Naruto: I'm really not an evil scientist!

The death of Nawaki dealt a heavy blow to Tsunade, and she never recovered. She began to drown her sorrows in alcohol and frequented various casinos, trying to numb her inner pain in this way.

Orochimaru, on the other hand, became increasingly indifferent from that day on, as if he had seen through the illusions of the world, and his behavior became more and more unrestrained and arrogant.

However, Hiruko remained suspicious, feeling that the death of Rope Tree was inextricably linked to the cunning elders of the village.

After all, Orochimaru and Nawaki were only on a simple bandit-suppression mission to train Nawaki, so such an accident shouldn't have happened.

Otherwise, Orochimaru wouldn't have been so careless.

However, the matter has passed, and with no one left to testify, there's not much that Beiliuhu could do to pursue the matter.

Hiruko, with Itachi by her side, strolled leisurely toward the dessert shop.

The two, one big and one small, were walking down the street when they ran into Uchiha Mikoto, who was returning from talking to Uzumaki Kushina.

Mikoto spotted Itachi immediately, waved to him, and then quickly walked over.

"Mom!" Itachi called out.

"Lord Beiluhu!" The mother bowed to Beiluhu again.

“Uchiha Mikoto? If I remember correctly, you are Fugaku’s wife, right?” Hiruko asked.

“Yes, sir!” Mikoto replied respectfully.

At this moment, Uchiha Mikoto, with her pregnant belly slightly protruding, exuded the unique charm of a gentle young woman.

The phrase "gentle and virtuous" is the perfect description for the beautiful young woman before us.

Mikoto is already a mother, and the gentleness, grace, and virtue she exudes in every gesture are qualities that none of the beauties Hiruko has collected now possesses.

It's true that other people's wives always seem to have a unique charm.

"Damn it, I was controlled by my instincts!" Hiruko cursed inwardly, quickly averting his gaze and ceasing his wandering.

"Is she pregnant again?" Hiruko asked.

“Yes, Lord Hiruko!” Mikoto replied softly.

"Little guy, congratulations! You're going to have a little brother soon!" Hiruko reached out and ruffled Itachi Uchiha's little head.

"Ah!" Itachi Uchiha was momentarily dazed.

Mikoto smiled and stepped forward, gently stroking the child's face and hair. She pressed Itachi's head against her belly and said softly, "Yes, you're going to be a big brother."

Listening to the rhythm of life moving inside his mother's womb, for some reason, the world in Itachi's eyes suddenly brightened.

It was as if the gloomy atmosphere that had been shrouded by the pressure of death was now filled with flowers.

Seeing her son with Hiruko, Mikoto quickly took her leave. After all, Hiruko was the focus of the village right now, and it wasn't a bad thing for Itachi to be with him.

Hiruko had promised Itachi, so she brought the unfortunate child to the confectionery shop.

He expertly ordered a hundred skewers of tricolor meatballs and four strawberry ice cream cones.

"Eat up! Sweets always bring happiness, you'll remember that feeling!"

He jokingly handed a plate of dumplings and an ice cream cone to the somewhat reserved Itachi, then skillfully picked up the food on the table and began to eat heartily.

Mrs. Mikoto's figure was indeed amazing, but unfortunately she was married. At that time, I was just a nobody, so how could I have had the chance to come into contact with the high and mighty Uchiha clan?

While eating sweets, Hiruko was somewhat dazed, his mind drifting back to the first time he stepped onto the battlefield.

Mikoto Uchiha led the Uchiha clan ninjas in a rampage, while he could only watch from afar as this blood-soaked rose bloomed on the battlefield.

"It's so beautiful!"

"Uncle, what's so beautiful?"

Chapter 17 The Narcissistic Mrs. Mikoto

"Call me brother, there's still so much food to shut you up!"

Uchiha Itachi, despite his young age, was precocious and clearly sensed that the older man in front of him had unusual feelings for his mother.

She just pursed her lips and then continued to enjoy her sweets.

Hiruko looked at Little Itachi, shook his head, and didn't say anything more. As expected of a genius boy, his observation of his surroundings was too keen.

In her previous life, Hiruko did not have a fondness for overly sweet foods, mainly because she was worried about gaining weight.

But in this life, nothing matters anymore; I can eat whatever I want.

After all, chakra is practically omnipotent and can quickly help him control his weight, so he can eat whatever he wants, stuffing his mouth full of his favorite sweets.

It's important to know that sweets can stimulate the brain to secrete "happy hormones," which has become one of the key sources of happiness for Hideki Hiruko every day.

In addition, scientific researchers expend a great deal of mental energy, so eating a lot of sweets is basically a daily routine for Hiruko.

"Thank you, brother!"

Uchiha Itachi first politely thanked him and bowed.

Actually, he was somewhat hesitant about Hiruko's offer to treat him to a meal, behaving like a little adult.

But under Hiruko's constant urging, he still took a bite of the three-colored dumpling.

"So sweet!"

Uchiha Itachi couldn't help but chew, a blush of happiness spreading across his face as he murmured to himself, "It feels exactly the same as what my brother gave me."

Before he knew it, he had eaten more than a dozen skewers of meatballs.

As Itachi Uchiha gradually relaxed, he began to gulp down the dumplings in a crude manner, just like Hiruko.

After eating a lot of dumplings, Itachi Uchiha picked up an ice cream cone and tentatively licked it. Then, his eyes sparkled like stars.

Sure enough, when it comes to desserts, he's still a child at heart, completely unable to resist the sweet temptation.

When Hiruko saw Itachi's appearance, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly and a smile appeared on his face. He thought to himself, "This is how a child should be."

It's no wonder they have mental problems being taken to the battlefield at such a young age.

Looking at the smiling Itachi Uchiha, Hiruko was momentarily dazed. In that daze, the face of that silly boy Nawaki even seemed to overlap with Itachi's face.

After eating and drinking his fill, Hiruko sent Itachi Uchiha back to the Uchiha clan and then returned to the laboratory himself.

In the Uchiha clan head's room, Mikoto and Fugaku sat facing each other.

"So, Hiruko thinks highly of Itachi?" Fugaku asked.

“Not necessarily. Maybe he saw Itachi and it reminded him of that little guy, Nawaki,” Mikoto replied.

"I see." Fugaku said thoughtfully.

"If there's a chance, let Itachi become Hiruko's apprentice," Fugaku suggested.

"Mm." Mikoto Uchiha nodded slightly.

Mikoto thought of the way Hiruko looked at her, hesitated, pursed her lips, and ultimately said nothing more.

After all, Hiruko's lecherous nature was common knowledge in Konoha, and there was also the fact that Hiruko had treated him on the battlefield...

"What's wrong?" As the owner of the Sharingan, Fugaku was extremely observant of details and quickly noticed his wife's unusual behavior.

"Hiruko seems... seems to be looking at me a little strangely." Mikoto blushed slightly, feeling somewhat embarrassed as she said this.

After all, Hiruko was a hot commodity in the village, and countless ninja clans had sent her beauties, many of whom were more attractive than Mikoto.

If he were to say that Hiruko was interested in her, a pregnant woman, it would sound somewhat like he was being narcissistic.

At that time, she did feel that Hiruko's gaze was somewhat strange, as if she were being stared at by a hungry wolf.

Furthermore, she sensed the chakra aura that Hiruko had been unable to control, which was extremely cold and similar to Orochimaru's aura.

"Is that so?" Fugaku replied casually, without saying anything more.

After Minato Namikaze came to power, the Uchiha clan's situation gradually improved, and naturally they wouldn't let a woman disrupt this harmony.

Furthermore, Hiruko did not do anything outrageous. If the Uchiha clan were to interfere even with his thoughts, it would be far too domineering.

For a moment, the atmosphere in the room became somewhat tense. The two were preoccupied with their own thoughts and neither knew what the other was thinking.

the other side.

Hiruko sank into his own sea of ​​consciousness, where strange energy with a black and yellow aura was everywhere in his spiritual world.

There was a figure opposite him, whose appearance was almost identical to that of him when he was a child. However, this figure had long since lost its independent consciousness and was merely a soul and spirit waiting to be absorbed.

After Hiruko transmigrated, he devoured his counterpart from another world, but he has never been able to perfectly dispose of this soul.

The consumption of flesh is very convenient. In his previous life, Hiruko had a clear birthmark, but in this life, he does not.

Furthermore, the genetic testing of Hiruko and his parents in this life showed no relation to each other, indicating that there was nothing wrong with his physical body and that it was the original one.

Regarding the soul, Hiruko was somewhat worried that consuming other people's souls might change the structure of his own soul.

After all, in movies and anime from my previous life, there were quite a few examples of people getting into trouble for devouring other people's souls.

Moreover, in this world, the mind is everything, and the soul combined with chakra can even interfere with all things.

Therefore, Hiruko dared not be careless about devouring souls and was cautious in every step.

He had previously used a sealing technique to firmly seal this soul within his sea of ​​consciousness, and then gradually extracted its pure soul power.

The figure before him had already been mostly dissected, leaving only a shaky skeleton that seemed ready to collapse at any moment.

After becoming aware of the underlying mental health issues he had been exposed to for the first time, Hiruko conducted a detailed analysis of his mental state.

The analysis of self-awareness is the key to this.

While words like time travel, possession, or devouring might seem to succinctly summarize the current situation, it is actually far more complex than that.

Without a doubt, Hiruko possessed all the memories of his previous life, but he still couldn't figure out how he had transmigrated.

In addition, there's his mysterious cheat code; he simply throws a template at him and then offers no further response.

Sometimes he couldn't even figure out whether he was still a time traveler or what his mental state was like.

Sometimes he wonders if there is a "self" that can replace the original self and live an ordinary life.

He was merely a collection of memories, and whether he could truly be considered a time traveler was still unknown.

But none of that mattered to him anymore.

His past life had gradually drifted away from him, and even though he tried his best to hold on, he was eventually assimilated by the ninja world.