Eternal!
Perhaps the concept of the Eternal Mangekyo never existed in the first place; it was merely a coincidence that Uchiha Madara used Izuna's eyes, causing the Dōjutsu Power of the two Mangekyo to overlap, thus tearing apart the Sealing Techniques within Uchiha Madara's body.
Uchiha Madara, who gained infinite Dōjutsu Power, perhaps didn't consider the underlying reason and just randomly named this stage the Eternal Mangekyo?
So—the next question.
If the Uchiha's Dōjutsu Power was sealed, does the Senju Clan have something similar?
He thought of Senju Hashirama!
This guy, the only one who could proactively awaken Wood Release, also seemed out of place among the rest of the Senju Clan.
So, could it also be said that there is some kind of Sealing Technique within the Chakra of the Senju?
Senju Hashirama, this iteration of Ashura, was able to undo the Sealing Techniques and awaken Wood Release because his strength increased over many cycles of reincarnation? Or was it intentional by the Six Paths Sage... who, upon realizing Uchiha Madara 'coincidentally' merged with his younger brother Izuna's eyes and inadvertently broke the Dōjutsu Power seal, decided to proactively unlock the seal within Senju Hashirama so that his two sons could remain evenly matched?
I don't know. I'm not sure!
Uchiha Jin's mind was a mess; these were all just his speculations.
But the only thing he could be sure of was that the Ninja World was indeed incredibly deep and complex.
Firstly.
The Ōtsutsuki planted the God Tree specifically to harvest planetary energy. The situation in the Ninja World is actually just a special case; Chakra, invented and used by Otsutsuki Hagoromo, most likely only leveraged a fraction of the God Tree's capabilities.
Essentially.
Perhaps even Ōtsutsuki Kaguya and Hagoromo, the mother and son pair, only half-understood the God Tree and merely developed a portion of its functions.
There's no way around it!
Kaguya herself was originally from an Ōtsutsuki Branch Family, meant to be consumed by the God Tree. How could she possibly know the full extent of the God Tree's function?
Therefore, another possibility is that the sealing of the Uchiha's Dōjutsu Power might not even have been known by Hagoromo!
"No matter what, this is a good thing!"
"At the very least, I somehow managed to achieve the Eternal Mangekyo without even trying?"
"While Kaguya can directly absorb Chakra, the function of Hagoromo's Pure Land is unclear, and the infinite Chakra of Edo Tensei bodies all point to the possibility that Chakra itself is fundamentally part of a conspiracy..."
"But that's too far in the future!"
"For the current me, worrying about these things is unnecessary. The priority is finding a way to increase my strength."
"Of course, from a long-term perspective, it's more practical for me to set aside more time to study my Pagoda."
"After all, compared to the Chakra system, I am willing to put my trust in this Pagoda."
Uchiha Jin's eyes flickered.
His brain began to operate rapidly. Just as he was constantly weighing the pros and cons, he suddenly received some information from the Pagoda.
[Insufficient Energy. Startup Failed!]
[Detected Host's spiritual power being invaded by an 'unknown' source of pollution. Preliminary cleanup of 'unknown' powerful residual consciousness fragments within the Host has been performed, and the so-called unknown seal hidden within the Host has been torn apart...]
[Please expand your influence as much as possible and enhance the Host's own Destiny. The Primordial Pagoda will automatically absorb the Host's Destiny. 72% more Destiny Value consumption is required before activation.]
No one actually spoke; what Uchiha Jin received was merely a stream of consciousness.
But his eyes instantly brightened, because what he feared was not how difficult the road ahead was, but rather failing to find a direction for his efforts.
Expand influence and enhance Destiny?
A faint smile began to curve on Uchiha Jin's lips... Two days later, late at night.
Jiraiya, unable to slack off any longer, now had dull eyes, and his firm back had begun to slouch. Sitting behind the Hokage Office desk, his entire face was etched with weariness.
"Old Man, shouldn't you be off work by now?"
"Why don't you take this seat again? Can't I just go outside and get some fresh air?"
"Kumogakure is signing the peace treaty with the Village tomorrow. We don't have anything else to do right now, do we?"
"I just want to go spend time with Naruto. You know the child is having a tough time."
"After all, he only learned his true identity through enemy rumors, and those enemy rumors contained a lot of slander against Minato and you. If I don't watch him, I'm afraid the child will start overthinking things!"
"I'm doing this for the Village too!"
Jiraiya roared, his face full of annoyance.
Ever since he became the Fifth Hokage two years ago, he felt his life had turned into a tragedy.
Before, he could sneak off to the Women's Bathhouse to gather research material, but now that he was the Hokage, it wasn't appropriate to do such things. And that damned Old Man Hiruzen Sarutobi—Jiraiya had been asking him for that broken Crystal Ball for ages.
He just wouldn't give it to him!
In the past two years.
He had sacrificed his life-long reputation just to cover for Hiruzen Sarutobi, and looking at the half-dead Village now, he was truly exhausted and weary.
It was already 9:30 PM. Was he not even allowed to go out for some fresh air?
Meanwhile, on the other side.
Hiruzen Sarutobi sat nearby, still calmly smoking his pipe.
He merely glanced at Jiraiya calmly before speaking in a measured tone: "Jiraiya, you should be more mature. I am teaching you how to become a good Hokage."
"Back when I was the Hokage, I never left the office before midnight."
"Hurry up and approve the documents!"
"Tomorrow is the official signing of the peace treaty with Kumogakure. You definitely won't have time to handle these administrative tasks tomorrow, so you must finish all these documents tonight."
After speaking.
Hiruzen Sarutobi brought out a stack of documents half his height and slammed them directly onto the desk.
However.
What he said wasn't entirely true. He might have processed a lot of documents back then, but definitely not as many as Jiraiya had to.
Yes, that was right.
He was doing it on purpose!
Hiruzen Sarutobi not only handed over the documents the Hokage needed to handle, but he also dumped almost all the previous work of Utatane Koharu, Homura Mitokado, and Shikaku onto Jiraiya's head.
The reason was simple!
To keep Jiraiya stuck in the Hokage Office as much as possible, preventing him from learning about the Village's true situation.
Otherwise... he was afraid Jiraiya would find out what he had done over the past two years and become so angry he'd try to kill him.
He couldn't help it.
He had done a lot of dirty deeds in the last two years, such as forcefully exploiting the Village's Ninja to perform missions while offering less commission than before he took office. He even forced all villagers not to move out of the Village, and required that Ninja's families be guarded while they were on missions... Before, to maintain his image as the 'White Lotus' Hokage, he was careful to conceal such actions.
Now?
There was no concealment whatsoever!
As for whether he would lose his reputation?
Heh heh, not a chance!
Not only was his reputation already bad enough, but the key point was that he was now merely a powerless Advisor Elder. The current Fifth Hokage was Jiraiya, wasn't he?
Even if the villagers wanted to curse someone, they would be cursing Jiraiya!