When Naruto voiced his wish, Orochimaru’s expression became peculiar.
He couldn’t help but confirm, “You want to create a love potion to make Sakura fall in love with you?”
Naruto blushed but nodded firmly.
By now, he had gained the recognition of most Konoha residents, and his desire to become Hokage had faded significantly.
But his obsession with another goal had only deepened.
Sakura …
The unfulfilled love tormented him the most.
Before the terrifying future became reality, Naruto wanted to achieve his only remaining dream.
Orochimaru licked his lips with his snake-like red tongue, smiling creepily, “The little girl from the Hyūga clan is actually quite nice.”
After Jiraiya read the prophecy book, the story of “Naruto” was no longer a secret among the Sannin.
Objectively speaking, out of the many female characters in the prophecy book, Orochimaru admired Hinata the most.
That purity, that stubbornness, that resilience…
Like a beautiful, blood-stained rose under the setting sun.
As for the protagonist, Sakura …
Even though the prophecy book was from her perspective and beautified her a lot, Orochimaru had little interest in someone who chased after love.
Intense and passionate feelings often don’t last long.
Many timeless love stories end in tragedy as a form of artistic beautification.
In reality, love stories don’t end in mutual demise.
Lovers trapped outside fairy tales often exhaust all their passion and curiosity in mundane life, and the initial sweetness turns into a truckload of problems.
Orochimaru, a scientist who didn’t believe in love, considered it a pseudo-concept, merely the effect of pheromones.
So, in his mind, Hinata > Sakura.
But Naruto didn’t agree with Orochimaru’s view.
He thought the “Naruto” manga was not a prophecy book but a complete scam.
Naruto couldn’t help but complain, “Hinata isn’t like what the prophecy book says at all. She’s scary!”
Just thinking about Hinata’s meaningful gaze at him and Sasuke gave Naruto chills.
At first, he thought it was his imagination and even bought a set of Hinata’s works, “The Wind Rises in the Land of Fire,” to read at home.
Stories of Sakura and Ino; Tsunade and Shizune’s explicit book; Mizukage Mei Terumi and Haku; gender-swapped Sasuke and Naruto…
After reading three volumes, Naruto felt his imagination was limited by his stupidity.
He had never seen such unconventional yet artistic works.
However, thinking about the storylines involving his and Sasuke’s gender-swapped versions, he developed a fear of the seemingly gentle girl, Hinata.
As a result, Naruto rarely visited Tsunade at the Hokage’s office.
He vaguely remembered that when Hinata’s manga was published, it seemed to receive Tsunade’s praise and approval.
“Since you’ve made up your mind, I won’t try to dissuade you. But have you told Sasuke about this?” Orochimaru teased.
“Of course!”
Naruto nodded, feeling indignant, “Sasuke’s only goal now is to revive the Uchiha clan and he doesn’t have any feelings for Sakura… Damn it! That loser doesn’t even like Sakura!”
Simple-minded fools are often carefree.
He never considered that if Sasuke did fall for Sakura and they mutually liked each other, he would end up singing “I Don’t Have That Fate.”
Orochimaru nodded slightly, “Alright. But you have to promise me that you’ll seriously study the basics of physics, chemistry, biology, and genetics.”
Hearing this, Naruto felt a headache coming on.
But he gritted his teeth and agreed, “Fine! I’ll do it. That’s my ninja way! Orochimaru, please make a potion that will make Sakura fall in love with me immediately!”
Orochimaru sneered with a scholar’s disdain, “I’m a scientist, not a wizard. I don’t have love potions.”
“Ah! You’re tricking me again!”
Naruto exploded.
Orochimaru, expressionless, took out an oval gray ball, “This is the ‘Subconscious Distorter’ I developed based on virtual reality game helmets.”
While inputting various data into the gray ball, he explained, “I’ve integrated the brainwaves of mandarin ducks, field mice, swans, male anglerfish, and albatrosses to combine their subconscious loyalty to love with your information.”
After explaining, Orochimaru handed the Subconscious Distorter to Naruto, “You just need to crush this in front of Sakura , and she’ll love you unconditionally.”
“Oh, awesome! Orochimaru is the best!”
Naruto took the oval gray ball and ran out.
Orochimaru lowered his head and continued writing his research report.
After a while, he muttered to himself, “As long as the Subconscious Distorter isn’t used on someone with a split personality like Jūgo, there shouldn’t be any problems.”
Poor Orochimaru, though having read Sakura’s version of “Naruto,” didn’t realize how much the main perspective beautified her, and it didn’t mention her split personality…
…
“Hey, Sakura!”
Naruto tapped his crush on the back and casually crushed the gray oval ball.
An invisible wave emanated, reaching the depths of Sakura’s consciousness.
This wave encountered Sakura’s split personality, triggering unpredictable mystical reactions.
They replicated, propagated, and spread…
“N-Naruto! I love you! Marry me!”
The speaker wasn’t Sakura but a random middle-aged woman.
Her husband, hearing this, flew into a rage and kicked her away.
Grabbing Naruto’s hand, he said passionately, “Get lost, Naruto is mine!”
These words seemed to press an invisible button, and suddenly, everyone in the streets and alleys turned their fervent gazes on Naruto.
“Naruto, don’t run, come have dinner at my place…”
“Get lost! Naruto is mine!”
“You all, don’t fight with me!”
Ironically, the real target, Sakura, showed no reaction.
She grabbed Naruto’s wrist and quickly dragged him away.
Unfortunately, the “Naruto Infection” spread faster than they could move.
Wherever they went, a horde of crazed people chased Naruto.
Whether they knew him or not…
“You idiot, what did you just do!”
Naruto, snapped out of his daze by Sakura’s scolding, finally regained his senses.
Grabbing her hand, he sprinted towards the science research building.
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