Ch 119 : Human evolution

A month later, Makoto received a message from Sunagakure.

It was a letter from Pakura, consisting of only two short words:

"Mission accomplished."

It was stamped with the Kazekage's seal.

With this, Sunagakure had undergone a change in leadership, though the news was tightly sealed and had not yet spread.

Makoto was likely the first outsider to know.

In addition to the letter from Sunagakure, a letter from Kumogakure had also arrived.

The letters from Kumogakure never stopped coming.

Every few days, one would arrive, with the content mostly the same, pleading with Konoha to return the Raikage, offering to pay some price in exchange.

In addition to the letters Konoha received from Sunagakure, the Daimyo's office had also received a letter from the Land of Lightning.

However, the Daimyo was not foolish.

He merely replied to Konoha, saying that the handling of the Raikage was up to them—whether to kill him, imprison him, or trade him for benefits, it was their choice.

What Konoha lacked could not be provided by other villages.

As for the letter from Kumogakure, Makoto only replied once, suggesting that if they wanted the Raikage back, they could trade him for the Hachibi from their village.

Then, another good piece of news arrived: the Anbu Makoto had sent out to find Jugo had returned.

The Land of Fire wasn't particularly vast, but it did take some effort.

Makoto had sent several members of the Hyuga Clan's Anbu to inquire about a recently born child named Jugo, with orange-colored hair, in the villages along the border of the Land of Fire and the Land of Rice.

After quite some effort, they finally found him.

It was said that the child had become a monster upon birth, killing his own mother.

The Anbu had paid some reward and bought the child from his father.

When Makoto saw the infant, he noticed that the child had been sealed with a binding jutsu by the Anbu.

"This sealing technique is useless on him. He occasionally goes into a frenzy, but fortunately, he's just a child, so it's easy to subdue him," said the Anbu.

Makoto reached out and gently touched the child's soft, pink cheek.

He looked like an ordinary infant—pink and chubby, quite cute.

"The sealing technique is meant to seal chakra, so it's naturally useless on him," Makoto said.

This child could absorb natural energy on his own, easily breaking through the chakra seal.

Makoto gently caressed Jugo and attempted to control the natural energy within his body.

While humans are always surrounded by natural energy, it doesn't enter the body, as if there's a door preventing it from coming inside.

But Jugo was different.

He could clearly feel that his body lacked the normal barriers humans have, allowing natural energy to enter and exit freely.

However, if the surrounding natural energy was too dense, Jugo's body would mutate and spiral out of control.

If Orochimaru knew about this child, he would surely make him his experiment.

Jugo would become an essential part of Orochimaru's research into cursed seals and immortality techniques.

But a child who occasionally loses control and goes into a frenzy would be hard to hide in the village, especially from Orochimaru.

Even though Makoto was using his own Anbu, if Orochimaru found out that he was hiding this from him, it would certainly lead to deeper suspicion.

After thinking for a long time, Makoto turned to the Anbu beside him and said, "Send this child to Lord Hokage."

All Makoto wanted was a way to control the natural energy.

When Makoto returned home, he saw Ayari chatting with Uchiha Mikoto under the pavilion.

Mikoto had visited a few times before.

Ayari liked this gentle older sister and got along well with her.

She had even visited the Uchiha clan a few times, often consulting Mikoto on matters during pregnancy.

When Mikoto saw Makoto return, she immediately smiled and stood to greet him.

"Makoto-kun."

"Mikoto-san."

Ayari remained seated and calmly asked, "How come you're back so early today?"

Makoto walked up to her, leaned down, and kissed her cheek.

"Isn't it better to come back early and spend time with you?"

Mikoto looked on with an amused expression.

These two didn't even consider her presence; was this how young people in love acted?

Ayari immediately blushed and pushed him away.

"Stop it, Mikoto is still here!"

"You can pretend I'm not here," Mikoto said with a smile.

"Please stay for dinner, Mikoto-san," Makoto said.

Mikoto laughed and replied, "If I stay for dinner, my two family members will go hungry, so I should be going."

Ayari said, "Mikoto-nee, I'll come visit you tomorrow."

"Okay, Kushina is coming over as well, I'll introduce you to her."

After seeing Mikoto off, Makoto returned and found Ayari still lying on the wicker chair.

She opened her arms to him, signaling.

"Hold me."

Makoto didn't immediately hold her, instead, he leaned in close again, gazing at her eyes that were fluttering with affection.

"Hold me first, then I'll kiss you," Ayari immediately said, moving her arms.

"No, kiss me first, then I'll hold you," Makoto responded.

Ayari had no choice but to follow his words and kissed him.

"Just now, Mikoto-nee was here, how could you do that in front of her?"

"Why not? You're carrying my child, is kissing you not allowed?"

"But not in front of others, it's too embarrassing."

"You'll get used to it."

"Go away."

Makoto lifted her in a princess carry and walked toward the living room.

Ayari leaned on his shoulder and asked, "Makoto, what kind of gift do you think I should bring tomorrow?"

"It's the thought that counts. Anything will do."

"I bought an aromatherapy wood a few days ago, but I haven't unpacked it yet. I could give that to her."

"Sure."

This was something Makoto had gone shopping for with Ayari—a round wooden base with a wooden sphere on top, where you could drop some essential oils.

It would make the air smell nice when placed in a room.

But whenever Makoto looked at that wooden sphere, some strange thoughts always came to his mind.

Too bad this world didn't have golf.

"Do you also think Mikoto-nee is pretty nice?"

"She's quite attractive."

"Bastard! Can you be serious for once?"

That evening, after Makoto finished dinner, he was called to the research facility by Orochimaru's Anbu.

When he arrived at the lab, he saw that Jugo was lying on the operating table.

Orochimaru said, "Makoto, you've brought me a trouble."

"What's wrong, Lord Hokage?"

"This child's physique is very unique, it has significant research value, but right now, I don't have the time to study him."

Orochimaru was currently focused on the research of White Zetsu's body and soul, and didn't have the time to deal with anything else.

Makoto was a bit surprised but quickly understood.

There was no direct connection between Jugo and the cursed seals or the Impure World Reincarnation, so it was understandable that Orochimaru couldn't immediately connect the dots.

He said, "Then I'll take the child away for now."

Orochimaru nodded, then added, "I'm planning to create a method to imprison souls. That way, after transferring the soul into a new body, it can be securely trapped inside."

"Have you made any progress, Lord Hokage?"

"It's just a preliminary idea for now. Makoto, what do you think?"

Orochimaru's thinking was already quite similar to what was described in the original story, though the method actually originated from Jugo—something Orochimaru hadn't realized yet.

Makoto replied, "I think it's feasible, but such a binding method needs to be stable enough to work."

Orochimaru laughed, "That can certainly be achieved."

"Once it's done, the perfect fusion of body and soul will be possible. Makoto, this is evolution!"

"The evolution of the human body!"

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