Morning.
After leaving home, Chihane headed straight to Orochimaru's laboratory.
Knowing Orochimaru, Chihane was certain he wouldn't go anywhere at this hour. He would be holed up in his laboratory.
Chihane arrived outside Orochimaru's laboratory on the outskirts of Konoha. After he formed a few seals with one hand, a passage opened in the mountainside before him.
When Chihane entered the laboratory, he found Orochimaru there, just as expected. What he hadn't expected was the little kid there with him...
The moment Orochimaru sensed someone disturbing the seal he had left, he knew Chihane had arrived. No one else in Konoha knew about this laboratory.
Indeed, Orochimaru had several laboratories near Konoha.
"Chihane, you're here!"
Hearing Chihane's footsteps, Orochimaru stopped his experiment and turned to greet him.
The more Orochimaru looked at his disciple, the happier he felt. He considered taking Chihane as his disciple the most successful thing he had ever done.
If he had let Tsunade have Chihane back then, he wouldn't even have known where to go to cry now.
"This is my new disciple, Mitaraishi Anko. You can just call her Anko."
Orochimaru then introduced the little kid standing off to the side, watching them timidly.
Looking at the timid little girl before him, Chihane could hardly connect her to the bold, dangerous woman she would become, dressed in revealing fishnet clothing.
Still, Anko was unexpectedly adorable as a child.
Unable to resist teasing the adorable little girl, Chihane stepped toward her. But before he could reach her, Anko burst into tears out of fright.
That caught Chihane completely off guard. His handsome looks had always worked wonders with girls, yet today they had failed him in front of this little girl.
What Chihane hadn't considered was that although his appearance might not have changed much,