Chapter 358 - 356 Orochimaru twisted the doorknob and entered the room

Ichikishimahime leaned back and said proudly, "Only I noticed this. Mio and Xiao Hikari, those two idiots, would never have found out if I hadn't said it."

We already noticed, alright… Hyuga Mio and Uchiha Hikari looked at Ichikishimahime with a hint of disdain.

Click—!

Orochimaru twisted the doorknob and entered the room. Seeing the lump on the bed, she walked over and sat on the edge of the bed, gently poking the lump, and said apologetically, "Tsunade, it's not you who should apologize, but me. I'm very sorry for putting you through all of this…"

The lump wriggled, and a messy head peeked out from under the covers. Reddened eyes stared at Orochimaru and said, "Is there something you haven't told me? Is the Uzumaki Clan settling in the Land of Waves related to you?"

After her anger had been vented and she had calmed down, Tsunade noticed many things that didn't add up.

Uzumaki Chigusa was very popular within the Uzumaki Clan. It was no exaggeration to say that the people pursuing her could line up from the Mask Storage Temple to the Land of Whirlpools port, but she had never accepted anyone, nor had she ever tried to be in a relationship with anyone.

Grandma Mito had even mentioned this once, complaining that she was too picky and would eventually become an unwanted old woman.

The result... she ended up an old woman with Orochimaru!

As Tsunade thought of this, her gaze towards Orochimaru was filled with fury.

Orochimaru looked at Tsunade's reddened eyes, opened her arms, and said, "Tsunade, would you like to come into my embrace and hear how the Uzumaki Clan came to live in the Land of Waves?"

"I would not!"

Tsunade pulled the blanket tighter around herself, refusing Orochimaru without hesitation.

"Then I'll take that as a yes."

Orochimaru reached out and pulled Tsunade, wrapped in her blanket, into her arms.

"I said! I don't agree! I don't agree!"

Tsunade twisted her body, like a large caterpillar caught by a predator, desperately wriggling and struggling in vain.

"The survival of the Uzumaki Clan and their settlement in the Land of Waves is indeed related to me…"

Upon hearing this, Tsunade stopped struggling, looked up at Orochimaru, and waited for her to continue.

"At that time, I was still cultivating in Ryūchi Cave…"

Orochimaru recounted how the Various Ninja Villages attracted Konoha's attention and sent elite Ninja to invade Uzushiogakure.

"By the time I arrived, Chigusa and Naino were already on their last breath, and the bodies of Uzushiogakure people were everywhere, with less than one-tenth of them surviving."

Recalling that scene, Orochimaru clenched her fist and said with a hint of lingering fear, "If I had been a step later, Chigusa would have activated the Reverse Four Symbols Sealing to perish with the enemies trapped by the barrier…"

"Cursed Seal Blood Imprint, the scroll you brought out before…"

Tsunade thought of the scroll Orochimaru had brought out at that time.

"The Reverse Cursed Seal Blood Imprint was developed based on the Forbidden Technique: Cursed Seal Blood Imprint. It was used to replenish the vitality of Naino, who had consumed a large amount of life force by activating the Cursed Seal Blood Imprint. Later, I used it to activate the Regeneration Technique: Regenerative Carcass."

Orochimaru developed the Reverse Cursed Seal Blood Imprint at that time to replenish Uzumaki Nano's vitality, never intending to use it for anything else.

"And the Regeneration Technique I now master no longer requires the Reverse Cursed Seal Blood Imprint to activate."

The Regeneration Technique no longer needed the Reverse Cursed Seal Blood Imprint, but this did not mean that this Forbidden Technique would be relegated to the cold palace.

Extracting a Tailed Beast from a Jinchuriki also required the Reverse Cursed Seal Blood Imprint to replenish the Jinchuriki's vitality and prevent their death.

"Orochimaru, why didn't you tell me? It seems like I'm the only one who knows nothing."

Having participated in multiple wars, Tsunade could easily imagine how tragic the scene must have been at that time, while she was still cultivating in Shikkotsu Forest.

"If you hadn't asked me actively, I wouldn't have told you… It's not something worth bringing up."

Orochimaru was quite reluctant to bring up this matter.

Tsunade also realized this and did not press further, asking if she had told Sarutobi-sensei and the others.

If she hadn't even told her, how could she have told them?

"Tsunade, you know my relationship with White Snake Pharmaceutical Technology Company. I sent the Uzumaki Clan survivors to the Land of Waves and entrusted them to the company's care. After that, the Uzumaki Clan survivors settled in the Land of Waves."

"You know I often go to the Land of Waves. After you all confessed to me, I wanted to talk to Chigusa about it, but I didn't expect her to like me too…"

Orochimaru looked down at Tsunade in her arms; she had added a tiny bit of falsehood to her truth. For now, Tsunade couldn't know that she was the boss of White Snake Pharmaceutical Technology Company.

"And then, you agreed? That opportunistic old woman!"

Tsunade angrily waved her fist. She had thought Orochimaru and Uzumaki Chigusa had started recently, but she didn't expect it to have begun back then!

"Even now, I don't understand why you all would fall for me…"

Orochimaru spoke with a hint of confusion in her eyes, unable to comprehend, "I am a rather uninteresting person, almost dedicating all my energy to Ninjutsu and research."

"Who knows! I just inexplicably fell for you, always thinking about you, my head filled with you… Besides, you saved the Uzumaki Clan survivors like a hero back then…"

Tsunade's face flushed, her voice gradually grew softer, and she whispered, "If I were Sister Chigusa, I might have fallen for you too."

"Tsunade, I'm so sorry I never told you."

Orochimaru kissed Tsunade's slightly reddened eyes.

"You were worried I'd rush to the Land of Waves to cause trouble for Sister Chigusa, weren't you? I knew it would be like this!"

Tsunade's eyes widened, and she angrily bit Orochimaru's lip, then kissed her forcefully, pushing her onto the bed.

"Orochimaru, was what I just did not very good?"

Tsunade nestled in Orochimaru's arms, scratching her cheek with her finger.

"Don't worry, Chigusa won't be angry with you…" Orochimaru cupped Tsunade's flushed face with both hands, "It would be different if that cup of sake had spilled on her."

Grrr—!

"Ah…"

Tsunade covered her protesting stomach, her face bright red, her eyes darting away, not daring to look at Orochimaru's smiling golden eyes.

"Good, the food shouldn't be cold yet. Let's go eat."

Orochimaru held Tsunade and sat up, gently patting her back, reassuring her, "Don't worry, it's fine."

"You say that as if I have anything to worry about!"

Tsunade got up and walked out, then after two steps, she turned back to look at Orochimaru, who was sitting on the bed, deep in thought.

"Orochimaru, aren't you going to eat?"

Tsunade quickened her steps, grabbed Orochimaru's hand, and pulled her out.

"Perhaps it's because we've been living together for so long, but I only just noticed today that your chest seems to have grown quite a bit, Tsunade."

Orochimaru stared intently at Tsunade's chest, certain that it wasn't her imagination.

It was strange; Tsunade was almost 23 years old and hadn't gained weight, yet her bust had increased significantly. If it continued to grow, it would soon reach the level of Tsunade in the original story.

"You, you noticed…"

Tsunade's face turned red, and a hint of secret delight flashed in her eyes.

"You didn't use Medical Ninjutsu, did you…?"

Orochimaru looked at Tsunade suspiciously. Even a second growth spurt couldn't possibly happen in the chest, could it?

"No, it's not! Orochimaru, why don't you ask yourself!"

Tsunade covered her chest with both hands, placing the blame for her increased bust on Orochimaru's head.

"Huh?"

Orochimaru froze, and it took several seconds before she said, "This doesn't conform to medicine, let alone science…"

Things like breast massage for enlargement were impossible.

It was well-known that besides mammary glands, the entire breast was fat.

Talking about breast massage for enlargement, that's just engorgement, okay? It goes down after a while!

If breast massage for enlargement worked, there wouldn't be so many people getting implants.

Instead of breast massage for enlargement, it was more like learning from the Akimichi Clan how to store fat in specific locations.

If it could get bigger that way, Mio's bust hadn't increased!

Orochimaru stared at Tsunade's chest, not believing she would go to the trouble of trying to store fat in her breasts. The only possibility was that she truly had a second growth spurt, and the location of that growth was her chest.

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