Damn it, she called me an old hag first back then!
And what about my chest? Wasn't it her who insisted on comparing!
Was it just saying that if they were too big, they would sag?
Is that reason enough to remember it until now?
Orochimaru realized that Uzumaki Chigusa, this drama queen, could always easily stir up her emotions, especially anger.
"It's good that you admit it."
Uzumaki Chigusa clasped her hands behind her back, in a good mood, bouncing on the beach, occasionally looking at Orochimaru, as if saying,'See? I wasn't wrong, you admitted it yourself!'
Orochimaru's murderous gaze was her only response.
"Chigusa, besides the matter of the Chinoike Clan, I came to the Land of Waves this time to tell you something about Grandma Mito..."
Orochimaru told Uzumaki Chigusa about Grandma Mito's proposal to the Konoha Higher-Ups to build the Spiral Tower.
"Orochimaru..."
Uzumaki Chigusa put away her playful thoughts and looked at Orochimaru's somewhat gloomy face. She finally understood why her Chakra had become like that. Thinking of Orochimaru's efforts for Grandma Mito, for a moment, she couldn't think of how to comfort her.
Orochimaru smiled and said with relief, "Chigusa, you don't need to comfort me. Grandma Mito has already made her decision, and I will respect her decision."
"Grandma Mito isn't young anymore. Even the Uzumaki Clan's vigorous vitality will eventually run out. It's just..."
Uzumaki Chigusa thought of the Nine-Tailed sealed within Grandma Mito and sighed softly, not continuing to speak.
Perhaps Konoha would come to the Land of Waves to find a successor Jinchuriki for Grandma Mito before her natural death.
Uzumaki Chigusa didn't want her clansmen to become the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. Moreover, with the destruction of Uzushiogakure, the friendly agreement between Uzushiogakure and Konoha had already been nullified.
Why should the Uzumaki Clan let their own people become the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, becoming Konoha's weapon?
Uzumaki Chigusa preferred to let the Nine-Tailed leave this world with Grandma Mito's natural death. Even if the Nine-Tailed would revive somewhere else, what of it?
Uzushiogakure had already paid a huge price for its Sealing Technique and its naturally suitable Jinchuriki physique!
"No one can force you to do things you don't want to do, Chigusa. This is my promise to you and to the people of the Uzumaki Clan living in the Land of Waves."
Orochimaru seemed to have guessed what Uzumaki Chigusa was thinking and gave her promise.
She would not allow the tragic existence of Jinchuriki to happen to the Uzumaki Clan.
As for whether Uzumaki Naruto would exist in the future, she didn't care. He wasn't needed to deal with the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
I didn't say anything, yet Orochimaru guessed what I was thinking? She's too perceptive!
Uzumaki Chigusa looked at Orochimaru's unusually serious expression. Her cool face was even more charming at this moment. It was a unique charm that radiated from within.
"You... what are you suddenly talking about!"
Uzumaki Chigusa turned her head away, trying to make her rapidly beating heart return to a normal rhythm. She pulled down her straw hat to hide her flushed face.
"Hmph! Just pretend I'm talking nonsense."
Orochimaru snorted, took out the manuscript she had stayed up all night writing, and handed it to Uzumaki Chigusa. "I don't know when the next book will be. Judging by the current situation, I'll be busy soon."
Although she was already busy enough... Orochimaru was considering whether to release some research results to help Konoha. With her research in biotechnology, limb regeneration was already possible, but perfect cloning was not yet. The cloned bodies couldn't survive for long, and if they left the cultivation tank, they would die in minutes.
Therefore, when she conducted Chakra Poison experiments, she could only use her Shadow Clone.
"Orochimaru, with your strength, nothing will go wrong, but I still have to say, you need to be careful. War is not a game..."
Uzumaki Chigusa took the manuscript Orochimaru handed her, gripping it tightly. She hadn't participated in the First Shinobi World War but had witnessed its beginning and end.
"Don't worry, I'm not a child anymore. Maybe I'll grow taller than you in the future."
Orochimaru compared her height difference with Uzumaki Chigusa. She was already almost as tall as Uzumaki Chigusa, who was about 1.7 meters, and might even grow to about 1.8 meters in the future.
"Orochimaru, lower your head."
Uzumaki Chigusa waved her hand.
"Huh?"
Orochimaru lowered her head and felt something warm and soft touch her forehead. She widened her eyes, looking at Uzumaki Chigusa, who was covering her mouth and giggling.
?!
Hyuga Mio and Uchiha Hikari happened to witness this scene.
The Uzumaki Clan's leader, no way... Hyuga Mio pondered.
Uchiha Hikari's eyes activated her Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
"Oh my..."
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