Those Held Accountable in the Ninja World: Uchiha Madara, Black Zetsu, and Danzo!

[Sengoku: If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I'd never have believed SCP-049 Plague Doctor was afraid of lavender. I never saw that coming!]

[Vegapunk: Neither did I! It still feels strange.]

[Child Emperor: Here's a thought. Could that "lavender" only look like a bunch of flowers, while actually being a Containment Object?]

[Hiruzen Sarutobi: I can't rule it out, but it's unlikely. From the SCP Foundation's videos, they're clearly an organization with an extremely strict structure!]

[Even someone as senior as Dr. Kuroto can't use a Containment Object without permission.]

[The Mobile Task Force is low-ranking. They wouldn't be authorized to use one.]

[So I think it was just an ordinary bunch of lavender.]

[Pain: That tells us one thing! The Foundation deliberately let SCP-049 Plague Doctor out. Their target was probably the Flesh Heavenly Principle Orb.]

[Aizen: I agree with Pain.]

[Orochimaru: You've all overlooked something. How did the Foundation know lavender was SCP-049 Plague Doctor's weakness?]

[Tatsumaki: Isn't it obvious? They've studied SCP-049 Plague Doctor thoroughly!]

[Orochimaru: @Tatsumaki. You've missed the point of my question! What I mean is: when faced with an unpredictable Containment Object that can erase people on a conceptual level...]

[How did they manage to study it?]

[Think carefully.]

Orochimaru's comment silenced everyone in the livestream.

He was right!

How had they figured it out? Had they tested every possibility? If so, the cost in lives would have been staggering.

At that thought...

A terrifying possibility flashed through everyone's minds.

What if the SCP Foundation really had discovered the weakness through exhaustive testing? And considering its cloning technology...

A chill ran through them.

It took a long time for them to recover. Then someone posted: [@Orochimaru, are you saying they figured it out by sacrificing lives?!]

[But the casualties would be enormous!]

[And SCP-049 Plague Doctor isn't the Foundation's only Containment Object!]

[If they use that method on every single one...]

[Then...]

[Orochimaru: There might be other ways to study ordinary things. But when it comes to mysterious Containment Objects, no matter how I think about it, I can see only one method!]

[Keep throwing lives at them until you discover their weaknesses.]

[Only then can you contain them!]

[Don't forget how the SCP Foundation contained SCP-096 Shy Guy!]

[Monster King Orochi: @Orochimaru. If that's true, I admit my Monster Association is downright lovable compared with the SCP Foundation!]

[Empress: What the Foundation does makes even the Celestial Dragons look tame.]

[Orochimaru: @Monster King Orochi. @Five Elders. If I were you, I'd kill myself while I still had the chance. Otherwise, you'll regret ever being born!]

[Monster King Orochi: I admit the SCP Foundation is powerful. But dying without a fight isn't my style!]

[Aizen: @Monster King Orochi! For the sake of the month we've spent watching this livestream together, kill yourself. Destroy your soul too, if you can.]

[Orochimaru: @Aizen, you've seen it too!]

[Aizen: Of course. And most of the people in this livestream who'll be held accountable have seen it as well. They simply don't want to believe it. They're still hoping they'll get lucky.]

[Miko: @Aizen, Master, what have you seen?]

[Aizen: Nothing. Whatever you do, don't get involved.]

[...]

Meanwhile, in Qilin's bedroom in Tianhe City!

As soon as the Foundation's Mobile Task Force successfully contained SCP-049 Plague Doctor, a series of system notifications rang out in Jiang Chen's mind...

[Ding! Congratulations, host, on successfully containing SCP-049 Plague Doctor. You have received three Foundation bases, three high-level researchers, 300 C-Class researchers, and 3,000 D-Class Researchers!]

[Ding! Congratulations, host, on successfully containing SCP-049 Plague Doctor. You have received three high-level combat personnel, 3,000 C-Class combat personnel, and 3,000 D-Class combat personnel.]

[Ding! Congratulations, host, on successfully containing SCP-049 Plague Doctor. You have received Conceptual Malevolent Thought Erasure, which can be granted to others by spending knowledge points.]

[Ding! Congratulations, host, on completing the special event: Tainted Blood. You have received a Special Great Worm Bridge, which can connect to other universes, and a special message!]

[View the message now?]

Jiang Chen listened to the notifications in his mind and chose "yes" without hesitation!

At his command, a faint voice sounded in his mind: [Don't trust... Dragon... Ball.]

[Flesh parasitism... destroy it!]

[You mustn't... hesitate. You must...]

Jiang Chen replayed the message several times in his mind. Then he sat on the bed, pondered for a moment, and murmured, "Dragon Ball must mean the Dragon Ball World."

"What does the warning mean? That I shouldn't hesitate?"

"That I should destroy the Dragon Ball World outright?"

"And what is this flesh parasitism?"

"Could everyone in the Dragon Ball World already be infected? That's impossible, isn't it? With Zeno around, who could do that?"

"Could the Church of Sarkicism be behind this again?"

The message was too brief for him to draw any other conclusions. He still didn't know what had happened to the Dragon Ball World.

But one thing was clear to him: he could solve it by destroying the Dragon Ball World completely.

With that thought, Jiang Chen sent Dr. Calvin a message: "Start holding the major factions accountable. Livestream the whole thing."

"Let no one off."

"Whoever they are, capture them all and bring them back as test subjects!"

"Yes, Chairman," Dr. Calvin replied respectfully before ending the call. He then set their plan to hold the major factions accountable in motion.

"Hello, everyone. I'm Dr. Calvin, the head of an SCP Foundation base!"

As planned, Dr. Calvin appeared on the livestream and addressed its viewers. "Following review and approval, I've been authorized to announce the status of SCP-049 Plague Doctor's containment!"

"After the Mobile Task Force brought Containment Object SCP-049 back to the Foundation, it was transferred to a base, where a doctor and the Mobile Task Force are guarding it!"

Dr. Calvin paused, then continued, "To prevent SCP-049 Plague Doctor from escaping again..."

"Following review and approval, the Foundation has decided to use SCP-[REDACTED], SCP-[REDACTED], and SCP-[REDACTED] to reinforce its containment!"

"This will reduce the chance of SCP-049 Plague Doctor escaping to a once-in-ten-thousand-years event."

"Meanwhile, SCP-049's creation, SCP-049-2 Flesh Heavenly Principle Orb, has been handed over to the doctor in charge of the base for study!"

"The aim is to determine its properties."

"So that it can be contained!"

The livestream viewers breathed a sigh of relief at Dr. Calvin's words, though they couldn't help grumbling to themselves.

Come on. We already know.

You at the SCP Foundation let SCP-049 Plague Doctor out on purpose.

You can drop the official speech.

It's pointless!

Get to the point!

After all, everyone knew that Dr. Calvin's announcement about SCP-049 Plague Doctor's containment was secondary.

What mattered most was how the Foundation would hold accountable the factions that had ignored its warning and sent people into the Demon Slayer World to investigate.

Even viewers who had nothing to do with those organizations wanted to know what the SCP Foundation would do to them.

If the Foundation merely condemned them, then the next time something like this happened, the viewers might ignore the warning and send people to investigate too!

But if the SCP Foundation responded with an iron fist, that would change everything.

As the viewers watched with their own motives in mind, Dr. Calvin began to announce the penalties!

The targets in the Ninja World were Madara Uchiha, Black Zetsu, and Danzo!

Dr. Calvin took a deep breath under the viewers' expectant gazes and pulled out a document bearing the Foundation's emblem!

He held it up to the camera before saying, "Certain factions in the Super God Universe ignored the SCP Foundation's warning and entered the Demon Slayer World without authorization to investigate."

"Their actions have had grave consequences."

"Therefore, following review and approval, the Foundation has decided that all organizations and individuals who entered the Demon Slayer World without authorization..."

"Will be required to assist in research on the Flesh Heavenly Principle Orb!"

"Until the properties of the Flesh Heavenly Principle Orb have been fully determined, every one of them must obey the orders of the doctor in charge of the SCP Foundation base without question."

"If anyone refuses, the Foundation reserves the right to extend their term of service indefinitely!"

Everyone watching the livestream froze at Dr. Calvin's words.

None of them had imagined the SCP Foundation's punishment would be so severe. It was forcing every organization and individual that had broken the rules...

To help the base's doctor study the Flesh Heavenly Principle Orb.

Then some of them remembered what Orochimaru had said earlier in the livestream. In an instant, they understood. This wasn't "assisting in research" at all!

They were going to be test subjects!

They had watched the Flesh Heavenly Principle Orb come into being with their own eyes.

They didn't know exactly what made it so bizarre, but its birth alone told them it was far stranger than any of the three Containment Objects they had seen before.

Those three earlier Containment Objects...

SCP-173 Little Peanut, SCP-096 Shy Guy, and SCP-049 Plague Doctor could all kill someone in an instant.

But with the Flesh Heavenly Principle Orb, even dying might be difficult.

No wonder Orochimaru and Aizen had urged Monster King Orochi to kill himself. They had seen this coming!

Ordinary viewers shuddered at the SCP Foundation's decision, grateful they hadn't lost their heads earlier...

And gone to investigate the Demon Slayer World.

They swore never to defy an SCP Foundation warning again.

The factions being held accountable, meanwhile, had grown hysterical with fear. They understood how terrifying the Flesh Heavenly Principle Orb was...

And now they bitterly regretted what they had done.

They wanted to slap themselves.

How had they let greed and wishful thinking drive them into the Demon Slayer World? They had found nothing and lost people in the process...

And now they were to become test subjects for research on the Flesh Heavenly Principle Orb.

How could they have been so foolish?

At the thought of what awaited them, some wanted to kill themselves on the spot. The only reason they held back was a lingering hope...

Perhaps the SCP Foundation was only bluffing.

Surely it didn't have the coordinates of their worlds. Without those coordinates, no matter how powerful the SCP Foundation was, it couldn't find them.