Chapter 20

The girl, looking at him with bulging eyes, seemed a little funny to the First Mizukage.

"Baby, try to be more careful in future," he said softly, putting the startled girl on the ground.

- Hmm, I'm not your baby, but Haruna! – the girl, trying to pretend to be an adult, lifted her nose and pompously snorted.

Just at that moment a girl of about eighteen arrived to them. After making sure that the girl was okay, she sighed with relief.

- Haruna, who did you tell, don't run wherever you look! – the girl seriously shook her finger at Harune.

After which she pursed her lips offendedly and lowered her head, but still did not object.

"Thank you for your help and I'm sorry," then the girl bowed gratefully to Yudao standing next to her.

"It's not worth it, it's not difficult for me," he waved it off carefree.

- ABOUT! Sister! Sister! I want dango brother! – Haruna's eyes shone like stars at the sight of the dango in the guy's hands.

The girl was taken aback by such an impudent demand, but before she could answer, the guy had already put the dango in the girl's hand, and she immediately began to gobble it up on both cheeks.

"Once again I apologize, she's not smart," the girl bowed again, her cheeks flushed with shame.

"It's okay, I was going to buy more dango anyway." By the way, would you like to take me around the village? I can also treat you to dango, if of course you have free time..." Yudao smiled affably, stroking Haruna's head.

The girl's eyes shone with renewed vigor at such a tempting offer, and she fixed a pleading gaze on her sister.

Unlike her naive younger sister, the girl showed a barely noticeable wariness. The fact is that the young man immediately seemed vaguely familiar to her, but she could not remember where she had met him.

After the offer to "show him around the village," it became obvious that he was not local. Well, a vague feeling of familiarity... you never know, maybe she met a similar guy. Now it was not this that worried her, but the subtle, one might even say ephemeral aura of danger around him.

"I can give my word that I'm not a bad person, if you're suddenly worried about me," Yudao grinned teasingly, noticing the suspicious look of the girl who kept her mouth shut.

– Don't look down on her, brother, you won't say it right away, but my sister is a cool brilliant shinobi! – Haruna proudly answered his ridicule, pouting her lips.

"My name is Ringo Ameyuri, and I know the village well, so if you don't mind, I will become your guide," Ameyuri came forward and said seriously, hiding her little sister behind her back.

In response, Yudao first raised his eyebrows in surprise, and then helplessly shook his head and thought to himself: "He lived, they are suspected in his own house!"

By the way, the girl's name seemed vaguely familiar to him, but he had not yet remembered anything specific.

It didn't matter who the guide was, because he just wanted to take a look at the life of the village, and not collect secret information.

Having a local guide was always better than wandering around at random, and although Ameyuri was wary of him, the cheerful and carefree Haruna eased the tension.

The first Mizukage was a little annoyed only by the girl's frightening ability to brazenly take all his food away!

***

Meanwhile in a dark dungeon.

Very excited, Orochimaru casually tossed the Fifth Mizukage's scroll aside, not deigning to pay attention to it.

Until today, he was actually interested in the contents of the scroll.

But now something more interesting has appeared

Sha~ Sha~

A small snake as thick as a finger crawled out of Sannin's sleeve.

Then she opened her mouth and spat out a tiny piece of flesh.

"The secret of the legendary First Mizukage's immortality is what really makes my heart beat faster, ke-ke-ke!" – Orochimaru licked his lips excitedly, holding a piece of flesh on his pale palm like the apple of his eye.

How could a man like Orochimaru not prepare to unseal the First Mizukage? He prudently hid the inconspicuous snake underground before the start!

When the time came to remove Hashirama's seal, a small snake crawled out of the ground and bit off a piece of flesh from Yudao's foot.

All the attention of the Fifth Mizukage and the Byakugan Assassin was focused on the monumental figure of the First Mizukage. Therefore, it is not at all surprising that they simply did not notice the snake without a drop of chakra in the ground right under his torn sole.

With Yudao himself, everything is even simpler... the snake did its job before he came to his senses, and the rapid regeneration of his completely mutilated body erased all signs of the bite.

Knock! Knock! Knock!

There was a cautious knock on the door.

"Come in!" – Sannin said indifferently, without turning his head.

Having received permission, the frightened Sound Four entered.

– So, what does it feel like to wake up without the Cursed Seal? – Orochimaru turned his head slightly and coldly grinned at the newcomer.

"Please grant us the Cursed Seal once again, Orochimaru-sama!" – the Four of Sound synchronously knelt.

Strength is paramount in the Village of Sound, so they could not afford to give up the Cursed Seal, even knowing about its side effects.

Just at that moment, a scream came from a gloomy cage nearby.

"I'll send Kimimaro to you immediately after my return, he's away on business!" – Orochimaru grimly croaked towards the cage, as if this was a common thing.