Chapter 55: Tsunade's Body Double

Seeing Ikeda Chikako react so intensely, Suzuki Ayako said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Chikako..."
"Never mind, I have no appetite. I'm going outside to get some fresh air." Ikeda Chikako shook her head, stood up, and left the villa.
"Chikako..."
"Atsuko and Chikako used to be the closest. With what happened back then, it must be hard for her to bear it even now!"
Ota Shu affirmed with a wave of his hand, "Leave her be. It's been so long already; she should be fine after taking a short walk outside."
"Well... I'm full, so I'll go back to rest first." With those words, Takahashi Ryoichi stood up, left the dining room, and leisurely headed up to the second floor.
Stare—
Watching Takahashi Ryoichi's retreating back, Suzuki Seimei blinked thoughtfully.
If Suzuki Seimei guessed correctly, this guy Takahashi Ryoichi was likely going to take advantage of Ikeda Chikako being alone to make a move on her in secret.
"I'm full too. Big Sis Tamahana, let's go take a bath~" Suzuki Seimei picked up his napkin, wiped his little mouth, and led Kurosaki Tamahana by the hand toward the bathroom.
Taking advantage of the time Kurosaki Tamahana was drawing his bathwater, Suzuki Seimei took out the second [Avatar Doll] and began shaping the appearance of the new avatar.
Actually, Suzuki Seimei could have had Aizen step in to stop Takahashi Ryoichi's murder plot, but having Aizen appear around him too often might attract the attention of observant people.
Besides, the character setting Suzuki Seimei gave Aizen was that of a super-villain who loved causing trouble; saving people wasn't quite suited for him.
As for the last time Aizen stopped the bomb explosion on the Shinkansen, it could simply be understood as him not wanting to be affected by the blast.
Therefore, Suzuki Seimei decided to forge a second avatar, positioning her as a kind-hearted person who saved lives and healed the wounded. Such a good person would not draw suspicion even if she frequently appeared by his side.
Under Suzuki Seimei's mental visualization, a stunning beauty with an explosive figure, long light-yellow hair, and a blue-purple diamond-shaped mark on her forehead slowly materialized before him.
The woman wore a loose, sleeveless top tied at the waist with a black cloth belt, dark blue capris on her lower body, and an olive-green long haori with black trim draped over her clothes, with the kanji for "Gambling" boldly emblazoned on the back.
That's right! The prototype of the second avatar was none other than the Fifth Hokage—Tsunade!
Since Tsunade was famously the most renowned medical ninja and possessed formidable combat strength, she perfectly matched Suzuki Seimei's positioning for the second avatar.
Thud!
Looking up at those two magnificent mountains, even with mental preparation, Suzuki Seimei couldn't help but swallow hard involuntarily.
Tsunade's beauty went without saying; she was undoubtedly at the very top tier among female ninjas.
Avatars could share the abilities of the main body, which meant Tsunade could likewise share the skill effect of "Charismatic Magnetism."
The skill effect of "Charismatic Magnetism" was an increase of ten points in charm value, and changing into women's clothing would grant an additional twenty points.
Tsunade's natural appearance was already close to the ceiling of perfection, and with an extra twenty points added to her charm, her allure would instantly go off the charts!
"So heavy!"
Suzuki Seimei injected his spiritual power into Tsunade's body, taking over her physical form. The moment he did, his body tilted forward instinctively, and he quickly steadied his stance.
After quickly adapting to Tsunade's body, Suzuki Seimei controlled her to slip out through the bathroom window.
"Young Master, the bathwater is ready~"
"Coming!"
Tended to by Kurosaki Tamahana, Suzuki Seimei lazily soaked in the bath while shifting his focus over to Tsunade's side.
Tsunade had not been crouching outside the villa for long before she saw Takahashi Ryoichi, dressed in his bandage-man disguise, quickly sliding down a rope from the balcony of a second-floor room.
Meanwhile, Ikeda Chikako, who had been waiting in the woods, wore an expression filled with tension and anxiety.
The reason Ikeda Chikako had gone alone into the woods wasn't simply to clear her head, but because she had received a threatening letter.
The content of that letter roughly stated that the sender knew her award-winning work, "The Blue Kingdom," was actually plagiarized from Atsuko's work.
If Ikeda Chikako refused to follow the sender's orders and come alone to the woods to meet him, he would make this secret public and ruin her reputation entirely.
It was precisely because she had received this threatening letter that Ikeda Chikako lost her composure when Suzuki Ayako brought up Atsuko.
"Rustle, rustle, rustle..."
The sound of rustling branches suddenly echoed, drawing Ikeda Chikako's attention.
"Who... who is there?!" Hearing the approaching friction sounds, Ikeda Chikako couldn't help growing tense.
Bang!
A dark shadow suddenly rushed out from the bushes, raising a sharp axe and hacking fiercely toward Ikeda Chikako.
"Stop right there!"
Just as Ikeda Chikako was about to perish beneath the blade of the axe, a fierce, sharp shout exploded like thunder, forcing the bandage-man to stop in his tracks uncontrollably.
Ahhh...
Looking at the sharp axe blade less than five centimeters from her face, Ikeda Chikako lost control of her legs, collapsed to the ground in terror, and scrambled backward in a panic.
Takahashi Ryoichi didn't know why he had stopped either, but there was no time for him to dwell on it. He raised the axe in his hand once more, hacking toward the hateful woman.
"Bang!"
Before Takahashi Ryoichi's axe could descend, Tsunade had already rushed behind him. Her right leg snapped forward like a steel whip, slamming into his waist and sending him flying through the air.
So fierce! So beautiful!
When Ikeda Chikako recovered from her terror, her gaze involuntarily fell upon Tsunade's built-in shock absorbers before quickly shifting to her pretty face, prompting a profound sense of inferiority to well up within her heart.
Ikeda Chikako herself considered herself a cold and aloof beauty, but standing before Tsunade, she felt like an ugly duckling facing a magnificent swan.
Whether in terms of appearance or figure, Tsunade completely crushed Ikeda Chikako in every aspect.
"Are you alright?" Tsunade glanced down at the yellowish puddle beneath Ikeda Chikako, a trace of an imperceptible, mischievous smile playing at the corners of her lips.
"I... I'm fine..."
Recovering her senses, Ikeda Chikako flushed deeply and embarrassedly scrambled up from the ground.
There was no helping it; practically any normal person encountering such a situation would be scared to the point of wetting themselves.
"Alright, now let's see who exactly wants you dead." Tsunade had no intention of mocking Ikeda Chikako for her cowardice as she walked toward the bandage-man, who was sprawled helplessly on the ground.