Tsunade took out a photograph, the one Nonō had received from Root. In the photo was Nonō's foster son, Kabuto.
At that moment, Kabuto appeared to be placed inside a glass chamber as a test subject for human experimentation, surrounded by medical facilities in the style of Konoha's medical technology.
From just one photograph, Tsunade guessed a great deal: "Nonō, did Danzo threaten you with the children from the orphanage, and that is why you came to assassinate Ryou?"
Nonō remained silent, not saying a word.
Tsunade frowned and said: "The Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal on your tongue has already been removed by Ryou, so you don't need to worry about speaking triggering a keyword and causing paralysis."
Nonō stirred; she realized that her tongue felt different than before; it had regrown into a new tongue.
Her Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal had been removed by Ryou in the most primitive and incomprehensible way possible.
That is, by cutting off Nonō's tongue and then using Medical Ninjutsu to regrow a new one for her.
Now, Nonō was free from the shackles of Root, yet she still did not speak.
Tsunade said: "You are unwilling to speak because the children in your orphanage are in Danzo's hands, aren't they?"
"..."
Nonō refused to say anything.
Ryou could not stand it any longer and stood up directly.
Konan shouted: "Evil Uchiha, you are not allowed to stand up!"
"Do you want to rebel?!"
Tsunade also turned around and joined Konan in suppressing Ryou.
But Ryou immediately formed a hand seal, and Tsunade and Konan instantly collapsed to the ground, rolling their eyes.
Ryou took the photo from Tsunade's hand and looked closely at the person in the photo: "I know this guy; he was playing tiles with me a while ago!"
Ryou looked at Nonō and smiled: "Yakushi Nonō, this is your foster son, Yakushi Kabuto, right?"
Nonō's pupils shrank slightly, and her face instantly turned pale.
Kabuto was just a small fry who hadn't even attended the Shinobi Academy; why would Ryou know him?
Could it be that this guy had investigated all her intelligence while she was unconscious?
Seeing the panic in Nonō's eyes, Ryou felt even more mischievous: "Oh my, looking at Yakushi Kabuto like this, he must have been used as a test subject for Root's human experiments, right!"
"Back when I defected, it was also because of human experimentation, but the subjects of my human experiments were heinous bandits and villains from outside the village."
"And what about Konoha, which promotes the Will of Fire? They actually use children for human experimentation."
"It is truly ironic!"
Nonō looked at Ryou with a somewhat messy expression: "Uchiha Ryou, what do you want to do?"
Ryou chuckled and said: "Yakushi Nonō, I saved your life; from now on, you will be my servant!"
"In your dreams!"
Nonō sighed.
Ryou immediately called for someone, no, called for a cat: "Snowy, where are you?"
"I am here, General!"
Snowy poked its head out from the ground.
Ryou ordered it: "Go to the location of the Konoha Orphanage and play 'Mother is the Best in the World' in a loop at the orphanage entrance."
"Understood!"
Snowy was about to head to the Konoha Orphanage.
"No, wait—"
Nonō quickly got up and hugged Ryou's legs.
"My lord, please don't hurt my child!"
Ryou stroked Nonō's head and chuckled: "Nonō, oh Nonō, this is the consequence of going against me."
"Be good, just be my pet, and I will take good care of you in the future!"
Snowy was somewhat speechless: "Are we still going to Konoha?"
Ryou said: "Go, just go and lurk underground in Konoha, and by the way, rescue Kabuto."
"Also, take some money, buy plenty of milk, and send it to the orphanage. Tell them that a parent's signature is required to collect it."
"My lord..."
Nonō's face showed pleading.
Ryou stroked her face and smiled: "I'm just kidding, you are going to provide relief to your orphanage."
Nonō felt a little better now.
She then knelt to the side, playing the role of a servant, waiting for Ryou's orders.
After Snowy went to lurk in Konoha, Ryou condensed a spore in his hand, had Nonō open her mouth, and then integrated the spore into her body.
Nonō knew that this was Ryou's method of controlling people, and from now on, she would be his slave for the rest of her life.
Ryou then prepared to test the spore on Nonō and performed a hand seal.
Nonō's eyes suddenly rolled back, and she collapsed directly, just like Tsunade and Konan.
Candy, Fish Ball, Fortune, and Matatabi were watching speechlessly from the window; Ryou really loved controlling people!
Ryou then controlled Tsunade and performed the Summoning Jutsu.
With a poof, a blue and white slug emerged from the smoke.
As soon as Katsuyu emerged, it saw Tsunade rolling her eyes on the ground, and it became somewhat anxious: "Lady Tsunade, what happened to you?"
"Katsuyu..."
Tsunade's brows furrowed in discomfort, and she looked at Katsuyu while enduring the turmoil inside her body.
Ryou had controlled her to summon Katsuyu, which proved that this guy was planning to go to Ryūchi Cave to learn Senjutsu.
Ryou grabbed Katsuyu in his hand and said to it: "Katsuyu, your master Tsunade is suffering from cruel torture; if you don't want her to continue being hurt, take me to Ryūchi Cave."
Katsuyu looked at Ryou extremely angrily, its two small antennae standing up in fury.
"Uchiha Ryou, didn't Lady Tsunade become your wife? Why are you still hurting her?"
"What wife, she's just a concubine! Hurry up and take me to Ryūchi Cave, or Tsunade will suffer even greater torment."
Tsunade toughened her resolve and propped herself up: "Katsuyu, don't agree to him; if this guy learns Senjutsu, his power will rival that of my grandfather."
"Screech, screech, screech—"
Ryou performed a hand seal, giving Tsunade even greater stimulation, and suddenly, the Water Release Tsunade released was everywhere.
After the deluge, Tsunade really wanted to find a place to crawl into; she was truly too embarrassed to face anyone.
But another wave of Ryou's control struck, and Tsunade, just like before, clutched her stomach, suppressing the pain.
Katsuyu felt distressed watching this: "Uchiha Ryou, release Lady Tsunade first, otherwise I will not take you to Ryūchi Cave."
Ryou nodded and then released the technique on Tsunade and the other two.
After the technique was released, the three of them sat on the ground, breathing heavily, feeling that it was more stimulating than a new game.
This evil Uchiha, how could he play with Ninjutsu in such a lewd way?
Tsunade caught her breath and was about to yell again, but Ryou used Wood Release to bind Tsunade directly and stuffed her mouth with leaves.
Tsunade could only watch helplessly as Ryou coerced Katsuyu.
Konan wanted to say something, but Ryou extended his finger, and Konan was instantly so terrified that she dared not look directly into Ryou's eyes.
Nonō knelt to the side the whole time, whole-heartedly immersing herself in the role of a slave, not daring to say a word about Ryou's actions.
Katsuyu watched Ryou's evil behavior and really wanted to summon the First and Second Hokage from Shikkotsu Forest to beat him until he knelt and begged for mercy.
But it was not possible; the First Hokage was busy practicing Yin-Yang Release with his main body, and they could not let Madara discover that the First Hokage had returned from the Pure Land.