Naruto: The Abstract Strategist of the Akatsuki

While Kakashi was worried that Jiraiya might have become mentally unstable due to writing novels, what about Jiraiya himself?

Why was he assumed to have drifted away and gone missing?

Jiraiya was certainly not a fugitive fleeing from justice.

After Jiraiya went to the red-light district, he spent his days drinking and making merry, indulging in extravagant spending.

Guoxin Jushi seized the opportunity and committed the crime.

Jiraiya, being in a state of intoxication for an extended period, also failed to notice anything amiss.

Jiraiya still believed that the things Kashin Koji did were things he did while drunk, and even paid for Kashin Koji's gambling.

This series of actions further confirmed that the perpetrator and Jiraiya were the same person.

When Jiraiya finally sobered up from his drunken stupor, he was completely dumbfounded.

Since the news had already reached Konoha, Tsunade began her investigation.

Jiraiya had no idea what he had done while drunk. At first, he thought that he was so powerful after the surgery that he accidentally lost control of the car and crippled someone.

But Jiraiya quickly realized that this shouldn't be the case.

He also has moments of clarity, and when he's clear-headed, his strength is just average.

It can only be said that compared to its previous weakness, it has returned to normal, but it is far from reaching a terrifying level of strength.

Besides, he's been drunk before, and even when he's drunk, he's still an honest person.

So what exactly happened?

Jiraiya remembered Orochimaru mentioning to Kabuto that he would not only use his cells but also help modify and optimize them.

Could this be the reason he now possesses a hidden backup energy source that can be activated at certain times, unleashing terrifying power?

Like Tsunade, Jiraiya's prejudice against Orochimaru never disappeared.

After some calm reflection, Jiraiya also felt that it was very likely that Orochimaru's technique had a problem.

For traditional ninjas, genetic technology and cloning technology are considered unethical and evil technologies, and it is normal to encounter backlash after using them.

So, could it be because he received a so-called "cultivated organ" transplant, which caused him to develop an uncontrollable second personality?

Jiraiya had recently witnessed Naruto and his dark side within the Tsukuyomi world, and immediately made the connection.

He developed a weak second personality. Because he was drunk, his main consciousness was weakened, so the secondary personality appeared and took control of his body to do those things.

In layman's terms, it means the big head is controlled by the small head.

Jiraiya felt a bit scared afterward. He chose to avoid the situation, not because he was afraid to take responsibility, but because he was afraid that he would not be able to control his hidden personality.

He couldn't be sure when he would be possessed by the second personality, so he could only spend as much time alone as possible and secretly investigate the situation.

While Konoha was investigating the culprit's whereabouts, Jiraiya was also investigating from the shadows.

After learning of the results of Konoha's investigation, Jiraiya became even more certain that he had definitely developed a second personality.

Jiraiya, in particular, learned that Konoha had undergone extensive verification.

First, they extracted cells left from his normal consumption and compared them with cells left by the perpetrator, finding them to be completely identical.

To ensure that this was not a deliberate trap left by the murderer to frame Jiraiya, they had someone use illusion magic while treating the victim.

Then the people of the mountain clan were asked to review their memories.

They discovered that neither of them was lying; they had indeed encountered someone who, apart from wearing a mask, was no different from Jiraiya.

Of course, if you want to be stubborn, you can still say that someone used a transformation technique to become it.

As for the various physical details, the culprit who framed Jiraiya could also use the same method, employing illusions and secret techniques to extract information from the victim.

But Jiraiya didn't deny it; he had already accepted that he had a problem.

To this end, Jiraiya even bought a portable camera and placed it in front of him.

In case the second personality takes over the body again, after regaining consciousness, one can use this video recording to find out what happened.

Jiraiya is now extremely cautious, and just like in the original story when he infiltrated Amegakure, he hides his intelligence inside a small toad.

He wasn't afraid of being discovered, but rather that he might be taken over by his second personality at any moment. As for the little toad, he had at least given prior instructions that if he didn't give the safety signal, the little toad would absolutely not open its mouth to let him out.

And once he figures it out, if he doesn't say the correct code the first time, the little toad will immediately return to Mount Myōboku to prevent innocent people in the surrounding area from suffering any mishap.

Jiraiya could say that he had done everything he could to take precautions.

But it was precisely because of his hiding that Koshin Koji was unable to find him and could not fulfill his obsession to find "Koshin," so he could only continue to wander in the ninja world.

Koshin Koji looks the same age as Jiraiya, but he was actually just born. Apart from the memories implanted in him, he has nothing.

His ninjutsu is limited to the basic Jiraiya set: summoning, Rasengan, and hair.

He couldn't use Sage Mode because it lacked the most crucial activation device.

On the contrary, spiritualism is the most special thing.

Logically speaking, the contract in psychic magic is a contract on the soul.

If Guoxin Jushi is in a spirit state, he certainly cannot communicate with spirits normally.

However, there is another characteristic of psychic arts: it uses blood as a medium to communicate with spirits.

As Orochimaru said, the only difference between clones and shadow clones is that if you want a clone to disappear, you have to kill it.

In other words, there is absolutely no difference between Kashin Koji's blood and Jiraiya's blood.

In the original work, summoning techniques could be used by borrowing blood, especially after Orochimaru lost his hands and could no longer form hand seals; this method of using blood as a substitute for summoning was used many times.

Therefore, it is permissible for Guoxin Jushi to visit Mount Myoboku.

The only problem is that Koshin Koji needs to find toads loyal to him, not the ones from Jiraiya.

Since Jiraiya's true form cannot be found, and Kashin Koji is unable to be present, he can only choose to improve his own strength.

After all, with his current strength, he is no match for Jiraiya in his true form.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have needed to resort to scheming and trickery to frame Jiraiya.

His plan was to use someone else to do his dirty work, first framing Jiraiya so that he could be subdued and, ideally, sent to Hozuki Castle as a criminal, where his chakra would be sealed by the Fire Release: Heavenly Prison.

This way, he will have the greatest chance of reclaiming his "heart of the fruit".

There's nothing he can do now. He can't find Jiraiya, and he's unwilling to just wait around. He can only cultivate and improve his strength while waiting for the right opportunity.

This was originally Orochimaru's goal: to use Kashin Koji's pressure to motivate Jiraiya to train harder.

But now there seems to be a small problem; Jiraiya is still unaware of Kashin Koji's existence.