Chapter 58

What's the difference from being stripped bare?

No, even being stripped bare wouldn't be this humiliating!

"No way! It's too humiliating!"

Terumi Mei shouted, her face flushed crimson.

Ishihara sneered, "You don't have the right to resist!"

The current Terumi Mei was still a gravely wounded body, barely able to move, let alone resist!

Ishihara walked to her side, lightly slicing his hand, and a drop of blood appeared.

He then condensed chakra into the blood, and under Terumi Mei's uneasy gaze, pressed it against her neck.

Buzz—

Terumi Mei's whole body trembled; the violent throbbing made her instantly collapse to the ground.

Intense pain instantly swept through her entire body!

"Ah!!! What did you do to me?"

A hoarse, agonized roar came from deep within Terumi Mei's throat, and her entire face turned deathly pale.

"Just a little experiment, I hope you won't disappoint me!"

Ishihara watched the suffering Terumi Mei with anticipation.

He had just applied the Heavenly Demon Tattoo to Terumi Mei!

He wanted to test whether anyone could withstand his power!

If possible, perhaps in the future she could accompany him for a long stretch of time, and he wouldn't have to endure an eternity of solitude alone.

That would be a punishment, not what he wanted.

Ishihara calmly added, "If you can endure it, the benefits you'll gain will exceed your imagination!"

Orochimaru, standing beside them, had his pupils contract sharply.

He hadn't expected Ishihara to think so highly of Terumi Mei, and for a moment his feelings couldn't help but grow complicated.

"Are you going to hand the Longevity Method to her?"

Ishihara replied calmly, "No, but other secret arts are enough."

Only then did Orochimaru nod, relieved.

The Longevity Method was far too important to be casually handed to others.

"Longevity?!"

Terumi Mei, her body wracked with agony, was stunned into widening her eyes at that word.

In an instant, the pain across her entire body seemed to vanish.

This was longevity!

The shinobi world had never ceased its longing and pursuit of longevity for a thousand years!

But so far, she had never heard of a single person succeeding!

Yet now, it seemed Ishihara had already found a method!

Although Ishihara didn't intend to give it to her, as long as she stayed, there would always be a chance to obtain it!

Only one thought remained in Terumi Mei's mind:

Endure!

Endure no matter what!

No one could refuse the temptation of longevity, and neither could she!

Besides, she still had a village to save!

She still hadn't dealt with that bastard of a man!

She…

She still had far too many things left undone—how could she not endure!

Time slowly passed.

In the quiet base, only Terumi Mei's agonized roars echoed.

"Stop, if this continues you'll die!"

Ishihara took a deep breath and spoke.

"No, I, can!"

Terumi Mei ground her teeth and roared with great difficulty.

Exchanges like this had occurred countless times already.

But Terumi Mei had always struggled through.

"Ah!!!"

Suddenly, Terumi Mei let out a heart-wrenching wail of agony, rolling on the ground in torment.

Ishihara watched calmly, but his hands unconsciously gripped tighter and tighter.

"This is the final rejection reaction—as long as you endure it, you'll have succeeded!"

Terumi Mei didn't respond; her entire being had been completely swallowed by a pain that felt like it was tearing her apart.

The roars continued to echo.

Terumi Mei's throat had gone completely hoarse.

She had even lost all her strength, her body collapsing limply onto the ground, twitching intermittently.

A mysterious transformation was taking place within her body.

How much time had passed was unknown.

Mei Terumi's body suddenly calmed down.

"It succeeded!"

Ishihara laughed in delight.

It was even more exciting than creating a secret technique.

He turned to look at Orochimaru. "In the future, another companion will join our path to immortality!"

Orochimaru nodded.

The willpower Mei Terumi just displayed was indeed astonishing.

"I... endured... it."

Mei Terumi said hoarsely.

"Congratulations! Next, do not resist my chakra."

Ishihara said with a smile, then unleashed Life Chains, linking his own chakra with Mei Terumi's.

Voom—

Terrifying chakra brimming with life force surged into Mei Terumi's body.

Instantly, the injuries on Mei Terumi's body began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In the blink of an eye, all of Mei Terumi's injuries were healed!

"This... my injuries are healed?"

She looked at her own body, feeling it was incredible.

"That's right. Your body has fully recovered, healthier than at any previous time!"

Ishihara continued, "Next, do not resist; cooperate well with me for the research."

Mei Terumi had just straightened her body when she suddenly stumbled, looking at him with grievance.

Be a human for once!

I just endured such a painful trial, and you want me to be experimental material?