Chapter 156: Yuki of the Mist
"Screech~," seeing Samehada snuggle against Sasuke, Shirotaka felt terribly envious. Before, only he received such treatment. He tried to chirp coquettishly and pitifully to reclaim his spot as number one minion.
"Shirotaka, behave yourself," Sasuke consoled him, patting his head. "Samehada will be your fighting partner in the future, you have to act like a big brother."
Hearing the word "big brother," Shirotaka immediately became arrogant, and his hostility decreased. Samehada, however, didn't react; its intelligence was much lower than the high-level beast's.
Sasuke discovered, nonetheless, that by feeding Samehada the mysterious energy from his Wind Breathing, its intelligence increased, and its emotional fluctuations became clearer. Through them, he confirmed his suspicions. Samehada had abandoned Fuguki not only because of his cruelty, but because Sasuke's chakra, refined by Tobirama's techniques and Wind Breathing, was irresistibly delicious. The shadow clones it had absorbed were a feast, and the pure food energy Sasuke now provided was the ultimate delicacy, reminding it of its original purpose as the Three-Tails' symbiont. Its loyalty was absolute.
After absorbing the energy, Samehada's damaged spikes immediately regrew, and its previously withered body filled out again.
"Samehada, come on, I'll take you to find something delicious."
Sasuke mounted Shirotaka and returned to the poison gas labyrinth. He soon found the Yuki clan jonin, who was being chased by Pakura. Seeing Sasuke disguised as a Mist ninja, the jonin ran towards him as if he were a savior.
"Watch out for what's behind you!" Sasuke shouted, and then used Samehada in a surprise attack, draining the jonin's chakra and incapacitating him. Sasuke roughly opened his mouth to check for poison. Finding none, he pinched his thin neck and lifted him.
"Yuki beauty, are you trying to use a honey trap?" he joked.
"I'm... a man," the jonin gasped, his eyes filled with fear.
"A man? How is that possible?" Sasuke was surprised. He couldn't believe a man could be so beautiful, almost more so than Pakura. "I can't believe it!" he exclaimed.
In his shock, his concentration faltered, and his Transformation Technique dissolved, revealing his true face. The Yuki jonin, seeing Sasuke's true face while in such a vulnerable state, screamed.
"Cough, cough! Misunderstanding, it was all a misunderstanding!" Sasuke quickly explained. "It's not my fault. If you want to blame someone, blame Yuki Haku for setting confusing precedents."
At that moment, a furious Pakura arrived on the scene. Seeing Sasuke standing over the beautiful, disheveled jonin, she jumped to the wrong conclusion.
"I didn't expect you to be like this! Pervert, die!" she shouted, and launched four Scorching Release fireballs at him.
"Wait, it's a misunderstanding! It's not what you think!" Sasuke yelled, but he didn't dodge. He held the Yuki jonin in one hand and wielded Samehada with the other, easily destroying the fireballs.
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