Chapter 128
In the blink of an eye.
Three months had passed.
Sea of War.
On a deserted island, Sarutobi Biwako and Sarutobi Ayase stood ten meters apart, locked in a tense stare. Dan Kato stood awkwardly between them, uncertain and helpless, unsure of what to do.
"I'll say it one more time."
Biwako, suppressing her fury, said heavily, "If you abort the child in your belly, you'll still be my daughter-in-law. Otherwise…"
"No." Sarutobi Ayase shook her head, gently touching her slightly rounded stomach. With a soft voice, she said, "I'm definitely going to give birth to this child, and then, in front of Li Yao... hehe… I'll eat him."
"WHAT!!!!"
Biwako and Dan Kato's eyes widened in disbelief as they stared at Sarutobi Ayase, wondering if they had heard her wrong.
But they hadn't.
Cold.
An unprecedented chill swept through Biwako and Dan Kato's bodies and souls.
Shiver… The two couldn't help but tremble all over.
Watching Ayase gently caressing her belly with a soft smile full of maternal love as she spoke of eating the unborn child inside her, it felt like they were plunged into the depths of hell in broad daylight — frozen to the bone, their gazes trembling.
"Aya… Ayase!!!"
Biwako's lips quivered as she looked at her daughter-in-law in terror. She had never imagined that this was the reason Ayase refused to abort the child!
"Li Yao… What the hell did that bastard do to her to turn Ayase into this terrifying creature?"
No — they absolutely couldn't let Ayase give birth to this cursed child. If she did, she would be lost forever, completely consumed by a monstrous hatred.
"Ayase, even if you don't think for yourself, think of Tenchu. Do you really believe Tenchu would want you to give birth to this abomination?"
Biwako invoked her eldest son Tenchu, hoping her daughter-in-law's love for her husband would sway her to abort the child.
But she forgot one thing — "The deeper the love, the deeper the hate."
Extreme love breeds extreme hatred.
Facing her mother-in-law's appeal to her husband's name, Ayase's body trembled slightly, but her eyes never wavered in the slightest.
"I believe Tenchu would understand me."
Even if he didn't, I still wouldn't change my decision.
Ayase thought to herself.
The moment Li Yao whipped her, she had already died inside. She no longer considered herself worthy of being her husband's wife.
After being whipped and humiliated repeatedly by Li Yao in front of her husband, and seeing that her husband still loved her, still would give his life to protect her…
Ayase knew she was no longer worthy of such pure love.
That moment, her old self died.
The person standing here now was the embodiment of vengeance, existing solely to take revenge on Li Yao.
She would return the humiliation Li Yao inflicted on her husband a hundredfold, a thousandfold.
Originally, she had no such chance.
Li Yao was too powerful — capturing him alive was impossible, and killing him would be the most brutal revenge she could hope for.
But now, things were different.
She carried the bloodline of that demon Li Yao inside her.
She would make Li Yao taste the agony of watching his son be eaten bite by bite before his eyes.
Heh heh… It would be exquisite.
"Insane! You're insane!"
Seeing the faint curve of her daughter-in-law's lips, Biwako trembled violently, shaking her head. She knew her daughter-in-law's heart was dead. What stood before her now was a shell animated by revenge — someone who no longer held the values of a human being.
"If you won't do it… then I will."
Biwako took a deep breath, her eyes flashing with resolve. She made up her mind, then used Body Flicker Technique to dash toward Ayase — but Ayase was no longer the woman she once was.
During her torture at Li Yao's hands, the intense emotional trauma had elevated her mental — or perhaps spiritual — strength, greatly enhancing her chakra control.
Zheng!
Biwako's palm struck a circular ink shield. It felt like hitting solid steel, numbing her entire hand.
Whoosh!
Ayase used Body Flicker to leap into the sky. The ink-formed shield rose with her, transforming midair into a giant ink bird that caught her.
"That's… Super Beast Imitating Drawing?"
Biwako looked up at her daughter-in-law in shock.
The black steel-like shield had clearly been formed using Super Beast Imitating Drawing, but… it was as hard as iron.
Moreover, she had seen no scroll, no brush — Ayase had formed the ink shield purely by molding chakra.
That was not how Super Beast Imitating Drawing was supposed to work.
How had she done it?
Dan Kato was just as astonished. He was familiar with the secret technique, but he had never heard of it being used to directly form shields or birds from chakra alone.
Clearly, Senior Ayase had improved the Super Beast Imitating Drawing technique.
From the way her shield had blocked Lady Biwako's sealing palm strike, its defense was clearly formidable.
This also meant that the ink-formed senbon and other piercing tools must be extremely sharp and strong.
A secret technique integrating offense, defense, flight, sensing, and scouting.
A truly perfect secret technique!
Comparable to the Third Kazekage's Magnet Style iron sand manipulation.
"A truly impressive senior… but…"
Watching Lady Biwako still preparing to attack, Dan Kato was troubled. He had overheard enough from their recent conversations to grasp what had happened, though it wasn't his place to interfere.
Still, he couldn't tolerate allies attacking each other.
Whoosh!
Dan Kato stood between Ayase and Biwako, looking toward the latter.
"Lady Biwako, teammates shouldn't fight. If there's a problem, let's talk it through."
Biwako glared at him furiously.
"Talk it through? Then go talk some sense into my daughter-in-law and make her get rid of the abomination in her belly!"
"Uh…" Dan Kato looked embarrassed. He turned to face Ayase, who stood expressionlessly atop the ink bird, wanting to speak — but didn't know what to say.
In his heart, he actually agreed with letting the child be born. Regardless of the circumstances, the child was innocent. He didn't choose his parents.
No one had the right to erase a life so lightly.
But… her demonic intentions… even just thinking about it made Dan Kato shudder.
No matter what, he would never allow Senior Ayase to harm the child in her womb.
"I'm sure Lord Hokage would feel the same way," Dan Kato thought to himself.
"This is all your fault! If not for you, that child would've been aborted already!"
Biwako glared hatefully at Dan Kato's back. Her heart was full of fury with nowhere to release it.
Five days ago, she had suddenly realized that her daughter-in-law's belly wasn't growing from fat. She finally understood that the vomiting over the past three months wasn't psychological trauma from Li Yao's abuse — it was morning sickness.
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