Chapter 38: Seeing Through the Hidden Move, a Time Bomb Fed in Reverse
Konoha.
Chenshu Senju's private residence.
The clacking of the keyboard was almost continuous.
"Boss, is the pressure enough?"
Tayuya blushed, biting her lip as she gently kneaded Chenshu Senju's shoulders with both hands.
Today, she had changed into an absurdly tight black leather bodysuit—what Chenshu Senju called a "work uniform."
For some reason, Tayuya felt that the material had definitely been cheaped out on.
The zipper at the collar was only pulled halfway up because it simply could not go any further.
Her proud, soft curves swayed violently with every movement of her hands, nearly bursting through the thin leather.
The deep, snowy-white cleavage in Chenshu Senju's peripheral vision was demanding attention like mad.
Chenshu Senju stared at the screen and took a sip of goji berry tea.
"Use a little more force on the left. Haven't you eaten?"
"You motherf—"
Tayuya was just about to explode.
But then she glanced at Sakon, who was still getting beaten up by Kimimaro in the yard, and forcefully swallowed the curse back down.
Just now, Sakon had insisted on calling himself her "father" while offering to massage her shoulders.
As a result, Kimimaro had used his thigh bone as a golf club and sent him flying.
Just then.
Chenshu Senju's fingers stopped tapping the keyboard.
He closed his eyes, one brow rising slightly.
The Sage Body's powerful senses caught a faint anomaly in that instant.
It was coming from the direction of the special training ground.
The Sage Chakra lingering there seemed to be greedily devoured by something cold and sinister.
Like a revolting parasite.
Chenshu Senju suddenly opened his eyes, the corner of his mouth curving into an amused smile.
"Boss, what's wrong?"
Jirobo came over carrying a basin of rice.
"An idea just struck me. I'm going to verify a plot point."
Chenshu Senju stood up.
More than ten miles away.
The ruins of the special training ground.
Chenshu Senju stood alone in the middle of the open ground.
He lightly tapped the ground with one foot, and Sage Chakra swiftly spread through the earth.
Very soon.
Within a deep underground crack, he locked onto a dark purple lump of flesh giving off a faint red glow.
A Cursed Seal Seed.
It had already sprouted. Strange black patterns covered its surface as it frantically absorbed the Sage Chakra he had left behind during the day.
Chenshu Senju stroked his chin.
He had to admit, that old freak Orochimaru was truly patient.
After taking such a vicious slap, he still had not forgotten to plant a hidden move while escaping.
Was he planning to use the cursed seal to drain his Sage Chakra dry and perhaps find a chance to assimilate his body?
He was dreaming.
He silently called out to the system.
Can this thing be pulled out?
[ Ding! A high-concentration Cursed Seal Seed belonging to Orochimaru has been detected. It can be removed directly. ]
[Alternatively, inject compatible Chakra in reverse to overload-feed it and detonate the original owner's mental connection.]
At the system's prompt, Chenshu Senju nearly laughed out loud.
Overload-feeding?
So this was the legendary method of stuffing someone to death?
Chenshu Senju did not choose to remove it.
If he destroyed the thing now, Orochimaru would definitely hide far away and never dare show himself again.
That guy was a walking ATM and experience pack.
Leaving it there would not only make good bait, but also a time bomb.
Chenshu Senju crouched down and pressed his palm against the ground.
Not only did he not cut off the Chakra, he instead increased his Sage Chakra output.
But this time.
He secretly mixed the Berserk Laxative ingredient he had won from the system lottery into the pure Wood Release Chakra.
Didn't Orochimaru like absorbing things?
Then he could absorb his fill.
As the enhanced Chakra poured in without end, the Cursed Seal Seed underground swelled to twice its size in an instant, as if it had been pumped full of stimulants.
Its red glow flared brightly.
It greedily gulped it down, completely unaware of what the hell it was absorbing.
Chenshu Senju patted the dirt from his hands and rose with satisfaction.
The trap had been set.
Next.
He only had to wait for that old freak to come deliver himself and drop loot.
These days, villains who voluntarily came to offer up their heads were truly rare.
He was even considering giving Orochimaru a cameo role in his novel as a "little fortune-bringer."
Back at the residence.
The yard had already turned completely chaotic.
Tayuya was chasing Sakon around, hacking at him wildly.
Because Sakon had tampered with the zipper on her tight leather bodysuit while she was not paying attention.
Now, the zipper was stuck at the very bottom.
That breathtaking expanse of snowy white was almost entirely exposed to the air.
As she ran, her astonishing curves bounced frantically.
A surging spectacle.
"Sakon! I'm going to kill you today!"
Tayuya was mortified and furious, her entire face crimson.
"Good daughter, your father is helping you cool off!"
Sakon ran for his life with a sleazy grin.
Kimimaro sat to one side without expression, continuing to drink his herbal medicine.
Jirobo held an empty rice bowl.
He was completely dumbstruck.
Chenshu Senju pushed open the door, ignored the chaos in the yard, and walked straight to the computer.
When Tayuya saw him return, she hurriedly covered her chest tightly.
"Boss... do something about him!"
"Tayuya, stop covering up. You're slowing down my typing speed. Hurry up and pour me some tea."
Chenshu Senju ordered her around with a perfectly serious expression.
Tayuya was so angry that her vision went dark.
That damned capitalist!
Right now, she really, really wanted to go back and perish together with Orochimaru.
Even death would be better than suffering this kind of humiliation here.
But looking at Chenshu Senju's unfathomable back, she could only swallow her fury.
She squeezed her legs together and slowly walked over to pour the tea.
Elsewhere.
In the distant Land of Rice Fields.
Deep within a dark, damp underground base.
Orochimaru reclined against a stone chair, his hands hanging weakly at his sides, his face as pale as paper.
Beside him, Kabuto Yakushi was carefully treating the internal injuries inflicted by Wood Release.
"Lord Orochimaru, your injuries..."
Kabuto's tone was filled with concern.
Suddenly.
Orochimaru's entire body shuddered violently.
His snake-like pupils abruptly contracted, then erupted with an extremely fanatical gleam.
His long tongue slid out and licked across his pale lips.
"Hehehe..."
Orochimaru's cold laughter echoed through the empty laboratory.
Kabuto froze for a moment.
"My lord, what is it?"
"He took the bait."
Orochimaru felt the cursed seal connection in the distance growing increasingly powerful.
That immense, suffocatingly pure Sage Chakra was nourishing his nerves little by little through the invisible channel of the cursed seal.
It was exquisite.
That arrogant brat Chenshu Senju had failed to notice the cursed seal underground and was still unleashing his power without restraint.
He had no idea that he was using Sage Chakra to gradually awaken a potentially fatal time bomb.
Once the cursed seal absorbed enough to reach its threshold.
He would be able to instantly take reverse control of that perfect Sage Body.
"Chenshu Senju, Chenshu Senju..."
Orochimaru leaned against his chair, revealing a cold smile of absolute confidence.
"Your overwhelming power will ultimately become my, Orochimaru's, wedding dress."
"Prepare to welcome my arrival, my perfect vessel."
Under the dim light.
Orochimaru seemed to have already seen himself take over that young body and rule over the ninja world.
He was so pleased that he almost wanted to compose a poem on the spot.
But he could never have imagined.
That endless stream of "pure Chakra" was mixed with a max-level laxative capable of making someone socially die on the spot.
A shocking spectacle was slowly beginning to unfold within Orochimaru's blind spot.
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