"Mm!" Orochimaru nodded in agreement. Yet he remained where he was, making no move to enter.
Yui had no idea what he was doing. When he still did not move, she stopped hesitating and led Nai Hyuga around him and inside. "All right, let's go in."
Even after the two let the curtain fall behind them, Orochimaru remained standing outside, supporting his chin as he pondered something.
"Hey, Orochimaru, why aren't you coming in?" Yui stepped out of the hot spring establishment and looked at him in puzzlement.
"Ahem." Orochimaru coughed lightly, and a trace of embarrassment actually crossed his face. "Yui, you two wait inside for me!"
"Based on my initial investigation, the entrance to the ruins might be in the women's hot spring pool, so I may need to change my appearance." Without waiting for Yui's reaction, he darted away and vanished on the spot.
"Is Orochimaru... embarrassed?" The corner of Yui's eye twitched slightly. She had never expected Orochimaru at this point in his life to be so... innocent.
Thinking of how the future Orochimaru would take over a woman's body without batting an eye, she felt a jarring sense of contrast.
"Yui, what's wrong?" Nai Hyuga came out of the establishment and looked curiously at Yui, who was still standing outside.
"Nothing." Yui shook her head and recounted what had just happened. After listening, Nai Hyuga nodded in understanding.
They did not have to wait long-only five minutes.
A tall, slender figure approached. Yui took a closer look. Wasn't that Orochimaru in women's clothes?
For a moment, she was stunned-not by the clothes or his beauty, but by how naturally it all fit together.
Orochimaru had not used any Ninjutsu to alter his face, nor had he even changed his makeup. Dressed in a blue-green Kimono