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Last night, Kushina had lost everything, both what should and shouldn't have been lost.
After all, Kanzou had already received the system reward.
[Ding. Used underhanded means to sleep with Uzumaki Kushina — reward: Uzumaki Sage Body + 100,000 Evil Points.]
As expected, the reward was quite generous, and it was exactly what he had guessed.
The Uzumaki Sage Body likely refers to the Sage Body with which the Uzumaki clansmen are born. Although it wasn't quite as impressive as the Mangekyō Sharingan he earned from claiming Mikoto, the Evil points granted this time were also a staggering 100,000.
No doubt about it, Uzumaki Kushina is a rare treasure, just like Mikoto.
Yesterday, Kanzou hadn't had the time to properly check the reward; he had more pressing matters to deal with. Now, though, he finally took a moment to extract it. Instantly, 100,000 Evil Points were added to his total, pushing him beyond 500,000.
He was getting closer and closer to reaching one million points, enough to exchange for the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
After obtaining the Uzumaki Sage Body, Kanzou's chakra surged dramatically.
In the blink of an eye, his chakra reserves had grown to seven times what they were before, and he knew this wasn't even the limit.
Along with Chakra, his vitality also increased significantly.
It was the incredible life force within those cells that produced such a vast chakra reserve.
Kanzou estimated that the Uzumaki Sage Body could boost his chakra output by at least a dozen times.
What's more, he could feel an increase in the Visual Prowess of his Mangekyō Sharingan.
As expected, the synergy between the Body of the Sage and the Eyes of a Sage was truly remarkable.
Although Uzumaki Sage Body and Mangekyo Sharingan are only the half-hearted versions of the real Body of the Sage and the Eyes of the Sage, it's still very good for the time being.
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By early morning, before the exhausted Kushina had woken up, Kanzou left the bedroom.
Mikoto, who had sobered up from last night's drinking, stood by the window with a melancholic expression on her face.
"What's wrong? Regretting it already?" Kanzou wrapped his arms around Mikoto's waist from behind and whispered softly into her ears while resting his chin on her shoulder.
Mikoto reached out, gently tracing her fingers along his cheek as she leaned into his embrace, and shook her head. "It's not regret…"
Regret wouldn't change anything, and it really wasn't what troubled her… what troubled her was something else…
"I don't know how to face Kushina-chan," she admitted.
The thought of seeing hatred in Kushina's eyes made her want to curl up and disappear. A part of her even thought death might be the only way to apologise, an atonement for betraying the trust of a dear friend.
Kushina had trusted her completely.
And Mikoto had taken advantage of that trust to betray her.
The more she thought about it, the more unforgivable her actions felt.
Yet, when it came down to it, she wasn't truly willing to die, not because she feared death, but because she couldn't bear to leave Kanzou. The idea of parting with Kanzou scared her more than the idea of death.
Since marrying Kanzou, Mikoto had come to realise just how deeply she had grown dependent on him.
Of course, she knew this dependence wasn't healthy. It stemmed from her fear of being abandoned by him, and perhaps, in part, from something like Stockholm Syndrome, considering the sexual abuse she has gone through.
Yet it was still a dependence she had willingly embraced.
Part of it came from the love that had bloomed in her heart while caring for him and staying by his side.
Part of it came from the control Kanzou held over her, control she had not only accepted, but had come to desire.
All in all, she knew she couldn't live without him… and she didn't want to part from him, not even in death.
Which was why, to live with him and to please him, she was willing to go to any lengths.
If not for that… she might never have helped him deceive Kushina.
But… now that she has deceived her… she has to face the consequences of deceiving her.
"You're afraid Kushina-chan will hate you, aren't you?" Kanzou asked, looking at Mikoto.
Mikoto nodded softly. Yes, she was afraid Kushina would hate her, which was only natural.
As a woman herself, she understood all too well what her actions toward another woman meant, especially toward a woman in love with a man.
If someone had done to her what she had done to Kushina, forcing her to sleep with a man other than Kanzou, using Genjutsu on her to make her mistake that man as Kanzou… Mikoto knew she could never forgive it, no matter the reason. Forget forgiveness; she would have nursed unbridled hatred, swearing a lifetime of vengeance and suffering upon that woman.
And so, she knew Kushina would never forgive her.
Their friendship… it was over. In fact, it would no longer be friendship at all, but enmity.
Kanzou read Mikoto's thoughts, but he wasn't the least bit worried.
"Mikoto, you're overthinking… You don't need to worry about anything," he murmured, gently nibbling at her earlobe. "Leave it all to me. I promise you, Kushina-chan won't hate you, in fact, she'll even feel guilty toward you…"
His words slipped into her ear in a low, reassuring whisper.
"Really?" Mikoto asked, a glimmer of hope lighting up her eyes.
"Of course it's true," nodded Kanzou with a smile.
Mikoto was surprised and wondered, "How would you do that, Kan-sama?" and asked him, "A Genjutsu?" If they were to use Genjutsu on Kushina and modify her memories, something like that indeed becomes possible… but Genjutsu isn't a permanent solution.
"I don't need to use Genjutsu for something so simple," chuckled Kanzou.
"If not Genjutsu, then what?" asked Mikoto, more confused.
Even she couldn't understand how Kanzou planned to not only prevent Kushina from hating her but also make her feel guilty instead, without even making use of Genjutsu.
"Just watch…" Kanzou smiled mysteriously, and without explaining much, he simply gave her the instructions, "Now listen to me, go back to sleep. If you can't fall asleep, then at least pretend that you are sleeping. Just make sure you act like you're asleep and don't let her notice anything when she comes to your room,"
"Alright, I'll do as you say, Kan-sama," Mikoto nodded obediently.
She returned to the room where she'd rested the night before and lay down on the bed.
As for sleep… it had eluded her all night.
The guilt gnawed at her relentlessly, especially as she lay awake, forced to listen to giggling and moaning sounds coming from the other room.
Even now, sleep wouldn't come; she could only pretend.
'I hope it goes smoothly… whatever Kan-sama intends to do,' she thought, closing her eyes.
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After confirming that Mikoto had settled, Kanzou turned and made his way back to the bedroom. Kushina was still fast asleep…
"Time to wake up," said Kanzou, slapping the naked ass cheek of hers that was peeking out of the blanket.
Cha!
The crisp sound and sharp pain woke her up at once.
With tired, muddleheaded eyes, she stirred awake and glanced around at the unfamiliar surroundings, then at the person watching her with a confused expression. "Um?"
For a moment, she felt so dazed that she did not even recognize him and mistook him. "Minato-kun?" she called softly.
"Wrong answer," Kanzou replied casually.
"Uh…" she rubbed at her eyes, squinting until his face came into focus. Slowly, recognition dawned, and she murmured in confusion, "Uchiha… Kanzou-kun?"
She wondered what he was doing there when she woke up, and became more confused.
"Don't you recall what happened last night?" questioned Kanzou.
"Happened… last… night…? Huh??" she murmured, realizing that her memories of the previous night were hazy and her eyes appeared uncertain.
Though she couldn't clearly recall everything that happened last night, as it was all very blurry, she knew what she had lost, her innocence as a girl, marking her transformation into a woman.
Besides her, only Uchiha Kanzou was present.
It was clear he was the one who took away her innocence.
Pain flashed across Kushina's face as she wished desperately that it had all been a nightmare.
"What the hell happened last night? Tell me!" The furious Kushina demanded, glaring at Kanzou.
"Yesterday, you got drunk and mistook me for Namikaze Minato… just like you did now… And after that, well, I don't think I need to explain much… you should be aware of it," he said, smiling playfully.
"I mistook you… And you… You actually dared to…???" she demanded, scowling.
Kanzou shrugged. "The desert came to me on its own… even repeatedly begged me to eat it… was I supposed to just leave it untouched? I mean… I am not diabetic, ya'know…"
His indifferent tone only fuelled Kushina's fury. Her anger erupted, rising straight to her head. Chakra flared violently around her, and her hair whipped into the air like the angry tails of a Nine-tailed fox.
"Careful not to mess up the room's décor," Kanzou said calmly. "Everything's damn expensive…"
"The décor?" Kushina growled in a low, dangerous voice. "You think I care about the décor?"
"Well… maybe not so much," Kanzou replied with a smirk. "But you'd better not make any loud noise because that would wake up Mikoto… and if Mikoto wakes up, well… that would be very bad for you. I mean, think about it, if Mikoto finds out you betrayed her trust and slept with her husband… what do you think she'd do to you?"
His words struck her like a blow. Kushina froze, and the violent chakra that had been raging around her vanished in an instant.
"Where's Mikoto-chan?" This was the room shared by this bastard and Mikoto, where had Mikoto gone?
"Mikoto was drunk last night, too, and she happened to have fallen asleep in the guest room; she's probably still asleep. I suggest you clean up the traces while you still can. If she notices something off, it'll be difficult for you to explain to her," Kanzou said, crossing his legs leisurely as he looked at Kushina with an infuriatingly smug smile.
"Aren't you afraid of what Mikoto-chan will do to you if she finds out about this?" Kushina snapped.
"It's fine," Kanzou replied with unsettling calm. "Even if she does, she won't hold it against me for long. After all, it wasn't me who betrayed her… it was you. You were the one who tempted me into making this mistake. At most, I'll apologize, and though she might be angry for a while, in the end she'll forgive me, because she loves me too much. But you… haha… do you really think Mikoto will forgive you just because you're her best friend? Think about it… You seduced her husband, in her own house, and slept with him in her bedroom."
Kushina froze, her breath catching as his words cut into her like a blade. Not only did he show no guilt, but he shifted all the blame onto her.
Seeing her sitting there stunned, Kanzou snapped his fingers in front of her eyes to jolt her back and said coldly, "Why are you just sitting there? Clean up the room. If you don't move quickly, I might just tell Mikoto directly that you were the one who seduced me into making a mistake."
"You shameless bastard!" Kushina spat through clenched teeth.
Kushina could barely contain the urge to smash this shameless dog's face in with a punch. 'How can anyone be this despicable?!'
"Did I say anything wrong?" Kanzou said smugly. "You were the one who threw yourself at me, begged me repeatedly to stay with you, and even shamelessly demanded I take your virginity… I merely made a little mistake… under the temptation of a vixen like you."
[Ding! The host's shamelessness has shocked the system +100,000 Evil Points]
Even the system was stunned by Kanzou's brazenness. Clearly, it had chosen the right person — someone so morally corrupt it was practically radiating off him.
'Shameless? Maybe. But I'll gladly accept the reward anyway,' Kanzou thought with a smirk.
He couldn't care less about the system's reaction, but he was very pleased with the reward. Evil Points was exactly what he needed most right now.
His total evil points had now reached more than Six Hundred Thousand.
The Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan was not too far ahead.
On the other hand, Kushina flinched at the mention of virginity, and noticing the bloody stain on the bedsheet, she was once again reminded of the fact that her virginity had been taken by him last night.
At the same time, pain flared between her legs from the pounding she had endured the night before; the memory was at once physical and humiliating.
"Uchiha Kanzou!" she spat, every word trembling with fury. Her whole body shook. "I, Uzumaki Kushina, will never forgive you. I swear I will make you pay."
"Hahahaha! I'm trembling in fright," Kanzou mocked with a cruel laugh. "So? Why don't you make me pay for it then? How are you going to do it, though… with your mouth? Or could it be that you want to use your cunt again…"
Kushina's fists clenched tight in fury, but given her current condition, she restrained herself. After all, she had only just woken up… and she wasn't even dressed yet.
At the same time, a deep anxiety gnawed at her heart.
What if Mikoto was disturbed?
What if Mikoto had noticed?
If Mikoto found out, how could she ever face her again?
How could she look her in the eye?
"I used to think you might not be so bad, despite your reputation… but it seems I was blind."
She had once believed that Kanzou, even with all the rumors around him, might not be the scoundrel people claimed he was. She had even thought him better than Fugaku.
But now, she realized just how wrong she had been.
This man was nothing but a vile scoundrel—a predator who preys on drunk woman!
"Get out!" Kushina snapped, pointing at him, her voice trembling with fury.
"Oh? But my waist… It's quite sore after all the movement from last night," Kanzou drawled lazily, making no effort to rise. Watching her with twisted amusement, he smirked. "Seems like I can't get up."
"You… you…" Kushina's fury only increased.
"By the way, let me remind you… Mikoto always wakes up early," he added with a smirk. "Even if she was drunk last night, she should be waking up about now."
His words were a subtle threat, and Kushina felt like breaking down.
Gritting her teeth to hold back the tears and pain, she got up.
She refused to show weakness in front of this bastard.
When she stood, a sticky sensation clung to her, and a trail of white, translucent fluid slid down her thigh, a stark reminder that he had squirted his seed inside her.
The realization made her stomach twist with disgust. Worse still was the fear gnawing at her chest: the fear of getting pregnant with his child. She knew she wasn't in her ovulating days, but that did little to calm her. Panic made her want to wash it all away immediately. Yet for now, there was something more pressing. Swallowing down her dread, she simply wiped herself with a cloth and began silently putting her clothes back on.
Kanzou's gaze lingered on her, amused by the sight. Seeing his seed leak out, he thought casually, 'Hm… I should probably give her some pills. Wouldn't want her coming to me later claiming she's pregnant with my child…' His eyes flicked briefly toward the bottle of pills Mikoto used.
But there was no rush. Letting her stew in that anxiety would be far more entertaining.
Smirking, he leaned back and watched quietly as she dressed, her unease only fueling his twisted satisfaction.
Kushina could feel his eyes on her as she dressed, shamelessly drinking in her humiliation, but there was nothing she could do.
Her fists clenched at her sides, her whole body trembling with rage. She wanted to strike him, to scream, to unleash every ounce of fury burning inside her—but the fear of Mikoto finding out chained her in place.
Not here. Not now. If Mikoto learned the truth, everything would collapse.
So she swallowed her anger, forcing herself to move. In silence, she straightened the room, erasing every trace of what had happened the night before.
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