Naruto: I'm really not an evil scientist!

He could only quietly observe everything around him, searching for any trace of Otsutsuki Toneri.

"Hey kid at the door, is this your first time here?" Kakuzu asked, having noticed the handsome Uchiha at the door for quite some time.

With his sharp eyes, this kid with the Uchiha clan crest on his clothes was definitely rolling in money. Whether it was the fabric of his clothes, the various seemingly ordinary jewelry on his body, or some new ninja tools with engravings... he was low-key, luxurious, and sophisticated. He was a rare and fat sheep!

I'd heard long ago that the Uchiha clan, a powerful family in Konoha, were all wealthy, with all sorts of luxurious gaming facilities at home. So they rarely came to internet cafes. It was rare to encounter someone who seemed interested in the gaming atmosphere of an internet cafe, so I had to find a way to keep him there and then figure out how to squeeze some money out of him.

Kakuzu was plotting his own scheme, a sly smile spreading across his face.

"Want to play? If you become a member, you get a 10% discount right now, and..." Kakuzu skillfully promoted the membership service, his voice full of temptation, as if showing Itachi a world full of surprises.

"Sorry, I don't have any plans to sign up for a card at the moment." Itachi Uchiha said coldly, quickly interrupting Kakuzu's incessant sales pitch.

He thought to himself that if he really wanted to play games, he could go to Professor Hiruko's spacious and well-equipped home, where even a high-end gaming pod was provided. Why waste his precious time and unnecessary money in this cramped and noisy internet cafe?

"Tch, what an impolite brat." Kakuzu frowned, muttering under his breath with displeasure.

However, he seemed to suddenly realize something, a sly glint in his eyes, and said as if he had just understood, "So... you're here to buy DVDs? Look at your physique, you're quite well-developed. Looks like you've reached the age of youthful restlessness and budding romance." As he spoke, Kakuzu squatted down and rummaged through a pile of clutter, then pulled out several extremely explicit posters.

The cover girl on the poster has a beautiful face, alluring eyes, and an exceptionally hot figure. Most importantly, she is dressed so scantily that she is almost revealing, which would make anyone's heart flutter. Children would simply not be able to resist her charm.

And within this pile of posters, there was also a bunch of so-called "study materials".

"What?" Itachi Uchiha looked bewildered, his head full of question marks. He felt that Kakuzu's thinking was a bit erratic, and his behavior was also a bit strange.

Immediately afterwards, Kakuzu pulled out a booklet from the shelf next to him. The cover of the booklet prominently featured Jiraiya's flushed and comical face.

"Here, this is Jiraiya's latest evaluation guide. Although it doesn't contain much content, every sentence is extremely insightful."

You can take a look first, so you have a general idea of ​​what you want. This will make choosing easier and prevent you from buying something you don't like.

Kakuzu's service may seem a bit unconventional, but it is quite "humane," even providing such a thoughtful "mine-clearing booklet."

"Ah...you've misunderstood..." Itachi Uchiha's face showed an extremely embarrassed expression. He was about to explain when he was suddenly interrupted by an old voice.

"Um, could you please give me one as well, manager? And could you also please book a private room? I need to slowly appreciate this so-called art."

Uchiha Itachi turned his head and saw that it was the Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen! Sarutobi Hiruzen noticed Itachi's gaze and returned a knowing smile, but his eyes looked lewd and ridiculous, as if he regarded Itachi as a fellow traveler, which left Itachi speechless.

"Hey, Kakuzu! Are you done yet? Come and see what's going on. Why was my account suddenly banned?" Just then, Hidan shouted wildly from the side, his voice full of impatience.

"Tsk, what a troublesome guy." Kakuzu sighed helplessly, then took out a stack of "study materials" from the corner and placed them on the table. He then said, "You guys take your time choosing. I'll go help that annoying brat take a look."

After a flurry of activity, Kakuzu returned with a dark expression and asked, "You got reported for intentionally feeding and making inappropriate remarks? Kid, did you swear again?" He checked the game logs and saw that in the previous game, his teammates surrendered within minutes, and then all of them reported the account.

Even if he died a lot, how many times can he die in just a few minutes? It must be that this guy was too careless with his mouth and spewed nonsense at the fountain, offending his teammates.

"Huh?! This can get my account banned? Is there any way to unban my account?" Hidan was furious, gritting his teeth, wishing he could go through the internet and chop up the people who reported him.

“Generally speaking, you need to appeal and then wait for the intelligent review, but judging from the number of reports you’ve received, it seems like it will take at least half a year for your account to be unblocked,” Kakuzu told the truth, his tone tinged with schadenfreude.

"This is so troublesome. Is there any other way to unseal it faster?" Hidan asked casually, picking at his ear impatiently.

"Yes," Kakuzu said, a slight smile playing on his lips.

"There really is one? How do you get it?" Hidan immediately perked up, his eyes lighting up.

"Top up your account." Kakuzu pulled out a bill and placed it on the table.

"Huh?" Hidan's eyes widened like saucers, his face filled with disbelief.

"As long as you become a VIP member, no matter how much you've angered everyone before, your account will be automatically unblocked after you top up your account." Kakuzu placed the list in front of Hidan and tapped it lightly with his finger. The list detailed the benefits of VIP members.

"How much?" Hidan asked tentatively, a vague sense of foreboding creeping into his heart.

“Thirty-five million taels.” Kakuzu rubbed his fingers together, a glint of greed flashing in his eyes.

He has insider connections; the more you deposit, the higher your commission.

"Huh? Kakuzu, I suspect you're trying to trick me!" Hidan looked at Kakuzu with a suspicious expression, as if to say, "I'm not well-educated, don't try to fool me."

"By the way, if I pay the payment on your behalf, I will need to charge an extra 100,000 taels as a handling fee."

"If I don't pay for you, you'll have to spend a certain amount of money in the game and meet the online time requirement before you're eligible to recharge. You'll be waiting a long time then." Kakuzu said slowly and deliberately. He could tell that Hidan was a rare "easy target".

"Hey! Kakuzu! You bastard, you even steal a kid's allowance! Doesn't your heart hurt?" Hidan slammed his hand on the table, making everything on it shake, clearly furious.

He only has fifty million taels left. If he uses that to pay for memberships, how can he possibly cover his food, clothing, shelter, and entertainment? "Heh, kid, I'll teach you a lesson for free. Adults have no heart, so how can they talk about heartache?"

Kakuzu grinned. He had five hearts and could replace them at any time. If he really felt pain, he would just replace them with a heart that wouldn't hurt.

"Besides, you've played Pokémon before, haven't you noticed? The protagonist never hesitates to rob kids on the street of their spare change." Kakuzu said with a sly grin, his eyes narrowed. "Moreover, don't you really want to recharge? As long as you recharge, you'll become stronger. No matter what you play, you'll be greatly enhanced. You'll be able to bully others, and no one can bully you."

Furthermore, no one in the game dares to talk back to you. If anyone does, you can verbally attack them back, no matter how vicious the insults, without getting banned. In fact, if you report someone, and that person isn't a VIP member, their account will definitely be banned.

"This..." Hidan fell into deep thought. Reason told him not to recharge, as this was clearly a trap. However, he felt he couldn't swallow his pride. Being reported and banned in the game was a bitter pill to swallow.

"Can I really become stronger?" Hidan asked again, a hint of anticipation in his eyes.

“As long as you charge enough, you’ll be invincible,” Kakuzu asserted.

Even if MOBA games don't allow direct modification of hero data, he can just use various scripts and plugins. Anyway, even if he gets reported, VIP members won't have their accounts permanently banned, and the system will turn a blind eye. At worst, he can just pay more money later.

"I've paid!" Hidan waved his hand, looking like he was going all out, not caring about anything else, just having fun first.

Kakuzu nodded in satisfaction, quickly recharged Hidan's account, and then went back to book a private room for the Third Hokage. His work efficiency was quite high.

Meanwhile, Itachi Uchiha was pulled into the private room by Hiruzen Sarutobi. Hiruzen Sarutobi didn't give Itachi a chance to refuse. He felt that the kid was still too shy. Since he was already here, he shouldn't hide anything anymore. He should just have fun with him, the "old driver".

...In the evening, Itachi Uchiha returned home.

Itachi still had the adult magazine that the Third Hokage had kindly gifted him in his pocket. He felt inexplicably tired; the day's events had been far too absurd and bizarre.

After walking around, Itachi didn't see Sasuke, but he did see his mother busy in the kitchen and his classmate Uchiha Izumi.

"Ah, welcome back, Itachi!" Uchiha Izumi ran out happily when she saw Itachi return, her face beaming with a bright smile.

"Izumi, what are you doing here?" Itachi Uchiha's attitude remained indifferent, as if he had no interest in anything around him.

Upon hearing this, Quan's smile froze on his face, and a hint of disappointment flashed in his eyes.

"Itachi, you can't be so rude~" Mikoto, wearing an apron and carrying a spatula, came out of the kitchen.

She looked at the scene before her and had a headache. The young girl was being so proactive, so why was her son so clueless?

"I'm sorry, I was rude." Itachi Uchiha said perfunctorily. At this stage, he didn't have any special feelings for Izumi, only that the girl was too noisy and annoyed him.

"It's okay, I... I'm used to it," Uchiha Izumi said with a forced smile, trying to hide her inner disappointment.

With her sharp eyes, she noticed something sticking out of Itachi's pocket and asked curiously, "What's this?"

"This is a gift the Third Hokage gave me. If you like it, you can have it."

Chapter 324 I was born to be king!

Itachi Uchiha casually handed the adult magazine to Izumi, his expression indifferent, as if it were just an ordinary thing.

"This...this...this is too..." Uchiha Izumi felt this was too shameless, her face flushed with embarrassment and her heart raced, but since it was a gift from Itachi, she couldn't bear to throw it away, and for a moment she was at a loss.

"So Itachi, you like big ones?" Unable to resist flipping through a few pages, looking at the various charming and alluring beauties with hot figures in the magazine, Uchiha Izumi felt very complicated. She felt shy, disappointed, and a little bit of inexplicable jealousy.

"Mom, where did Sasuke go?" Itachi Uchiha ignored Izumi's murmurs and immediately inquired about his younger brother's whereabouts.

A while ago, Sasuke actually flew his plane to Roran with Naruto, which made everyone very anxious.

Fortunately, Kakashi brought them back in time, and no one was hurt. In addition, since Naruto was the main culprit, Sasuke did not receive much punishment, only a verbal reprimand from his father.

However, Naruto was in a bad situation. He had already been tricked by Kakashi many times outside, and when he got home, he tried to get away with it by being cute, but he ended up being beaten up by the furious Aunt Kushina.

If it weren't for Gaara's sake, Naruto would probably have been beaten so badly he'd be hospitalized.

Given how pitiful Gaara was and how sensitive and special his identity was, the Minato couple decided to adopt him.

If he were simply the son of the Kazekage, Minato would arrange for someone else to take care of the child. After all, if the Hokage suddenly adopts a child of unknown origin, many people will definitely investigate, which would be detrimental to concealing Gaara's identity.

However, Gaara was still a young Jinchūriki with a Tailed Beast inside him, and it would be unsafe for him to be raised by other people. In order to be responsible for Gaara and for the residents of Konoha, they ultimately chose to adopt him.

During this time, Shukaku almost went berserk when it sensed the Nine-Tails' chakra, but after being warned by Minato, it became much more obedient and well-behaved. Now it pesters Gaara to watch cartoons every day, making it a perfect mascot.

"Black Zetsu captured." The man uttered a few words indifferently, as if he had merely picked up a fallen leaf.

However, the terrifying aura emanating from him and the sheer scale of his entourage, which seemed to blot out half the sky, all highlighted his extraordinary and sophisticated nature.

Young Sasuke stood to the side, his eyes shining, a flame seemingly burning within him—a thirst for power and a yearning for the future.

[This is what a man should do! 】

【He can be replaced!】Although classical Chinese is not popular in the modern ninja world, Sasuke's thoughts at this moment were probably just like this, full of heroic ambition.

Just then, a dark rift suddenly opened in the void, as if space itself had been torn apart, and Hiruko slowly walked out from within, his figure appearing exceptionally mysterious in the darkness.

"Sasuke, I just asked you to catch a Black Zetsu when you have some free time. There's no need to make such a big fuss." Hiruko looked at the man with a hint of helplessness in his voice.

He is currently preparing to embark on another random time travel adventure. As his most powerful disciple, Sasuke is naturally curious about the other world and has joined the time travel project.

However, Sasuke suggested that he come to his world first as a way to get used to it, and Hiruko agreed, casually telling him to catch Black Zetsu if he had time.

Who knew that once this kid made a move, it was like Magneto, and the whole of Konoha knew about his actions.

"Although the Earth Explosion Star technique is brutal, it is still a practical method."

"And... why would a strong person care about the gaze of a weak person?" Uchiha Sasuke said matter-of-factly, his eyes revealing a kind of disdain and arrogance.

Actually, there are many ways to capture Black Zetsu, and he is a man of few words and decisive action, so he wouldn't be so flamboyant.

However, upon seeing his young counterpart in this world, a faint desire to perform well arose within him, a desire to show this autistic child how powerful his future could be.

Also, he absolutely cannot let this child lose to that bottom-of-the-class counterpart again!

"Alright, kid, just watch out." Hiruko chuckled, then reached out and made a light swipe in the air, opening a dark portal.

He pulled out a dark, solid object from inside, which was Black Judgment, and then casually tossed it into his own space.

"Alright, I've already taken Black Zetsu. As for Planetary Devastation, you can deal with it yourself."

"Remember, don't be too flashy." Hiruko had already seen the young boy on the ground and knew that Sasuke wanted to use his "pretending to be something he'd never do." He gave him the chance to perform and then used his intangibility ability to disappear from the spot.

The person who might have sabotaged him finally left, and Sasuke turned around, giving the little boy on the ground a mysterious smile: "Kid, have you ever seen a shooting star?" "Shooting star? What does that mean?" Little Sasuke was confused at first, but then he understood what the man who was also named Sasuke meant.

The man simply waved his right hand, and a piercing roar instantly followed.

That terrifying stone sphere, which blotted out the sky, slowly flew into space under everyone's watchful eyes.

The flames generated by friction with the air left a dazzling trail along their path, like a brilliant shooting star streaking across the night sky.

It was indeed a shooting star, but unlike falling meteors, this shooting star was flying upwards into the sky.