Uchiha Hikari withdrew her gaze, her large black eyes staring at Tsunade beside her with envy and resentment.
"Wha… what's wrong?"
Tsunade felt uncomfortable under Uchiha Hikari's gaze.
"Tsunade, you and Orochimaru did it, didn't you?"
Uchiha Hikari said with certainty.
"Hikari, you… you, you, you, what nonsense are you talking about?!"
Tsunade stared wide-eyed at Uchiha Hikari, her face visibly reddening.
"I heard everything!"
Uchiha Hikari put her hands on her hips, her expression saying, 'Don't even think about lying to me.'
"…"
Tsunade realized what it meant to shoot herself in the foot. Yesterday, she insisted on being with Orochimaru in the bathtub, thinking that with just herself and Orochimaru at home, they wouldn't be discovered. She never expected Uchiha Hikari to overhear.
"Yes, Orochimaru and I did it…"
At this point, Tsunade couldn't make up an excuse to gloss over it, so she could only admit it.
"Hmph!"
Uchiha Hikari huffily turned over and wrapped herself in the blanket.
Tsunade looked at Uchiha Hikari like this and chuckled, patting her shoulder. "Hikari, the war isn't over yet. Orochimaru and I might be on the battlefield again very soon… You'll have plenty of opportunities once you're an adult."
Tsunade knew very well that she couldn't have Orochimaru all to herself. As for giving up Orochimaru, if she could have, she would have done so long ago. It was precisely because she couldn't give her up that things had become like this.
"Orochimaru won't let me go to the battlefield, but I'm very strong too…"
Uchiha Hikari said sullenly; she had suggested going to the battlefield more than once, only to be rejected every time.
"Hikari, you didn't grow up in Konoha, so there's no need for you to go to the battlefield for Konoha. Orochimaru probably thinks the same way; she doesn't want you to treat yourself as a weapon."
Tsunade thought of Uchiha Hikari's past experiences; if it were her, she wouldn't want her to go to the battlefield either.
"The current war has nothing to do with you, Hikari."
"If you're going to the battlefield, how can it have nothing to do with me!"
Uchiha Hikari turned around, her voice involuntarily rising, and in her agitated state, her eyes automatically activated the Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
"Because this isn't a personal war; it represents the interests of the Village and the country. If it represented Orochimaru herself..."
Tsunade stopped there, unable to continue, because even if it were Orochimaru's personal war, she wouldn't let Hikari go to the battlefield. Rather, she had always been strongly against underage Ninja going to the battlefield.
"Hikari, it's better to wait until you're an adult."
Tsunade said with a forced smile. Just thinking about Orochimaru and Hyuga Mio doing *that*, and she still had to comfort Uchiha Hikari—wasn't she the one who needed comforting the most?
Orochimaru was a treasure she had wanted to firmly hold in her hands since childhood!
As a result, more and more people were eyeing her treasure!
Click—!
Orochimaru pushed open the door and walked into Hyuga Mio's room.
Under the warm lamplight, Hyuga Mio sat quietly on the bed, her soft black hair draped over her shoulders, dressed in a thin, sexy white nightgown. The wide opening at her chest revealed her fair skin, round and full breasts, and the deep cleavage that invited exploration.
Hearing the door open, Hyuga Mio looked up, a shy smile appearing on her gentle, beautiful face, and slowly raised her slightly trembling hand towards Orochimaru.
"Mio, I kept you waiting..."
Orochimaru looked at Hyuga Mio, who was like a ripe apple waiting to be picked, her heart rate uncontrollably quickening as she clasped the slender, pale, soft hand.
The light drizzle only stopped late at night. After the rain, the sky cleared, the dark clouds dispersed, and the bright moonlight poured down from above.
In the room, two slightly different shades of black hair intertwined, and the two, slightly panting, held each other tightly.
"Mio, do you want to take a bath?"
Orochimaru wanted to use Mystical Palm Technique to treat Hyuga Mio; with wounds, she couldn't take a proper bath.
"Mm..."
Hyuga Mio responded softly, then suddenly thought of something and held Orochimaru's hand.
"Um... will it..."
"Ah... this..."
Orochimaru's face instantly turned bright red. This was a question in her blind spot of knowledge; with her accumulated knowledge, she found it difficult to answer Hyuga Mio's question.
"Sorry, Mio, I can't answer your question."
"Pfft—!"
It was the first time Hyuga Mio had seen Orochimaru so flustered. She smiled gently and propped herself up. The pain made her pause for a moment, then she suggested, "Do you want to do an experiment? I'm very willing to be your test subject."
"If it will cause you pain again, how about using me as the test subject instead?"
Orochimaru wrapped her arms around Hyuga Mio's soft waist, not missing the subtle changes in her expression and the momentary pause due to pain. She didn't want her to experience that kind of pain again.
"Then... then let's just give up on the experiment. A bath... tomorrow, tomorrow wouldn't be impossible either..."
Hyuga Mio nestled in Orochimaru's arms, her face flushed.
"Mio, your heart is beating so fast!"
Orochimaru felt Hyuga Mio's heartbeat. "You're too easily embarrassed."
Such a shy Hyuga Mio reminded Orochimaru of Hyuga Hinata from the original story, who could get so shy she'd faint.
Calculating the time, the twin brothers Hyuga Hiashi and Hizashi were already 10 years old.
"It's not that, you always say things that make my heart race."
Hyuga Mio looked at Orochimaru, who seemed completely unaware and instead thought she was easily embarrassed. Annoyed, she bit Orochimaru's chest, but couldn't bring herself to bite hard.
Can you two please stop being so mushy!
Damn you two!
Ichikishimahime, who had witnessed the entire thing, was about to snap from Orochimaru and Hyuga Mio. She felt like she had just chugged a bottle of super sour vinegar, and she didn't even know what was wrong with her.
Orochimaru walked on the way to Training Ground No. 0, feeling Uchiha Hikari's very strong, resentful gaze from behind.
"Hikari, what's wrong?"
Orochimaru guessed what was going on but couldn't bring it up.
"Orochimaru, you know..."
Uchiha Hikari glared at Orochimaru, puffed up with anger.
"Hikari, do you remember our agreement?"
Orochimaru extended her hand to Uchiha Hikari.
"I remember..."
Uchiha Hikari placed her hand in Orochimaru's palm.
"That was giving you time to think, and also because I don't want to make a move on someone underage. I know you want to say you're already over a hundred years old, but try to forget those painful memories, Hikari. I want you to slowly forget those painful memories; they're not something worth holding onto."
Orochimaru looked gently at Uchiha Hikari.
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