Wanting to Leave

"The Exchange Place..." Tayuya stammered for a long time without being able to say anything, so she simply acted like a brat and said, "It's none of your business!"

"Hehe."

Naruto jumped down the stairs, using his height advantage to pin Tayuya down on the sofa, and sneered.

"You don't want to lose 200,000 in savings, do you?"

Tayuya tried to struggle but found herself unable to move, which made her feel both embarrassed and annoyed. Things were taking a strange turn, which was different from the revenge scenario she had originally imagined.

Shouldn't it be about a corporate slave turning their life around, becoming rich, and then using their money to thoroughly humiliate their former boss?

What happened to the saying that heroes come from all walks of life?

Now her former boss is pinning her down, forcing her to reveal the origins of the adult entertainment platform. Shameful! Utterly shameful! It feels like being caught secretly working a side job and being interrogated by your boss.

Isn't this a kind of...?

"I won't pay it back!" Tayuya said nonchalantly. "I don't have any money. It's all money I earned through hard work."

"What use are you if you're not here? Can't I just take it myself?" Naruto said jokingly. "I bet you don't keep the money you earn too far away. You probably hide it under your pillow or somewhere like under the bed, right?"

"How could you talk such nonsense!"

"Whether it's nonsense or not, we'll find out by looking it up, won't we?" he said with a smile.

"Waaah!!" Tayuya was really terrified of being poor, even though she didn't lack money and was willing to spend it.

But! It wasn't her money she was spending, so it didn't matter at all. But if this person in front of her were to collect all the debts now, wouldn't that mean she was spending her own money recklessly?

Pain! This is more painful than death.

"No! Don't steal my money!" Tayuya in tears.

Her money! That's her money! Money she earned penny by penny!

Seeing this, Naruto was also surprised, and after a moment of stunned silence, he spoke.

"I won't take your money. I'll give you another 100,000 taels of silver if you tell me the whole story."

"Who wants to tell you! You bastard!" Tayuya, a mere 100,000 yen, is this some kind of humiliation?

She was no longer the slum girl she once was; her fortune under the bed had skyrocketed to 1.5 million taels, and she no longer cared about a mere 100,000 taels.

"Five hundred thousand taels!" Naruto didn't even blink, increasing the price fivefold.

"Waaah!! I told you, I told you everything!" A line of humiliating tears streamed down Tayuya's face. Five hundred thousand taels of silver—her bottom line had almost been broken.

It's still that guy's money, might as well make some.

Naruto released Tayuya, who sat timidly on the sofa, quietly explaining how she found the Exchange Place and how she received her first mission.

"They were all small tasks, scattered here and there, and I saved up a little money," Tayuya said softly.

"I can't handle larger tasks by myself, and those other tasks aren't for everyone; it depends on your abilities."

"Anything else? Tell me honestly, if I didn't hear anything interesting today, you won't be sleeping tonight," Naruto continued with a stern face.

"I... I'll tell you everything," Tayuya said, sounding somewhat aggrieved.

And so, Tayuya continued speaking intermittently, while Naruto simply leaned against the other side of the sofa and listened, occasionally responding with a word. After about an hour, Tayuya's mouth was parched.

Naruto glanced at her and suddenly said.

"What is that bounty hunter ninja you mentioned who suddenly appeared?"

"I don't know!" Tayuya gulped down water. "They've suddenly appeared recently, and they're all doing big jobs worth tens of millions."

"This has nothing to do with me. I've only heard about it, and I don't know the specifics."

Upon hearing this, Naruto thought to himself, "Has Kakuzu already started earning money to support Konan so quickly? If that's the case, doesn't that mean the Akatsuki Organization has already begun its operations?"

Grass, a type of plant.

Pain still deserves to die. He's not afraid of Kakuzu or Hidan anymore. From now on, he can just take Nine-Tails with him on his missions. He's equivalent to 73% of the Yin-Yang Nine-Tails, roughly equivalent to one and a half Yang Nine-Tails.

All things considered, he and the Nine-Tails together are roughly equivalent to two and a half Nine-Tails.

I need to find an opportunity to discuss with Tsunade how to hunt down those lunatics from Akatsuki Organization. Instead of waiting for them to come to us, we should bring back the Pervy Sage and hunt them down together.

"Why are you daydreaming?" Tayuya asked.

"It's alright." Naruto stood up, then took out 500,000 ryo in front of Tayuya. "I'm leaving tomorrow, so don't take on any dangerous missions."

"None of your business?" Tayuya retorted.

"Of course I'll take care of it, I'm your creditor," Naruto said casually, slowly rising and looking down at Tayuya. "Anyway, I won't restrict your freedom."

"I won't interfere with what you want to do. If you run into trouble, you can come to Konohagakure to find me."

"Anyway, with your outfit, as long as you conceal it a bit and change your appearance, no one will recognize you."

"Tch, who's going to come looking for you?" Tayuya some dissatisfaction. "Whatever, I'll handle it myself, you don't need to worry about it."

Naruto, of course, didn't care and went upstairs.

Midnight.

Tayuya and turned in bed, unable to sleep. The thought of her failed revenge filled her with bitterness and resentment. She had worked so hard to earn money, yet still...

How much money does that guy have?! She was so angry that she rolled around on the bed, from one end to the other. She screamed a few times, then grabbed her head and broke down in despair.

His chest heaved violently, and the more he thought about it, the angrier he became. As a result, Tayuya was wide awake.

It was a damp and chilly spring day. After calming down, she felt a bit itchy all over, so she got up and groped her way to the bathroom in the dark to take a bath.

She turned on the light with a click, adjusted the water temperature, and habitually tossed a piece of clothing aside with each step. Noticing the hair towel wasn't in the bathroom, she instinctively went to the living room downstairs to look for it.

The bathroom door opened, Tayuya yawned, her bare feet touching the floor. As she passed Naruto's room, the door near the stairs suddenly opened.

The light from inside the room spilled out like silk threads, illuminating half of the corridor.

Tayuya was momentarily stunned by the sudden appearance of the light. Naruto, who opened the door, was also taken aback. He wanted to use the restroom but saw Tayuya, dressed entirely in white, standing at the bottom of the stairs.

"Ah!!!" Tayuya squatted down and hugged herself.

Naruto instinctively turned his head away, and the scene became somewhat awkward. They were too close, Tayuya's reaction was too slow; it was like watching a VR movie, and it was too late to get a 404 error after seeing everything.

"I didn't expect you to have this kind of hobby," Naruto chuckled.

"You're the one with this kind of hobby! I just forgot you were still here!"

Tayuya's face flushed crimson, her heart filled with utter shame. She hastily got up, not even bothering with a bath, wanting only to return to her room and continue rolling around in the bath!

Naruto Uzumaki! Damn it!

"Where were you originally planning to go?" Naruto didn't leave; instead, he squatted down in front of her.

"Huh? What's it to you! Get lost!" Tayuya fell backward, her hands suddenly caught in a dilemma, unsure of what to do with them.

Then, the next second, Tayuya felt herself being suddenly picked up.

"It wasn't my problem before, but it is now." Naruto picked up Tayuya and glanced in the direction of the bathroom.

"Let me go." Tayuya kept twisting and turning, but to no avail.

"Don't move, I'll let you go in a minute." Naruto said dismissively, carrying Tayuya towards the bathroom as if he were holding a cat.

Tayuya felt herself becoming burning hot, her gaze fixed on the person whose expression was shrouded in darkness. Occasionally, he would glance down at her, his eyes fixed intently, his gaze Qingming Festival.

That guy is a real jerk.

As she thought this, her body grew weaker and weaker, and everything began to feel strange. She had never experienced anything like this before, and she felt electric currents running through her back from time to time.

Tayuya even suspected that the bastard had used some strange Ninjutsu, as she felt a warm, tingling sensation from her tailbone to her heart while in his arms.

Tayuya, being carried in a princess carry, watched the warm, dim light in the bathroom draw ever closer. She suddenly realized that the guy would see everything in a moment.

Her eyes widened, and with her last bit of strength, she twisted and turned, trying to break free from Naruto's embrace.

But that was impossible. Naruto steadily carried her into the bathroom and submerged her in the bathtub. Then he clapped his hands, looking like he had accomplished his task.

He himself felt no remorse, as it was just an accident and he didn't take it to heart.

"What were you looking for?" he asked.

At this moment, Tayuya's mind was a bit of a mess. She curled up in the bathtub and answered in a muffled voice.

"Hair drying towel".

"Oh, I took it." Naruto said calmly, then patted Tayuya on the head. "You take a bath first, I'll bring it back to you later."

"Hmm." Tayuya know what to say either, her eyelashes fluttering.

Click, the bathroom door slammed shut. Tayuya splashed the hot water in the bathtub, taking a long, deep breath before exhaling heavily.

She didn't know how to describe her current feeling; she felt somewhat powerless. Actually, she was quite clever, which was why she hadn't run yet, but now she didn't know whether she should run or not.

She had originally planned to stay here for a while since she was broke. Anyway, that guy was rich and stupid; as long as she showed a little compliance, he'd give her money.

Even if I don't make any money myself, I can still get some money from him and then fly away.

She was never afraid of what he wanted from her; Lord Orochimaru had already given up on her, and going back would only be suicide. For her, neither her body nor being used as a tool again mattered.

Tayuya had always thought that bastard was quite shallow, only wanting to use her money to take advantage of her body. Therefore, she wasn't afraid at all.

She knew that most men, except for Lord Orochimaru, were mentally unstable and wanted to possess any attractive monster they encountered. She defined herself as a monster.

So even if that guy didn't come for ten days or half a month, she wasn't disappointed. Essentially, it was an exchange. He wanted her body, and she wanted his money.

A relationship that is crystal clear and transparent.

But why did her heart beat faster when he touched her? Tayuya sank into the bathtub, her knuckles clenched white.

The bathroom light was bright and clear, but it couldn't bring any clarity to her confused mind. Her heart was burning, as if it were about to leap into her throat.

She was a little annoyed, and then she remembered what he had just said: that he would come over again.

Hair drying towel?

Tayuya suddenly didn't want anything anymore; a bad feeling crept into her heart. She wanted nothing more than to escape with the two million ryo hidden under the bed.