Publishing a Book and a Mission

"Is this even possible?"

Jiraiya instantly felt a bit of a headache coming on. It sounded pretty shameless, and he regretted not thinking of that back then.

Otherwise, given his connections, wouldn't "The Legend of the Resolute Ninja" have had a chance to sell even better?

"Helping you is no problem, and you don't need to accept any money." Jiraiya waved his hand generously.

"But what's your writing skill level anyway? What if it's terrible? Wouldn't I be ripping off people who bought it based on the recommendations?"

Shuichi smiled confidently, "Don't you know how I've behaved since I was a child? Don't worry, no matter if the style of the book suits other people's tastes, at least the quality won't be bad."

"... Alright then." Jiraiya wrote a handwritten, signed letter and handed it to Shuichi: "You can give this to the bookstore staff later."

With all the chores done, the purpose of this trip back to the village has been achieved.

Jiraiya stretched and stood up straight, patting Shuichi the shoulder and saying, "I know what you've been doing these past few years. The old man's decision is fine. I can entrust the village to you from now on!"

Shuichi remained calm, simply humming in agreement, knowing he was talking about the fifth generation.

There was no question of admitting defeat; this hero himself had no interest in the Hokage Position.

Or perhaps it was because of the unexpected events involving Minato, Tsunade, and others, or the entanglement of the prophecy of the Child of Destiny, that he no longer wanted to be someone who would stop wandering.

"By the way, where has Orochimaru gone lately? I heard he hasn't been back to the village in ages."

"I'm not quite sure about that; I haven't seen my teacher for a while now." Shuichi lied without batting an eye.

However, he couldn't be sure if Orochimaru was in the Land of Fields, as it was common for the latter to go out and collect materials and interesting things.

"Alright, see you later..." Jiraiya jumped over the railing and down the building, leaving Shuichi and Kakashi with his tall back view, and walked out of the village without looking back.

After seeing Jiraiya, Kakashi continued his Anbu patrol mission.

Shuichi hand, was a true man of action. He put away the letter of recommendation and headed straight to the bookstore. When he returned to the streets for patrol, he had an extra copy of "Icha Icha Paradise" in his hand.

"The price is so high, and there are quite a few people looking at it..." Shuichi muttered to herself, tearing open the packaging and flipping through it as she walked, "I want to see what's inside."

"Adult content? It seems the readers of this world have a lot of inner beasts, but lack an outlet; it's a huge market."

Skillfully turning pages with a single finger...

[Just about to ask you if you love me...]

[... his hands, still warm, reached towards that spot... to his astonishment, something so enormous existed...]

[... I focused my gaze on her lithe, flying fish-like body at the edge of the pool...]

"Hey, you..." I silenced her with a kiss.

[...]

Shuichi's thinking speed was astonishing. The content of this erotic book wasn't exciting enough to make him addicted, yet he kept flipping through it, reading several lines at a glance.

He still hadn't sold it when he got home that day. It wasn't until a week later, after watching it three times, that he concluded: I could do it too.

After reviewing the book, he found that it lacked plot highlights and focused primarily on the relationship between men and women.

Seventy percent of the scenes are dedicated to depicting foreplay, feelings, and scene descriptions, while there aren't many scenes involving actual sex, at least not for Shuichi.

"Water play, pool play, soft and big, hot..." Shuichi quickly summarized the core words of "Icha Icha Paradise," secretly chuckling to himself:

"That's really true... It involves the subject matter and fantasies about Tsunade. It seems that even men themselves have vivid memories of their first love."

The female protagonists throughout the book share some similarities with Tsunade, and without exception, they all possess a large number of "weapons" (weapons of mass destruction).

Judging from sales figures, there are quite a few people who like this kind of food.

After analyzing this masterpiece, Shuichi immediately began preparations in his spare time.

One evening, Hong, drying her wet hair, walked into the bedroom and saw Shuichi mysteriously taking out several bags. Curious, she asked, "Have you bought a lot of things lately?"

"Yes, these are all clothes I bought especially for you." Shuichi was a little embarrassed, but he moved quickly, and all sorts of strange clothes soon filled half the bed.

What are all these things?

Hong casually picked up one of the surprisingly scant garments, then noticed a pair of rabbit ears next to it. Her face instantly turned red, and she threw it away.

"You're making all these weird things again, I'm not wearing them! Besides, I remember the place that sells these..."

"Um... I sent Shadow Clone in to buy it." Shuichi explained his actions in the store, saying it wasn't because he was a pervert.

"Then have your Shadow Clone transform and wear it."

"The Shadow Clone don't want to..." Shuichi said, distressed.

My faith in the original body is extremely firm; if I were to cross-dress, I would rather die!!!

Even though the Shadow Clone are quite mischievous, they still stick to their principles without wavering.

"..."

Unable to resist Shuichi's persistent pleading and cajoling, Hong finally tried on a few relatively normal fabrics that evening to help him find visual imagery for his writing and to inspire interactive elements in the plot.

Half a month later, having completed his short story writing exercise, Shuichi felt fully prepared and wrote down the title of his first book without hesitation, "Thoughts Across Time".

"I'm a bit of an artsy type, so of course... a little bit of decency is understandable."

Shuichi believed he hadn't deceived Jiraiya; the work was indeed full of artistic flair, completely different from the other person's style.

After conceiving a plot in his mind, he immediately created about ten Earth Clones, each writing a portion of the content simultaneously, and the room was immediately filled with a "rustling" sound.

In less than a month, Shuichi's first work was successfully released.

After the check-up revealed no problems, he took the letter of recommendation from Jiraiya and headed straight to the Shueisha Branch in Konoha.

This is the largest chain bookstore in the Land of Fire and even the Entire Ninja World. In Shuichi's words, JUMP's commercial advertising is everywhere.

"A recommendation? What does that mean?"

Inside the bookstore, the male supervisor on duty at the counter was somewhat bewildered by Shuichi's actions.

It wasn't until the latter explained it that he understood: it could be simply summarized as Jiraiya and Shuichi having made a deal.

"Lord Shuichi, it seems you have no creative experience whatsoever..." The foreman rubbed his hands together, mentally assessing whether this business was feasible.

Refusing was out of the question. Offending this person might not affect Shueisha as a whole, but it would certainly ruin my future.

Everyone in the village knows Purple Aurora; even if the writing is poor, people will still buy it just by using that name.

So he gritted his teeth and said, "I will help you complete the printing and sales as quickly as possible, but could I borrow your help for the advertising...?"

"No, I don't need to use any connections. This pen name is fine." Shuichi said, pointing to his book.

"You can take a look first, and I'll come back in a couple of days. If you think it's not well-written, you can return it; I won't blame you."

After allaying the other party's concerns with a friendly attitude, Shuichi quickly left the bookstore.

Seeing that there were no customers for the time being, the supervisor became very curious about Shuichi's book and immediately sat down at the counter to read it carefully.

Once he started reading, his eyes were glued to the book, and he didn't even realize his body was getting hot. He was completely absorbed in the world of the book, until...

"Boss, could you please help me find this kind of book? Boss!? Boss..."

"Ah!"

The supervisor, his face flushed and eyes wide, looked up, startling the customer. Fortunately, he quickly recovered and apologized, "I'm so sorry, so sorry, I'll go get it for you right away..."

"Forehead!"

The supervisor was about to get up but stopped halfway because his crotch was already bulging, and it would be too embarrassing if a customer saw it.

"Ouch, my stomach hurts a little..."

After finally seeing the customer off, the supervisor, regaining his composure, picked up "Thoughts Across Time" with shining eyes again, exclaiming, "A divine book!"

Looks like I'll be staying up late tonight, but I think it's absolutely worth it!

Shuichi was unaware that his book had aroused the shop assistant and editor. Even though he was very confident in his work, it would take a long time for the printed book to gain popularity in the Shinobi World, so he temporarily put the matter out of his mind.

Several months later, Shuichi felt that the activity of the First Hokage Cells in his left arm had decreased significantly. He understood that this was because his body had become more adaptable to them, and the habit of suppressing them with chakra had become instinctive.

This small piece of flesh didn't affect his combat ability at all, so he transplanted a second First Hokage Cells into his right arm, followed by his legs, back, chest, and so on. He believed the speed would increase rapidly...

"A war mission in the Land of Grass?"

Two figures sped through the forest, heading northwest from the Land of Fire. When they passed a teahouse that served as a rest stop on the main road, they paused to rest for a moment.

Hong put down the Scroll in her hand and asked Shuichi with some doubt, "The intelligence says the battle there is quite intense. I know you're strong enough, so why didn't you find a few more people?"

She didn't think that Shuichi was driven by lust and wanted to turn the mission into a honeymoon trip.

Because there had been many opportunities before, Shuichi handled many tasks that weren't too difficult in a very professional manner, bringing along Shisui, Itachi, Ishikawa Tatsuki, and others, and didn't engage in any romantic gestures along the way.

"There are some extra things that need to be taken care of, and I think you can help."

Shuichi sip of tea and put down his cup, explaining half-jokingly, "The village has discovered that a descendant of the Uzumaki Clan is living in exile in Kusagakure, and they are considering whether they can bring her back."

"The other person is a young girl; it should be easier for you to approach and observe her than for us..."

Shuichi did take this into account before accepting the mission from the Land of Grass, but the Third Hokage was unaware of this; it was Shuichi himself who decided to go find Karin.

Referring to the ages of Naruto and Sasuke, who were of the same generation, they were both around 5 years old at this time.

Therefore, it's highly likely that this girl has lost her mother, and she is about to or has already begun to suffer from the attacks of the Kusanagi Ninja. Her desire to leave that place must be very strong.

When asked how to become a professional human trafficker, Shuichi would tell Orochimaru, "I've already mastered the craft."

"The timing is about right. If I bring him back to Konoha, he can go to the Ninja Academy to be 'brainwashed,' which will make it easier to build trust," he thought to himself.

From God's perspective, this move might be seen as Tetsuishi, but if an adult woman were added, he would be much more difficult to deal with; she is far less easily fooled than a small child.

Besides the reasons mentioned above, Shuichi also found out Tsunade's location and planned to complete the task of obtaining the Yin Seal on his return trip.

If the other team members were with them, they wouldn't feel comfortable going off to do personal things alone.

This time management method... is absolutely perfect.