Chapter 67

"Meow?" Takeshi replied. Orochimaru knelt down and stroked the black cat's hair gently, not paying attention to the cat's slight trembling. 

After a few seconds of silence, he said lightly: "Speak humanly." 

"Orochimaru-sama, nya?" Takeshi tilted his head and tried to be cute. Minato can't be counted on, that guy is addicted to the Kushina, and with his attribute of being late to save people, he really wishes he had more lives so he could escape from Orochimaru. 

"Kukuku, little guy, you are also very interesting. I heard from Jiraiya that you have the ability to use ninjutsu like Wild Lion's Mane without hand seals. I wonder if you can let me have a look." Orochimaru licked his lips and showed his signature expression. Takeshi suddenly found out the cause and effect in his mind. 

Coming to see Kabuto was just an accident. What really caught Orochimaru's attention was Jiraiya. Who knows what the white-haired pervert who drank that day said in front of Orochimaru. 

He is upset in his heart. Sure enough, all the gifts of fate had already been secretly marked with a price. It seemed that he had gained a lot of points from Jiraiya, but the retribution also came soon and hard. This world wants me to suffer! 

"Can't you?" 

"Of course I can, nya~" After Takeshi finished speaking, he made a certain movement, and then the hair on his body quickly grew and wrapped around Orochimaru. Orochimaru poked the cat's hair with his finger in great interest. 

It was indeed the kind of hair that was generated by chakra. It was exactly the same as Jiraiya's jutsu, and the change in properties was based on the same principle. He studied it for a moment, and then said, "Try another variation." 

"Yes." Takeshi complied obediently and used Needle Jizo. Orochimaru observed it from various angles, and finally his eyes were filled with extreme fanatical interest, which made Takeshi feel scared, fearing that he would go to his old man's research table today. 

"As expected, this is not a simple jutsu, but another kind of movement that replaces the hand seals. It is a simplified seal for beasts. If humans can also do movements to replace hand seals like beasts..." Orochimaru felt inspired. Like a fountain, thoughts are rolling out of my mind. This is a very worthy research topic. If this idea is realized, then the troublesome hand seals formation may become a thing of the past. 

Takeshi looked at him and couldn't help but tremble. Life in the ninja world is full of dangers, and he really cannot slack off at all, otherwise he may become food on other people's tables or guinea pigs in the laboratory. Even if everything is fine, he would be saved at the critical moment. It's so hard to be a Summon beast! 

Orochimaru is now distracted, and it stands to reason that he can take this opportunity to escape, but he understands that Orochimaru has not rebelled yet, and his prestige in Konoha is very high, so it will be the same in the end if he escapes in a hurry. Besides, the Orochimaru seems to be just a little more curious... 

"Kukuku!, hey, you didn't take the opportunity to run away, that's good. I like well-behaved cats. I'm going back to Konoha, do you want me to take you with me?" Orochimaru chuckled couple times. His curiosity has been satisfied, for now. 

Although he is still very interested in this cat, he has no intention of killing it or taking it away by force - after all, it is the cat of Jiraiya's student. He wants to look at his Friend's face even if he doesn't have a good face to look at. 

"No, no... no, no, nya." Takeshi immediately refused. It was too stressful to go with Orochimaru, and he was really not that courageous. 

"Then I'll leave first. When I see you again, I'll give you a gift as compensation." Orochimaru raised the corner of his mouth slightly. The next second, the figure disappeared from the spot in puff of smoke, and it turned out to be just a shadow clone. 

Thinking about it, Orochimaru doesn't have so much free time to stay here and talk nonsense with him, but even if the clone wants to kill a cat, it is quite easy. 

Takeshi didn't feel annoyed by this, but Orochimaru's words "compensation gift" made his heart skip a beat - 'I really can't bear your gift.' He followed the path all the way back to Konoha. After walking for a while, he felt that he had been too scared and had lost opportunities. 

If Orochimaru was asked to help guide him, he might be able to collect some points from Orochimaru to make up for the loss. 

This is one of the three sannins! Of course, if given the chance to choose again, Takeshi would probably still choose to refuse. 

Kami knows what Orochimaru's path is. Cats have catwalks, and snakes have snakewalks. Orochimaru's method of bringing it back to the village might be to summon a snake to come out, and then let it swallow him, and then summon it out of Konoha... It's not guaranteed which method would be chosen. 

Takeshi returned to Konoha, told Megumi Nohara that he might sleep for a few days, and then quietly bought to a luxurious cat food. After losing one thousand points, he swallowed the cat food in his den. 

A few seconds after swallowing it, a huge force surged out of his body, and then he fainted again. But this time at least he didn't go into coma immediately after eating it, and the pain wasn't too great.

'It can be seen that my body has become much stronger during this period, and I can more easily accommodate the natural energy contained in the thousand-point cat food.'

Takeshi's symptoms of hibernation had appeared before, so Rin didn't panic too much this time. She just waited for him to wake up safely, and she continued to do whatever she should do normally. Minato and Kushina came to the house the next day. 

After learning that Takeshi fell into a hibernation, they left the Nohara family with great peace of mind. It is worth mentioning that Nohara Aizawa finally woke up after several days of healing. 

At first, he couldn't accept the result that he was going to retire. He cried loudly and said that he could still go to the battlefield and go on missions. 

But after hearing that the Third Hokage would arrange for him to enter the ninja Academy and be responsible for teaching, Aizawa happily agreed. 

Although the bone injury is difficult to heal, since Aizawa does not plan to go to the battlefield again, the treatment plan is much simpler and faster. 

Medical Ninjutsu is amazing, it can heal wounds quickly. As a result, Aizawa was discharged from the hospital within two days. The Nohara family was finally reunited again. 

Seeing her husband return home safely, Megumi burst into tears, and the couple hugged each other and cried. 

Rin felt a little pity. Takeshi didn't wake up, otherwise even if the family was truly reunited, Aizawa could come back this time thanks to his help. Of course, the biggest contributor is undoubtedly Obito. It's a pity that Obito has been training within the clan during this period. 

Even Guy, who returned to the village, couldn't find Obito, and they couldn't even meet him. Rin was even a little worried that Team 7 would end like this. Are we going to break up? It's not impossible. 

Her worries were not groundless. Obito's strength was already close to that of a Chunin, but now that he has awakened his Sharingan, it is no exaggeration to say that he is comparable to a Chunin. 

There was one Jonin and two Chunin in a team, and they were not an elite combat team. It was a waste of resources especially when village needed talents. 

However, a few days later, while Takeshi was sleeping, Team Minato once again was called for a mission out of the village, but Takeshi missed the opportunity because he was still sleeping. 

'This time I slept longer than before, but my digestion speed of stored nature chakra after waking up was obviously higher than before. My belly was not as big as the first time, and my body shape was also much larger than before. ' 

He has not yet found how to control Senjutsu chakra within himself yet, but his physical strength and chakra have increased significantly, which shows that the high-priced cat food is indeed very effective.

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