Pero's self-cultivation as a director

The training ground in Amegakure.

Pero looked down at the two people on the ground.

Nagato and Konan, two core members of the Akatsuki, were slumped on the ground without a shred of dignity, drenched in sweat and gasping for breath.

Their bodies trembled slightly, their faces filled with complicated expressions of pain.

Just moments earlier, they had undergone the same modification as Yahiko and Rin-sealing Pero's clones inside themselves and becoming the second batch of "Pero Jinchūriki" in this world.

Not far away, Yahiko and Rin, who had already adjusted to their new powers, stood beside Obito, who had yet to receive any power and wore an envious expression. They watched the scene with differing expressions. Having gone through it themselves, they knew perfectly well what earth-shattering changes Nagato and Konan were experiencing.

A moment later, those signature golden flames, like a liquid sun, began slowly rising from Nagato and Konan as well.

Their breathing gradually steadied as they felt the power within them, originating from a higher level of life-utterly different from the Rinnegan and Paper Release, yet blending perfectly with them.

"It feels... like the whole world has changed." Nagato opened his hand and murmured to himself as he watched the golden energy pulsing in his palm.

Just then, Pero dragged an enormous blackboard out of nowhere and set it before everyone with a clang, then produced a pointer as if by magic.

This sudden scene, so out of place in the ninja world, left everyone present stunned.

Looking at the Superman Squad he had created and the expressions on their faces, Pero secretly rejoiced. He had finally shown off with his system storage space.

He cleared his throat, tapped the blackboard with a crack of his pointer, and assumed the air of a teacher.

"All right, students, quiet down. Class begins now."

He turned around and scribbled on the blackboard with chalk, drawing a jumble of incomprehensible scrawls resembling gene chains and energy circuits.

Finally, he turned back, pointed at the blackboard, and said solemnly, "First, congratulations on successfully becoming version 1.0 beta Pero Jinchūriki.

"Now, each of you has a clone of mine sealed inside your body. In theory, you can replenish your energy and strengthen yourselves by absorbing sunlight, just like me. But there is a limit to that growth. You cannot surpass me."

Konan, seated on the ground, was the first to recover from her shock. She raised her hand and asked like an eager student, "Teacher, what is that limit?"

Pero shook his head, pacing before the blackboard with his pointer in hand. "I don't know. How high that limit is, exactly what new abilities you can develop, what the side effects are-you'll have to explore all of that yourselves, because I only just came up with this application."

"Put simply, you're my guinea pigs. Understand?"

"..." Everyone was speechless. He was actually treating them as guinea pigs.

"You need to keep detailed records in your daily lives, such as how long you spent in the sun and how much your strength increased," Pero added.

He stopped pacing, changed the subject, and grew a little more serious.

"After a while, I'll leave a clone with the Akatsuki, and my main body will go somewhere very far away. Don't worry, I can project my consciousness into this clone at any time."

"However, because Chakra is a relatively low-grade energy source, this clone's strength may be greatly reduced. Roughly... only one hundred-thousandth of my main body's strength. But it'll still be invincible in this world."

"Where are you going?" Nagato immediately picked out the crucial point.

Pero grinned, revealing a mouthful of gleaming white teeth. "I'm going to sleep inside the sun. The sunlight in planetary orbit is too weak. I can't get a comfortable sleep any day."

Inside the sun... to sleep?

Everyone present, including the five who had just become "Pero Jinchūriki," felt their worldview being rewritten once again.

They were still congratulating themselves on being able to grow stronger by absorbing sunlight, yet his main body already found this sun too weak and was preparing to soak directly in it.

Was the gap between them and Pero really that vast?

"All right, down to business." Pero tapped the blackboard again. "The major shinobi villages have been restless lately. They've already been discussing in private how to deal with our Akatsuki. But that Raikage wants to fight alone right now and has no desire to form an alliance with them."

"Go stir up some trouble in Kumogakure and get them to form that alliance."

"Before I leave, I'll help you resolve the last hidden threat."

Pero picked up the chalk and drew an extremely precise Rinnegan with six concentric rings on the blackboard.

"The greatest obstacle to your rule over the Shinobi World isn't actually in the Shinobi World. It's in the sky." His pointer landed heavily on the Rinnegan. "Or rather, inside the moon."

"She is the mother of the Sage of Six Paths, the progenitor of Chakra-Kaguya Ōtsutsuki."

"What?!" Nagato instinctively touched the area beneath his eyes and stood up in shock. "The origins of these eyes... are connected to that Kaguya Ōtsutsuki?"

"That's right." Pero nodded. "Madara Uchiha was deceived by Black Zetsu. He always believed Black Zetsu was the embodiment of his own will. He thought he was carrying out the 'Eye of the Moon Plan,' intending to use Infinite Tsukuyomi to give the entire Shinobi World a false peace.

"Little did he know that all of it was merely a deception spanning a thousand years, laid out by Black Zetsu to resurrect Kaguya Ōtsutsuki."

Looking at everyone's shocked expressions, Pero curled his lips. So this was how good it felt to give spoilers.

"So just drag him out and have him resurrect Otsutsuki."

"When the time comes, their Jinchūriki will definitely lead the charge as key combat assets. You-that is, the Akatsuki-will take them all down and gather the Nine Tailed Beasts. Then you can summon... pfft, no, then you can move on to the next step."

"You need to give Black Zetsu an opportunity. Dump the Nine Tailed Beasts right in front of him, help him use Rinne Rebirth to resurrect Madara Uchiha, and let Madara Uchiha become the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki."

"Then give Madara Uchiha a thorough beating and force him to use the Rinnegan, letting him successfully activate Infinite Tsukuyomi."

"Once Infinite Tsukuyomi activates, all the key elements for Kaguya Ōtsutsuki's resurrection will be in place. Every ninja will fall under Infinite Tsukuyomi, and the God Tree will drain their Chakra.

"Then have Black Zetsu stab Madara in the back and use the Rinnegan and the Chakra of all the tailed beasts to resurrect his mother, Kaguya."

Pero stopped there and surveyed the already stupefied crowd.

"Finally, the final boss makes her entrance. Just when Black Zetsu thinks he has his mother backing him and believes he's already invincible..."

A cruel, excited smile curled Pero's lips as he held his pointer upright.

"You'll call my name."

"I'll come back from the sun and let her see for herself."

"What... a true god really is."