'That's because you don't know how disgusting this snake is.'
Hearing Big Mom's scorn towards Orochimaru, Naruto didn't offer any further explanation and instead turned to look at the waiting Pudding.
"Your name is Pudding, right? Could you please help me search his memories for any information related to an organization called [Akatsuki]."
Naruto didn't mind stating his goal directly in front of Big Mom.
In fact, ever since he decided to extract the memories from Orochimaru's body, he had already mentally prepared himself for others to learn about the Ninja World.
Was he not afraid that someone who learned this secret would covet it?
-Well, how to put it.
Look at it from another angle.
Doesn't everyone know that the wealth of Mary Geoise is so abundant that you 'don't even need to bend down to pick it up'?
So why would they rather fight and kill each other on the seas for a few treasures, instead of going up to the Red Line to rob them to their heart's content?
It's simply because they can't win.
Even with his current physical strength back in the Ninja World, Naruto dared to talk about the matter of crossing worlds, let alone here.
Were the things he had that made people jealous few?
The World Government's bounty, various secrets of the New World, even the location of Laugh Tale.
One more wouldn't make a difference.
Secrets are only a death sentence when in the hands of the weak.
For the strong, it's just a piece of information.
Hearing Naruto's words, Pudding reacted.
The young girl walked over somewhat awkwardly, seemingly still not quite over Naruto's previous attitude towards her.
She placed her fingers against the head of Orochimaru's body, and then moments of memories were pulled out like film strips.
Next, Pudding truly acted like a projectionist, carefully flipping through the other party's memories frame by frame, searching for the corresponding information.
Big Mom only glanced this way, then immediately continued eating her sweets.
The previous table full of sweets wasn't nearly enough, and this was now the second round.
She could also tell that Naruto had some grudge with that secret organization, and now that he had caught a member, he wanted to find their base.
But speaking of which, having been around for so many years, Big Mom really hadn't heard of an organization called [Akatsuki].
On this side, Pudding was shocked by what she saw.
Ninjutsu, Chakra, Ninja, the Five Great Ninja Villages, Tailed Beasts, human experiments... Countless unheard-of pieces of information about the Ninja World were extracted from the other's memories.
Pudding instinctively thought this guy's brain had been tampered with.
But others didn't have the Memo Memo no Mi like her, so it shouldn't be possible to create such a large, complete, and self-consistent segment of memories, right?
Classifying the memories, Pudding first skipped over those related to 'common sense' and 'knowledge', and instead began looking through the memories concerning secrets.
The first thing that came into view was the scene of Orochimaru proposing cooperation to Naruto, suggesting they use an immortal guy to create a body and then take it over.
"Ugh!"
The disgusting scene had no mosaic correction whatsoever, assaulting Pudding's fourteen-year-old psyche.
She almost couldn't stop herself from vomiting in front of Big Mom.
But then a somewhat fanciful idea suddenly sprouted in Pudding's mind.
'Even though that other world didn't seem very nice either, if I went there, could I escape Mama's control?'
It just showed that this child seemed to have been scared into having a psychological shadow by her mother.
This period's Pudding hadn't yet experienced the great ups and downs like in the original work, leading to her sudden realization and re-establishing bonds with siblings like Katakuri.
Right now, she was just a little girl trying to escape her terrifying mother.
Regarding Totto Land, Pudding didn't have the sense of belonging that strong individuals like Katakuri or Smoothie possessed.
Here, she had to play the role of the 'villain', acting as her mother's accomplice in carrying out evil deeds, just to survive.
This fantasy of freedom only lasted for a moment before Pudding snuffed it out herself.
If she left this place, then she wouldn't even have her 'last bit of value' left.
Big Mom's control and teachings had also caused this child to develop a somewhat distorted set of values.
On Naruto's side, he first felt the girl's various emotions chaotically surging forth without restraint, then saw that she seemed to have suffered some kind of 'trauma' to her psyche, likely due to Orochimaru's disgusting experiments.
'Ah!'
He patted his own head, 'This was indeed my oversight.'
"Pudding, how about you just transfer all of his memories directly into my brain?"
Naruto's words were shocking. Even Big Mom, listening nearby, showed a thoughtful look upon hearing this.
Pudding was even more incredulous.
"Huh? No, that won't do-"
"Kid, are you crazy?"
Directly extracting someone else's memories and stuffing them into your own or another person's head was, in their view, equivalent to 'dumping garbage' into your own brain.
It was like forcing another person's 'self' into your own consciousness.
If one's personal will wasn't strong enough, something like 'personality replacement' could even occur.
"It's fine, I believe you can do it."
Naruto thought Pudding herself wasn't capable enough to do it.
He couldn't be bothered to reply to Big Mom and instead gently patted Pudding's head.
The warmth from her head made Pudding swallow the words of refusal she was about to say. The scene of Naruto's earlier, utterly unfeigned admiration for her third eye replayed in her mind.
'Uzumaki Naruto... Uzumaki Naruto... Naruto... Naruto-sama!'
Starlight sparkled in all three of her eyes.
"Y-yes."
Big Mom, watching from a distance, took it all in without a word, though her gaze lingered on Pudding for another moment.
'Never mind, not this one. She's still useful.'
Immediately, Big Mom dismissed the idea she had just conceived.
With trembling small hands, Pudding pulled out all of Orochimaru's memories in one go. Perhaps because her hands were shaking, she accidentally tore a small section of it.
Of course, she immediately used her ability to 'glue' it back together.
"Naruto-san, are you ready?"
It took a lot of effort for Pudding to forcefully change 'sama' to 'san', and then, under Naruto's affirmative gaze, she delivered that roll of Orochimaru's 'memory film' into Naruto's brain.
She had never done this before; at most, she had modified data 'locally within the brain'. This was the first time she was 'transferring data across brains'.
"Ugh-"
Even for Naruto, the instant he was washed over by decades of Orochimaru's massive memories, a moment of confusion appeared, and he couldn't help but let out a muffled grunt.
It almost made Big Mom, watching nearby, entertain some not-so-good ideas.
Fortunately, it was only for a moment.
Soon, he opened his eyes again.
"It really is… an unexpected gain."
Naruto's expression was somewhat complex. This was also the first time he had so comprehensively understood those matters concerning the Ninja World.