In the beautiful Mangrove Forest, streaks of sunlight filtered through the leaves and shone on the water.
The little bug pushed its hat with its large pincers, feeling perplexed by the two sticky people on its back.
Can't you humans just be straightforward when you're in love?
"Orochimaru, the last time you came to see me was 64 days ago."
Uzumaki Chigusa rested her head on Orochimaru's soft lap, hugging her slender waist and rubbing against her abdomen.
"Sorry, Chigusa, I've been a bit busy lately."
Orochimaru stroked Uzumaki Chigusa's beautiful red hair, inevitably thinking of Grandma Mito's dull, now brown, red hair.
"Is something on your mind?"
Uzumaki Chigusa sat up. She could feel Orochimaru's Chakra becoming somewhat gloomy.
"Grandma Mito can no longer leave the Spiral Tower…"
Orochimaru sighed softly, saying this. She had masked her emotions well, but she forgot that no one in the Uzumaki Clan surpassed Uzumaki Chigusa in Kagura Mind's Eye, the Uzumaki Clan's exclusive sensory Ninjutsu.
"Orochimaru, you…"
Uzumaki Chigusa thought of everything Orochimaru had done for Lady Mito, and with a pained heart, she embraced her, gently saying, "Perhaps going to another world is happiness for Lady Mito? She has suffered too much in this world…"
"The Konoha Higher-Ups will not give up the Nine-Tailed. The war has consumed too much of Konoha's human resources, and losing the Nine-Tailed is equivalent to losing a trump card."
Orochimaru hugged Uzumaki Chigusa, her face pressed against her soft chest, smelling the faint aroma of incense on her, and voiced her worries, which she couldn't share with anyone at home in Konoha.
"The Uzumaki Clan has nothing to do with Konoha anymore. No one would want their child to become a vessel for a monster."
Uzumaki Chigusa gently stroked Orochimaru's hair. This was the first time she had seen the mature, steady, and reliable Orochimaru look so vulnerable, showing how important Lady Mito was to her.
"To create a new Jinchuriki, Grandma Mito will cooperate with them. How can an ordinary child withstand the power of the Nine-Tailed? I can foresee the ultimate outcome, but I cannot prevent it from happening."
Orochimaru seemed to already see the scene of the Nine-Tailed rampaging through Konoha after a failed sealing.
The Nine-Tailed is different from other Tailed Beasts; its Chakra is immense. The most suitable people for sealing the Nine-Tailed are those of the Uzumaki Clan or those with Uzumaki Clan blood.
Currently, the Uzumaki Clan members all live in the Land of Waves, and even Uzumaki Kushina, who was supposed to be brought to Konoha in the original story, is still with her parents, living a carefree life.
If Uzumaki Kushina doesn't go to Konoha, what about her and Minato Namikaze, or even Uzumaki Naruto… What does this have to do with me? Whether or not there is an Uzumaki Naruto has no impact on my future plans.
"Then… choose a clan member and let him go to Konoha to be the Jinchuriki?"
Uzumaki Chigusa frowned slightly. She didn't want any clan members to become Tailed Beast Jinchuriki. It was precisely because of this that the Land of Whirlpools and Uzushiogakure were invaded by Various Ninja Villages, leading to their destruction.
"Chigusa, I'm more inclined to let the Nine-Tailed and Grandma Mito leave this world together…"
Orochimaru tightened her grip on Uzumaki Chigusa's hands slightly, her tone carrying a hint of coldness.
"If they insist on going their own way, they will also reap what they sow."
"Can you bear to do it?"
Uzumaki Chigusa pinched Orochimaru's ear, saying sourly, "There are people you care about in Konoha, your little lovers are all over there!"
"It's so sour my teeth are going to fall out."
Orochimaru looked up at Uzumaki Chigusa's somewhat jealous expression.
"What makes me more sour is that they get to see you often… Once the war is over, I can go to Konoha to see you."
Uzumaki Chigusa bit Orochimaru's lip in frustration, then passionately kissed her.
"Orochimaru, let's just stay here…"
After a lingering kiss, Uzumaki Chigusa looked at Orochimaru with emotion.
"Consider the little bug's feelings!"
Orochimaru's finger pressed against Uzumaki Chigusa's lips, stopping her from continuing, and pointed at the little bug beneath her. The little bug, as the Chimera Bug King, was smarter than other Chimera Bugs.
"I don't care, I don't care! You've done it with them countless times, probably tried all sorts of positions! We're still just kissing and hugging, that's way too strange!"
Uzumaki Chigusa hugged Orochimaru and whined.
To do that kind of thing, one needs time!
Orochimaru looked helplessly at Uzumaki Chigusa. Every time she came to the Land of Waves, she had things to deal with and no time to stay long.
?!
The little bug turned its head and glanced at Orochimaru and Uzumaki Chigusa, then wiggled its body, hesitating whether to take them back to its nest.
"Chigusa, let's go to your place…"
Orochimaru put her arm around Uzumaki Chigusa's waist and used the Flying Thunder God Technique. Their figures disappeared from the little bug's back.
In the room filled with the scent of incense, clothes lay scattered on the floor.
"Damn it, it wasn't that comfortable at first, it hurt! Miya, your books aren't realistic at all!"
Uzumaki Chigusa bit Orochimaru's smooth, pale shoulder. She felt she had been deceived.
"That kind of book isn't meant to be a documentary; why write it so realistically! If it can't give readers unlimited room for imagination, how can it stand out among so many books? I wrote those adult books to make money back then, so naturally, I wrote what readers liked!"
"Then later, when you didn't need to write books for money, why did you still write that type?!"
Uzumaki Chigusa bared her teeth, making to bite again.
"That's because I write what readers love! If readers don't love a book, is there any need to write it? Isn't that just asking for trouble?"
Orochimaru spread her hands. Was she supposed to write some "masterpiece" that readers couldn't understand?
Then everyone would be drunk while she alone was sober, labeling everyone who didn't understand as an idiot?
The thought processes of people in the Ninja World are quite peculiar, but they also have brains; it's just that their thinking is limited by their horizons.
Simply put, their limited horizons confined their thinking, making it difficult for them to think outside the box.
"Whatever you say, you're always right!"
Uzumaki Chigusa bit Orochimaru again, then, thinking of the time, reluctantly asked, "Orochimaru, are you going back?"
"I'll stay and accompany you."
Orochimaru wasn't the type to just leave after. She had never thought of hiding her relationship with Chigusa.
"Chigusa, want to try my research results?"
Orochimaru put her arm around Uzumaki Chigusa's soft, voluptuous waist and gently squeezed.
"Mmm~!"
Uzumaki Chigusa let out a strange sound from the squeeze, her mature and beautiful face flushed. Her chin rested on Orochimaru's chest, and her red eyes, with a hint of a smile, asked, "What research results? It won't make me weird, will it? Like that strange scientist in your book who created a tentacle monster."
"Don't bring the plot from books into reality!"
Orochimaru patted Uzumaki Chigusa's butt, sat up, looked at the clothes and underwear scattered everywhere, raised her hand to her forehead, and extended her hand, and a white robe flew into her hand.
Bang—!
As the smoke dissipated, Orochimaru took out a palm-sized refrigerated box from her sleeve.
Inside was the Anti-aging Serum she had custom-made for Uzumaki Chigusa; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it an enhanced version.
"What's inside?"
Uzumaki Chigusa wrapped her arms around Orochimaru's waist, resting her chin on her shoulder, curiously looking at the small box in her hand.
"Anti-aging Serum. It's a potion that will keep you eternally youthful and extend your life by a hundred years. It's also my latest research achievement."
Orochimaru opened the refrigerated box, and white cold air wafted out, making Uzumaki Chigusa shiver, her skin breaking out in goosebumps.
She instinctively leaned closer to Orochimaru, her full breasts pressing against her back, her attention drawn to the two clear, pale red Anti-aging Serums in the refrigerated box.
These contained Ōtsutsuki Kaguya cell extracts, and their effect was far beyond that of ordinary Anti-aging Serum, which only extends life by 20 years.
According to Orochimaru's estimation, it could extend life by at least a hundred years.
Ordinary people would find the potency difficult to bear; only those related to Ōtsutsuki Kaguya would be unaffected by using it.
The only question was, would Uzumaki Chigusa be willing to live that long?
Orochimaru explained the effects of the Anti-aging Serum to Uzumaki Chigusa and asked, "Chigusa, are you willing?"
Uzumaki Chigusa looked at the Anti-aging Serum in the refrigerated box.
She knew what injecting the Anti-aging Serum meant: her time would be in stagnation for a very long period, watching those around her age.
If she hadn't fallen in love with Orochimaru, if they weren't lovers, she might have refused.
To be eternally youthful and live a hundred years longer all alone would be too lonely.
"I am willing."
Uzumaki Chigusa held Orochimaru's hand, their fingers intertwined, and with a mischievous smile, she brushed aside the strands of hair falling onto her face and said, "Then, in the long days to come, you'll have to take good care of me, okay~?"
"You really are a terrible adult!"
Orochimaru took out the Anti-aging Serum from the refrigerated box and injected Uzumaki Chigusa with a syringe.
"Mmm..."
Uzumaki Chigusa felt her entire body burning, copious sweat pouring out, her skin becoming even tighter, the subtle wrinkles on her face disappearing.
She transformed from a beautiful woman on the verge of forty back to the appearance Orochimaru first saw her in at Whirlpool Hidden Village.
"How do you feel?"
Orochimaru touched Uzumaki Chigusa's sweat-soaked face.
"I feel great, just a little... thirsty!"
Uzumaki Chigusa abruptly pulled Orochimaru into her embrace and kissed her lips.
"Orochimaru, let's try that position, shall we?"
"I made that up!"
"Just try it, just try it! And the positions from that book, and and..."
"You, are you ever going to stop?!"
Orochimaru felt like Uzumaki Chigusa had become a different person, burning with passion, making her a little scared.
"Never! I feel like I have endless energy! Orochimaru, you made me this way, so you have to take full responsibility!"
"You say that as if it's my fault you read those lewd books!"
Orochimaru was entangled by Uzumaki Chigusa, with no time to think about those troubling matters.
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