Chapter 260: The Akiyama Family Enters a New Stage
Then, Akiyama Makoto pulled out a large snake. Under the shocked gazes of Uzuki Yūgao and Kurenai Yūhi, he pried open the snake's mouth and looked inside.
Fortunately, Orochimaru wasn't hiding in there. It was empty.
Unfortunately, this large snake alone was enough to make the three women's faces turn ugly.
Such a thing was hidden in a seal?
Anko was the first to react. She laughed and said, "As expected of a very evil thing—sorry, little brother, for making you be intimate with me when I was carrying such a thing. You must be disgusted, right?"
He looked at Anko, who was joking on the surface but actually panicked inside. "If I found you disgusting, I would have felt that way when you used techniques like Striking Shadow Snake."
What looked like a snake was actually just a mass of senjutsu chakra. In terms of its mechanism, it was similar to White Zetsu's Spore Technique.
Right now, he didn't even know if he or the people around him had been infected with spores—probably not, because he shouldn't have been noticed by Obito before, and it wouldn't be easy for Obito to do it now.
If he couldn't even adapt to this little thing, then there were plenty of jutsu and research in the future ninja world that violated modern ethics. There wouldn't be much he could do.
What's more, as a medical ninja, he had seen far more stimulating things than this.
Could a mere snake be more disgusting than rotten intestines?
He then used the Flying Thunder God to return to his room and sealed the half-dead snake inside.
This snake contained senjutsu chakra. Although it was extracted from Jūgo's body and probably couldn't be used as material for researching Sage Mode, it might be used as a bargaining chip to exchange for something from Orochimaru in the future.
After all, Orochimaru didn't have many backups at the level of the Cursed Seal of Heaven.
It wasn't that he couldn't make them, but the only known ninja who could withstand this thing were Anko and Sasuke. He didn't know if there were any backups left in Orochimaru's test subject base.
Having finished all this, Anko had basically recovered.
She looked at her clean shoulder and giggled continuously. Seeing him return, she said, "Everything's ready, right? Heehee, time to give me the True Spirit Seal!"
"Right, right! I've already thought of the mark! I want a red bean!"
"Alright, alright."
Seeing her impatient look, he naturally wouldn't disappoint her, and nodded.
Anko cheered, sat down beside him, and whispered, "To thank you, I convinced Kurenai to join me."
He glanced at Kurenai in surprise. The mature married woman with a youthful face also had a shy expression at this moment.
Kurenai had originally wanted to refuse Anko's absurd suggestion. However, Makoto's performance today had been simply too dazzling, making it impossible for them to forget.
He had fulfilled his promise and become a peerless hero like Minato Namikaze. For Kurenai, what could express her love for him better than intimacy?
With this thought in mind, she had just agreed to Anko's ridiculous proposal, although she was already regretting it now.
"Okay. You said it."
He immediately began to work, quickly casting the True Spirit Seal amidst Anko's cries of surprise.
"Done."
After a while, he wiped the sweat from his forehead. The process of implanting the True Spirit Seal on Anko was finally complete.
However, because he hadn't deliberately controlled the intensity of the spiritual shock, Anko, who prided herself on her endurance, had already fainted.
Facts proved that ordinary people really couldn't withstand the spiritual shock of the True Spirit Seal.
But this also indirectly showed that the True Spirit Seal was an extremely difficult ninjutsu. Without his level of spiritual control and guidance, if others tried to imitate it, the test subjects might not even survive the initial stage.
Kurenai checked Anko's breathing. "Is she really okay?"
"Of course she's fine. She'll probably wake up in an hour, so—"
He opened his arms to Kurenai. She glared at him, wanting to say something but hesitating.
In the end, she could only look at Yūgao, only to find that Yūgao had turned her back, leaving only a slender figure, seemingly with no intention of leaving.
Kurenai could only pretend she didn't exist and began to undress.
An hour later, Anko woke up on time.
Looking at Anko's dazed eyes, he looked at Yūgao, who was still unmoved. "Ahem, we're leaving first."
"If you need anything, you can find me tomorrow morning."
With that, he took Kurenai and Anko and used the Flying Thunder God to return to his room.
It wasn't that he didn't want Yūgao to join in, but this seemed too stimulating for her.
Better to take it step by step.
As for Kurenai and Anko—seeing their secret eye contact, looking as if they were discussing the division of labor, he knew the night would be long.
In the early hours of the morning, he slowly closed his eyes.
When he opened them again at dawn, he had only slept for two or three hours.
But this was enough for him. In fact, he had gradually mastered the technique of using the Mind-Mirror Image to let his spiritual power rest in shifts.
He opened the door, intending to go get breakfast.
To his surprise, Yūgao was standing at the door.
She was wearing a simple nightgown, her hair down. She had obviously not slept after taking a bath.
It was likely that she had been waiting for him here, but didn't dare to take the initiative to enter, so she had waited hesitantly for half the night.
Seeing him now, her face was crimson, but she still looked as if she wanted to say something but stopped.
Just like Anko, Yūgao hadn't yet emerged from her sense of immaturity.
At least in her love life, she wasn't much better than Tenten and the others. Who told Anbu life to be so simple, boring, and dull?
Since that was the case, he needed to help a little.
Then, amidst Yūgao's cry of surprise, he wrapped his arm around her waist, lowered his head, and kissed her on the lips.
A sweet taste came through. Her tense body slowly relaxed, and her hands wrapped around his neck.
This most beautiful girl in Konoha at the moment was gradually lost in his skillful, deep kiss.
[Ding! Deeper contact with the ninja Uzuki Yūgao achieved. Simulation Attempts +5.]
It's finally here... he sighed.
His relationship with Yūgao could be said to be the longest and most awkward.
Even when she had forcibly kissed him, it hadn't counted as "liking."
Now, they had finally gotten on the bus before buying the ticket, putting their relationship on the right track. The next step depended on when they would break through further.
He lifted his head, looked at her flushed face, and said, "It seems we are officially a couple now, right?"
She nodded, mustered her courage, and said, "This time, I really like you, Makoto-kun."
"I like you too."
His confession made her take the initiative to raise her head and kiss him lightly.
Although the intensity of the kiss was far less than when she had forcibly kissed him before, the feeling of physical and mental integration was unmistakable. This was true "like."
"Very good. Next, when we have free time, we will deepen our feelings like this, until you are ready to receive a True Spirit Seal as well."
Yūgao's whole body trembled. Getting the True Spirit Seal... doesn't that mean... Thinking of Anko's appearance yesterday, her understanding of the True Spirit Seal took a huge deviation.
But what even she hadn't expected was that she didn't feel fear or disgust, only anticipation.
After all, this jutsu was too great. Not only could it enhance a girl's strength and keep them young forever, but it could also allow everyone to eat whatever they wanted without getting fat.
Even Yūgao, looking at Tenten and the others who didn't worry about their figures at the dinner table at all, instinctively felt envious.
More importantly, the True Spirit Seal seemed to have become the most important symbol of joining the Akiyama family. Then she definitely had to get it.
So she nodded, but didn't say when she would be ready.
She still needed time to prepare, and he wasn't in a hurry.
He then tasted her lips again before leading her downstairs.
There, they saw the red bean rice that Kazematsuri Matsugu had prepared for him. Even she hadn't expected Yūgao to be the first one down.
"This must be for Big Sister Kurenai. I'll just—"
She wanted to refuse, but he pushed it towards her. "Eat. Today is worth celebrating too, isn't it?"
She blushed and took the bowl. Then she saw Moegi's resentful eyes.
Moegi, who hadn't slept well all night, was just about to say something when Matsugu grabbed her by the ear and dragged her into the kitchen.
Although he didn't treat Moegi as an outsider, Matsugu wouldn't let Moegi run wild in his house.
Unless one day... her granddaughter also joined the Akiyama family. Otherwise, a certain distance had to be maintained.
He saw Matsugu's actions but wasn't in a hurry to stop them.
Moegi was still young. It wouldn't be too late to get close to her in a few years.
Just as he was thinking this, a small, agile figure rushed through the gate, jumped up, and hugged him in a flying tackle. The familiar scent made him blurt out, "Hanabi?"
"Eh? Brother-in-law, how did you know it was me!"
"My sister and I use the same shampoo?"
He couldn't very well say that when Hanabi spoke, there was a faint scent of milk, could he?
Hanabi still had the habit of drinking milk, but Hinata didn't anymore, because eating dairy products directly saved more time for her.
He changed the subject directly. "Leaving aside the scent, what's with this 'brother-in-law' title? Are you mocking your sister?"
Hinata then walked in, her face flushed red. "Hanabi, don't talk nonsense!"
"I'm not talking nonsense! Yesterday, Lord Father called a meeting of the clan elders and publicly stated that you, Sister, would marry Brother-in-law, and that I am the future head of the Hyūga clan. Isn't that right!"
After speaking, Hanabi stood up straight, hands on her hips, looking very happy.
He looked at her expression; it didn't seem fake. It seemed she really was happy.
As for the reason, he understood after thinking about it.
Simply put, his promise to Hanabi and Hinata to fight against the Caged Bird Seal with them had truly been fulfilled.
Hinata wouldn't be branded with the Caged Bird Seal and would join his family. Hanabi and Hinata no longer had to fight for the position of clan head. There were no longer any barriers to the sisters' intimate relationship.
Of course, if one had to say, he was the barrier.
But although Hanabi had a bit of a young lady's arrogant temper, she was not an insensible girl.
She knew very well where these changes came from, and understood that he was an indispensable person in her and her sister's lives.
Of course, another important point was that although she hadn't participated in the battle yesterday, she had used her Byakugan to see his heroic figure from a distance.
This made her unable to muster any thoughts of defeating him to snatch her sister back. It was better to just surrender and build a good relationship with him.
This was also for her sister's happiness, wasn't it?
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