At the hospital...
The doctor fell into thought as he looked at the pitch-black fellow before him, who still had a mop smeared with excrement stuck in his mouth...
"Can you get the mop out, Doctor?" Tobi asked from beside him.
"I can... but..." The doctor gave Tobi a complicated look, hesitating to finish...
"But what?" Tobi asked.
"But his mouth might end up deformed, and it could take quite a while to recover," the doctor said helplessly.
"Mmm mmm mmm mmm!" Black Zetsu whimpered.
"Oh, Doctor, he says to take it out!" Tobi understood him and hurriedly nodded.
Black Zetsu stared at Tobi in utter bewilderment...
"Mmm mmm mmm mmm!"
"Oh, Doctor, he's asking if you know what it feels like to need to poop," Tobi translated again, turning to the doctor.
"Mmm mmm mmm???!!" Black Zetsu wanted to slap this freak to death.
The doctor looked at Black Zetsu on the hospital bed as though he were a pervert...
"Oh, oh, Doctor, he says he hasn't washed his underwear in months."
"Mmm mmm mmm??!" Black Zetsu kicked Tobi out. I don't even wear underwear!
"..." I'm a doctor... I'm a doctor... The doctor kept repeating it inwardly, eyeing Black Zetsu on the hospital bed as though facing a formidable enemy.
Half a month later, everyone gathered at Hashirama's house, because today was the premiere of the television drama starring Hashirama, Madara, and Mito.
Half a month earlier, Orochiroku had taken the Satellite to the moon and launched it into Outer Space. Television, an invention ahead of its time, had thus appeared in most villagers' homes.
Kakuzu had been absolutely delighted these past few days. Subscription fees, money from selling television sets, advertising fees for television slots—all of it had him practically skipping with joy. He even personally drove