Chapter 66: Defection Night! The Blonde Devil's oral technique Instruction?
Late at night, Uchiha Sasuke sat alone on the railing by the river.
The scenes from the day repeatedly flashed through his mind.
Chidori lost to Rasengan. Not just in destructive power; even Sakura, whom he always felt needed protection, could now block his strike with her Monster Strength.
Only I, only I am still a loser.
"Is this what you call hatred? Uchiha Sasuke."
A cold voice came from the shadows of the trees behind him.
Sasuke whipped his head around, his Sharinganinstantly activating.
Four figures hung upside down from the tree trunks, each exuding a cold Chakra aura.
Sakon, Jirobo, Kidōmaru, Tayuya. The Sound Fourhad arrived.
"Who are you?" Sasuke's hand rested on his ninja tool pouch; though his body hadn't recovered, he showed no intention of backing down.
"We are the ones who will show you the way." Sakon grinned, revealing a mouth full of sharp teeth. "Lord Orochimaru is waiting for you. If you want to become stronger, if you want to surpass that Uzumaki Naruto who's been playing you for a fool... then come with us."
Just as the two sides were facing off.
A few kilometers away, Naruto was lying in bed, flipping through the "make-out tactics" he'd swiped from Jiraiya, letting out a yawn.
His newly awakened Kagura Minds Eye allowed him to perceive those several unfamiliar Chakrasignatures at the edge of the Village even with his eyes squinted.
[Yo, here they come again? Orochimaru's SF Express squad.]
Naruto rolled over, having no intention of getting up to stop them.
By the river, Jirobo, Sakon, and Kidōmaru, who were about to strike, suddenly felt a chill down their spines.
At that moment, at the very top of the tree trunks.
Tayuya, the only female among the Sound Four, with long dark red hair, was holding her bone flute, looking ready to teach Sasuke a lesson with Genjutsu with a face full of disdain.
Suddenly.
Without warning, a lazy voice suddenly popped into her head.
[That girl named Tayuya, although she has a bit of a sharp tongue and her personality is a bit 'like that'... but to be honest, she's the only one in the entire Hidden Sound Village who's easy on the eyes.]
Tayuya's hand holding the flute shook violently, almost dropping it.
Wha... what voice?! Who's speaking?!
Before she could react, the voice continued, becoming increasingly explicit.
[What's the most important part? It's that flute in her hand!]
[In this Ninja World, there aren't many who can combine Wind Release and Genjutsu so well. To play soul-stirring melodies on that flute, it's an extreme test of 'oral muscle' control and tongue flexibility...]
[Hehehe... Imagine that little mouth, which usually only knows how to curse, having to hold... cough, cough, hold the flute in front of this great me, playing a 'Lullaby' for me with a hazy look in her eyes.]
[If that technique were used a bit elsewhere... like when eating a popsicle... that would definitely be an emperor-level enjoyment! What Genjutsu? That would be the Pure Land!]
[Tayuya-chan, since you're going to defect anyway, why not stop following that disgusting Orochimaru and come be a private flutist for the future Hokage? I also have a... very interesting flute I'd like you to try.]
Boom!
Tayuya felt her mind go blank, and then her entire face instantly turned the color of pig liver, even redder than her long red hair.
popsicle?!
private flutist?!
And... another flute?!
This lewd suggestion made Tayuya, who usually prided herself as the "Poison-Tongued Queen," completely lose her composure.
"Who is that dead pervert?!"
Tayuya completely forgot the mission, forgot Sasuke, and forgot to maintain her cool. She jumped up and down on the tree trunk, waving her flute wildly at the air, spewing a string of curses that would need to be bleeped out.
Sasuke, by the river, was stunned.
The originally aggressive Sakon and the others were also stunned, looking at their suddenly crazed teammate like she was an idiot.
"Tayuya? What the hell is wrong with you?" Sakonasked with a frown.
"Shut up! There's a pervert... a pervert in my head telling me to eat... eat a popsicle!" Tayuya roared, her voice carrying uncontrollable panic and trembling.
[Ding!]
[System wide-area capture successful. The character "Tayuya (Otogakure)" has been forcibly activated with heavenly curtain permissions.]
[Detected that the host (Naruto) has provided highly constructive "talent (oral technique) commentary" on an enemy unit.]
[Target (Tayuya)'s shame level has exceeded the threshold. Calculating rewards...]
[Obtained passive skill evolution: Demon Flute: Sound of Ultimate Bliss (Your flute music will no longer be just simple Genjutsu, but will evoke the listener's deepest desires... or cause someone extreme pleasure).]
[Attached Debuff: When facing the Blonde Youth, due to the automatic emergence of "eating a popsicle" images in the mind, hand sign speed decreases by 50%, and the chance of blushing increases by 100%.]
"Damn it... damn it... why has the Chakra in my body become so strange?!" Tayuya clutched her chest, feeling a surge of feverish power rampaging through her body; the bone flute in her hand even seemed to become hot to the touch.
And Sasuke, looking at this group of performance artists, actually showed a hint of bewilderment in those crimson Sharingan.
These are... Orochimaru's elite subordinates?
That crazy woman looks even more unreliable than Naruto.
"Hey, have you had enough?" Sasuke spoke coldly. "If you're going to fight, then do it. Don't play the fool."
Mocked by Sasuke, Sakon and the others felt they were losing face.
"Tch, ignore that crazy woman Tayuya. Sasuke, it seems you won't listen unless we use some force."
Swish, swish, swish!
Except for Tayuya, who was still questioning her life on the tree, the other three moved instantly.
The three cooperated tacitly; Sasuke had just recovered from his injuries and hadn't mastered the power of the Cursed Seal, so he was no match for them. In just a few minutes, Sasuke was kicked flying, crashing heavily into a tree trunk, with a trace of blood leaking from the corner of his mouth.
The physical pain was secondary; the feeling of humiliation from being crushed so completely was what he couldn't accept.
"Do you see? This is reality." Sakon stepped on Sasuke's chest. "Staying in this play-house Village, you'll always be a loser. Only Lord Orochimaru can give you the power for revenge."
Sasuke's eyes gradually became hollow, leaving only determination.
Revenge. Power.
For that... he didn't care if he sold his body to a devil.
Back in the apartment, Naruto turned a page and smacked his lips.
[Finished fighting? Tsk, Two-Pillar's mental fortitude is too weak; he wants to run away from home just after getting beaten up.]
[But whatever, let him go. This is something he must experience. Without this, how can he upgrade his Sharingan? How can he provide practice targets for my naive Wife Hinata, Sakura, and the others?]
[As for that Tayuya...]
Naruto closed his eyes, his lips curling into a mischievous smile.
[Next time we meet, I must personally check if her 'technique' is really as good as I imagined. If it's not up to par... as the future savior of the Ninja World, I have the duty to teach her what true musical art is, hand-in-hand... or 'mouth-to-mouth'.]
A few kilometers away.
Tayuya had just calmed down when she saw Sasuke packing his things with a dark expression, preparing to leave. Before she could breathe a sigh of relief, that voice rang out in her head again:
"Checking technique... mouth-to-mouth..."
Clatter.
The bone flute in Tayuya's hand could no longer be held; it fell straight to the ground and snapped into two pieces.
"That blonde bastard... if I ever catch you, I'll... I'll definitely kill you! Sob..."
On this night of defection that should have been filled with killing intent, a strange whimper was mixed in.
The gates of Konoha quietly opened a crack this night. Sasuke's figure disappeared into the night, and the mission named "Retrieve Sasuke" had already been quietly put on the agenda in a certain Blonde Youth's little notebook.