Natsume didn't answer Suinako's question. Instead, he clapped his hands and entered Sage Mode right in front of her.
His sensing abilities suddenly improved, and he detected the abnormally huge amount of Chakra within the young girl in front of him.
There was no doubt that she was a survivor of the Uzumaki Clan.
Due to his actions, Suinako and the others instinctively took a few steps back, and two of them almost made Hand Seals.
Mainly because Natsume's previous performance had been extremely astonishing.
The eye makeup on his face faded.
Natsume spoke up and asked, "Are you a ninja from the Uzumaki Clan?"
"I'm not."
Suinako had obviously encountered many similar questions before, so her tone of reply was quite calm.
To be honest, if it weren't for his powerful sensing abilities, Natsume would also have a hard time determining her identity.
After all, just having red hair wasn't anything unusual.
There were quite a few red - haired ninjas in the ninja world, such as Sasori of the Red Sand or Tayuya.
"Then do you know Kimimaro Kaguya?"
Natsume didn't expose her either and continued to ask.
There was a slight change in Suinako's expression.
Kimimaro Kaguya hadn't made a move for a long time.
Logically speaking, no one should know he was here.
"I don't know him."
Suinako shook her head and had already regained her composure.
"I don't really like people who lie."
A dangerous smile appeared on Natsume's face.
"Sir, do you really want to go all out?"
Suinako gritted her teeth and asked, "Are you a ninja from Kiri? Here to take Kimimaro back?"
At this point, there's no point in hiding it anymore.
"It seems that Kimimaro's illness is quite serious. He hasn't even come out in this situation."
Looking at Suinako's shocked expression, Natsume said, "He'll only be waiting for death here, but I can save him."
"How do you know about his illness?"
Suinako suspected that there was a traitor within their group. As for the second half of his words, she didn't believe them.
Kimimaro Kaguya had a blood - disease, which was an incurable illness.
Moreover, who knew if what he said was true or false?
What if he was just trying to deceive them?
"This is really troublesome."
Natsume was too lazy to chat with this smart young girl.
He clapped his hands again and entered Sage Mode. At the same time, he activated his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
"Look here."
Natsume snapped his fingers.
Immediately, everyone except Suinako fell into [Genjutsu] and collapsed one after another.
"What did you do?!"
Suinako was extremely shocked.
Just as she was about to make Hand Seals, she found that she couldn't move at all. Demonic Illusion: Tree Binding Death[b]Demonic Illusion: Tree Binding Death[/b]!
A huge tree appeared behind her.
Several vines stretched out from the trunk and wrapped around her, immobilizing her.
Although it was only a B - rank Ninjutsu, with the enhancement of the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, its power was greatly increased.
"No! Don't kill him!"
Seeing him walking towards Kimimaro Kaguya's room, Suinako quickly shouted.
"When did I say I was going to kill him?"
Natsume opened the door and saw Kimimaro Kaguya on the sickbed.
He was sleeping, or rather, unconscious.
His body was covered with various medical devices.
But obviously, they were very shoddy, giving a feeling of being as cheap and shoddy as products from a low - cost online marketplace.
Kimimaro Kaguya is in a much worse state than in the original story.
After confirming that he was alive, Natsume nodded.
He turned around and asked, "You've seen my strength. It'd be a piece of cake for me to kill you all. So, do you get it?"
Suinako trembled and quickly nodded.
Natsume released the Genjutsu[b]Genjutsu[/b] on her.
The giant tree vanished.
The others who had been unconscious also woke up.
They looked at the situation in front of them, looking a bit dazed.
Natsume jerked his chin and instructed, "Carry Kimimaro out."
"Do as he says," Suinako said quickly when she saw the others hesitating.
Immediately, four people stepped forward and carried Kimimaro Kaguya, along with the hospital bed, into the hall.
"Pack your things and get ready to leave here," Natsume paused and then said, "I'll only wait for you for ten minutes."
"Go quickly!"
After Suinako said that, she also turned around and went into the room. Not long after, she dragged out two big boxes.
Natsume glanced at them. They weren't clothes or anything like that, but all kinds of materials and containers.
He performed the Flying Thunder God Technique[b]Flying Thunder God Technique[/b].
He transported everyone and everything to the Daimyo's Mansion in the Land of Waves.
The laboratory built for Kabuto Yakushi was already under construction.
Natsume named it the Yakushi Residence.
So he sent them to Kabuto Yakushi because Suinako was a rare scientific talent and Kimimaro Kaguya was the subject of research.
Kabuto Yakushi, whose experiment had been interrupted, looked at Suinako's young appearance and showed a skeptical look.
He turned to Natsume and asked, "Is this the subordinate you found for me?"
"Regardless of her level, it's always good to have someone to help," Natsume coughed lightly and said.
Suinako was completely confused and couldn't understand the situation at all.
Her peaceful life had been inexplicably disrupted.
Kabuto Yakushi doubted her, and she also doubted Kabuto Yakushi.
The reason was the same.
Youth.
She really didn't believe that Kabuto Yakushi could save Kimimaro Kaguya.
In fact, he couldn't.
In the original story, neither Kabuto Yakushi nor Orochimaru could save him.
Natsume could only let him try first. If it didn't work, he'd figure something out with the almighty destiny value.
[Because of your actions, the destiny of Kimimaro Kaguya has changed. You have gained 37 destiny points.]
[Because of your actions, the destiny of Suinako has changed. You have gained 50 destiny points.]
This chapter is not over yet. More exciting content later!
The prompt sounds of the Tamaki of Destiny rang out.
Natsume immediately perked up. With the acquisition of these 87 destiny points, his total destiny points reached 3,901.
And it took 3,900 destiny points to exchange for the Sage Body[b]Sage Body[/b].
In other words, he'd be invincible.
With the Sage Body[b]Sage Body[/b] and the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan[b]Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan[/b], he'd be only slightly inferior to the Sage of Six Paths.
Although he only had one destiny point left, it was all worth it.
With the Sage Body[b]Sage Body[/b], he could also teach Tsunade a good lesson.
Natsume's answer left Kabuto Yakushi speechless.
But he was satisfied with Kimimaro Kaguya.
Another rare experimental subject, and one with a blood - disease.
Kabuto Yakushi didn't care whether Kimimaro Kaguya could survive. He thought that with the blood-disease, Kimimaro Kaguya would have greater research value.
Of course, it would be best if he could be kept alive.
After Natsume handed Suinako and Kimimaro Kaguya to Kabuto Yakushi, he became a hands-off manager.
Mainly because it was useless for him to stay.
Moreover, he had already obtained the destiny value, and the rest depended on Kabuto's performance.
Natsume went back to the cave.
He lit a fire casually and then turned to leave.
"Been waiting long?"
Natsume looked at Mei Terumī, who seemed a bit bored at the cave entrance, and asked.
"It's alright."
Mei Terumī glanced at the fire in the cave and asked, "Did you kill them all?"
"No, I didn't kill them."
Natsume didn't hide it and said, "I thought Suinako had decent scientific research skills, so I sent her to my organization to help."
After all, if Mei Terumī really wanted to investigate, she could easily send a few Anbu to find that there were no corpses inside.
"The wandering ninjas have been cleared away. Next is the Daimyo's Mansion in the Land of Whirlpools."
After thinking for a moment, Natsume said, "I'll get someone to handle this matter."
"Does that mean my mission is completed?"
Mei Terumī suddenly felt a bit disappointed.
It didn't even take an hour for the whole thing.
But she quickly realized something.
Why do I feel disappointed?
"Yeah, thanks for accompanying me today. It was really nice of you."
Natsume nodded and joked, "I'm very satisfied with the service of the Mizukage-sama. I'll place an order with you again next time."
"It's no big deal. You could've just found a Genin for this. Why waste your money?"
Mei Terumī ignored his teasing and asked coldly.
"Because Mizukage-sama is beautiful."
Natsume said loudly and justifiably, "Everyone loves beauty. I'm just such a vulgar guy."
"I'm going back. You don't need to see me off."
Mei Terumī turned around, her face slightly red, and soon disappeared from his sight.
"Hey! You haven't sung or danced for me!"
Natsume shouted loudly, but there was no response. "She runs so fast. I haven't even talked about the basketball thing."
He returned to his room.
Now there's only one point of destiny value left.
Although with his strength, he didn't have to fear anything, but there were some things that couldn't be solved by strength alone.
So, he needed to stock up on more destiny value.
Currently, the best targets to get it from were undoubtedly the protagonists in the original story.
For example, Naruto Uzumaki.
Now that Hiruzen Sarutobi had retired and Tsunade was the new Hokage, there wouldn't be any big problems for Natsume to get close to Naruto.
Moreover, he had originally planned to unlock the seal of the Nine-Tailed Fox.
Natsume suddenly thought of a question.
There was not only the Nine-Tailed Fox in Naruto Uzumaki's body, but also the chakra spiritual bodies left by Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki.
Why did he have to guide Naruto himself?
What would happen if he showed Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki what Hiruzen Sarutobi had done over the years?
He wasn't sure about the former.
But as for the latter, Kushina Uzumaki, The Red-Hot Habanero, would definitely be furious and would want to kill Hiruzen Sarutobi.
As the saying goes, there's no wrong nickname, only a misnamed person.
Naruto Uzumaki may not listen to anyone, but he will definitely listen to his mother.
Natsume has now exchanged for Sage Body[b]Sage Body[/b] and can completely use Yang Release[b]Yang Release[/b] to forcibly keep the spirit forms of Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki.
If Yang Release[b]Yang Release[/b] doesn't work, then use Yin Release[b]Yin Release[/b].
In short, he can make them stay a little longer.
Under this influence, Naruto Uzumaki's personality will definitely change.
Natsume can also gain destiny value[b]destiny value[/b].
Moreover, if Sasuke Uchiha witnesses Naruto Uzumaki's rapid progress, it's highly likely that something will happen.
Killing two birds with one stone.
Not bad.
As Natsume was thinking about things, he glanced at the sky. It was already evening.
He had really been quite busy today.
From morning till night, he hadn't had a rest.
Thinking of this, Natsume felt very tired. He lay on the bed and fell into a dream.
He didn't know how long had passed before he woke up.
He was woken up by hunger.
In the darkness, Natsume opened his eyes and saw Tsunade in his arms.
She was clinging to him like an octopus, and he couldn't move at all.
Natsume stared at her delicate face.
I'm so hungry. I want to eat.
He was thinking about how to sneak to the kitchen without waking her up.
The Flying Thunder God Technique[b]Flying Thunder God Technique[/b] wouldn't work either.
Because if he disappeared, Tsunade would get a stiff neck.
Natsume thought for a moment and slowly twitched his right arm that was being used as a pillow.
"Are you hungry?"
Tsunade suddenly spoke up.
She stretched and got out of the quilt.
Natsume was a bit confused.
"Go have a meal."
Tsunade tilted her chin up and said, "I saved some food for you on purpose."
Natsume immediately understood the whole thing.
Probably Tsunade saw that he was already asleep, so she didn't wake him up.
But she was worried that he would be hungry, so she saved the food.
Natsume was greatly touched. He stuck close to her and shouted, "Sister is the best!"
"Keep your voice down."
Tsunade was startled and said, "Don't wake up Shizune."
"Okay, okay."
Natsume immediately lowered his voice but didn't want to let go of her soft body.
"You're at it again, huh?"
Tsunade noticed his restless hands, reached out and pinched his ear, and pulled him to the kitchen.
"Ouch!"
Natsume gasped and said, "It hurts!"
In fact, he didn't feel any pain at all.
He had the Sage Body[b]Sage Body[/b].
"Stand there quietly."
Tsunade glared at him and started to heat up the food.
Although Natsume couldn't move his hands around, his eyes were free.
Since she had just gotten up, Tsunade was wearing pajamas.
Under the light, her exposed calves and delicate feet looked very shiny.
Besides, the apron she wore was also very nice.
It was a halter apron that perfectly showed off her beautiful hip curves.
Especially when she leaned forward slightly.
Tsunade noticed his burning gaze and couldn't help but turn around and ask, "What are you looking at?"
"Nothing."
Natsume tactically yawned.
"Do you think I don't know?"
Tsunade rolled her eyes and said, "I've found that you're such a naughty guy."
"That's because Sister is so charming.
Natsume put forward his fallacious reasoning and said, "If I don't even give a person a single glance, it's obvious she has no shining points."
"You sure know how to talk."
Tsunade was taken aback for a moment, then finally burst into laughter and continued heating up the food.
Natsume thought to himself that it wasn't just about being good at talking.
Not long after, dinner, or rather, the late-night snack, was ready.
It was Oyako-don, a Japanese-style chicken and egg rice bowl.
"Sister, aren't you going to eat?"
Natsume noticed there was only one bowl.
"I've already had dinner, so of course I won't eat."
Tsunade waved her hand and said, "Hurry up and eat."
Natsume nodded and didn't stand on ceremony.
After a moment, he picked up a piece of chicken and held it in front of Tsunade, saying, "Ah~"
Tsunade paused, opened her mouth, and chewed on the chicken.
"I took a bite."
Natsume suddenly showed a mischievous smile and said.
Tsunade glanced at him. She wasn't angry, nor was she shy. Instead, she smiled and said, "Mmm, it's quite delicious."
"…?"
Natsume was slightly stunned.
Well.
Sure enough, she was different from Hinata Hyuga and the others.
He failed to tease Tsunade.
"Do you want to eat more?"
Natsume asked again.
"You eat it yourself."
Tsunade took off her apron, put it aside, and said, "Finish eating and go to sleep."
"Going to sleep right after eating isn't very good, is it?"
Natsume asked while eating.
"So, do you want to do some post-dinner exercise to digest?"
Tsunade squinted her eyes, folded her arms across her chest, and asked.
"Let me ask first, what kind of exercise is it?"
Natsume had a bad premonition and quickly took a step back.
"Be my human punching bag."
Tsunade clenched her fists and said.
"I'll really die, seriously."
Natsume had retreated to the corner and looked terrified.
Tsunade showed a smug smile.
You can't outwit your sister.
She had noticed that Natsume had been getting more and more rambunctious lately and really needed a lesson to prevent him from pushing his luck.
"Eat up!"
Tsunade pointed at the bowl and said, "Let's talk after you're done."
All Natsume wanted to say was that his sister should behave herself. He wasn't a promiscuous person.
He quickly finished his meal, but the thing he was looking forward to didn't happen.
Tsunade didn't do anything. She just hugged him and fell into a deep sleep.
Four thousand words, a two-chapter combined update. The third and fourth updates. As for the fifth update, I'll do it during the day. If I write too much, I'll lose track of what I'm writing.
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