Chojuro's Self-Consolation

"This guy..."

Mei Terumi gritted her teeth, glaring at her body covered in water stains, her anger flaring up.

She took a deep breath, used her already torn clothes to wipe away the moisture, and then tossed the rags into the corner.

Boom!

Mei Terumi spat out a stream of Lava Release, the high-heat acidic liquid instantly reducing her previous ninja combat uniform to nothing.

As she pulled out a new ninja outfit from a Sealing Scroll and was halfway through putting it on, she suddenly froze.

"This feeling."

She discovered that the Cursed Seal chakra within her body seemed to be leaping and surging, as if it had been replenished by some powerful tonic.

Mei Terumi's expression changed in an instant.

She recalled the vial Uchiha Shimizu had given her back then, claiming it could enhance her strength.

At first, Mei Terumi had assumed it was just a fortified version of the Military Ration Pill developed by the Uchiha Clan—a Military Ration Liquid.

Only now did she realize with shock that the substance was actually...

Mei Terumi felt the world go black, a wave of nausea washing over her.

Since it wasn't a medicine taken orally, it was naturally impossible to vomit it back out.

What was even more terrifying was that although her stomach had developed a slight curve, Mei Terumi could sense her body rapidly digesting these "powerful tonics."

At the same time, the Cursed Seal chakra was integrating even more deeply with her own blue chakra.

Simply put, she could now contain more natural energy and maintain the Cursed Seal Mode for longer periods.

Even her base state had been affected by this.

To the point that Mei Terumi realized Uchiha Shimizu hadn't lied to her at all.

He said he would improve her strength, and