Naruto: The Hidden Protector

102: The Dream

“ Hey, what are you doing with all those rats? “ A girl who was about 8 years old shouted as she held her finger.

The girl had long black hair and white eyes that would honestly scare someone if they were caught off guard. The girl wore a white kimono that had floral patterns all over. She looked like a princess from another world.

“ Huh what are you talking about? “ Izanami said as she activated the emergency seals she placed. The containers that were filled with various test subjects suddenly began to distort and disappear.

What Izanami used is a space distortion seal that has a function similar to Kamui, except the fact that one cannot access the stuff that was caught up in the distortions. Think of it as banishing some items forever.

This is the self-destruct function Izanami created in case she was found again. She knew her father wouldn't poke in her room, so the only person who could even have a slim chance of catching her is Ashura.

But with all of the evidence being removed, Izanami was confident in her ability to escape away.

“ Hey, what did you just do? Where did you send those poor guys? “ Hinamai shouted as she looked around. Although she is a sealing genius, she has still not learned many sealing jutsus that have space properties.

“ Hmph I have no idea what you are talking about, “ Izanami said as she looked away while whittling.

“ You ..” Hinami was so angry she was at a loss for words. She never saw someone this shameless.

“Oh, and before I forget, get the hell out of my room. “ Izanami said as she kicked Hinami out of her room like she was some garbage.

“No, I’m not moving an inch from this place until you tell me what you were doing with those innocent animals, “ Hinami said stubbornly.

“Like I said earlier, I have no idea what you are talking about, “ Izanami said as she rolled her eyes in annoyance. She was pondering about activating her emergency escape seals to escape this annoying girl.

“You…I’m going to tell Uncle Hagoromo about this. “ Hinami had enough of this and was about to go and complain when she suddenly found out that she couldn’t move her feet. She tried to look down but found that she couldn’t see her body at all.

“You little girls, like, shouldn’t go around poking at other people’s businesses. I was going to let you go since you looked like a brat with too much curiosity, but you just had to make things difficult for me. “ Izanami said in a cold tone.

The reason why Hinami couldn’t move was because she was now under Izanami’s Jutsu Shadow of Medusa. This jutsu is her own creation after she took inspiration from the shadow imitation technique from the Nara clan.

But unlike the shadow Imitation jutsu, the target would not imitate the caster but be stuck like a statue that looked into Medusa’s eyes. Hence the name Shadow of Medusa.

Looking at Izanami’s eyes, Hinami felt very scared. She was just a little girl who was always under her father’s and big brother’s protection.

“ Now what should I do with you? “ Izanami asked. She looked at Hinami, who was shaking in fear with cold, dead eyes.

“Should I lock you up for eternity or banish you to a faraway place like the lab rats I just did? “ she murmured, making Hinami on the verge of crying.

“ I know why don't I do both, I will lock you up in a sealing chamber and banish you into the void. “ Izanami said, looking at the girl with a creepy smile.

“ Ahhaaaa “ With that as a last straw, Hinami began to cry loudly. She was so scared she even closed her eyes.

“Hey, hey, stop crying, please stop crying, I’m sorry, okay, please stop crying. “ Izanami, who was acting like a creepy psychopath, suddenly broke character as she flusteredly tried to console the now crying Hinami. She was just trying to scare the kid so she would keep her mouth shut. She wasn’t insane enough to actually do those things to her own cousin.

Seeing that her attempts were not working, Izanami had a nervous expression as she looked around frantically, trying to find a toy or something to calm this girl. She suddenly brightened up as she saw a jar on her desk.

‘ This could work,’ she thought as she ran towards the jar. She opened it, and after taking something, she swiftly put that thing in Hinami’s mouth.

Hinami, who was crying, stopped as she tasted the candy that was in her mouth. Yes, what Izanami put inside Hinami was a piece of candy. She usually kept some in that jar in case she suddenly craved some.

Seeing Hinami calming down, Izanami breathed a sigh of relief. ‘ Note to self: never use yin chakra when scaring little girls,’ Izanami thought inwardly.

Just now she was actually doing a small experiment on Hinami. Izanami always heard that yin chakra often invokes negative emotions in others, so she did this small experiment to test how effective this statement is. What she did was channel yin energy into her eyes and voice and release some like a cloak to make it more dramatic. This seems to be extra effective as Hinami was swiftly drowned in her negative emotions.

“Okay, now that you have calmed down, you can go back, “ Izanami said to Hinami, who, after finishing eating the candy, was looking at her with a fearful look.

“Huh? “ Hinami, who was not expecting such a thing, said in surprise. Did she just imagine it, or did this girl just say she could go back?

Feeling Hinami’s doubtful look, Izanami didn’t bother to explain herself as she went back to her research. She was very close to coming to a breakthrough in her research of how sage mode works. If her research is successful, she would be able to create sage mode tailor-made for humans.

And with sage mode, she could get closer to achieving her dream of using natural energy to stimulate her bloodline.

While Izanami was lost in her research, Hinami, whom she totally ignored, looked at her with confusion.

Hinami couldn't understand this person who changed her mood every so often. Earlier she was like a shameless person, and in the next second she turned into an emotionless killer, and now she had the look of a refined scholar.

And although Hinami was terrified, her curiosity got the better of her. From that day, she would sneak in from time to time to check on this mysterious cousin of hers.

At first Izanami was annoyed at this as Hinami would often come to annoy her with her sense of justice, but gradually Izanami got used to her presence.

Gradually, Hinami managed to become Izanami's first best friend and become the lock that is restraining her sanity.

“ Remember Izi, never lose your kindness.”

Izanami suddenly jolted awake from her sleep. She wiped away the sweat that gathered on her face.

“ Haaaa it was all a dream, “ she mumbled as she lay on the bed. She would have never thought that the girl who sneaked into her lab would one day be able to restrain her research.

This is because in pursuit of activating her bloodline, Izanami was on the verge of going on a path of no return.

Had it not been for Hinami, she would have become a second Orochimaru or something even worse.

“ Sigh “ Thinking about the past, Izanami sighed again. She wasn’t proud of her past self, but she wouldn’t change her actions even if she went back to the past. For her, gaining strength that surpassed her two brothers was the biggest priority.

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