Chapter 35: Let's start with a cliche, a novel!

Somewhere.

While Minato and Kushina suffered the consequences of their actions. Other people were getting ready to set their plans in motion.

—  Looks like it's about time. Are you ready?" (Madara)

—  No problem, everything will go as planned. (Obito)

—  Ok. Be careful with Nagato, don't let it get out of your control. (Madara)

With those words, Uchiha Madara, a legendary ninja, took his last breath.

Originally, he had more time to live, but due to the variables that came out lately he realized that it wouldn't possibly be enough if the only thing Obito could do was use the Kamui without any fighting techniques. Because of that, he took the time to train him as much as he could over the past few months so as not to miss an important piece of his plan. That significantly reduced the time he had left to live.

—  From now on, I am Uchiha Madara. (Obito)

While Obito fantasized about his new identity, a figure with a plant signature emerged from the ground.

—  Well, Uchiha Madara. What do you plan to do now? (Zetsu)

—  There are people who must pay for their sins. (Mabito)

Mabito was obviously referring to Kirigakure. He still couldn't forgive them for what had happened to Rin. So he felt that he should take revenge, but he could not do it directly like in Konoha, he considered it too easy and he would not get the effect he wanted. So his plan was simple, to use his mangekyou to control his kage and destroy them from within.

—  I don't mind you doing what you want, although I don't recommend it. But before that you must handle Nagato correctly. (Zetsu)

—  Ok. (Mabito)

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While Mabito was busy making his evil plans. Lite was facing another rather complicated problem.

For the past few months, his mother had offered to help him in any way she could. At first he didn't want to involve her in anything, as she didn't specialize in combat and didn't possess any knowledge in other areas either, so she asked to learn.

Lite at first did so with considerable hesitation. For him it was enough that she was well and always accompanied him, but it seems that was not enough for her. Everyone has ambitions, and Kokoe was eager to help her son.

Lite was happy, as one of his goals was to include women in the workforce, something that was mostly male-dominated. While this society was not like the feudal era of its ancient world, where women were totally suppressed, it was true that their participation was quite passive. Most of them would end up as housewives once they married, which was a waste of nearly half the population.

What broke his head was that he did not know what his mother could do. They had their hands full right now and couldn't afford to devote a little of their resources to designing something to trade. At first he had planned to commission that from the Uzumaki family, but theur seal training was not yet complete.

—  It seems that the only thing left is the entertainment sector. (Lite)

Lite wanted to leave that for later, when they have enough capital to have their own publishing house, so that they are not restricted in anything, but seeing that there was nothing more to teach Kokoe, she decided to publish through third parties.

—  Thinking about it, it may not be so bad, but if you start as a writer and gradually climb up to administrative positions, it will make an acquisition much easier for us in the future. (Lite)

The biggest problem is that the media at this time was heavily controlled by the leaders, and nothing that goes against them or their ideology would be accepted. That is why he considered that it was better to choose to go little by little instead of publishing something controversial and that the content be banned from the different villages.

—  Well, if so, the first job should be something that is simply interesting and simple, that way we will generate a large fan base and popular support. When strong content comes along, leaders will have a hard time going against us. In this day and age where entertainment is scarce, if not nil, a horde of crazy fans is a nobleman's worst nightmare. (Lite)

Lite thought with terror, he was fully aware of the terror that those people could cause, in fact, if someone crazy enough appears, it would not be strange for one or two feudal lord to end up killed for banning publications.

—  The problem is what story should be chosen, it should be something that people enjoy, but at the same time it should not contain any political issues that might dissatisfy political leaders. Mmm... A love story will be then. (Lite)

Love stories have existed since ancient times, not only in his previous world, in this one too, there are many love books. Unfortunately, most of them are quite monotonous. Almost all of them are about a lonely woman who goes through difficulties and then some strong ninja comes to rescue her and help her with her problems.

The bad thing is that since those ideas are so worn, it is possible that, if he copies some similar work from his previous world such as "Cinderella" or "Snow White", it would not impact at all. It has to be revolutionary.

Lite thought and formulated a few points to keep in mind. The first is that it must show a strong woman to be admired by the female audience, however, you must be careful with the balance, otherwise you will end up as a feminist Mary Sue who believes she is a man.

The second thing is that, the story must reflect the reality of the current situation; the war ended not long ago, so that could be one of the issues to be addressed.

The third thing is, as already mentioned, that it should not contain any political issues, at least, nothing too conspicuous.

The fourth point is that it should be a light, easy-to-understand story; it won't do any good if the book is complex, so stories that explore human psychology are a big NO.

And finally, that it is able to expand beyond its target audience, in other words, men also has tol ove the story.

Taking all those ideas into consideration, Lite called Shu.

—  What happened? Do you need anything? (Shu)

—  Yes, I need you to help me find something in my memory. (Lite)

—  … Are you sure? I don't think you got enough rest. (Shu)

—  Don't worry, what I need is something quite specific, with your help it won't be complicated. (Lite)

—  Ok. (Shu)

Needless to say, with so many important things to do, Lite wouldn't be rescuing memories about stories, so she required Shu's help to do a quick job.

The next day, in the morning, Lite and Shu left the room, exhausted from not being able to sleep. Shu went straight to his room.

The truth is that the process had taken longer than they thought, since the amount of stories that the past Lite knew were just too many.

Lite walked to his room, which he shared with his mother, when he reached the door, he knocked lightly to warn his mother of his arrival. He did not want to interrupt at all, his mother was someone who was not ashamed in front of her son, so it was not uncommon for her to be naked before him if he found her changing her clothes or getting out of the shower. Something that has already happened a few times.

Although Lite himself considered himself only a child and harbored no strange feelings towards his mother, the truth was that Kokoe is a rather attractive woman and his premature maturity made him feel uncomfortable in such situations.

Sometimes he wanted to be normal, since simple acts of affection such as hugs, kisses or, as is the custom here, bathing with his mother, cost him a lot, although he did his best not to show them to make Kokoe feel good.

—  Yeah? Who is it? (Kokoe)

—  It's me, Mom. (Lite)

—  Oh! Come in. (Kokoe)

Kokoe's voice was cheerful. Her spirits went up when she spent time with Lite.

He entered slowly and saw his mother sitting reading her notes. It was obvious that Kokoe was a very studious woman and eager to improve herself.

—  What happened? (Kokoe)

—  I know what you can do. (Lite)

Koke looked at his son in surprise. It is true that she wanted to do something, but she did not expect Lite to put so much effort into fulfilling her wish. His consideration drew a smile on her face.

—  Look, it's like this... (Lite)

Lite went on to explain her idea to Kokoe, with as much detail as she could think of.

—  I like the idea, but what novel do you think is a good idea to publish? (Kokoe)

—  It  name is MULAN. (Lite)

Mulan, the story of a girl who enlists in her country's army to protect her father, who is already old. In that place she learns the effort, the responsibility, the tragedy of war and finds love.

It is a story that has survived the passage of time for centuries and continues to captivate people. Lite specifically refers to Disney's adapted animation, which adds a few things to make it more entertaining than the original story. The bad thing is that being a book, there are things that will not generate the same impact, like the training musical, but there is not much problem with that, if people react positively, then they could make an animation using the traditional method.

—  I like it, I like it, but I'm not a writer. I don't know how to put what you told me in a book, besides I don't want to dedicate myself to that. (Kokoe)

—  That... I didn't think about that... (Lite)

—  Haha. Surely you came up with the idea, you spent until the morning thinking and came running when you finished. But you should at least warn me. If it wasn't for Kushina, I would have worried a lot. (Kokoe)

—  I'm sorry, I... (Lite)

Lite immediately apologized, he knew very well that when he got excited about something, he tended to lose track of time. In fact, the first few times he ended up with a sore butt. Not only did his mother give him a good spanking. Tsunade also had his part in his punishments, although he seemed to see green chakra in the palm of her hands that healed his butt every time he was hit, it must have been his imagination, yes, that she hit him a lot more times must be his imagination, that Tsunade's spanking hurt more than his mother's must also be his imagination. Lite couldn't even imagine that she wanted to physically abuse a baby as tender as him.

—  Well, in any case I agree with your idea, but you will have to look at the details. (Kokoe)

—  Yes. Thank you mother, I'll go and thank Kushin... (Lite)

Wait, wait, wait. Mother, Kushina, Uzumaki…'

—  Shit! I forgot about — (Lite)

BOOM

—  Lite, what did I tell you about saying those words? (Kokoe)

Lite, with his head on the ground and his body twitching, could only answer.

—  Mo... mother... Tsunade taught you well... (Lite)

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