Pledge of Servitude

"My... my chest hair! I'm a girl, I don't want that sort of thing!"

Kotone screamed in despair. Her sorrowful appearance and desperate expression were enough to make anyone weep.

Taking a deep breath, a determined look appeared in Kotone's eyes.

Although her body had become strange, the increase in her strength was undeniable.

Her only chance now was to seize the opportunity to defeat Kazeka and demand an antidote.

Looking at Kazeka, Kotone's eyes filled with killing intent. Her body trembled, and she was about to attack him.

However, seeing her pants and sleeves tear from her exertion, revealing bulging muscles, Kotone suddenly stopped in her tracks.

In that instant, it was as if all the strength had been drained from her body, and she collapsed to her knees.

She raised her head, looking up at the sky. Everything around her seemed to have nothing to do with her. Her eyes were vacant, clearly having given up on thinking!

"Dosu, aren't you going to surrender yet?"

Standing still, Kazeka didn't continue his attack. He leisurely looked at Dosu.

"Your teammates have already lost the ability to resist. Facing our two squads, a total of six combatants, you have no chance of fighting back!"

"As a Ninja, one must persevere..."

Dosu wanted to say "persevere to the end," but the miserable state of his two teammates made it impossible for the outwardly cold but inwardly warm guy to continue.

Zaku's upper body clothing was torn in half. He was currently curled up under a tree root, clutching the remaining fabric and sobbing.

Kotone, who was originally a fair-skinned, slender girl, was now transforming into a muscular man.

She was muttering about getting abs, her body hair getting thicker, and her skin becoming rough. Her lost, helpless state was heartbreaking!

He had already used all his strength to face Kazeka alone. Now, Kazeka had five more teammates. The current situation was a dead end!

"We surrender..."

Dosu sighed, resignedly took out the Scroll of Heaven, and threw it at Kazeka's feet.

"Now, give us the antidote and return my teammates to normal!"

"Give you the antidote? What nonsense are you talking about..."

Kazeka kicked the scroll up, casually tossing it to Kiba Inuzuka behind him.

"You lost the battle, so handing over the scroll is normal. I wasn't planning on finding other faults with you, but if you want an antidote, that's a different price!"

Kazeka pulled out three small scrolls from his pocket and threw them to Dosu.

"Sign your names, and then I'll give you the antidote!"

"This... this is a contract of servitude!"

Dosu knew Kazeka wouldn't be easy to deal with. However, when he opened the scrolls and saw their contents, his face instantly changed.

"How could we possibly sign something like this!"

"Hey, hey, hey, this isn't called a contract of servitude. I'm a person who values science, is morally upright, and dislikes enslaving others..."

Seeing Dosu slander him like that, Kazeka quickly defended himself.

"What the scrolls say is simply that you voluntarily agree to my experiments, voluntarily help me solve some tasks;

voluntarily give me a portion of the money you earn, and voluntarily give me a portion of the intelligence from the village..."

"Isn't that just a contract of servitude!"

Kiba, who had just received the scroll, couldn't hold back either.

"You guy, don't talk about such serious matters so casually!"

"Kiba, I can't believe you're my teammate!"

Kazeka looked at Kiba Inuzuka incredulously.

"Firstly, there are many benefits to accepting my experiments. Increasing strength is just one of them, and there are many hidden benefits.

Normally, people would beg me with money, and I wouldn't even agree!

If it weren't for the special ninjutsu of these three that piqued my research interest, I wouldn't bother.

As for the rest, since I've conducted experiments on them, shouldn't they give me some return?

It's a fair trade, isn't that a basic principle of being human!

Besides, I'm the victor. If nothing else, is it a problem to demand some spoils of war?"

"But in my opinion..."

Kiba pouted.

"You're still forcing them to sign a contract of servitude!"

"Kiba..."

Looking at Kiba Inuzuka, who was clinging to him, Kazeka frowned.

"After this battle, I suddenly realized that your strength is seriously holding our team back.

So I've decided that once this second exam is over, I'll directly conduct an experiment to improve your abilities!"

"There's no need for that..."

Hearing this, Kiba Inuzuka's face instantly tensed up:

"I suddenly feel like what you're saying makes a lot of sense, and I can't refute it!"

"How about it?"

Kazeka didn't give Dosu much time to think:

"My time is very precious. If you're still hesitating, then I won't bother with you anymore!"

"I agree!"

The miserable state of his teammates was simply unacceptable to Dosu. Even more crucially, Otogakure was founded by Orochimaru.

Orochimaru himself was a powerful individual who possessed both strength and research capabilities. Although scrolls like Kazeka's had confidentiality agreements.

But as long as he lingered around Lord Orochimaru a few more times and deliberately left some clues, Orochimaru would definitely discover the issue!

"Kazeka, won't this cause problems?"

Kiba Inuzuka also thought of this and leaned close to Kazeka's ear to speak:

"Orochimaru is one of the Sannin. Won't he discover this trick of yours?"

"Don't worry..."

Kazeka chuckled lightly:

"The fact that restraint-based contracts are popular itself signifies their powerful binding force. Moreover, this one was designed by me personally.

If they want to report it, even if the other party is Orochimaru, there's nothing they can do.

Even if it can be broken, the experimental data and various intelligence they've provided me during this time are more than enough!"

"Although being your teammate means I have to be wary of you at all times..."

Kiba Inuzuka sighed:

"But watching you deal with enemies inexplicably gives me a sense of peace."

Kazeka ignored Kiba Inuzuka's annoying mouth and simply took the three scrolls Dosu returned, giving him two vials of antidote:

"The usage is very simple, just inject it into your arm..."

Kazeka's research ability was indeed impressive. As soon as they injected it, Zaku and Kotone recovered at a visible rate.

In less than a few minutes, they had returned to their normal state, as if their previous condition was just an illusion!

"We'll remember this incident!"

They fiercely uttered a threat to Kazeka before leaving warily.

They had come full of confidence, only to suffer a crushing humiliation. They were not feeling good about it.

But now was not the time to dwell on these matters. They still had the mission of participating in the competition for Orochimaru. If they didn't want to be eliminated, they still needed to snatch scrolls from two more teams.

"Naruto..."

As the Sound Ninja team left, Kazeka didn't rush to go. Instead, he tossed the scrolls in his hand:

"Do you want the Sound Ninja's scrolls? If you agree to participate in my experiment, I'll give them to you!"