After Kairen placed Kurotsuchi in her room, he returned to his main camp and smiled as he looked at the two girls who were still silent.
"You're about to arrive at my capital. Do you still need to wait?"
Ino and Tenten said nothing, both waiting for time to give them an answer.
But Kairen would not wait. He split off several shadow clones and had them carry Shikamaru and the others out, sending them back to wherever they had come from.
"I've chosen the second answer for you. From now on, you two are my women."
Ino raised her head, her pale green pupils staring at Kairen as she said sternly,
"You bastard, why do you insist on having the two of us?"
Kairen wiped the corner of his mouth with his finger and replied, "Because I'm a pervert! Of course, you still have one way out—disfigure yourselves. That way I'll lose interest in you."
"Disfigure?!"
Ino's heart trembled. She was a girl who loved beauty—she didn't have that kind of courage.
But Tenten beside her had no such hesitation. She raised a kunai, preparing to slash her own face.
"Smack!"
With a smack, a hand grabbed Tenten's arm.
Kairen slowly removed the sharp weapon from Tenten's hand and looked at her in confusion.
"Am I really that unbearable? That you'd rather disfigure yourself than follow me."
Tenten glared angrily at Kairen.
"I will never submit to a tyrant like you."
Kairen smiled and gently pinched Tenten's cheek. It was soft and tender.
"Won't submit to me? That makes me even happier. I like seeing you struggle and moan in your stubbornness."
Kairen directly declared domineeringly,
"It's settled. From now on, you two are my women. Wash yourselves clean tonight."
"You shameless pervert!" Ino cursed.
Kairen curled his lips.
"Can't you use a different title? I'm getting tired of hearing 'shameless pervert'!"
Kairen looked at the still-defiant Tenten and suddenly said,
"I'll tell you some good news. Guy didn't die. I saved his life."
"Really?!" Tenten said in disbelief.
Kairen nodded.
"Of course. I never lie."
...
Konoha.
Shizune rushed anxiously into the Hokage's office.
Tsunade was currently troubled by the impact of Shikamaru and the others' mission failure.
Guy had died in battle. The others were missing.
Aside from Rock Lee and Tenten, the others were no small figures.
This involved the Ino–Shika–Cho clans, as well as the Hyuga clan.
If news of their deaths came back, Tsunade's support in the village would drop to its lowest point.
She had a headache. She had been working at high intensity lately, all because of the immense pressure Kairen was putting on her.
Seeing Shizune's anxious expression made Tsunade feel uneasy.
Could something major have happened again?
"Shizune, what happened?"
Shizune hurriedly replied,
"Lady Tsunade, it's bad. The Fourth Raikage was attacked by members of the Akatsuki and has died. The Eight-Tails jinchūriki was captured, and many high-level Kumogakure combat forces were also killed…"
"Kumogakure itself was breached by the Akatsuki. Only some remnants escaped."
Tsunade was shocked.
"What?!"
Within a single day, the two great nations of Lightning and Earth had been destroyed.
Among the Five Great Nations, only the Land of Fire and the Land of Water remained.
Shizune explained,
"Obito possesses the Rinnegan, and Uchiha Sasuke has also awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan. Kumogakure couldn't withstand them at all."
"This—"
Tsunade felt deeply uneasy.
The destruction of two great nations was not just a minor international incident.
The entire ninja world was truly about to change.
"Shizune, bring me the map!"
"Yes!"
...
A short while later.
Tsunade and Shizune carefully studied the distribution of forces across the ninja continent.
Kairen's territory stretched from the Land of Rain across the Land of Wind and covered the Land of Earth.
It had already become the largest territory and had basically completed a semi-encirclement of the Land of Fire.
"This is bad…" Tsunade said with a headache.
Shizune was also filled with worry. She suddenly remembered something and reported,
"Oh right, Lady Tsunade. ANBU members Uzuki Yugao and Anko have both disappeared in the village. The ANBU searched all morning and couldn't find them."
"This—" Tsunade's head hurt even more.
She hurriedly analyzed,
"What connection could their disappearance have? Yugao, Anko… They're both women that tyrant took interest in. Did he have someone kidnap them?"
Shizune shook her head.
"I don't know."
Tsunade grabbed her hair.
"Ah—I'm going crazy! I'm not being Hokage anymore. Whoever wants the position can take it!"
She began taking off her Hokage robe.
"Shizune, grab the money. We're running away!"
Shizune said helplessly,
"Lady Tsunade, stop joking."
Tsunade sat back down weakly and stared upward speechlessly.
"What should we do now? The village can barely handle Obito, let alone that tyrant."
Shizune said nothing.
Recently, the ninja world had been in turmoil, and Konoha was like a lone sailboat tossed in a stormy sea.
"Creak…"
A sound came from the floorboards.
A brown Pangolin emerged from beneath the wooden floor, holding a green-clad Guy in its mouth.
It was Kairen's Pangolin and Guy.
Guy had woken up midway when his face scraped painfully against rocks.
When Tsunade saw Guy, joy appeared on her face.
"Guy, you didn't die!"
Guy scratched his head awkwardly.
"I should've died, but unexpectedly, Kairen saved me."
Tsunade was confused.
"Is he really that kind-hearted?"
Guy felt grateful toward Kairen and spoke a few good words for him.
"He's actually quite decent. He didn't even kill the Inuzuka clan's dog. Instead, he kept it and even promoted it."
"Oh right, although Iwagakure was destroyed, there weren't any casualties. Kairen even married the Tsuchikage's granddaughter, becoming family."
Tsunade was stunned and asked in disbelief,
"Did Moku Kairen destroy the Land of Earth just because he coveted the Tsuchikage's granddaughter's beauty?"
Guy scratched his head.
"Well…"
His mind was filled only with youth and passion—he didn't understand deeply enough.
At that moment, the Pangolin beside him spoke,
"Yes. His Majesty admires Miss Kurotsuchi's beauty. Destroying a nation just to obtain one woman—what romance!"
"Princess Tsunade, I advise you not to resist His Majesty. Wash yourself clean and obediently climb onto His Majesty's bed!"
"Hah!"
A fair, tender fist slammed down, instantly turning the Pangolin into a cloud of smoke.
Tsunade clapped her hands and snorted disdainfully.
"A mere beast dares threaten me. You're courting death."
After driving away Kairen's intelligence agent, Tsunade looked at Guy.
"Guy, are you the only one who came back?"
Guy froze, then suddenly thought of his students.
"Damn it, I have to go back and save them."
Without another word, Guy rushed out the door, running frantically toward the Land of Wind.
"Guy—" Tsunade shouted, but couldn't even catch his shadow.
"That guy… is he trying to die again? The village can't afford to lose him too."
"Shizune, go find Kakashi and have him bring Guy back."
"Yes!"
...
Kairen Empire, Forbidden City.
With the hard work of the Wood Release shadow clones, the former Land of Wind rapidly shed its barrenness and desert.
Forests rose. Grasslands stretched endlessly.
Kurotsuchi was shocked, her black eyes filled with amazement as she looked at the beautiful green world.
"The desert from before actually became like this."
Kairen nodded confidently beside her.
"Of course. Did you forget who your man is?"
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