Chapter 120: Steadfast Love is Even More Exciting
"Heh!" Li Yao teased with a smile, meeting the angry gaze of the female ninja. Thinking of her mentioning Tenchu just now, his eyes suddenly flickered and he deliberately said, "Your husband, Sarutobi Tenchu, is not dead."
Upon hearing this, Sarutobi Ayase didn't detect any trap in Li Yao's words and immediately looked toward her husband, her eyes filled with both surprise and worry.
"Tenchu..." Ayase's voice remained hoarse.
"That's right, I'm the Third Hokage's son."
"You bastard, you're just a dog my father let slip away—a dead dog too scared to seek revenge on him."
"I'm the Third Hokage's son. What can you do to me? If you have guts, kill me!"
"Come on, if you have the guts, kill me!"
"Ah!!"
Sarutobi Tenchu broke down, bloodshot eyes blazing as he craned his neck and glared furiously at Li Yao, his expression completely mad.
He didn't know why Li Yao was so certain about his and his father's connection. He only knew that whether he admitted it or not, Li Yao wouldn't let either him or his wife go.
"Hahaha… don't worry… hahaha… I won't kill you."
Li Yao laughed in response to Tenchu's words. Having finally caught the Third's son, how could he let Tenchu simply die?
On the contrary, Tenchu's twisted demeanor only confirmed Li Yao's secret plan.
He now knew exactly how to torture the Third in a way that would hurt him a hundred, even a thousand times more than physical or mental pain.
He would not kill Tenchu and his wife, nor the Third or his wife, nor the Sarutobi women.
He wanted to seize Konoha. He wanted to become Hokage.
He wanted to become the Hokage in the way the Third most feared—the identity the Third hated most.
Then imprison the Third, letting him watch how Li Yao destroyed the family he loved and the village he believed in.
He would rewrite the Will of Fire, painting the Third as a twisted executioner and a traitor who betrayed the village.
He would make every child in the Konoha ninja academy recite the Third's crimes daily.
He would make the Third synonymous with treachery and shame.
He would make the Third the most hated Hokage in history, despised by all.
He would erase the name Konoha from the ninja world.
He would make the Third watch helplessly as Li Yao tore apart everything he loved, piece by piece—just like Tenchu.
Only then would the Third feel the depth of his "affection."
"Hahaha… I'm really looking forward to it!!"
Lost in these dark thoughts, Li Yao laughed wildly, drool spilling from his mouth.
The perverse scene chilled Tenchu to the bone, making him tremble—his earlier furious shouts frozen in place.
Li Yao said he wouldn't kill the couple.
Yet Tenchu wished Li Yao would just kill them right now. He didn't want to live anymore.
He knew even more cruel torments awaited him.
"Ten… Tenchu..."
As Li Yao reveled in his perversion and Tenchu despairingly wished for death, Ayase's mind kept replaying her husband's gaze just now.
Her heart ached like never before.
She felt her long hair tangled down, smelled the unique scent of her shampoo, and sensed the butter-like softness of her skin.
Now, beneath her husband's evasive gaze, her heart—
Ached!
So much pain!
She lost all will to live. She glanced once at her husband, then bit her tongue hard.
Snip!
Blood gushed from her mouth.
"Truly fierce!" Li Yao was somewhat surprised.
He hadn't expected this woman to be so resolute—a true woman.
Much more resolute than Tenchu, who looked desperate yet kept goading Li Yao to kill him.
"No… Ayase!!!"
Tenchu finally looked straight at his wife, twisting wildly as he approached her.
But Li Yao controlled the Black Iron Chains so tightly that Tenchu could only writhe in place, unable to reach her.
"Don't be foolish!!!"
"You stupid woman!!!"
Tenchu shouted wildly, his bloodshot eyes locked on his wife's. Their gaze shared a silent message only they could understand.
"Jea… jealousy..."
Ayase, despite half her tongue being bitten off and blood flowing freely, spoke incoherently.
Her face showed shock, then swiftly changed to regret and guilt.
She understood what her husband's eyes meant.
He wanted to trade his death for a chance to escape Li Yao's torment and return alive to Konoha.
But she had mistaken his evasive gaze as rejection—thinking he no longer loved her because of her current disfigured state.
In truth, he was still the same husband who loved her.
With such a husband, she was content.
Ayase made her decision.
She would use her death to buy her husband a chance to break free and return to Konoha alive.
Even as her tongue broke and blood poured, she was determined.
Tenchu saw the resolve in her eyes and knew she wanted to save him by sacrificing herself.
"Li Yao, save my wife!"
"I know you have Wood Release chakra. With this injury, you can easily heal her."
"If you save my wife, do whatever you want to me—torture me all you want."
"Please, save my wife, Li Yao!"
Li Yao would never let the Third's daughter-in-law die like this.
"Don't worry. With such true and steadfast love, how could I bear to let you die?"
He gently placed his hands on the woman's silky back, channeling healing Wood Release chakra.
Honestly, Tenchu and Ayase's love far exceeded Li Yao's expectations.
After all the torment from the Dark World, the betrayals and pains—they hadn't broken apart.
Their love was true and unshakable.
That... really excited Li Yao.
(END CHAPTER)
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