Chapter 197 - Cap 183: Anytime, Grandma.

"Where the f.u.c.k is he?!" - exclaimed Kurotsuchi, who had been accommodated in one of Konoha's most important hotels after she and her group were escorted from Hokage Mansion - "We're supposed to be fighting and me winning!"

"Kurotsuchi-sama... the situation is serious..." - said one of the Iwanin - "You have to understand that there are times when things won't go as you wish"

"Not to mention that Kurama dono has beaten you so many times that I'm surprised you still think you can beat him" - said the other Iwa shinobi, only to start sweating as he felt the aura of the granddaughter of the current Tsuchikage.

"Ho~?Did I hear someone calling me weak?" - Kurotsuchi asked as his pink eyes glowed with malice.

"That's not what I meant, Kurotsuchi-sama!" - the Iwanin exclaimed in terror. He was not of Kurama's level to be able to defend himself from the black-haired girl - "I-I was just trying to make my point!"

"Wh-what he was trying to say, Kurotsuchi-sama is that it would be a better idea for you to continue your rigorous training so that you don't continue to lose your honor to Kurama-dono!" - exclaimed the other escort of the girl.

"I see... you have no confidence in my strength..." - said Kurotsuchi with a tender smile - "I guess I'll have to show you what I can do!"

"Wait, Kurotsuchi-sama! We're not in Iwa!" - shouted the two shinobis as the sound of battle and explosions echoed through the room.

"Ugh... I'll have to talk to Kakashi-sama about compensation for damages and inconvenience to the other customers..." - the hotel owner said as her expression changed to one of sadness as she saw a large amount of lava running down the walls of her hotel, although the bright side was that it cooled almost immediately.

"I swear I'm going to show those bastards..." - muttered the Iwa girl as she walked down the stairs and into the hotel entrance to find her target.

The owner of the hotel was only silent because she didn't want to have problems with such a violent girl, although after seeing that she had disappeared, she ran to the girl's assigned room, only to see that it was destroyed and two shinobis were completely trapped in hardened lava - "I better call the hospital..."

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"Where are you, Uzumaki Kurama?" - asked Kurotsuchi as she looked around - "Although it would be a better option to put that aside and send a message to the old man explaining some things... no... I don't have that much information yet..."

Kurotsuchi frowned as she realized that she knew nothing about the situation, so she decided to go to Kakashi to see if she could get something from him. As much as their villages hated each other, that did not mean that there was no ground for discussion or negotiation, after all, despite the current state of Konoha, they still had their strongest exponents, as did the Jinchuriki who was able to defeat the Tsuchikage.

"But if it's not the tomboy from Iwa?" - said a seductive voice.

"That voice..." - Kurotsuchi muttered as her eyebrow trembled slightly, only to look in the direction of the voice's origin, seeing that it was none other than a s.e.xy woman with reddish-brown hair - "Kiri's bitch... What are you doing here? Are you trying to get a new dildo?"

"I don't need those things" - snorted Mei while looking at the girl - "Not when I'm engaged, although I can't say the same about you, Kurotsuchi... not when there's no man interested in a girl who's just training and acting like a man"

The gaze between the two women began to practically radiate lightning while they smiled maliciously.

"If you want to fight, you only have to say so," Kurotsuchi said coldly. I didn't know you knew how to joke... it's impossible for a man to be interested in a woman who can't close her legs"

Mei's eyebrow began to tremble when she heard the words of the girl from Iwa. While she was not a v.i.r.g.i.n, it did not mean she was a bitch as she claimed.

"Oh~?Did I touch a nerve?" - asked the Tsuchikage's granddaughter as she burst out laughing.

Mei's chakra began to slowly release as the temperature of the place increased with each passing second - "I guess I'll have to teach you to treat your elders with respect"

"Anytime, grandma," replied the Iwa girl with disdain.

"Okay, you asked for it," said Mei angrily as she threw herself at the black-haired girl, only to slow down when she was halfway to her opponent - ". . ."

"Why did you stop? Are you afraid to fight and lose?" - Kurotsuchi asked as she sneered at her enemy.

"No... it's just that if I fight, I would not only destroy the surroundings, but I would get my FIANCE in trouble" - said Mei with neutrality.

"You keep repeating fiance but you still don't say who he is," Kurotsuchi said as she frowned. She still could not believe that the spinster in front of her had a man willing to marry her.

"You know him very well, little ironing board, after all, he has kicked your a.s.s 99 times," Mei answered with disdain.

"Huh?" - Kurotsuchi didn't know how to react to the woman's words so she asked to corroborate her assumptions - "Uzumaki Kurama?"

"Exactly" - Mei nodded as she proudly puffed up her c.h.e.s.t - "It took me a long time to get it done but I did it"

"Okay, this is weird..." - said Kurotsuchi as she frowned - "I knew you were a whore but I never thought you'd go so far as to try to marry a guy who's much younger than you..."

Mei's anger only grew when she heard this because the Iwa girl was not only insulting her feelings but trampling them underfoot.

"What's wrong with the age difference?" - Mei asked as she frowned - "As far as I know, your grandmother could have been your grandfather's daughter because of the age difference between the two of them..."

"Touche..." - Kurotsuchi nodded as she shook her head - "Although you could say that it happened out of necessity for Iwa... my grandfather had to marry my grandmother because they were both the most promising shinobi and kunoichi in the village"

"Well, I'm going through something similar myself" - answered Mei with a scowl - "I'm the last member of the Terumi clan, so I have to find a good husband to keep my clan alive... that's why I chose the most talented shinobi in the Elemental Nations, not to mention that he's handsome and knows how to treat a woman... I couldn't have asked for a better partner for this alliance"

"Now that I think about it... why am I giving you excuses when this doesn't even concern you?" - asked the woman of Kirigakure no Sato while she frowned - "Anyway, I have to go to the courier to have an urgent report sent to Kiri..."

Kurotsuchi frowned as she saw the reddish-brown-haired woman leave as she fell into a deep silence. "I'll leave that for another time, now I have to go talk to Kakashi and find that red-haired bastard so I can defeat him and take him to Iwa to accept his punishment for sullying our honor"

The girl continued with her journey towards Hokage Mansion, only to frown again when she saw the great number of stores with products with Kurama's face, which was making her fury grow because all that merchandise reminded her of all the times that the redhead had beaten her

Kurotsuchi tried to ignore everything around her, but the further she advanced toward her destination, the worse her expression became because she felt as if all the shop owners were reminding her of past events with a disdainful smile on their faces.

"Hello, miss! Would you like one of the new products from Sekkusu Kami-sama's shop?" - asked a merchant with a big smile. He had been one of many who had decided to start a new business with the growing popularity of their local deity, after all, now he was not only known as Sekkusu Kami-sama, but as the 'hero' Jigoku no Kitsune, giving even more value to the merchandise with his face - "This is the Dakimakura of Sekkusu Kami-sama, and you do not have to worry about anything since our products have received the approval of the Uzumaki clan, so their quality is proven"

Kushina had decided to sell her husband's image to get more funds for the clan and start more businesses, which honestly didn't bother Kurama so much because it was like he was an idol... as for the 'intimate uses', he knew that even if the products didn't come out, one way or another, the 'interested parties' would get other products.

Kurotsuchi, for her part, only shivered slightly as her chakra began to circulate wildly.

"Don't listen to him, miss!" - said another merchant - "I recommend this figure of Kurama-sama, it is the latest edition of the Jigoku no Kitsune series"

Kurotsuchi's eyebrow began to twitch as people began to gather around her to sell their goods.

"ARGH!" - roared the Iwa girl as she felt her anger explode - "UZUMAKI KURAMA!"