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Chapter 159 - Chapter 159 Tsunade Becomes a Test Subject

As a Medical Ninja, Rin hurried forward to check Tsunade's condition.

She only relaxed after confirming the Hokage's vitals were stable.

Then, Rin looked at Uchiha Hikari with a sparkling eyes—this clansman of Obito's was incredible!

Tsunade, the Sannin who served as an idol for Kunoichi across all villages in the ninja world, had been instantly one-shotted by Uchiha Hikari.

If this weren't peacetime, Hikari would instantly replace Tsunade on the "Most Dangerous Women" in the future Shinobi trading cards.

"Don't worry, she's fine. I'm just treating her hemophobia," Hikari said casually, sipping her tea. "By the way, if you're concerned about her, would you like to hop in and see how she's doing? I can stream it for you."

"Huh?" Kushina noticed something strange. "Isn't your consciousness supposed to be inside when using Tsukuyomi? And shouldn't this be resolved instantly in the real world?"

"Oh, this is my new 'Tsukuyomi 2.0'. I modified the time flow rate, and I don't need to constantly control it from within anymore. It runs automatically."

What Uchiha Hikari called "improvement" was actually adapting ordinary Tsukuyomi towards the mechanics of Limited Tsukuyomi and Infinite Tsukuyomi.

So why did Hikari do this? Was it for efficiency?

No.

The fundamental reason was that during the previous test, Kakashi's behavior inside the illusion was too... cursed for the eyes.

It gave the pure-hearted Hikari genuine psychological trauma!

She figured if even Kakashi—a non-Uchiha—was that weird, then a pure-blooded Senju like Tsunade would inevitably be ten times more dangerous to watch.

To avoid wanting to gouge out her own eyes again, Hikari chose to let Tsunade treat herself automatically.

"Let's not disturb Lady Tsunade's therapy..."

Just as Rin finished speaking, Tsunade suddenly snapped her eyes open and sat straight up like a corpse in a horror movie.

"Gasp."

She didn't say a word.

She scanned the room with wild eyes, lingering particularly on Makoto for an uncomfortable amount of time, before completely relaxing and collapsing back onto the sofa like a boneless jelly.

"Where does a kid like you learn all these twisted tricks?" Tsunade groaned weakly at Hikari.

"So... what did you experience inside?" Hikari leaned forward, her curiosity piqued.

She didn't dare to watch what Tsunade experience inside.

She was afraid of seeing something cursed again.

But listening to Tsunade should be fine, right?

Just hearing the description couldn't possibly be so perverted that it'd make her wish she was deaf, right?

"Hmm? You don't know?"

Tsunade immediately became alert, swallowing back the words she was about to spill.

Though Hikari held "senior status" by being from the Warring States period, her actual life experience was merely that of a teenage girl.

She couldn't compare to a true veteran like Tsunade.

"Tch. Probably some shady business again. Fine if you don't want to talk about it—I didn't want to hear it anyway."

Seeing Tsunade's guarded expression, Hikari immediately curled her lips in disdain.

Hikari's Tsukuyomi truly lived up to its reputation of being a fully immersive VR game.

But unlike the neutral "Happy Dream" setting of the Infinite Tsukuyomi, Hikari had accidentally mixed some of her own subconscious biases into this new version.

Her bias against the Senju (which definitely exists).

Her dissatisfaction with Tsunade's distrust of Makoto.

Her secret wish that Tsunade would just apologize and submit.

Thus, Tsunade experienced an extremely bizarre, glitchy Tsukuyomi dream.

Another aspect where Infinite Tsukuyomi surpasses the ordinary version is its "immersiveness."

It continuously corrects the victim's logic, making them believe the illusion is real.

When Tsunade first entered the dream, she knew it was fake.

But knowing it was fake didn't mean she could control her body's reactions.

As for the specific content? Since Hikari didn't know, Tsunade decided to bury it deep in the darkest corner of her heart and take it to her grave.

—Actually, nothing explicitly perverted happened in the content, but the outcome?

Tsunade was extremely grateful she overcame her hemophobia just in time, triggering the "Exit Mechanism" to wake up.

Otherwise, if she had been even slightly later...

Why did Tsunade stare at Makoto when she woke up?

Precisely because the dream was very Makoto-centric.

If she hadn't woken up, there's a certain song called "Grain in Ear" that perfectly describes the situation Tsunade might have faced.

'The moment I think of you, I go ah ah ah ah ah ah...'

This matter absolutely must not be known by anyone else!

It was too embarrassing!

Similarly, Tsunade was very grateful that illusion techniques are purely mental.

If she had dreamed this naturally, when she woke up, the Hokage might have temporarily become the Mizukage cause of how wet she was.

Fortunately, it was just a Genjutsu—when she woke up, her clothes remained completely dry.

Crisis averted!

"Using Tsunade as a beta tester for Tsukuyomi 2.0? Speaking of which, I have an idea too."

Makoto looked at the somewhat distracted, blushing Hokage.

"Lady Hokage, if you've recovered well enough, please do me a favor."

"A favor? No problem! What do you need me to do? I do anything!"

Tsunade snapped back to attention.

Faced with Makoto's "request," she didn't even hesitate for a second.

Since Makoto took the initiative to ask, wasn't this her golden ticket to repair their relationship?

"You agreed so decisively? This could be life-threatening. It's only because I know you can use Creation Rebirth that I thought of trying this with you. You can still refuse now." Makoto warned her.

In the original story, Tsunade not only survived being bisected but also healed the other four Kages.

Meanwhile, Sasuke (in Boruto) got stabbed once and ran out of chakra.

That's the difference in build quality.

"Since you know about Creation Rebirth, you don't need to worry about my survival. I'm unkillable."

Tsunade's expression turned serious. "Tell me, what do you need me to do? Do we need to change locations?"

"Let's find an empty backyard. Don't want to ruin the furniture."

"Alright."

Makoto's group arrived at the backyard of the hot spring inn's luxury suite.

There was a separate small pool in the yard, but they weren't here for a dip.

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