In Konoha, This Naruto Has Decided To Take It Easy

Chapter 406 Do You Always Have To Be So Gross?

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"No, I was just making fun of you." Naruto shook his head and continued on his way, unsure if Anko even got the joke.

"Oh, I thought you knew about that."

"What's that? Don’t leave me hanging. Riddlers can't have children."

"I don’t plan on having kids anyway… It's too much trouble. It’s hard enough just taking care of myself, and kids are so fragile, one touch and they might break." Anko replied nonchalantly.

"How do you know kids are fragile?" Naruto asked.

"Kurenai told me. I saw her when she was pregnant. She looked kinda cute." Anko said, her eyebrows danced with joy, "She should be giving birth soon. She’s been looking really good lately."

Naruto suddenly remembered Anko's fridge full of cold drinks and felt a twinge of discomfort.

"Do you never have pain during your period?"

"Huh? How do you know that!!!" Anko looked horrified, "Are you spying on me? What a pervert."

"… Let’s change the subject. What’s this about the Snake Princess?"

"It's a myth. I forgot where I read it, but it's about a woman who used a curse to turn herself into a snake. She couldn't die and when she resurrected, she would crawl out of a snake's mouth."

"It seems that Orochimaru has modified his body a long time ago." Naruto said, suddenly picturing Orochimaru's real form and hearing him say, ‘I reject my humanity!’

"I don’t know. It’s just... gross." Anko couldn't continue, visibly uncomfortable.

"I get it." Naruto said, trying to comfort her, "You'll soon see it happen firsthand, after all, you’re directly involved."

"Is that supposed to be comforting?" Anko shot back directly.

"Do you want me to knock you out then? That way, you won't have to see it, and you can just sleep through the whole thing." He offered.

"Hmm…" Anko seemed to seriously consider it, and looked up and asked after a moment, "Do you think it's possible for me to defeat Orochimaru?"

"I think you could take him down with just a flick of your finger."

"You're joking!" Anko looked shocked.

"You started the jokes."@@novelbin@@

Anko: "."

She suddenly realized that talking to this guy was a surefire way to develop heart problems. Especially when discussing serious matters, it made her want to strangle him.

However, Anko was well aware that keeping the Cursed Seal on her neck did her no good. Even if she had resigned herself to her fate, the Cursed Seal remained a ticking time bomb.

Especially when Naruto approached her and explained that the Cursed Seal was essentially Orochimaru’s data backup, which made her feel utterly disgusted. She felt Orochimaru was insane, a true lunatic.

Naruto, on the other hand, didn’t think Orochimaru was crazy. The world was vast, and there would always be people obsessed with immortality. It just so happened that Orochimaru was one of them, although his methods were undeniably gross.

Switching bodies, transforming into a snake… Orochimaru’s consciousness was already approaching the level of the Otsutsuki's way of existence. It was like a return to the original source, aligning with the essence of Chakra.

Sasori could discard his body, reducing his consciousness to a small cylinder. Orochimaru’s method was more advanced, as he had directly abandoned his flesh entirely and existed in the form of a soul.

But even this method had its flaws. Souls had their limits. During a reincarnation attempt, Orochimaru had the misfortune of running into Sasuke, who had inherited Indra's chakra, which overpowered him.

His physical body and soul were devoured by Sasuke, forcing him to survive by parasitically lying in wait for a chance to resurrect.

The bad news is that Orochimaru is very difficult to deal with… He has many insidious and cunning methods. The good news is that Orochimaru in his soul state is very weak, so he should be no match for Naruto.

So, Naruto decided to try something.

The Death Demon Consuming Seal.

It was Orochimaru’s worst nightmare, one that would torment him a second time.

As for the fact that this technique required the sacrifice of souls, Naruto wasn’t worried. After all, the Shinigami couldn't claim his soul, and if they came to blows, it wasn’t certain who would win.

This world was twisted, with time distorted and life and death in disarray. In a Shonen manga universe like this, logic often didn’t apply. The most bizarre thing was the flow of time itself, where even the Otsutsuki could defy time and tried to assassinate Naruto from the past.

In a world with so many hacks, aiming for small victories seemed pointless. Might as well aspire to something greater, like ascend to immortality, venture into the deep reaches of space, and live a second life like a true emperor, rivaling even the grand ambitions of the Otsutsuki.

…

Nightfall.

The two were still in the heart of the forests of the Land of Fire, still a long way from the Land of Fire’s border. They set up a small yellow tent, which shielded them from the night. They agreed to wash up together by the river.

Squatting by the stream, Anko suddenly had a wild idea and turned to look at Naruto.

"Hey, what do you think would happen if I jumped in and took a bath right now?"

"I’d go upstream to wash."

"Then won’t I be bathing in your water? That's not fair." Anko said dissatisfiedly.

"Hmm? Then, how do you know someone hasn’t already peed upstream?" Naruto asked.

"Pfft!" Anko spat out the water she had been rinsing her mouth with, bared her teeth and glared at Naruto, "Do you always have to be so gross?"

"I was just offering a possibility. I didn’t say it was certain." Naruto shrugged.

"Forget it, I won't wash anymore." Anko stood up, zipped up her tight windbreaker all the way, and looked at Naruto with contempt in her eyes.

"Okay, okay."

Anko returned to the tent. After a while, she noticed Naruto coming in, with his hair slightly damp.

"You took a bath?" She asked, looking surprised.

"Yeah, I did." Naruto replied as he rolled out his sleeping bag. The soft glow from the lantern at the top of the tent cast a warm, yellowish light.

"How could you! You grossed me out and then went ahead and bathed yourself?" Anko crawled over, pouncing on Naruto and straddling him.

Grabbing him by the neck, she growled, "Uzumaki Naruto! You're such a jerk!"

"Cough, cough! How is it my fault if you got grossed out? I didn’t force you not to bathe." Naruto replied, his eyes twinkling mischievously, a carefree grin spreading across his face.

His hair was still damp, and the moisture from his wet clothes transferred to her grip around his neck. His eyes, too, seemed to glisten with a mix of brightness and warmth.

That glow, along with the warmth, stirred something primal, capable of igniting desires in anyone nearby.