Gekko Chizan slowly walked to the side. The crystal had only formed a barrier, but the things inside the room had not crystallized.
He pulled out a chair and sat down, openly sizing up the woman in front of him.
Although she had tried to hide it, the bite marks were far too obvious. Gekko Chizan saw them at a glance.
He let out a very speechless sigh. Such a good physique, wasted by these bastards.
"You used the Uzumaki clan's special physique in this kind of way?"
"Even if it's for survival, to raise your child, this method—hmph—how long do you think you can keep using it?"
Shock. The woman was completely shocked.
Seeing her reaction, Gekko Chizan continued talking to himself.
"Red hair. That's a signature trait of the Uzumaki clan. That special chakra is also their innate talent."
"Although the Land of Whirlpools has already fallen, there are still many Uzumaki survivors."
"It's not difficult for me to figure out your identity."
"But what I never expected was that an Uzumaki clanswoman with such talent would fall to this state."
At this moment, the woman had snapped out of her shock, her eyes filled with wariness.
She only wanted to live on, to survive with her daughter. Who exactly was this man? Why did he know her background so clearly?
"Who are you, exactly?"
"I? A ninja from Takigakure. But my teacher is one of Konoha's Three Sannin—Orochimaru."
"Oh, he's not a Konoha ninja anymore. He's a rogue ninja now."
Konoha? Orochimaru?
Clearly, she knew that name.
"Why did you come here?"
"Isn't it obvious? For you. Someone with your kind of physique shouldn't stay in this Kusagakure."
A trace of panic clearly appeared on the woman's face. She was just about to call out to the surrounding ninja when she was immediately interrupted.
"Don't even think about calling for help. My crystal can block all sound."
"Even if you scream, not a single sound will get out."
Gekko Chizan's confident, take-it-for-granted attitude only deepened the fear in her heart.
Seeing her fear, Gekko Chizan gave an awkward smile. After all, he really hadn't intended to scare her.
"Do you know what your future in Kusagakure will look like?"
"I don't know. I just want to live."
"Hmm, a pretty simple request. But here, it might be nothing more than a luxury. Your ability is already known to them. Do you really think you can keep living so easily?"
A trace of sorrow flashed through the woman's eyes. How could she not understand her current situation?
"So, do you want to leave with me?"
"My teacher Orochimaru may not be a good person, but he treats people with special bloodlines like yours preferentially."
"He's a researcher. He won't harm you. At most, he'll ask you to cooperate with some research."
"Isn't that better than staying here and becoming a living blood bag for Kusagakure's ninja?"
The woman fell silent. She didn't know how to choose.
Her country had fallen. Her clan had been destroyed. She and her husband had barely survived, but fate had not been kind—her husband had died during their escape, leaving only her and her child.
After arriving in Kusagakure, they had also set their sights on her special physique. Recently, more and more people had been seeking her out for treatment.
Seeing her sink into silence, Gekko Chizan stopped talking and instead looked at the still-sleeping child. Small and adorable, just like his own son.
Judging by age, Karin should be about one year younger than his son, Gekko Dōnin, the same age as Naruto and Sasuke.
"Even if you won't think for yourself, you should think for her."
"Inheriting the Uzumaki bloodline, she'll become a second you, suffering inhuman treatment in this Kusagakure."
"Is that what you want to see?"
Children were a parent's greatest weakness. As soon as he said this, her pupils suddenly contracted.
"If I go with you, will it really be safe?"
"Takigakure might treat us the same way as Kusagakure."
After experiencing so many tragedies, she was no longer willing to trust anyone.
Seeing that all this persuasion still had no effect, Gekko Chizan let out a helpless sigh.
"Hey, hey, hey, I'm exhausted from all this talking."
"Tagitsuhime."
A bewitching red light suddenly flared up. The next second, the woman lost consciousness.
"This should've been done long ago. You just had to make it so complicated."
"Alright, take the child and leave this place."
The red light wrapped around little Karin and spread over the woman's body as well. As chakra flowed into place, Gekko Chizan directly used the Flying Thunder God and vanished.
...
After several consecutive jumps, when he landed again, he was already inside a pitch-black cave.
"Damn, why is it so dark here?"
"Did my bastard teacher move or something?"
"Huh? That's not right—this feels like a metal cabinet???"
"Shit! There are even talismans stuck on it! Bastard teacher! You're guarding against me now?!"
Illuminated by Tagitsuhime's red glow, Gekko Chizan finally saw where he was. It was a huge metal box covered in seals.
Just as he was cursing nonstop, his teacher's sinister laughter sounded from outside.
"Hehehehe, isn't it because you little kid come here every day to steal my things?"
"This sealed box was originally for storing some potions, but using it on you isn't bad either."
Orochimaru then opened the metal door, revealing Gekko Chizan's extremely displeased face.
"Hm? Red hair."
"Hmph. I originally planned to let you take care of them, but now I've changed my mind!"
Gekko Chizan completely ignored the curiosity in Orochimaru's eyes and turned to leave, but since Orochimaru had already seen them, how could he possibly let him go?
"Hmph. You're allowed to steal my things, but I'm not allowed to retaliate?"
"Having a disciple like you really drains all my energy."
Orochimaru showed a helpless expression.
"Tch. Haven't I treated you, my teacher, pretty well?"
"Just look at how Minato Namikaze treats Jiraiya. He completely ignores him."
"But speaking of Jiraiya, he's been looking for you all this time."
Hearing Jiraiya's name, Orochimaru gave a disdainful smile. He and Jiraiya had never walked the same path.
He couldn't be bothered to care.
"I found this person in Kusagakure. An Uzumaki survivor. A special ability—she can use her own chakra to heal through her body."
"Mm, but the method is biting."
"She originally refused to leave. I was too lazy to waste words, so I knocked her out and brought her here directly."
"That little girl is also an Uzumaki. I know you'll be interested, but you can only draw blood. I'm sending them to Takigakure."
Hearing this, Orochimaru happily went to fetch medical instruments.
Uzumaki blood—absolutely wonderful!
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