"Th-That wasn't it. It wasn't that Orochimaru had already developed it over the past two years."
Tsunade panted heavily.
"B-But he... he insisted on handing it to you himself!"
"Even when I asked him for it, he refused, saying you weren't around!"
A trace of anger appeared on her pretty face.
She had never expected Orochimaru not to trust even her. They were close friends!
"Orochimaru was right."
A hint of admiration showed in Uchiha Akira's eyes. "If you inject the serum and gain free control over the Tenseigan, your bodies will gradually be transformed into those of the Ōtsutsuki Clan."
"By then, you will become sacrifices of the Ōtsutsuki Clan."
"Orochimaru's concern was valid. Letting you gain the ability to freely control the Tenseigan while I wasn't around would have been harming you."
Orochimaru's intelligence was still top-notch.
Especially now, when research was all he had in life, he carried an added air of calm composure.
Five days later.
Tsunade and Mei Terumi had not lasted a month. They could no longer endure after just five days.
He did not go looking for Kaguya.
Unlike Mei Terumi and Tsunade, Kaguya was the kind who ate for three years after one job, then went three years without one. Right now, she was sleeping at home.
After the two rested for another two days, Uchiha Akira brought Tsunade, Mei Terumi, and Uchiha Itachi to Orochimaru's research base.
As his women, Tsunade and Mei Terumi naturally had to be the first to receive the Tenseigan. Itachi, meanwhile, was even more driven. He had practically gotten red-eye disease before and still refused to give up on the Tenseigan, showing just how loyal he was.
"Itachi, are you certain you want to replace your eyes with the Tenseigan?"
Uchiha Akira reminded him, "Your Mangekyō