After leaving the Sand Hidden Village, Obito didn't wander around, but took Pakura and went straight to the Land of Snow, heading toward the village hidden in the snow.

On the way, Obito let her in on some of his other setups.

"So in other words… you're just using the Akatsuki organization, and the people here in the Land of Snow are your real cronies?"

"That's right. Maybe in the future, I'll need you to fill a vacancy in Akatsuki."

"Since your goal is to collect the Tailed Beasts and achieve peace, why can't you work together?"

Pakura asked curiously.

"...Nagato's too naive. His mind isn't firm enough. Even his ideals are borrowed. He's just trying to fulfill the dreams of his dead best friend," Obito said lightly.

In other words Nagato is easy to manipulate.

In the anime, he was first tricked by Yahiko as a kid (granted, Yahiko was sincere). Then, when he grew up, he got tricked by Obito and turned villain. Then he got tricked again by Naruto's Talk No Jutsu and turned good.

The guy's mindset is way too easy to sway.

And honestly, if you can agree with both Yahiko's and Naruto's Disney-tier speeches, you're probably just as naive.

No real vision. No real edge. No leadership qualities. He's only fit to be a tool. A thug. An executor. Not someone at the top.

Obito sighed silently.

When they returned to the Land of Snow, Obito officially introduced Pakura to everyone under his command.

"Please take care of me."

Everyone was pretty welcoming. Well, everyone except Yugao, who stayed kind of cold, but still managed to reply politely.

Seeing Pakura a little confused, Obito explained casually:

"Don't mind her. Yugao's parents died during the Third Shinobi War."

"That makes sense," Pakura nodded in understanding.

Her own student's father had died at the hands of Iwagakure Shinobi. The kid was still young and bitter always full of hate when the Rock Village came up.

And Yugao looked even younger than that kid.

Pakura glanced over at Yugao. "I also participated in the Battle of Kikyo Castle. I'm sorry."

...

After a short pause, Yugao shook her head. "No… my parents didn't die by your hands. It was a puppet user."

"And you're not a Sand shinobi anymore. If anything, I'm the one who should apologize."

"Alright then," Obito cut in. "Chihori, help Pakura get settled."

"Yes, Madara-sama," Chihori replied.

Obito nodded and turned to the three women. "Yugao. Mei. Pakura. Come with me."

The three of them blinked, then quickly followed him.

Inside the study, Obito turned around, pulled out three scrolls, and tossed them to each of them.

"What's this?" Terumi Mei asked, glancing at her scroll.

"My original Sage Art training method," Obito said with a straight face.

Which was… only half a lie.

This method was inspired by the novels he'd read in his past life. It was designed to be compatible with anyone, regardless of their chakra nature or elemental affinity.

That made it wildly universal. And yes, there was a secret hidden in it too.

Over the last month, after taking over the Land of Snow, Obito had used his Sharingan to control a few wandering ninjas and run some sage mode experiments.

After a month of tests, he found out that even the average shinobi could start training with this method.

Sure, the speed and volume of natural energy absorption weren't as crazy as his Devouring Coffin, but it was super beginner-friendly.

Once he confirmed there were no adverse side effects, he killed the test subjects and collected all their data. After that… came the Pakura incident.

Now the scrolls he handed them were an optimized version, simplified by Obito himself. It even included chakra network diagrams, acupuncture points, and foundational training theory.

Because honestly, trying to learn Sage Arts without knowing any of that? Good luck.

Why teach them, though?

Well, he'd been thinking of training Mei before, too but the method back then was incomplete. Now, after making a breakthrough with the fusion theory, he had a new plan.

If they mastered this technique and he fused with their natural energy...yes, in the way you're thinking, it might let his body generate natural sage chakra by default.

He wouldn't need to gather energy anymore; his body would produce it on its own.

It wasn't confirmed yet… but Obito was ready to test it.

Also, if he linked up with them physically through their Chakra network, he could implant command triggers inside their bodies something way better than his current remote-kill item. These would be rules. Boundaries. Hard-coded into them.

If they disobeyed… the rules would activate.

It would be perfect for the future.

Of course, if he didn't have the Devouring Coffin, this technique would've been almost impossible to pull off.

So after some thought, he decided not to play favorites. He'd teach all three of them. And eventually Konan… and of course, Kushina too.

The stronger they were, the more useful they'd be. And Sage Art Mode was a damn good trump card in this world.

"Sage Arts?!"

All three women were stunned.

"That's right," Obito said calmly. "Yugao and Mei are pretty much at their limit for now. All that's left is slowly growing their chakra, honing ninjutsu and taijutsu, and waiting for their bodies to mature."

"Pakura too. You've probably been stuck at your limit for a while."

"So if you want to go beyond that? You need new power."

"Sage Art is a good choice."

"Read the scrolls. If you don't understand anything, just ask. As long as I'm here, I'll carve out time every day to teach you."

Obito kept his tone serious, already imagining the look on their faces when they learned the "true" purpose of the technique later.

Obito: The future looks promising. (Sukuna JPG)

The three girls quickly opened their scrolls.

The room went quiet.

After a while, they finished reading.

"Sage Art can be trained… like this? This method's completely unheard of!" Pakura said in amazement.

"Of course it's unheard of," Obito smirked. "I invented it."

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