and nodded.
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