Naruto: The Abstract Strategist of the Akatsuki

The jailer left.

A deathly silence fell over the cell.

Well, it wasn't completely silent, because Jiraiya's hand seals for ninjutsu had become an unconscious action. Even though he was mentally collapsing, he continued.

In the end, it was the prisoner next door who spoke first.

He was so moved for nothing. He thought he had met another three-legged man, someone similar to his old friend, but it turned out to be an act. He had wasted his feelings.

Jiraiya deceived his feelings!

Moreover, he was extremely familiar with the name Jiraiya.

Although he and most of his fellow inmates had never met Jiraiya, they were probably more familiar with the name than with their own mothers.

When the prisoner noticed what Jiraiya was doing, he mentioned that this kind of thing is not unusual in prison, but most people would choose to do it while reading Jiraiya's novels rather than performing hand seals out of thin air.

Jiraiya's novels are also a major source of points in the prison, making them a kind of hard currency.

But the people in the prison were not grateful to Jiraiya; on the contrary, they were full of resentment towards him.

This one too.

However, he had been unable to vent his resentment until today when he unexpectedly encountered Jiraiya himself. He was finally able to pour out his pent-up frustrations and vent his anger.

"Jiraiya? You're Jiraiya? So you're a eunuch. No wonder, that makes sense!"

"I'm not a eunuch, really, you have to believe me!"

Jiraiya was also very embarrassed.

"I knew your novel was like that! So that's why!"

The prisoner next door ignored Jiraiya's excuses and continued talking.

"Huh? You're a fan of my novel?"

Jiraiya was pleasantly surprised.

I never expected that a glimmer of light could appear in such a gloomy world.

"No, we've all just used your novel as a tool."

"Aren't those just fans?"

"Fan my foot! I hate you! I knew it! I knew your novels started as pure love stories, then turned into NTR (Netorare) stories, and then got increasingly bizarre. It's because your health deteriorated, and you ended up becoming a eunuch and a psychopath, right?!"

The prisoner next door revealed what he believed to be the truth he had deduced.

This truth left Jiraiya speechless.

To be honest, if you follow the logical reasoning, this does make a lot of sense.

If he were looking at this from a third-person perspective, he would indeed think that way.

But the problem is that he is Jiraiya. Doesn't he know why he changed?

His recent novels tend to be more about the bizarre and exotic because he saw Kakashi's novels becoming popular in the ninja world and felt that he shouldn't stay in his comfort zone anymore. So he broke through his own limitations and wrote a new type of novel.

Although he did have some functional problems at that time, the two are not necessarily related!

"Even so, you don't need to hate me, do you? My new novel doesn't suit your taste, so why don't you read your old ones, or read other people's?"

Jiraiya said.

"I hate you because your novel ruined me! Do you know why I, an ordinary prisoner, was put in a solitary cell?"

Your novels are a hot commodity in Ghost Lantern City, so the prison guards also buy some when they leave the island on vacation, and then put them in the prison to sell when they return.

Alternatively, it could be directly exchanged for public funds and placed in the library.

Many of these prison guards don't read your novels; they're just in it for the money.

So when they go to buy them, they don't ask about the specific content at all. As long as the author is you, they will buy them, and that's how they end up buying a lot of your latest bizarre novels.

What's with the "Fu Rui control" and the "bond-type ninja"?

Because of your novel, the fellow inmates are gradually being influenced, and the way they look at each other is becoming increasingly strange.

There weren't many small animals in the prison, but male ninjas were everywhere.

result……"

At this point, the prisoner next door finally couldn't hold back and burst into tears.

Those who hear it are heartbroken, and those who listen shed tears.

There should be some background music playing at this moment.

If I had known you would cause me this much pain, I would never have let you get close to me.

"Could it be that you were...?"

"Stop talking! I don't want to remember those things anymore!"

Jiraiya, you weren't wrong just now, I was indeed your fan.

I even used up my prison points to write you a reader's letter, saying that I hoped to become a character in your story.

I regret it so much. All I wanted was for you to write a story with me as the protagonist, so that the other people in the prison would be envious.

Unexpectedly, you actually fulfilled my wish, but by making me the protagonist in the story of Bond Ninja.

After reading your novel, those people found that the descriptions of the bonded ninjas in it were becoming more and more like me, and in the end they couldn't resist and attacked me...

"So it was you? Oh, I'm sorry, it's my fault."

Jiraiya never expected that this person was once a loyal reader of his, and he immediately felt guilty.

"It's normal for you to hate me because my novel has encountered this kind of situation."

Okay, where are those people who hurt you? Tell me.

"Once I regain my strength, I will help you get rid of them, resolve your inner conflicts, and dispel your nightmares, so you can start your life anew."

Jiraiya spoke with great seriousness.

He does indeed bear responsibility for the fate of such loyal readers.

He definitely can't handle it now.

Only after the clone appears and he eliminates it can he do other things.

"You're the one who hurt me! Just kill yourself now!"

The prisoner next door, upon hearing Jiraiya's words, did not sense Jiraiya's sincerity at all, but only felt that Jiraiya was mocking him.

Jiraiya suddenly felt a little wronged: "I genuinely wanted to help you, I was talking about those who truly hurt you, those... those who did what to you!"

"..."

There was a moment of silence next door before someone slowly spoke.

"What are you talking about? No matter what, those people have always treated me like family, how is that considered hurting me?"

"what?"

Jiraiya was stunned. "Then why were you crying so hard just now?"

"The jailers, knowing that we were afraid we would play games with bonds that would prevent them from buying your novels and thus harm their interests, issued a ban."

They even made an example of me by killing those who had been my husbands for a day and had shown me great kindness, executing them all on the grounds of harming me.

Even if I said I wasn't forced, the jailers wouldn't let them live.

Moreover, to prevent me from seducing other people and affecting the sales of your novel, they've put me in solitary confinement here.

Do you think I should be sad?

"..."