Chapter 46
"Ding! Your age remains unchanged, host. Your body simply develops earlier than an ordinary person's!"
"Got it!" A hint of excitement shone in Liuyun's eyes.
The intermediate version meant six years, which would give him the physical development of a sixteen-year-old!
Liuyun turned and looked at Tsunade, who was sleeping soundly behind him, a lecherous smile spreading across his face.
"Tsunade, my dear first wife, sorry about today, but this is for our future happiness in bed!"
Half an hour later, Liuyun gazed excitedly at the potion before him, tipped his head back, and downed it in one gulp.
Changing Tsunade into pajamas! (Seventh update, please subscribe!)
As soon as he finished drinking, he sprawled on top of Tsunade and drifted groggily into a deep sleep!
A warm current began coursing through Liuyun's body, slowly strengthening his limbs...
By the time Liuyun woke again, the sky had darkened. The first thing he saw was Tsunade watching him with a worried expression.
"Brat! You're awake!" Tsunade said irritably.
"What happened to me?" Puzzled, Liuyun checked his limbs. They hadn't changed at all!
"You were lying on top of me with your face all flushed, and you slept until now."
"I thought it was a side effect of using that powerful Ice Release last night!"
Tsunade took a sip of liquor, her voice carrying a trace of concern that even she hadn't noticed.
"I'm fine. I just overdid it last night and got a little too tired!" Liuyun shook his head with a smile.
No sooner had he said that than Tsunade grabbed his ear. Her expression changed, and she gave him a smile that wasn't quite a smile.
"You've got some nerve, brat. You actually dared to take my clothes off?"
Liuyun gave an awkward smile. "I was only looking out for your health!"
"Hmph! Since you saved my teacher this time, I'll let it slide. But if there's a next time...!"
Tsunade glared fiercely and flexed her fist.
"I know! I know!" Liuyun nodded hastily.
Right now, he desperately wanted to ask about the Gene Potion. This was no time to argue with this fierce, busty woman.
"Good!" Satisfied with Liuyun's response, Tsunade pointed at the food nearby. "Eat!"
Liuyun didn't stand on ceremony. After sleeping all day, he really was hungry, and he began stuffing food into his mouth.
At the same time, he grimly questioned the system. "System, can you tell me what's going on?"
"To avoid shocking people, this system deliberately regulated the pace of your physical growth."
Liuyun understood immediately. "Roughly how long will it take to absorb everything?"
"Two months should keep it from attracting attention!"
Two months? That wasn't long. I've already waited so long; what's a little more?
After wolfing down his meal, Liuyun patted his stomach and walked over to Tsunade.
"When are we leaving?"
"If there hadn't been something wrong with you, we would already be at the Konoha Camp!" Tsunade rolled her eyes.
After considering it briefly, she said, "Let's leave tomorrow morning!"
"Sure!"
Once they finished talking, Tsunade began drinking heavily. Liuyun knew she was trying to numb her feelings.
After all, it would have been one thing if the mission had simply failed. The problem was that someone had betrayed them, resulting in the brutal deaths of eighteen Konoha jonin.
Tsunade might already have guessed the traitor's objective: her and Liuyun!
Ironically, the two of them were the only ones who had returned from this mission. Everyone else had died!
Liuyun sighed. What a waste of those jonin.
In any ninja village, jonin were elite fighting forces. Losing so many at once would hurt even Konoha.
"Danzo, Hiruzen Sarutobi, you'd better not let me find proof that you sold us out!"
"Otherwise, even if you're Konoha's Hokage, I'll slaughter you!" Liuyun narrowed his eyes, killing intent flashing in them.
As if sensing Liuyun's killing intent, Tsunade spoke drunkenly, tears glimmering in her eyes.
"Brat! Tell me, is Konoha really that dark? Is my teacher really that cruel?"
"Don't you already have the answer to that in your heart?"
"But one thing is certain: whoever betrayed us was among the people at that meeting!" Liuyun sneered.
"What do you plan to do?" Tsunade's eyes narrowed slightly.
"There's no rush! Once we get back tomorrow, give me a list of everyone who was in the meeting room that day!"
"I'll investigate them one by one!" Sharp glints flashed through Liuyun's eyes.
"All right!"
Looking at the brat before her, Tsunade recalled how heroically he had carried her through the enemy's blockade the night before!
An intangible sense of security rose in her heart.
Then she remembered everything this bastard had done to her in the illusion, and her flushed cheeks reddened further.
Tsunade kept drinking, and Liuyun didn't stop her. In fact, he would have loved for her to drink herself senseless. He would be the one benefiting in the end anyway.
"System, check in!" Liuyun murmured, gazing at the bright moonlight in the distance.
"Ding! Congratulations, host! You have received thirty Mado Ultra-HD Videos. They have been placed in your inventory!"
"Fuck! More trash! I'll have to give it a thorough critical review!" Liuyun cursed inwardly.
Before he knew it, the moon had reached the treetops. Liuyun turned his head and yawned. By then, Tsunade had drunk herself unconscious.
He wrapped an arm around Tsunade and laid her on the tatami.
How could he describe Tsunade's figure? His little wife Mikoto simply couldn't compare.
If he had to put it into words, he wanted to stay like this forever. Cao Cao truly was his role model!
Just as Liuyun was about to sleep in the same position as yesterday, the damned system presented another choice!
"Ding! Your first wife is now drunk and unconscious. As a future good husband, please make your choice, host!"
"1. Change Tsunade into pajamas. Reward: a twenty-percent increase in constitution!"
"2. Give Tsunade a bath and change her into pajamas. Reward: a twenty-percent increase in mental energy!"
"3. Personally give Tsunade a bath and change her into pajamas. Reward: a twenty-percent increase in chakra!"
Liuyun fell into thought as he looked at the three options before him.
This seemed to be the first time since obtaining the basic sage body that every option offered a twenty-percent increase.
He had the Eight Gates Released Formation for his constitution, so he didn't particularly need that right now.
Mental energy... wait! Liuyun's gaze suddenly caught the third option, and he immediately snapped out of his thoughts.
Damn, I didn't expect the system to play word games with me. If I hadn't been so attentive, I might not have noticed.
"System, I choose the third option!"
The third option was not only time-consuming but also an enormous undertaking.
As the man in charge of the project, he adhered to three guiding principles: diligence, diligence, and yet more diligence.
After three long hours of effort, the job was finally complete.
Early the next morning, Tsunade looked at her new pajamas and asked in confusion, "Brat, why have my pajamas changed?"
"You got drunk, went off to take a bath, and changed them yourself. Did you forget?"
Liuyun rolled his eyes, pretending to be exasperated.
Inside, however, he was rather nervous.
"Really? Why don't I remember any of it?" Tsunade rubbed her aching head.
"Who told you to drink so much? And now you're acting like you're in the right! You fell asleep halfway through your bath. I was the one who brought you back in!" Liuyun said irritably.
"All right! Your teacher forgot! Thanks!"
And just like that, with a few lines straight out of a scumbag's playbook, Liuyun put the matter of last night to rest.
(It got blocked. I'm speechless!...).
The news spread, shocking everyone in Konoha! (Eighth update! Please subscribe!)
The Konoha Main Camp!
Hatake Sakumo sat in the center, his face pale!
Beside him, Jiraiya and Orochimaru wore extremely grim expressions, their eyes filled with worry.
Yesterday, Ebizo had personally led men over and dumped more than a dozen Konoha corpses in front of the Konoha Gate.
He had also told them that he appreciated their commander-in-chief's brilliant plan to deliver heads to them from so far away!
In repayment, the Third Kazekage had specifically ordered him to return these corpses to Konoha!
After delivering his message with an arrogant swagger, Ebizo had left with his men.
Hatake Sakumo, who had yet to recover, had been so enraged upon hearing this that his blood surged and he coughed up a mouthful of it.
The others looked equally grim. This was a vicious slap in their faces.
Yet they had no way to launch an immediate offensive.
Konoha currently held no advantage whatsoever. The Sand Ninja had not only the Kazekage but also Bunpuku, the One-Tail Jinchuriki, along with Ebizo, Chiyo...
Although Konoha had plenty of talented people, White Fang had yet to recover from his serious injuries, and there was no word of Tsunade.
Konoha had sent more reinforcements yesterday, but they were still short of top-tier fighting strength!
"Commander-in-chief Sakumo! How about I take some men into the Land of Rivers in secret to look for news of Tsunade and Liuyun?"
After a moment of silence, Jiraiya slowly spoke.
"There's no rush! Tsunade and Liuyun aren't in mortal danger. Don't forget that Liuyun is with her!"
"If neither of them has shown up yet, perhaps they're planning something else!" Orochimaru's eyes flickered, his voice hoarse.
Looking at the little white snake that had suddenly appeared before him, he relaxed his tense expression into a smile.
"Orochimaru, do you know something? What did it tell you?"
As his friend of many years, Jiraiya naturally knew that Orochimaru used white snakes to communicate.
Something incredible had happened the night before last!
"Now I understand why Ebizo shamelessly came to the Konoha Gate yesterday to rub it in our faces!"
"Just tell us! Why keep us in suspense?" Jiraiya fidgeted anxiously.
"I don't know exactly what happened last night. All I know is that Liuyun controlled an enormous Ice Giant and slaughtered his way through the entire Sand Ninja Main Camp!"
"Except for Chiyo, Ebizo, and a handful of others who escaped unharmed, almost everyone else was turned into an ice sculpture."
"The entire Sand Ninja Main Camp was transformed into a frozen wasteland!"
"Holy shit! No way! That kid Liuyun is that powerful?!"
Jiraiya swallowed, his eyes wide. He struggled to take in this staggering news.
Everyone else present was also dumbstruck, their faces filled with utter shock.
He had slaughtered his way through the Sand Ninja Main Camp? What kind of joke was this? No matter how badly off the Sand Ninja were, they would have left some ninja behind to defend it.
Every one of those ninja was an elite among elites.