I am the most popular character in Naruto!

Minato raised his hands in surrender. Originally, as the lowest-ranking member of the team, his daily duties included vigilance, night watch, patrols, and hunting. But now that Chiaki was threatening suicide to take over the hunting job, Minato had no choice but to accept it.

As for why Chiaki wanted to steal Minato's hunting job, that all started when Tsunade knocked Chiaki down...

……

a week ago.

"It's shrunk?"

Tsunade, carrying the dejected Chiaki, exchanged a blank glance with Jiraiya.

"How is this going?"

Minato stared wide-eyed at Chiaki, who could change size at will, feeling quite surprised.

"Hmm?"

As Qianqiu cried, she felt her backache subside, her breath ease, and her chest feel much lighter.

The wounds inflicted by Tsunade's hammer were continuously repaired by her life force, and as her life force was depleted, her figure gradually returned to that of a nine-year-old.

"Could it be..."

Chiaki thought of a possibility and his eyes widened. Tsunade and Jiraiya also seemed to be deep in thought.

Chiaki struggled to break free from Tsunade's grasp and landed on the ground. He compared himself to Minato and was half a head shorter, which made sense.

She turned around excitedly, and with a hopeful look on her face, reached down to check.

"..."

Qianqiu turned around expressionlessly; she still couldn't turn back into him.

Her body had simply reverted to that of a nine-year-old, so her chest no longer heaved.

Little Thousand Autumns

Come back soon! I can't take it anymore!

Qianqiu's eyes welled up with tears, but soon she realized she had cried too soon.

After her body was fully repaired and she returned to a healthy state, her vitality continued to grow. However, it was obvious that because her state was locked, the vitality did not flow directly into her body. Instead, it began to promote Qianqiu's physical development in a forced way, trying to find another way for Qianqiu to receive the growth of vitality.

This might be a bit hard to understand, so let's explain it using numerical values.

For example, a ten-year-old ninja has a maximum life force of 100. When injured, the life force is 70/100, and when fully healthy, it is 100/100.

Vitality usually increases as the body develops, and after being depleted, it slowly recovers to its maximum value.

The maximum vitality can also be increased through training or cultivation, but usually, the recovery of vitality will never exceed the maximum.

However, Chiaki is different. She possesses Hashirama Senju's cells, which bring vitality far exceeding Chiaki's own life force limit. Furthermore, due to the combination with the Uzumaki clan's cells, it is constantly growing.

Assuming Qianqiu's maximum vitality is 90, then her vitality increases by 290/90 per day, which is 200 points per day, far exceeding the maximum.

At this moment, due to Tsunade's actions, Chiaki's life state was locked by a hasty version of the Yin Seal, causing Chiaki to return to the state a normal person should have. Her life force could not recover beyond the upper limit of life, and it was locked at 90/90 of the age of nine.

What about the 200 vitality boost provided by the interstitial cells? They can't just disappear into thin air.

Thus, Hashirama's cells merged into Chiaki's body, and he began to modify her body.

Because of the lock, growth is impossible; the only way to consume this portion of life force is to modify the body.

Fortunately, the amount of life force needed to modify the body was extremely large, and Chiaki spoke in a pleasant voice, so the Hashirama cells really liked this method.

Whether Qianqiu, as the host, likes it or not is none of my business.

"I roughly understand..."

Qianqiu smiled as she felt a slight itch on her chest, a sign of development. "So, as long as I consume the life force increase brought by the first generation cells, I can stay in this state indefinitely?"

Although they are both girls, Chiaki, a cute little girl who can pretend to be a shota, is probably more acceptable than a truly beautiful young girl who can't be saved even by dressing up as a boy.

It's decided, this form will not be changed from now on, at worst we'll all wear men's clothing!

"That's right, that's right..."

Tsunade muttered, somewhat regretfully, "Actually, there's nothing wrong with being a girl. Why is Chiaki so resistant to being a girl?"

"Look how beautiful you'll be when you grow up! Wouldn't it be wonderful to wear pretty dresses and have the whole world fall for you?"

Tsunade's silence only made things worse, as it angered Chiaki, who retorted irritably, "Whose fault do you think it is that I've become like this? Huh?"

"To be fair, having a boy or a girl is the same; women hold up half the sky!"

Minato raised his hand to make a statement, only to be met with a disapproving glare from Chiaki.

Hmm, Chiaki is becoming more and more like a girl.

"Actually, I think there's still room for this to be salvaged."

Jiraiya stroked his chin, looking at Chiaki's resistant expression. It was impossible not to feel sorry for her, but since it was a child's wish, he should fulfill it if he could.

"what?"

Chiaki's eyes widened, and she grabbed Jiraiya's hand. "Jiraiya-sensei, are you telling the truth?"

Her soft, sweet voice paired with her sparkling eyes made Jiraiya inwardly sigh at how adorable she was.

"Actually, you're great as a girl... no, I mean..."

"Regarding the changes in your body due to excess life force, and the issue of Tsunade turning you into a girl due to her haphazard actions, there is someone more likely to help you than the two of us."

Jiraiya patted Chiaki's hand and unconsciously began to stroke it.

"Really! Who is it?"

Qianqiu was so excited she almost jumped up. If she had known that becoming stronger would come at such a high price, she would have preferred to be a lazy bum.

Now that she's turned into a girl, she'd be eternally grateful if someone could turn her back into a boy!

"Me and Tsunade's other teammate, Orochimaru."

Upon hearing this name, Jiraiya paused in his actions, marveling at how delicate Chiaki's hands were, only to be met with a disdainful look from her.

"You touch boys' hands too?"

"Qianqiu, you are a girl now."

Jiraiya argued vehemently, but Chiaki simply turned his back on him, leaving behind the words, "Pervert."

Jiraiya pondered for a moment, then thought that being called a pervert by a cute girl wasn't so bad; it had a certain charm.

"Orochimaru... Orochimaru... I should have known!"

A flame of hope ignited in Chiaki's heart. If there was anyone else who could help him, it would undoubtedly be Orochimaru, who possessed the core technology.

Orochimaru hasn't even become one of the legendary Sannin of Konoha yet, nor has he fallen out with Hiruzen Sarutobi. As Tsunade and Jiraiya's disciple, he would certainly be willing to help.

With a master like Orochimaru helping to change one's appearance, does gender even matter?

"It's decided! Quickly teach me how to fight. I need to use up my excess life force to hold on until I see Lord Orochimaru!"

In order to regain his dignity as a boy, Qianqiu decided to fight!

Chapter Fourteen: A Pink Cut Inside Must Be Black

"Orochimaru……"

"Lord Orochimaru..."

"Orochimaru~Sir~"

The pink-haired girl smiled foolishly, but the kunai in her hand fell without any emotion, completely unconcerned that a fierce pheasant had already pecked bloody holes in her body.

puff

Another life was lost in her hands. Blood splattered and landed on her pure and lovely face. She licked her lips, feeling an unusual sense of relief from the life force lost in order to repair her wounds.

"Why don't you teach her medical ninjutsu instead..."

Jiraiya felt a chill run down his spine looking at Chiaki. How could such a sweet and gentle girl have turned into this in just two weeks?

"You're the one who said to let her learn the basics first, right? Physical skills are the most basic of the basics..."

Tsunade looked at Chiaki with a headache. This child went from being afraid to fight at the beginning to realizing that even if he risked his life, nothing would happen. Instead, he would feel comfortable because of the loss of a lot of life force that did not belong to him. So he embarked on a path of no return.

Just go all in, just throw the game away, no defense needed at all!

It's a direct trade-off; as long as I don't die, you're doomed.

Once you get used to it, it's like donating blood; you can replenish it anyway, so just think of it as expelling waste blood from your body.

And you know what? Ever since Qianqiu started playing this kind of all-out fighting style, his back and legs no longer ache, and life is becoming more and more hopeful.

The feeling of life force draining away made Qianqiu feel dizzy, and the pleasure of recovering her condition was even more intoxicating. Most importantly, as long as she kept getting injured, she could maintain her loli figure and perfectly impersonate a boy.

This is the most acceptable solution for the future.

Aside from the fact that Chiaki's ideology and movements are somewhat feminine due to her physical condition, which has drawn some criticism, everything else is quite good.

She believed that as long as Orochimaru was willing to help, she could regain her male body.

Then do more of the things men should do, like hanging out with Jiraiya for a while, and you'll probably get rid of all those feminine traits!

Wow, it's absolutely perfect!

what?

Orochimaru might be attracted to her beauty and want to possess her body?

That's for later. The most important thing right now is to get Orochimaru to turn me back into a man and restore my virility!

Let the future take care of what happens next.

"Ahhh~ My dear Orochimaru-sama~"

Qianqiu, like a die-hard fan, held her hands to her chest, fantasizing about her bright future.

"It's over. I've turned such a good kid into an idiot."

Jiraiya was kicking himself. He should never have told Chiaki about Orochimaru. If Orochimaru couldn't help her, wouldn't Chiaki be so angry that she would commit suicide?

"What I'm worried about is Chiaki's current condition."

Tsunade rolled her eyes at Jiraiya, then looked worriedly at Chiaki, who was dealing with the pheasant alone.