Teasing

Senju Arashi said, "You can do anything you want to me," while using all her remaining strength to adjust her posture, trying to display the curves of her body to their best advantage.

Senju Arashi's master was the strongest kunoichi of the previous generation in the Senju clan, and she had once taught her that if she ever reached a life-or-death situation, she could use her beauty as a final weapon.

It was just that Senju Arashi had never encountered such a desperate situation before; no one could have expected that a simple mission to receive supplies would lead to an encounter with two ninjas who had awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan.

In any other setting, Uchiha Chigusa might truly have been tempted.

But exhausted as he was, looking at Senju Arashi—covered in mud and water, trying hard to strike a seductive pose while grimacing in pain—he simply couldn't muster any interest.

Still, he decided against killing her outright. Putting his kunai back into his pouch, Chigusa pulled out some wire to bind her, during which Senju Arashi kept rambling:

"Ouch! Take it easy! Don't be in such a rush..."

"Little brother, is this your first time doing this? Don't be so nervous, take your time."

"Actually, this is my first time being on this end of things too. Help me check if I'm bleeding, will you?"

Chigusa was left speechless, unable to help but ask, "Do you always talk like this?"

Senju Arashi chuckled. "Why ask so many questions? I read all of this in a bestseller. It said that men love this sort of thing, didn't it?"

Chigusa gave a disdainful smile. As a netizen from the new era, his knowledge base was far richer than this woman who thought herself so mature, but he was too lazy to lower himself to her level.

Seeing Chigusa's dismissive expression, Senju Arashi assumed he didn't understand her dirty jokes. She had a sudden realization and looked him up and down. "So that's it. I forgot you're still just a boy!"

Chigusa felt stifled. If he hadn't just acted as a cushion for this woman and gotten injured, he would have shown her exactly what it meant to be a "little horse pulling a big cart" after being looked down upon like that.

Watching the young boy's sullen expression, Senju Arashi laughed even more happily, as if the pain in her body had lessened significantly.

Hearing her laughter, Chigusa couldn't help but say, "You're mocking me like this—aren't you afraid I'll kill you if you make me angry?"

Senju Arashi stopped laughing and said earnestly, "I have a special ability. Do you believe me?"

"A special ability?" Chigusa repeated the pronunciation, puzzled. He hadn't learned that term yet and didn't understand what it meant.

Thinking he didn't believe her, Senju Arashi explained, "I can tell if someone is a good person just by looking into their eyes."

Chigusa said, "Then in your eyes, wouldn't we Uchiha with the Sharingan all be bad people?"

"Not necessarily," Senju Arashi said gently. "The Sharingan is just a tool. How it's used depends on the character of the individual."

Hearing her say this, Chigusa agreed wholeheartedly, but still said gloomily, "It's a pity that my Sharingan has only brought me trouble."

Senju Arashi smiled. "It's not all bad luck. If you didn't have the Sharingan, you wouldn't have met me!"

"This is an era of war, so the Uchiha clan, who possess the Sharingan, are naturally feared. But if the war ends one day, I believe both the Uchiha and the Senju will live good lives."

Chigusa sighed inwardly. After the war ended, the Senju and Uchiha did indeed enjoy a period of peace, but in the future, the Uchiha were still wiped out.

However, looking at Senju Arashi's smile, he was moved. His gloomy mood eased slightly; he was a man who had finished all seven hundred-plus episodes of Naruto, so there was no need to be so pessimistic about a moment of bad luck.

To thank Senju Arashi for her words of comfort, Chigusa helped her into a more comfortable position.

Feeling Chigusa's kindness, Senju Arashi asked, "Come to think of it, I don't know your name yet."

"Uchiha Chigusa."

"Uchiha... Chigusa. I'm Senju Arashi. It's a pleasure to meet you!" Senju Arashi repeated the name a few times to commit it to memory.

Then she added, "Your temperament is very different from ordinary ninjas. Perhaps we could become friends!"

"What? Do you hate ninjas too? Are you planning to destroy the ninja world?" Chigusa couldn't help but ask.

Senju Arashi was taken aback by his question. After thinking for a moment, she replied candidly, "I just don't like the current situation of mutual slaughter and conflict. It's not that extreme."

Seeing Chigusa fall silent, she couldn't help but ask, "Is the Uchiha clan already so extreme that they've started planning to destroy the ninja world?"

"Not at all." Seeing her misunderstanding, Chigusa quickly explained, "It's just that a friend of mine was treated very unfairly, so their thinking has become a bit extreme."

Hearing the doting tone in his voice, Senju Arashi's eyes lit up and she said suggestively, "Just a friend?"

Chigusa thought to himself, What are you saying to an eleven-year-old? But he didn't rush to clarify the relationship.

Seeing that he didn't want to talk about it, Senju Arashi toned down her attitude and said seriously, "You must protect yourself and your friend well."

"I have seen too many Uchiha go to extremes because they lost their loved ones. These people who went to extremes then hurt others, and so they fell into a cycle of hatred."

She then gave a bitter smile and said, "The Senju and Uchiha are just like that. Even if they wanted to stop, the hatred on both sides has accumulated too deeply. Who could swallow that bitterness?"

Chigusa remained silent. If even the United Nations couldn't solve that problem, was she asking him?

At that moment, Shiri, who had been unconscious for a long time, suddenly coughed twice. Chigusa quickly moved to her side.

Her face was pale, and before she could even open her eyes, she leaned over and vomited a mouthful of green liquid.

Seeing her unable to stop retching, Chigusa had to endure the pain in his arm and place his hand on her back to help her breathe.

Only after Shiri had vomited all the green liquid did her expression gradually stabilize. When she opened her eyes and saw Chigusa beside her, she said as if relieved:

"I'm glad you're okay."

Hearing her care for him first, Chigusa was moved. He smiled at her, then turned to ask Senju Arashi, "What did you do to Shiri-nee? Why is she vomiting things like this?"

"So she's your sister..." Senju Arashi struggled to lift her head to look at Shiri. "When I fought her yesterday, I injected her with a neurotoxin. Otherwise, I couldn't have defeated her so quickly."

Chigusa didn't have time to explain their actual relationship. Hearing the word "toxin," he asked nervously, "Will this have any lasting effect on her body?"

Senju Arashi said lazily, "She'll be fine now that she's vomited it out, but the weakness in her limbs will last for another two or three days!"

Hearing her say two or three days, Shiri hurriedly asked, "How long have I been unconscious? Has the time limit for the poison in you and Wuming passed yet?"