Chapter 578: Chapter 578: Sweet Talk and Deception
"Where are you going?"
After the meal, Shimura Danzō frowned when he saw Renya secretly pulling Hyūga Muki along.
Didn’t this guy say he was going to deliver food to Tobirama-sensei?
What kind of behavior was this, tugging and pulling at Hyūga Muki in broad daylight?!
If others saw this, what would they think?
It was simply improper...
Renya, who was busy coaxing and deceiving Hyūga Muki, was startled by his good friend’s sudden shout.
After realizing it was his good friend, he said irritably, "Danzō, why are you shouting so loudly!"
For a moment, he thought the plan to trick Muki into becoming a lab test subject had been exposed.
Seeing Shimura Danzō arrive like a savior, Hyūga Muki immediately seized the chance to pull away from Renya.
"Renya-kun, I thought about it and I can’t leave with you."
Those words sounded completely different in Shimura Danzō’s ears.
"Renya, what exactly are you doing?!"
No wonder Renya had never planned to get married—so he truly wasn’t interested in women.
You can be uninterested in women, but you can’t be interested in men!
They had spent so many years together, yet he never expected his good friend to secretly be this kind of person!
Just thinking about Renya’s strange preferences made goosebumps crawl all over his body.
At this moment, Shimura Danzō’s mind was in total chaos. After discovering his good friend’s special tastes, he had no idea how to respond.
All this time, he thought his good friend was just like him—focused solely on strengthening the village, leaving no time for romance.
But reality was different from imagination.
He truly wasn’t interested in women, but that didn’t mean he wasn’t interested in men.
Honestly, he was afraid Renya might be interested in him.
Even though they were good friends, they weren’t close enough for that.
He could sacrifice his life for Renya—but offering his body was absolutely out of the question.
If he had known things would turn out like this, he wouldn’t have meddled.
"Keep your voice down. This can’t let others know," Renya quickly warned when he saw his good friend shouting so loudly, gesturing for him to come closer.
After all, if the matter of conducting human experiments in the village leaked out, the image Senju Tobirama had carefully built over the years would completely collapse.
Shimura Danzō hesitated.
He didn’t know what Renya wanted to tell him.
Some things were very different depending on whether you knew them or not.
If Renya really had that kind of preference, they wouldn’t be able to happily hang out together anymore.
It wasn’t because their relationship was bad—rather, it was because it was too good that he felt afraid.
Friends like this were the easiest to trick; before it happened, you always thought they were joking...
After a brief internal struggle, Shimura Danzō gritted his teeth and stepped closer to Renya.
If things were truly as he imagined, he would just avoid being alone with his good friend in the future.
He was already in his thirties; he didn’t want to lose face or be mocked by future generations...
"I want uncle and Orochimaru to study the Ōtsutsuki bloodline inside the King of Smug. Maybe they can create something incredible..."
He had absolute confidence in Senju Tobirama and Orochimaru’s research abilities.
Since the two of them could produce a pair of Mangekyō Sharingan, there was also a chance they could create a Tenseigan. At worst, even a high-purity Byakugan would be good!
"That’s it?!"
Shimura Danzō had mentally prepared himself, yet what Renya said was completely different from what he had imagined.
"What else?" Renya asked, confused by his reaction. "Do you still have something you want to ask?"
"N-No." Shimura Danzō awkwardly turned his head away and happened to see Hyūga Muki sneaking off, preparing to escape. He quickly shouted a reminder.
"Quick, don’t let him run!"
As long as it wasn’t what he had imagined, everything else was trivial!
Compared to his good friend’s sexual orientation, tricking Muki into becoming a test subject was nothing worth mentioning!
Hyūga Muki: "???"
The two immediately chased after Hyūga Muki.
"Muki, don’t be afraid. It’s not dangerous at all."
"Yeah, yeah, we wouldn’t harm you."
"I already tried it myself. There’s really no damage at all."
"Trust us, there’s absolutely no problem!"
The two grabbed Hyūga Muki and carried him away through a mix of persuasion and deception.
Although Hyūga Muki disliked lying on an operating table as a research subject, he ultimately surrendered under their combined pressure and could only sigh as he followed them away.
In truth, their strength left him with little chance to resist.
Compromise either happens zero times—or countless times.
He had already been tricked once by Renya before; being tricked again was perfectly normal.
However, none of the three noticed that a pair of eyes was secretly watching them.
"Those three..."
Koharu widened her eyes, covering her mouth with both hands as she watched the scene unfold in disbelief.
First came Danzō’s angry scolding, then Renya’s soft explanation, and finally the two of them carrying Hyūga Muki away while continuously saying suspicious things.
Muki-kun was about to get married, yet the two had sweet-talked and deceived him into leaving with them.
If the girl he liked on the moon found out, the consequences would definitely be severe...
"Muki-kun, I’ll keep your secret."
Koharu looked at Hyūga Muki’s departing figure and murmured softly with a serious expression.
She had always suspected why Renya and Danzō refused to marry, and after witnessing today’s scene, her belief became even stronger.
No—not stronger.
Absolute certainty.
...
Laboratory.
"Kid, you’re here." Senju Tobirama saw Hyūga Muki behind Renya and subconsciously ignored the lunchbox in Renya’s hand.
Eating could wait, but opportunities to study an alien were rare!
Seeing Hyūga Muki arrive, Orochimaru excitedly licked his lips, clearly still unsatisfied from yesterday’s research.
"Come, come, lie down quickly."
Faced with such a rare extraterrestrial specimen, Orochimaru lacked his usual calmness and appeared unusually enthusiastic.
Researching aliens wasn’t something that happened often!
Under the enthusiasm of the two scientists—and the encouragement from Renya and Danzō—Hyūga Muki half-willingly lay down on the cold experimental table.
If he had known things would turn out like this, he wouldn’t have come here.
...
Late at night again, the three walked out of the laboratory together.
"Muki, come eat at my house again tomorrow," Renya said sympathetically when he saw how weak the King of Smug looked.
He felt bad seeing him so miserable, so he invited him to dinner as compensation.
Hyūga Muki shook his head like a rattle drum.
Yesterday, he had mysteriously agreed to eat at Renya’s place—and ended up being tricked into becoming a lab test subject again.
If he went for dinner tomorrow, he would probably end up back on the experiment table.
"I’m going home. Do as you like."
Hyūga Muki absolutely didn’t dare stay with the two any longer, or he might get dragged back to the laboratory again.
"Danzō, come to my house for dinner tomorrow."
"Okay."
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