Chapter 13: Collecting Uzuki Yūgao's Pheromones
Uzuki Yūgao? What was she doing here?
Akiyama Makoto hadn't lost consciousness, so he immediately noticed the system prompt. According to the timeline, Uzuki Yūgao should still be an Anbu operative under the Third Hokage's command. This meant the Third Hokage had sent someone to monitor him.
Makoto wasn't particularly surprised by this. There were indeed unexplainable aspects to his recent behavior. It was only because he was currently of high value to the Third Hokage that his situation was still safe. But that didn't mean he wanted the Hokage to pay him any more attention.
He had to find a way to dispel Yūgao's suspicions... or find a way to make her leave. Although Yūgao was an exceptional female ninja who met the system's requirements, she was not someone Makoto could safely get close to right now.
With this in mind, a thought sparked in Makoto's mind.
He delved into his new simulation result, beginning to rapidly study and understand the knowledge and experience accumulated during his second simulation. He was pleasantly surprised to find that the ninjutsu knowledge he had gathered was far richer than he had imagined. It seemed that as long as he acted as a great author in the post-war ninja world and didn't touch upon classified information, he would face no restrictions. Did that mean he could find a way to manipulate the new powers and technologies that would only appear in the Boruto era?
Among this wealth of knowledge, Makoto found a small solution to his current predicament.
For example, during his attempt to become a medical-nin, he had discovered that some ninja exhibited symptoms similar to post-traumatic stress. In their sleep, these ninja would experience abnormal mental fluctuations, which would then lead to their chakra flowing erratically or even in reverse, ultimately causing varying degrees of injury to themselves.
The current Akiyama Makoto fit these conditions perfectly.
While enduring the pain of the bloodline infusion, he simultaneously manipulated the chakra in his body to flow in reverse. His face quickly turned pale, and his breathing became faint.
Beneath the ram mask, Uzuki Yūgao was shocked. She quickly gathered chakra in her palm and pressed it against Makoto's chest to investigate his physical condition. Although Yūgao was only a Special Jōnin, she had a certain foundation in medical ninjutsu, having worked in a related capacity during the Great Ninja War. She hadn't understood why the Hokage had specifically assigned this job to her, but now she seemed to understand.
As Yūgao's chakra entered Makoto's body, she immediately discovered the state of his reversed chakra flow. She first laid his body flat, then carefully infused her own chakra into his chakra point, attempting to suppress the abnormality within him.
Yūgao's choice was beyond Makoto's expectations; he had thought she would send him to the Konoha Hospital. He then quickly understood her motive. If she were to take him to the hospital, the fact that the Third Hokage had sent an Anbu to monitor him would be exposed. That was not something a competent Anbu operative should do.
At this thought, Makoto's heart beat a little faster. This seemed like a great opportunity to acquire Uzuki Yūgao's pheromones! If he maintained this state, constantly engaging her in a push-and-pull with their chakra, wouldn't she have to maintain contact with him?
Of course, Makoto had to be careful not to let his little scheme be exposed. But even if it was, he could explain it away by saying he was afraid she was trying to harm him and was just feigning the injury. No one would ever realize he was actually collecting her pheromones.
Fortune is found in danger. Let's do it!
The bloodline talent infusion was soon complete, and the violent trembling of Makoto's body ceased. This allowed Yūgao to breathe a sigh of relief, realizing her method was working. However, the reverse chakra flow in Makoto's body was stubborn, and she had to continue treating him.
Half an hour quickly passed.
Yūgao wasn't without her suspicions. She wondered if Makoto was faking his injury to deliberately consume her chakra. The Anbu code had a rule: the mission comes first. One must not waste chakra on enemies, civilians, or even teammates without good reason.
But Yūgao had read Makoto's file. She knew his background was clean and that he was a pitiable child. The Third Hokage's mission was only to monitor him, not to treat him as an enemy. This forced Yūgao to suppress her doubts and set a bottom line for herself. In another ten minutes, if Makoto's condition hadn't improved, she would take off her mask and send him to the Konoha Hospital under the guise of a civilian.
But right at that moment, the turbulent chakra in Makoto's body slowly calmed down.
Yūgao sighed in relief, then silently got up and disappeared from his room. A moment later, Makoto opened his eyes, sat up, and looked around in a daze. He clutched his chest and coughed a few times before lying back down on the bed with a pained expression.
This was, of course, all an act to dispel Yūgao's suspicions.
In reality, Makoto was so excited he wanted to jump up and laugh out loud. The collection of Uzuki Yūgao's pheromones was complete! He had originally thought the one-hour collection time was a fixed value. To his surprise, he discovered today that this time could actually be shortened! The reason was likely because Yūgao had actively infused her chakra into his body.
As a transmigrator, Makoto knew that in the ninja world, chakra wasn't just energy for casting ninjutsu. It was also a bridge used to connect people's spirits, facilitating mutual understanding and resolving conflicts. It was only later that war-loving humans began to treat it as a pure weapon, forgetting its function in connecting people.
Now that he had Uzuki Yūgao as a new simulatable target, Makoto couldn't wait to begin connecting with her in a simulation. But the thought that she was still peeping on him and that he had already had one "episode" tonight made him suppress his excitement.
Uzuki Yūgao was not like Tenten. At this point in time, he didn't know if she had become Gekkō Hayate's lover yet. Even if she hadn't, the difficulty of winning her over was much higher than with Tenten. Besides, was Yūgao's talent even worth his effort?
After careful consideration, Makoto decided it was better to first organize the gains from his second simulation and formulate a proper plan. Simulating with Yūgao could wait.
Slowly, Makoto drifted off to sleep.
Seeing him sound asleep, Uzuki Yūgao's figure vanished from outside his window. She went to the Hokage Tower and left an intelligence report, detailing Makoto's actions that day and the current state of his sudden illness.
Early the next morning, Sarutobi Hiruzen saw Yūgao's report. After reading it, his expression became somewhat grave.
Akiyama Makoto was suspected of being seriously ill?