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"What? You don't want to leave with me?"

Anko backed away slowly, her big eyes filled with confusion and her tone hesitant.

"Why is the teacher leaving the village and traveling? What about Huayue? He is also the teacher's disciple, and he will go with us, right?"

Hongdou's action of taking a half step back undoubtedly showed her inner thoughts, but Orochimaru was not disappointed. His snake-like vertical pupils flashed a strange color.

"As expected, you are better than my teacher... Never mind. Since we are master and disciple, I will give you a precious gift before we part. This gift will allow you to catch up with Uchiha Kagetsu a little bit. Don't resist."

In an instant, Orochimaru smiled coldly, and his neck suddenly shot forward like a snake hunting, and two sharp hollow fangs suddenly pierced into the delicate back of Hongdou's neck.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The pale blue fluorescence flowed, and the static blood suit that barely withstood the piercing of the sharp teeth only lasted for a moment before it shattered in an instant.

The hollow fang was injected with a ritual and three magatama-style curse seals were injected into it. The intense pain caused Hongdou to faint in an instant.

"There is a one in ten chance that this will be the key that will allow you to surpass ordinary ninjas and unlock the Sage's Lock."

"Well, let me see your ability, Uchiha Kagetsu, your ability as a perfect sage, hehehe..."

In a flash, Orochimaru left the laboratory. Without waiting for others to notice the inside story of the laboratory hidden in Konoha, he abandoned the experimental field where he had poured his efforts and memories without any hesitation.

The sun was shining brightly, and rays of golden light shone on the young face covered with bean-sized cold sweat. Every cell in the body was in severe pain.

The unstable curse, accompanied by natural energy that is difficult for ordinary people to perceive, constantly erodes Hongdou's body cells and chakra, and also constantly amplifies her negative emotions.

'Am I... am I going to die? Orochimaru-sensei, why, what is this feeling, kill him, kill him, kill him!'

The remaining rationality in her mind was gradually overwhelmed by madness. The physical pain made Hongdou unable to move. The mental pressure and confusion made her firmer in her belief.

At some point, while Hongdou was feeling drowsy, the faint fragrance of grass and trees brought with it a vibrant vitality that temporarily relieved the pain in his body.

Hongdou looked intoxicated and couldn't help but take a deep breath. She fell into a deep sleep and had a wonderful dream.

'A familiar and pleasant smell, this smell is...'

The sun sets in the west and the sky darkens.

Hongdou opened her eyes in a trance. The pain and cold sweat on her body had disappeared at some point. The ceiling in front of her looked strange yet familiar.

Wait, I feel like I've forgotten something, this doesn't seem to be my home...

'No, again!'

My expression gradually became numb, and I subconsciously looked down. It was very white, very warm, and very familiar, but the touch didn't feel right.

Turning his head away, the smiling face that he wanted to miss but couldn't see and didn't want to pop up from time to time was now looking at him with a half-smile.

"Long time no see. You seem to be in a bad mood. Is there anything bothering you?"

Gnashing teeth, rage, indignation...

Even without turning on the red-eye, Huayue could see that Hongdou's emotions seemed to have gone from one extreme to another.

"How dare you ask, you bastard! One or two of them are like this. You can't see them all day long. Orochimaru is always mysterious and I don't know what he is researching. I, Anko, almost died!"

Huayue's brain froze for a moment, and then she seemed to remember something. She tapped her hands together and pretended to have suddenly realized something.

"Oh!!! Are you talking about Orochimaru's curse seal? You can get through that by yourself, you are indeed a research-oriented ninja. You can reach the state of immortality through the curse seal, you are indeed..."

As expected of the researcher with the highest scientific research level in the entire Naruto world, Huayue just repeated these words in her mind so as not to stimulate Hongdou who was in a wrong state.

"Do you know where Orochimaru-sensei is going?"

Lying flat on the bed, Hongdou stared at the ceiling in a daze. After listening to Huayue's explanation of this special curse, she finally understood her position in Orochimaru's heart.

There is a one in ten chance that if you are unlucky you will die completely. I am just a chess piece casually arranged by Orochimaru. The last sentence was what Kagetsu said.

"Who knows? Snakes love to dig holes. God knows how many hiding places he has hidden out there."

Changing the subject, the white finger slowly pointed to Hongdou's shoulder and poked it lightly.

Ding!

The girl's shoulders, which were as white as jade and full of youthful vitality, now showed dark blue, regularly flowing invisible ripples, which attracted Hongdou who was still feeling lost.

"This is? Wasn't it bitten to pieces by Orochimaru-sensei?"

"Fool, the Static Blood Suit is not that fragile. As long as the defensive spell in the blood vessels does not disappear, it will recover even if it is temporarily broken."

"In addition, I assimilated the unstable curse seal left by Orochimaru with the Static Blood Suit. Now the Static Blood Suit's defense is so strong that even a lightning-style chakra knife may not be able to penetrate it."

Assimilating the cursed seal and blood armor that can connect to natural energy was a topic that Kazuki had casually set up when he mastered the Sage Mode. Orochimaru thought that he could test his research progress in this way, but he was still too naive.

Red Bean, who was prepared for pain and torture, opened her eyes wide, her purple eyes sparkling, and she couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.

"Why is it not painful at all? It seems that my whole body is full of strength, and even my chakra has increased a lot. What's going on?"

"This is the normal Sage Mode. Your physical fitness is greatly improved, your chakra power is increased several times, and you won't feel excessive pain when attacked..."

When Hongdou realized that this was the power inheritance from the three legendary holy places of cultivation, she sighed and murmured to herself.

"Is the gap between people really greater than the gap between people and dogs? Is what Ebisu said true? Is there an entire sea of ​​stars between you and me?"

Huayue shook her head repeatedly, measured it subconsciously, and spoke frankly.

“Isn’t it 3 centimeters?”

Hongdou came to her senses and subconsciously pulled the quilt wrapped around her body. The big-eyed cute girl kept blinking beside her, which made her even more embarrassed.

"You bastard, haven't you seen enough? If you hadn't saved me again, sooner or later, I, Hongdou-sama, would have killed you. Only on the day of death will you behave yourself, humph."

"It's not the first time. Compared to the last time, the little pigeon seems to have grown a lot bigger..."

With a pair of shy and murderous eyes, he slowly drew the curtains to block out the hazy starlight, blew out the lights and plucked out the candles.

A few days later, the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen officially abdicated and was succeeded by the Fourth Hokage Namikaze Minato. Except for the Hidden Cloud Village, the other major ninja villages officially ceased hostilities with Konoha, and the Land of Fire entered a period of peace.

One year after the Fourth Hokage took over, on July 7rd of that year, Kazuki, who was immersed in research and training, looked towards the Konoha Hospital with her eyes flickering and hint of excitement.