As for what Takumi was doing at the moment?
He was in the cave, looking deeply and affectionately at Suzumebachi, who was disguised as Hinata, tightly holding her hands with both of his.
"You... what do you want?" Suzumebachi was completely thrown off, goosebumps rising all over from Takumi's gaze.
"Don't you understand my heart yet? Hinata?" Takumi said with a deeply emotional expression. "I like you so much."
"Ahaha..." Suzumebachi was somewhat dazed, not knowing what was going on or how to respond.
'What is he doing?!' Suzumebachi screamed inwardly.
Meanwhile, the corner of her mouth was twitching, her expression extremely strange.
"Last time, we made a promise," Takumi continued affectionately.
"When I saved you from danger again next time, you promised to give your body to me."
"I think now is that time, right?"
"What?!" Suzumebachi was instantly shocked.
'You little brats play this wild?!'
'How old are you?!'
Suzumebachi was frantic, but Takumi was already planning to take action.
He reached out, trying to undo Suzumebachi's clothes.
Suzumebachi was startled, scrambling back with both hands and feet until her back hit the wall. She stopped, looking at Takumi with fear.
"Hey, you're still thinking about this at a time like this?" Suzumebachi still wanted to struggle. "Can't we wait until we get back? I don't want to... in a place like this..."
She pretended to be shy and bashful, hoping he wouldn't go too far.
"It's fine, there's no one around anyway," Takumi pressed forward step by step. The gentle smile on his face looked to Suzumebachi like the smile of a demon, sending chills down her spine.
"Wait!" As Takumi approached step by step, Suzumebachi completely panicked.
She directly canceled the transformation, returning to her original appearance. "Take a good look! I'm not your comrade! I'm the person who attacked you earlier!"
"Hinata, you really break my heart," Takumi showed a look of being deeply hurt, placing his right hand over his heart. "So to avoid responsibility, you resort to such methods."
"Do you know how sincere I am towards you? Yet now, it feels like you've torn it apart, trampled on the ground, and violated it."
"Huh?" Suzumebachi was dumbfounded.
"No!" Takumi's expression turned serious, his face full of resolve. "I can't watch you degenerate like this. Deceiving yourself like this, won't your Ninja Way cry?"
"I must correct your thinking!"
As he spoke, he began to undo his pants.
"Wait!!"
Suzumebachi completely panicked. She immediately summoned a large number of bees, firing poison stingers at Takumi as if they cost nothing. Some bees even launched suicide charges, turning into pools of extremely sticky honey, trying to entangle Takumi so she could break free and escape.
But her methods were easily neutralized by Takumi.
The poison from the stingers was ineffective against him, and the sticky liquid was lightly dodged, not a single drop landing on him.
Watching Takumi approach, Suzumebachi finally cried out in despair!
"I've even used these Ninjutsu! Do you still think I'm your comrade?"
"I really am not that girl!"
She said through tears, retreating futilely, trying to get away from Takumi.
But the wall behind her prevented her escape.
"I didn't expect that to avoid our promise, you would even learn the enemy's ninjutsu!" Takumi said with an expression of surprise and sadness, then turned resolute again. "But given your talent, it's not impossible."
"Hinata! You have completely strayed from the path. I must correct your thinking!"
"Don't come any closer!"
Suzumebachi shouted loudly.
Her face was full of terror.
But all her efforts were in vain.
Takumi grabbed her hands with two quick pats, pinning them against the wall behind her.
"Perhaps experiencing it with your body will restore your sanity!"
...
"Kakuzu, he's been in there for so long. Why hasn't he come out yet?" Hidan asked, puzzled. "Does that cave have another exit? Are we wasting time waiting here?"
"Shouldn't."
Kakuzu said, "If there was another exit, those two brats wouldn't have come out from here earlier."
"Oh."
Hidan understood. "But why has he been inside so long?"
"How should I know."
Kakuzu rolled his eyes. He wasn't an encyclopedia, knowing everything.
However, at that moment,
Hidan keenly heard some faint sounds.
"Kakuzu, do you hear something? Sounds like a woman's voice, seems painful and sorrowful," Hidan asked curiously.
"This is..."
Kakuzu frowned deeply, carefully pricking up his ears to listen.
Indeed.
From within the cave, some sounds seemed to be coming.
Kakuzu took a few steps closer, continuing to listen.
The sound felt familiar, but he hadn't heard it in a long time.
"Hmm, wait!"
Kakuzu's eyes suddenly widened. He recognized what that sound was.
'Isn't that... that!'
'A woman!'
'There's a woman inside!'
"Holy crap!!!"
"This! What on earth is that Takumi kid doing inside?!"
"This... isn't that that thing!"
Kakuzu was completely dumbfounded.
He had lived for so many years after all. That kind of thing, he definitely knew about!
Hidan also recognized it.
He stared dumbfoundedly at the cave, momentarily feeling like he and Kakuzu, waiting outside, were two giant dumbasses.
"Holy crap!!! What are they doing?!"
"Are they doing... that?" Hidan asked, his face full of absurdity.
"How should I know!"
Kakuzu didn't want to answer that question because ever since he obtained the Earth Grudge Fear, such matters had been far removed from his life.
After all, his body had already become a monstrous form.
"Do we keep waiting?"
Hidan looked somewhat bewildered.
"Wait!"
Kakuzu said through gritted teeth. "Usually, after men finish such things, they are mentally exhausted and physically weak."
"It's the best time to kill him!"
…
An unknown amount of time later.
Takumi put his clothes back on.
Looking back at the dazed, resentful Suzumebachi, a glint of amusement flashed in his eyes.
He had done it on purpose, of course.
But he couldn't let this woman find out yet.
He feigned surprise. "So what you said was true? You really aren't Hinata?"
Suzumebachi's vacant eyes slowly regained focus. She turned her head and looked at Takumi reproachfully. "You bastard!"
Ignoring the pain in her body, she rushed forward, her small fists rapidly pounding on Takumi's solid chest.
"How could you do this! I told you I wasn't her! And you still did it! You're too detestable! Wah wah wah..."
"I just wanted to revive my clan. Why did I have to suffer this?! Wah wah wah..."
She crouched down, weeping helplessly and bewildered, her voice growing louder and sadder.