Curse Mark of Heaven

After leaving the shop, Bai Yue stretched lazily and strolled along at an unhurried pace.

This street was interesting. He could browse around...

"What's going on with this woman? She was here just now, so why is she still here?" Just as Bai Yue was about to wander around, he suddenly spotted Kurenai Yuhi still in the same shop as before, not even having moved from her spot.

Curious, Bai Yue decided to go take a look.

"Sister Hong, what are you doing here?" As he approached Kurenai Yuhi, he saw the slight furrow in the brows of her little face, which was beginning to have an older sister vibe, revealing a maiden's entanglement.

"Bai Yue, which of these two murals do you think is better?" Kurenai Yuhi pointed at the two paintings hanging before her, intending to hear someone else's advice.

Bai Yue turned to look...

Emmm... how should he put it?

One was a landscape painting, and the other was a bamboo painting. They would be fine as decorations, but they fell a little short as wedding gifts.

"Neither will do!" Bai Yue rolled his eyes and spoke bluntly.

"How are they no good?!"

"Nothing about them is good!"

"Then tell me why they're no good?!"

"You're planning to give them to Teacher Minato as a wedding gift, right?!"

"Yeah, so what?"

"Exactly. Do either of these paintings have any meaning that makes them suitable for a wedding?"

"..."

"Customize a set of tableware or a tea set... Forget the tea set. Kushina Master's Wife probably wouldn't like that sort of thing, and Teacher Minato probably wouldn't have much time to drink tea anyway." After thinking for a moment, Bai Yue offered Kurenai Yuhi an idea. "Or you could pick out an expensive dressing box. Although the chance of Master's Wife wearing makeup is low, it would still be a nice and appropriate gift."

"Okay!" At those words, Kurenai Yuhi's eyes immediately lit up.

Right! How had she not thought of a dressing box?! Though as a ninja, she rarely wore makeup.

But what girl did not love looking beautiful?!

And this gift was rather unique.

Dressing boxes were common among ordinary people and even nobles, but they were still quite rare among ninja.

It was both thoughtful and novel!

It really was an excellent gift!

"Very good. I forgive you!" Satisfied, Kurenai Yuhi patted Bai Yue on the shoulder, putting on an air of The adult does not remember the child's fault, nearly making Bai Yue laugh out loud.

But when had he offended her?

"Come with me! Help me pick out a beautiful dressing box." With that, Kurenai Yuhi pulled Bai Yue out of the shop.

After stopping and going along the way, they reached a handicraft art store in just a few minutes.

Here, even if they could not find a finished product, they could have one customized.

Very quickly, Kurenai Yuhi found her target.

"What's wrong?" Seeing that she had not moved for quite a while, Bai Yue walked over.

"Which one do you think I should choose?" That was right—Kurenai Yuhi's indecisiveness had struck again.

Glancing at the smiling clerk beside them, Bai Yue said calmly, "If you don't know which one to choose, pick the most expensive one."

Bai Yue also had trouble making choices. Looking at the dressing boxes before him, which were basically identical apart from their color schemes, he decisively gave that answer.

"So expensive!" Following Bai Yue's advice, Kurenai Yuhi immediately shifted her attention to the prices.

Among them, the black and red color scheme dressing box with a golden pattern was the most expensive, costing a full 180,000 Ryo!

Although Kurenai Yuhi came from a ninja family, she was generally considered a commoner ninja. She could not compare to a big spender like Bai Yue.

Though Kurenai Yuhi was a Chunin, she was not wealthy. Her annual income was only a little over a million Ryo at most.

Perhaps not even that much!

And then there were living expenses, training supplies, ninja tools, and so on.

Although she could afford 180,000 Ryo, doing so would undoubtedly require her to grit her teeth and steel herself.

"Need help?" Bai Yue asked kindly.

"No!" With Bai Yue standing beside her, Kurenai Yuhi could hardly suggest switching to a cheaper one. Besides, she thought Bai Yue was right. Since she was giving a gift, she should naturally buy the best.

"All right." Bai Yue shrugged, then added, "By the way, where's Sister Anko? Isn't she attending these wedding celebration activities?"

"Anko is still in the hospital recovering from injury..." After painfully paying the bill, Kurenai Yuhi sat waiting for the clerk to wrap it as a gift and answered calmly.

The Curse Mark of Heaven?

Thinking back on Orochimaru's defection, it seemed that when he fled the village, he had given Anko the initial version of the Curse Mark of Heaven.

And in the end, Orochimaru had even been revived through Anko's Curse Mark of Heaven.

As expected of Snake Uncle. Living Corpse Reincarnation was already beginning to take shape.

"Why did Sister Anko go to the hospital?" Bai Yue asked despite knowing the answer.

"Anko fell victim to Orochimaru. Not only that, after Orochimaru's defection, Anko was placed under isolation and observation." At this point, Kurenai Yuhi gritted her teeth. "That damned Orochimaru! He actually treated even his own disciple as an experiment for his bloody research!"

After all, she had very few female classmates left, and Anko was the only one she was close to!

How could Anko's miserable situation not make her hate Orochimaru?

Tsk, tsk. Orochimaru might have been cold-blooded, but he had actually treated Anko, his disciple, rather well. Anyone else would have long since been dismantled into parts.

Though he had also intended to leave his final revival trump card in the safest place possible—Konoha.

Still, overall, Orochimaru had treated Anko quite well.

"So that's what happened!" Bai Yue looked utterly shocked. "Then Sister Anko must be heartbroken. I want to go see her!"

"Let's go together later." Kurenai Yuhi nodded, then continued, "But I'm not sure whether Anko has woken up yet."

"She's still unconscious?!"

"Orochimaru's handiwork. He treated Anko as experimental material and left an evil Curse Mark on her."

"Even Lord Kushina couldn't completely seal that evil Curse Mark!"

"Maybe I can give it a try." Bai Yue was a little excited. He had originally planned to relax today, but he had not expected such an unexpected surprise.

Perhaps he would get the chance to see the initial version of the Curse Mark of Heaven left behind by Orochimaru.

Just thinking about it made him a little excited.

"You?!" Kurenai Yuhi shot Bai Yue a disdainful glance. Even Kushina Uzumaki could not deal with that Curse Mark, yet a little bean like him wanted to solve it?!

"Who are you looking down on? I've already graduated from Master's Wife's training. My Sealing Jutsu isn't bad!" Apart from the mutually destructive Reaper Death Seal, Bai Yue had learned most of the Sealing Jutsu of both the Uzumaki Clan and the Hyuga Clan.

Next, he only needed to thoroughly master those two inheritances. He did not dare claim that none had come before him or would come after him, but he would definitely become one of the foremost masters of Sealing Jutsu in the current era.

Even as he was now, across the entire Ninja World, if they spoke solely of Sealing Jutsu, he was already one of the notable masters.