章節 206: Chapter 206 Tayuya's Desire for Revenge
Spring was serene, the breeze gently stirring.
In this March, when everything was coming back to life, Naruto could only lie at home, maintaining the tradition of sleeping at sunrise and going out at sunset. Occasionally, he'd wander around with Kurama.
He didn't have many friends, and most of the time, they were all on missions. Since the mission logs for the Land of Snow were sealed, they could only glean bits and pieces about what Naruto had gone through.
While drifting at sea for a month sounded terrifying enough, Anko and Naruto had been lively and energetic all this time, with both all the team's memebrs and the target surviving.
It gave the impression that it wasn't such a big deal after all.
In short, the fantastical sea voyage in the Land of Snow quietly became history, and under Tsunade's deliberate silence, it didn't stir any waves in Konoha.
By mid-March, with a click, Naruto changed his shoes and closed the door.
Today is the day he leaves the village again.
After receiving Tsunade's permission, he traveled for a day and arrived at the Tanzaku Town.
Using a key, he opened the door, and Tayuya, dressed lightly, happened to be in the living room reading. When she looked up, her face showed a stunned expression.
"What are you doing here?"
"What else can I do? As your creditor, naturally I came to check on how you're doing." Naruto went upstairs calmly. There was a room upstairs that belonged to him.
Tayuya ignored him and continued to bury herself in her book on the couch.
She had already figured out the purchasing power of the Land of Fire's currency. She now knew that a mere two hundred thousand ryo was not a large sum at all.
Moreover, in the past six months, she had accumulated quite a bit of money from doing small tasks at the bounty exchange. In total, she had amassed 1.5 million ryo, which is now quietly lying under her bed.
Listening to the sounds from upstairs, Tayuya's heart wasn't as calm as it seemed. In fact, she was slightly nervous and expectant.
'The opportunity had finally come! A chance for revenge!'
'I really couldn't wait to humiliate that blond-haired idiot with money, throwing his nonsensical talk of selling souls right back at him!'
'Heh, in the end, he was just a scumbag deceiving young girls! Damn it! How infuriating!'
Tayuya's book page now bore a clear fingerprint as she pressed on it in anger. She wanted to rush upstairs and tear apart that shameless jerk. But reason told her to stay calm.
If she really did that, she knew that guy would just shamelessly spread his hands and say, "Well, no choice, you found out. Alright, I'll leave."
But that wasn't the revenge she wanted. Tayuya pulled a candy from the couch and put it in her mouth. The sweetness stimulated her taste buds and slowly let her calm down.
The so-called revenge is to make the scumbag regret everything deeply.
She had it all planned out: When Naruto came downstairs, she would calmly expose his scam without any care, mocking him fiercely. She wouldn't repay the 200,000 ryo at all. After all, she borrowed it with her own ability, so how could I possibly return it to that scumbag?
She would mock him with a light-hearted attitude, whipping him with her words. She wanted to see him shocked, ashamed, regretful.
'Heh, he wouldn't see it coming.'
"What are you smirking about?" Naruto asked in doubts.
Naruto had already freshened up. He was just staying here for the day as he had a mission tomorrow. After a quick clean-up upstairs, he came down and saw Tayuya grinning like an idiot.
After not seeing her for a long time, Naruto saw that Tayuya's former edgy style was all gone. she now sported long, dark red hair, wearing a loose T-shirt and hot pants on the couch.
Her outfit was indistinguishable from any typical girl-next-door.
She changed from a bad girl to a girl-next-door, and a plump one at that, with the pure buff maxed out.
Even though Naruto wasn't particularly interested, after taking a quick glance at her, he had to admit that Tayuya was quite pleasing to the eyes.
"Nothing." Tayuya frowned, glanced at him coldly, and said, "It's got nothing to do with you anyway."
Naruto didn't know what was up with her, nor did he plan to ask. The house was a duplex, with the living room and kitchen on the first floor, and four rooms upstairs.
There were spiral staircases on both sides, which he had thought of when he bought the house.
Real estate in Konoha was a losing game, as it would get destroyed every other time. So, when living in Konoha, renting was better than buying. But buying in Tanzaku Town? He's making a profit.
Tanzaku Town, being a landmark town in the Land of Fire, was bound to develop in the future. With his keen sense and omniscient view, Naruto decisively bought this two-story house in the busiest area of Tanzaku Town.
He didn't dare buy more, fearing it might catch Konoha's attention.
Naruto wandered around the living room but couldn't find a hair towel, so he decided to let his hair dry naturally upstairs. In the large couch, Tayuya heard Naruto's footsteps going up and froze.
'Just like that? He's not talking to me? How would I lash out at him then? Huh??'
"Wait!" Tayuya jumped up from the couch and shouted.
"What?" Naruto was startled, "You're scaring me. What, are you going to cast a spell? Where's the hair towel?"
He had a habit of mixing two unrelated topics into one sentence. Tayuya was momentarily stunned and hadn't prepared the words yet, so she simply answered the latter question first.
"Go buy one yourself! That's mine."
"Oh." Naruto pretended to leave.
"Wait!"
"What now?" Naruto looked at her unhappily, "Are you offering to lend me your hair towel?"
"Absolutely not!" Tayuya rejected it outright.
Upon hearing this, Naruto pretended to leave again. Tayuya finally gave in and shouted, "Fine! I'll lend it to you! Just stand there and don't move!"
"Alright, go on." As expected, Naruto was standing at the stairs, looking at Tayuya quietly.
"You…" Tayuya kept saying 'you' for a long time, her face flushed red. She was too excited at the prospect of exacting her revenge that she couldn't form a complete sentence.
"I know you're eager, but take it easy." Naruto said.
"Don't even think about me returning the two hundred thousand to you!" Tayuya shouted with her hands on her hips.
"Suit yourself." Naruto stood on the stairs, looking down at Tayuya, who was standing barefoot on the large couch.
"I already know the purchasing power of 100,000 ryo!" Tayuya shouted angrily, "You tricked me back then, buying my soul for so little money!"
"Isn't your soul still with you?" he said.
"Oh, that's right." Tayuya calmed down for a moment but soon got angry again, "You only gave me 200,000. I make more than that on a single task at the bounty exchange."
The atmosphere in the living room suddenly became quiet. Tayuya looked up, only to find that Naruto was staring at her calmly, his expression had completely changed.
"Did you just say bounty exchange?"
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章節 207: Chapter 207 Five Hundred Thousands!
"The bounty exchange is…" Tayuya stammered, struggling to say anything coherent, then defiantly retorted, "None of your business!"
"Heh."
Naruto jumped down the stairs and, using his height advantage, pinned Tayuya down on the sofa, then sneered, "You don't want your savings to be two hundred thousand less, do you?"
Tayuya tried to struggle but found herself unable to move. She felt both ashamed and frustrated. Things were taking a strange turn, completely different from the revenge scenario she had imagined.
'Wasn't it supposed to be the story of an underdog rising to wealth and ruthlessly humiliating her former boss with money?'
'What happened to the promise that heroes should not be judged by their origins?'
Now, here she was, pinned under her former boss, forced to reveal the source of her side hustle. It was utterly humiliating! It felt just like being caught secretly working a part-time job and having her boss confront her.
'Wasn't this also a form of…' (T/N: Domineering CEO.)
"I'm not paying you back!" Tayuya said with a nonchalant expression, "I don't have any money, and the money I earned was through my hard work."
"What good is that? Can't I just take it myself?" Naruto said jokingly, "I bet the money you earned isn't hidden too far away… maybe under your pillow or perhaps just under your bed?"
"How... You're talking nonsense!"
"Whether I am talking nonsense or not, we will know if I look for it." Naruto said with a chuckle.
"Woo woo!!" Tayuya was truly afraid of being broke. Although she wasn't short on spending money and was willing to spend it, spending her own hard-earned money was a different story.
If this guy were to take back all the money she owed, then wouldn't all the money she had spent extravagantly have been her own?
The thought was painful! It was more painful than death.
"No! Don't take my money!" Tayuya was on the verge of tears.
'My money! It was my money! I had earned every penny of it!'
Seeing her reaction, Naruto was a bit surprised. After a moment of silence, he said, "I won't take your money. I'll give you another 100,000 ryo if you tell me the whole story."
"Who wants to tell you, you bastard!" Tayuya gritted her teeth, 'Damn it, just a mere hundred thousand… Was he trying to insult me?'
She was no longer that poor girl from the slums. The fortune she had stashed under her bed had already skyrocketed to 1.5 million ryo. A mere 100,000 ryo was beneath her now.
"Five hundred thousand ryo!" Naruto didn't even blink as he quintupled the offer.
"Wuuu!! I'll tell you! I'll tell you everything!" Tayuya felt a tear of humiliation roll down her cheek. Five hundred thousand ryo, her bottom line was directly breached.
'Still, it was this bastard's money, it would be a waste not to take it.'
Naruto released Tayuya, who sat on the edge of the sofa, curling up slightly as she timidly confessed how she found the bounty exchange and how she got her first job.
"They were just small tasks, scattered here and there, and I managed to save a bit of money." Tayuya said softly.
"I can't do the bigger tasks by myself. Besides, not everyone can take on those jobs. They require skill."
"What else? Be honest. If I don't hear anything interesting today, you won't get any sleep tonight." Naruto said sternly.
"I-I'll tell you everything." Tayuya said, feeling a bit aggrieved.
And so, Tayuya continued to speak intermittently, while Naruto leaned against the other side of the sofa, occasionally responding with a nod. After about an hour, Tayuya's mouth was dry from talking.
Naruto glanced at her and suddenly asked, "What about that Bounty Shinobi who appeared out of nowhere? What was that all about?"
"I don't know!" Tayuya said as she gulped down some water. "They just appeared recently, taking on tasks worth tens of millions."
"This matter has nothing to do with me. I only heard about it, I don't know the details."
Hearing this, Naruto thought to himself, 'Has Kakuzu already started making money to support Konan so quickly? If that's the case, then doesn't it mean that the Akatsuki has already started to take action?'
'Crap, like a weed growing.'
Pain still deserves to die. Naruto is not afraid of the weaker Akatsuki's members like Kakuzu and Hidan anymore. Moving forward with the Kyubi on his side was enough. After all, he was essentially 73% of the Yin-Yang Kyubi, which roughly equal to one and a half of the Yang Kyubi.
All things considered, combined, he and Kurama were equivalent to about two and a half Yang Kyubi.
'I need to find a chance to talk with Tsunade and figure out how to hunt down those lunatics in Akatsuki. Instead of waiting for them to come to me, I might as well have Pervy Sage come back and hunt them down together.'
"Why are you spacing out?" Tayuya asked.
"It's nothing." Naruto got up, then pulled out 500,000 ryo right in front of Tayuya. "I'm leaving tomorrow. Don't take any dangerous tasks."
"Why do you care?" Tayuya shot back.
"Of course I care. I'm your creditor." Naruto said casually, slowly getting up and looking down at Tayuya, "Anyway, I won't restrict your freedom."
"Do whatever you want. I won't interfere. If you run into trouble, you can come to Konoha to find me."
"Anyway, with how you dress, as long as you tone it down a bit and change your appearance, no one will be able to recognize you."
"Tsk, like I'd ever look for you Tayuya grumbled in dissatisfaction, "Whatever, I'll handle it myself. I don't need you to care."
Of course Naruto didn't argue and headed upstairs.
...
Midnight.
Tayuya tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep. Thinking about her failed revenge filled her heart with bitterness and unwillingness. She had already worked so hard to earn money, but still couldn't…
'How much money does that guy even have?' Tayuya was so angry that she rolled over on the bed, from one end to the other. She screamed a few times and grabbed her head in exasperation.
Her chest rose and fell violently, and the more she thought about it, the angrier she became. As a result, Tayuya lost all desire to sleep.
It was a cold and damp spring night. After calming down, she felt a bit itchy all over her body and decided to get up, fumbling in the dark towards the bathroom for a bath.
With a click, she turned on the light and adjusted the water temperature, habitually tossing her clothes aside with each step she took.
Realizing that her hair towel wasn't in the bathroom, she instinctively went to the living room on the first floor to look for it.
The bathroom door swung open, and Tayuya, yawning, walked barefoot across the floor. As she passed Naruto's room, the door near the stairs suddenly opened.
Light spilled out from the room like a thread, directly illuminating half the corridor.
Tayuya was momentarily dazed by the sudden light. Naruto, who had opened the door, was also stunned. He intended to go to the restroom but instead found Tayuya, entirely bare, standing at the top of the stairs.
"Ah!!!" Tayuya screamed, and immediately squatted down and hugged herself.
Naruto instinctively turned his head away, and the atmosphere immediately became awkward. They were too close, and Tayuya reacted too slowly. It felt like watching a 404 VR movie… By the time it gets shut down, it's already too late.
"… I didn't expect you to be into this kind of thing." Naruto chuckled awkwardly.
"You're the one who's into that kind of thing! I just forgot you were still here!"
Tayuya's face flushed crimson, she was completely overwhelmed by shame. She had abandoned her plans for a bath. All she wanted now is to quickly got up, dashed back to her room, and continue to roll around in frustration!
'Uzumaki Naruto! Damn it!'
"Where were you planning to go?" Naruto did not leave, but squatted in front of her.
"Huh? What does it matter to you! Get lost!" Tayuya shouted, trying to back away, her arms flailing as she struggled to cover herself and maintain balance, utterly at a loss for where to place her hands.
Then, in the next moment, Tayuya felt herself being lifted.
"Just now it wasn't my business, but now it is." Naruto picked Tayuya up from the floor, then glanced briefly in the direction of the bathroom.
"Let me go." Tayuya wriggled around, but it was useless.
"Stop squirming, I'll let you go in a moment." Naruto brushed her off verbally while carrying her toward the bathroom, as if holding a kitten in his arms.
Tayuya felt herself growing hotter and hotter, watching his face partially hidden in the dim light. He would occasionally glance down at her, his gaze clear and unflinching.
'This guy is such a jerk.'
As she thought about this, her strength waned, and everything began to feel strange. She had never experienced anything like this before, it was as though jolts of electricity were coursing through her back intermittently.
Tayuya even wondered if this jerk had used some kind of weird Ninjutsu. As in his arms, from her tailbone to her heart, she felt a warm, tingling sensation.
Held in a princess carry, Tayuya watched as the warm, amber glow of the bathroom grew closer. She suddenly realized that this guy was about to see everything soon.
Her eyes widened as she used the last of her strength to struggle, trying to break free from Naruto's hold.
But it was impossible to do. Naruto held her firmly and walked into the bathroom, setting her down into the bathtub. He then clapped his hands, as if he had completed his work.
He didn't seem guilty at all, treating it as just a random accident and not thinking much of it.
"What were you planning to find just now?" He asked.
At this point, Tayuya's mind was in a mess. She curled up in the bathtub, answering in a muffled voice, "A hair towel."
"Oh, I took it." Naruto said calmly, then lightly tapped her on the head, "Go ahead and take your bath. I'll bring it to you in a bit."
"Okay." Tayuya didn't know what else to say, and her eyelashes fluttered.
The bathroom door then clicked shut. Tayuya, panicking, splashed the warm water around, taking a long breath in and exhaling deeply.
She wasn't sure how to describe what she was feeling just now, she felt powerless. Actually, she was usually quite clever, which was why she never ran, but now, she wasn't sure if she should run or not.
She had originally planned to stay here for a while when she had no money. Anyway, that guy was stupid and had a lot of money, so as long as she acted a little submissive, he would give her money.
Even if she couldn't earn her own money, she could take some from him and then run far away.
She never feared that he wanted anything from her. Orochimaru had already abandoned her, and going back would mean certain death. To her, it didn't matter whether her body was used or she was treated as a tool again.
In the past, Tayuya always thought that jerk was superficial, only wanting to use his money to get her body. Because of that, she wasn't scared at all.
She knew that most men, other than Orochimaru, had issues in their heads… They would try to turn every attractive thing into their possession.
So, even if he didn't show up for ten days or half a month, she felt no sense of loss. Essentially, it was a transaction. He desired her body, and she wanted his money.
It was a clear, straightforward relationship.
'But why did my heart beat so fast when he touched me just now?' Tayuya sank into the bathtub, her knuckles turning white from clenching.
The light in the bathroom was bright and clear, but it did nothing to clear up the chaos in her mind. Her heart burned, feeling like it would jump into her throat.
She was a little annoyed, and then she recalled Naruto's words that he'd be back.
'A hair towel, huh?'
Suddenly, Tayuya didn't want anything anymore. A sense of foreboding crept into her mind. She didn't want anything. She just wanted to take her two million ryo hidden under the bed and get out of there.
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