Chapter 260: Kidney Deficiency?
"Hmm?" When the Reaper descended, Ino, who was promoting lucky rabbit's feet in the flower shop, was startled. What was happening? The Reaper, her old friend, had entered the material world? And so close to her?. She handed her work to Rino Yamanaka and headed straight for the washroom. Closing the door, her mind followed the secret jutsu bridge of the Mind Body Disturbance technique, connecting to the Reaper, her old friend, and then looking through His eyes.
Oh my god! Orochimaru was actually revived!?. Ino was greatly surprised, and then she saw Danzo and the others. Only then did she understand that Danzo had revived Orochimaru. That old bastard had quite a few tricks up his sleeve. Her first thought was to report it, but then she suppressed the impulse, thinking she might as well see what these guys were planning to do.
Danzo was still using the 1.0 version of the original Reaper Death Seal, without any bonus gifts. It's easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but hard to go from extravagance to frugality, so the Reaper was a bit displeased. At the scene, besides the ninja using the Reaper Death Seal, only Ino could see Him. Danzo and Orochimaru could not.
The Root ninja who summoned the Reaper was extremely loyal and reported everything he saw and heard truthfully. "Is that so? Only the summoner can see the Reaper?" Orochimaru was also racking his brain. These past two days, he had been fighting and negotiating with Danzo, and he still needed to use his manpower to retrieve his body and soul, which had truly exhausted his mental energy. Now that the Reaper couldn't be seen or communicated with at all, even with his many methods and mastery of various secret jutsu, he was stumped for a while.
What to do?. Having been revived with great difficulty, he didn't dare to go and make a deal with the Reaper face-to-face again. If something went wrong, he would be finished. He ordered the ninja who used the Reaper Death Seal to ask the Reaper many questions, but received no response. Then he had the summoner attack the Reaper with shuriken, jutsu, sealing jutsu, and genjutsu, trying every method. The ninjutsu hit empty space, and the Reaper remained silent and unresponsive, seemingly on a different plane altogether from the few of them.
Soon, the Reaper took the summoner's soul. Ino here got another "gift," and then the Reaper returned to His own dimension. Before Ino could even figure out how to handle this matter, the highly efficient Danzo and Orochimaru summoned the Reaper three times in ten days, resulting in the deaths of three Root ninjas skilled in sealing jutsu.
Ino felt a pang of heartache. The Root ninjas, who considered death lightly, had always been seen by her as something she could control, as her subordinates. Now, their lives were being wasted so pointlessly!. It should be known that ninjas who could use the Reaper Death Seal were elites. Dying in this manner was truly worthless.
Danzo didn't know her thoughts. Orochimaru didn't care. Neither of them saw the Root ninjas as people. Orochimaru fully utilized every summoning opportunity to find and study flaws in the Reaper Death Seal. He was very busy, very tired. These ten days had also exhausted Ino. Since the Reaper was summoned, His presence shouldn't be wasted.
The Yin Release chakra, given as a "gift," didn't fall from the sky. It was all created by Ino by fusing physical energy and spiritual energy, and then adding Yin Release chakra nature transformation. Even with her "Spirit" reaching 10 points, extracting chakra so frequently was a huge drain on her. Giving gifts three times in ten days greatly improved her relationship with the Reaper. As a witness to their friendly relationship, Ino received the string of prayer beads from the Reaper's left wrist! Wearing this string of prayer beads would allow her to focus more when cultivating spiritual energy.
Following the principle of reciprocity, Ino disassembled Tayuya's summoning beasts and gave the stupid among the three demons, the one covered in bandages, without arms, and only capable of "back crashing," to the Reaper. Both sides were very happy. If quantified, Ino's relationship with the Reaper at this time had gone beyond "friendly" and reached "respectful."
Transferring Yin Release chakra three times in ten days manifested physically as Ino's pale face. She would occasionally cough a couple of times and seemed a bit weak. Hinata thought she had injured herself again with her Byakugan, so she would cook for her and cut fruit whenever she had nothing else to do. One day when the Yamanaka adults weren't home, Hinata even washed Ino's hair and feet, making her extremely embarrassed.
She repeatedly explained that she was fine, that she was very healthy, but Hinata didn't believe her at all. The three times Danzo and Orochimaru summoned the Reaper happened to coincide with Ino being in charge of the flower shop. Each time, she had to ask Rino for help, and each time, she ran to the washroom. Rino started to have some suspicion. Is her daughter... experiencing kidney deficiency? Girls can experience kidney deficiency too.It must be because her Yin Release level is too high, injuring her body!.
Rino Yamanaka didn't plan to discuss this with her husband or her best friend. After secretly observing for two days, she noticed Ino's poor complexion and became even more convinced of her conjecture. She told Ino to eat some yam and walnuts to nourish her kidneys. Ino was still thinking about Orochimaru and the Byakugan, so she responded perfunctorily, just nodding and humming in agreement.
Rino Yamanaka thought about it repeatedly. She couldn't do it herself, so she had to seek outside help. She realized that Ino often listened to Hinata, so she came to Hinata, asking for her help to persuade Ino not to ruin her body at such a young age. "It's all my fault! It's all my fault!" Seeing Ino's mother come to her door, Hinata thought the matter had been exposed. She was extremely upset and kept bowing in apology, but she also didn't want the matter of Ino helping others improve their eye power to be revealed, so she couldn't explain the reason for her apology.
My daughter has kidney deficiency, what does that have to do with you? Rino Yamanaka was a bit confused by the connection, but fortunately, she didn't delve into it. She gently talked about nourishing Ino's body, and Hinata readily agreed. Forget practicing Gentle Fist!.
The two went to the market together to buy groceries, chatting as they walked. They unexpectedly found they had a lot in common!. They had many topics to talk about, whether it was TV shows, housework, or the price of vegetables. They could both keep the conversation going, and their views on many things were surprisingly consistent.
"Hinata, let me tell you, the person selling string beans over there is a real cheat. Last time I bought two pounds of string beans from there, and after weighing them, he secretly took back three taels while I was talking to Shikamaru's mom."
"That person is really bad. Yes, yes, Auntie, I'll remember that."
Rino touched Hinata's head. Such a good girl! My own daughter isn't bad either, but everything is relative. Compared to Hinata, Ino Yamanaka really lives up to her name; she's truly gone wild into the mountains!. In the afternoon, she had a drink with Tsunade, who had just returned to the village. Ino stumbled home, and as soon as she entered the door, she looked up and saw Hinata wiping the floor there. "Ino, you're back," Hinata said with a smile, greeting her.
???. Three question marks appeared on Ino's forehead. She instinctively stepped back two steps and looked around. This is my house, I didn't go to the wrong place! Why is Hinata at my house?.