Revenge on Tsunade

Because the pit was dug quite large, even with two people inside, it did not feel crowded.

Tsunade's grip was heavy. Li Tong, whose left hand was being squeezed by her, twitched the corner of his mouth. He then raised his right hand with a flick, and a green pendant attached to a black thread dangled from his palm!

That pendant again!

"Hmm?" Tsunade frowned, quickly patting her body.

It was gone! It really was hers.

"When did you take it?"

"Just now, when you jumped down."

"You're lying to me!"

"Hey! Where did I lie to you again? You know I'm good at gambling; my hands are very fast!"

Tsunade kept a straight face, glanced at the pendant once more, and then said, "We'll talk about this later. Let's get to the hypnosis. You can't use chakra right now, so go ahead! Hypnotize me. If you can't do it, hmph!"

A sharp glint flashed in Li Tong's eyes as he shook his hand: "Look here!"

Tsunade cooperated fully, looking at the swaying pendant.

Time ticked by second by second, but Tsunade just stared, showing no signs of being hypnotized.

Li Tong watched her eyes and suddenly spoke: "Hey! You have to cooperate with me, right? If you don't cooperate, how am I supposed to hypnotize you? Even for Sharingan genjutsu, you have to look at the Sharingan for it to take effect, right? You weren't in that state just now."

"Fine, how do you want me to cooperate?" Tsunade said, curling her lip. "But if you still can't hypnotize me, you're dead!"

She didn't believe Li Tong at all; she just wanted to expose his lie.

"Good! Listen to me. I need you to relax. You're too vigilant. You weren't like this when I hypnotized you last time. Relax your mind, take a deep breath, yes, just like that. Deep breath, smooth out your brow, don't frown, relax your shoulders, yes, very good. I'm looking into your eyes, don't be impatient, perk up and relax, don't be sluggish, yes, good... look here!"

Snap!

Li Tong snapped his fingers, opened his hand, and let the pendant hang down and sway!

"Look at the pendant, watch it swing."

Li Tong stopped talking, because this hypnosis was completely different from the last time. The difficulty was much higher, so he needed more time to set the stage; Tsunade still wasn't relaxed enough.

Tsunade's eyes followed the pendant, her pupils swaying slightly along with it.

Li Tong stared into Tsunade's eyes, observing the changes in her gaze.

Tsunade was indeed cooperating with Li Tong, fully cooperating. She didn't believe she could be hypnotized, so she had no guard up; she didn't know the consequences of such cooperation.

Time flowed on.

Li Tong's body moved slowly, leaning in to whisper into Tsunade's ear in a low, magnetic voice.

"Now you realize you need to relax... all you have to do is listen to me, and you will relax... listen to my voice, be very relaxed... my voice will gradually make you more and more relaxed and peaceful... just listen carefully to my relaxing voice... you will feel very happy... more and more relaxed and calm... tranquil... wind... waves... you are lying in a boat, drifting on a lake... you are lying on a soft cushion... the sky is blue, with patches of white clouds drifting by occasionally... you can see sparse clusters of trees by the lake... ripples occasionally stir on the river... you feel the boat swaying gently... you want to sleep... you have closed your eyes..."

The environment in the pit was perfect for hypnosis because it was dim, most of the sunlight was blocked, and the surrounding earth was motionless, which reduced many distractions.

Li Tong's right middle finger twitched slightly, ensuring the pendant would remain in a constant state of oscillation.

Li Tong could control the frequency of the pendant's swing, which was also very important.

Tsunade's eyelids were already beginning to fight each other.

"You are tired, you need to rest, close your eyes! Close your eyes comfortably, keep your mind clear, don't think about anything except my words. You feel your arms and legs are very heavy, relax, relax your whole body, you will feel even more relaxed, even more comfortable, even more comfortable..."

The swaying pendant gradually stopped, and Tsunade closed her eyes at the same time.

Hypnosis successful!

With her cooperating like this, if Li Tong hadn't succeeded, he might as well have just run headfirst into a wall and died.

But it wasn't over yet!

Right now, any sharp noise could wake Tsunade. Although Li Tong could wake her up—having already proven his point—he hadn't gotten his revenge yet!

Last time, Li Tong had only hypnotized Tsunade into a light sleep state. In a light sleep state, people are easily startled awake and often dream; most people can recall their dreams upon waking, and some can even realize they are dreaming while in the dream.

This time, Li Tong intended to hypnotize Tsunade into a deep sleep, the deepest level possible! He wanted to reach a state similar to being blackout drunk!

In this state, a person loses all perception of the outside world, does not dream, is very difficult to wake up, and wouldn't even be stirred by mild physical pain.

It is worth mentioning that some normal people can reach this deepest level of sleep naturally, and some of them suffer from "somnambulism," commonly known as sleepwalking!

Many people think sleepwalking happens in a light sleep state, but that is not the case; it is deep sleep. It is precisely because they are in deep sleep and have completely lost consciousness that they cannot remember what they did while sleepwalking.

The principle behind some medications used to treat sleepwalking is to extend the patient's light sleep time and reduce their deep sleep time to achieve a therapeutic effect.

"Woo-oom-oom... woo-la-la-dee..." Li Tong hummed a hypnotic melody without lyrics into Tsunade's ear.

He had composed this tune himself.

Its effect of quickly guiding someone from light sleep into deep sleep was extremely potent; Li Tong had verified it many times in his past life.

Time flew by.

Twenty minutes had passed.

Only now did Tsunade show signs of entering deep sleep. If this were used on other ordinary people, it would only take three minutes. It could only be said that Tsunade's subconscious vigilance was too strong. Ninjas all possessed this kind of subconscious; unless hypnotized or caught in a genjutsu, they rarely entered deep sleep, because only in a light sleep state could they ensure they would wake up immediately upon hearing the slightest noise while on a mission.

Finally.

Tsunade's body seemed to lose all support, suddenly going limp, and the hand gripping Li Tong's wrist fell away powerlessly.

Li Tong hooked his arm around Tsunade, shifting her into a bridal carry; even such a drastic movement failed to wake her.

"Damn you! You wanted to bury me alive, huh? Bury me alive, you dead woman..."

Li Tong set Tsunade back down, grabbed a handful of dirt, smeared it across her face, then pulled open her clothes to stuff a handful inside, followed by yanking up her sleeves to fill them as well, finally tossing the dark brown soil all over her until she was covered from head to toe.

Tsunade remained as still as the dead, still not waking up.

"Right, right, the hair! You think that golden hair makes you special?" Li Tong spread out her hair and smeared it completely with mud.

He was a neat freak, but for the sake of revenge, he no longer cared!

Tsunade had been turned into a mud doll.

"Hmph!" Li Tong jumped to the edge of the pit, looked down at Tsunade, and after huffing with his hands on his hips, he let out a sigh.

Sigh! This is all I can do!

Li Tong dared not truly harm Tsunade; if he actually hurt her, his only remaining path would be to defect from Konoha and be hunted to the ends of the earth by the Konoha Anbu.

"Sleep yourself to death!" Li Tong spat out one last vicious remark, waved his hand, and turned toward the bathroom.

Another shower!

Li Tong had previously stocked up on plenty of clean, new clothes, so he wasn't lacking anything to change into.

Half an hour later, Li Tong walked out of the bathroom feeling refreshed, took a glance at the pit, and saw the mud-covered Tsunade still sleeping with steady breathing.

Li Tong kicked a bit more dirt down onto her, then hurried back into the wooden cabin to disguise himself and pack his bags!

He was going to run for it!

Of course, it wasn't a defection, but rather heading out on a mission; Hiruzen Sarutobi had already agreed to let him take missions, and as long as he was on one, he could leave Konoha in a legitimate manner and simply hide from Tsunade for a while.