517. The Poisonous Bottle / 518. Izayoi Sakuya Gets Angry

After saying that, Izayoi Sakamaki turned and left without hesitation. Watching his retreating back, the Naruto people stood there dumbfounded. They had not expected Izayoi Sakamaki to actually do this.

They began to feel somewhat unwell, unsure whether it was psychological or truly caused by the poisonous gas in the air.

After Izayoi Sakamaki left, the heavy sound of the door closing followed. Only then did the Naruto people realize that Izayoi Sakamaki had truly meant what he said.

They really had been trapped here to look for that thing. If they could not find it, they would be poisoned here.

"My God, he actually just left like that. That’s way too cruel, isn’t it? This is our first time facing something like this, yet he didn’t say anything else—not even a word of comfort—and just left."

"What sin did we commit? How did we end up following someone like this? I thought following him would mean eating and drinking well, but instead we got such a harsh test."

The Naruto people could no longer hold it in. Looking in the direction Izayoi Sakamaki had left, they angrily complained.

What they did not know was that not a single word of their complaints, movement, or expression escaped Izayoi Sakamaki’s eyes.

That was because Izayoi Sakamaki, outside the room, could hear every word they said and see every expression on their faces.

He had known that these Naruto people would complain fiercely about him, but he had not expected that the moment he turned around and left, they would lose their patience and start directly criticizing him.

Izayoi Sakamaki thought that these Naruto people probably had not guessed that everything they said and did was clearly visible to him.

Izayoi Sakamaki did not speak immediately. He simply watched silently, because he knew these Naruto people needed to vent their anger. Once they had vented, they would get their minds back on track.

Meanwhile, the Naruto people inside continued complaining. "Yeah, he’s gone too far. He really is good to us, but aside from those devilish trials he gives us, there’s nothing else to say."

"He does treat us well, and what he says does make sense, but he has never considered our feelings. We want to grow stronger too, but we want to take it step by step. He’s practically driving us into a dead end."

"Doesn’t he know the saying, ‘Too much is as bad as too little’? If he really pushes us too far and we defy him, do you think he’ll explode with anger?"

The Naruto people continued discussing inside. Hearing what they said, Izayoi Sakamaki could no longer hold back and spoke to them.

"Instead of wasting your time inside complaining about how strict and inhumane I am, you should hurry up and start looking."

"Do you really think complaining about me will change anything? No, you’ll gain nothing. What you can do now is find the item as quickly as possible and leave this place."

"Will it backfire? You’ll know if you try. I believe in you, and I believe in myself as well. I never do anything unless I am certain of it."

Izayoi Sakamaki’s voice suddenly rang out above the Naruto people. Hearing his voice, their eyes widened at once. They had not expected Izayoi Sakamaki to say something like that.

One of the Naruto people nudged the person beside him. "Hey, why do I feel like he heard everything we said?"

"Are you stupid? It’s obvious that he heard it all. I can’t believe that among such a smart bunch, there’s someone as dumb as you. It’s already this obvious, and you still think he didn’t hear us? You’re really stupid."

When his companion mocked him and called him stupid, the Naruto person did not get angry. Once he realized Izayoi Sakamaki had truly heard everything they said, he immediately covered his mouth.

After all, he had complained the most, spoken the harshest words, and shouted the loudest.

At that moment, the Naruto person was extremely afraid that Izayoi Sakamaki would give him a severe lesson after he got out.

Seeing his reaction, Izayoi Sakamaki revealed a faint smile and continued, "Enough. Instead of worrying about this and that inside, why not come out earlier? What, you talked so tough just now, but now you’re afraid I’ll punish you?"

"Whatever you want to do, wait until you come out and do it slowly. I can see every move you make inside. Not only that, I can clearly see every expression on your faces."

"You don’t have much time left. Hurry up and look. Don’t worry about not knowing the time. I’ll remind you when it’s up."

Chapter 517: The Poisonous Bottle

Hearing Izayoi Sakamaki say that, the Naruto people became even angrier. At first, they had thought Izayoi Sakamaki was too cruel. Now, they felt like monkeys being toyed with by him. Once they realized that Izayoi Sakamaki could see them clearly, they felt as though they were naked, completely exposed before him, and that made them feel deeply ashamed.

"Hurry up and let us out! We don’t want to do this experiment. Don’t use your methods to squeeze us dry—we won’t fall for that."

"How we do things is our business. You have no right to force us to do anything. If you keep this up, one day we’ll rise up against you. I refuse to believe that you alone can withstand so many brothers."

Some of the Naruto people could no longer endure it and started venting their anger at Izayoi Sakamaki. However, they did not know how Izayoi Sakamaki could see them, so they could only point at the air as they spoke.

Izayoi Sakamaki pretended not to hear their angry words. He said nothing, because he knew that if he replied, the Naruto people would keep talking, and he did not want them to waste time for nothing.

However, Izayoi Sakamaki had underestimated their anger. They grew increasingly furious, and when they did not receive a response from him, they became even more dissatisfied.

Especially since they did not know where Izayoi Sakamaki was watching them from, they could only madly point at the air around them and shout, "Hurry up! Get a move on! Let us out before we lose our temper!"

"Just because we haven’t lost our temper, you think we’re harmless kittens? What you’re doing is too much. Who tests people like this?"

"We’re warning you: if you know what’s good for you, let us out immediately. If you refuse to listen, don’t blame us for getting rough. We’ll turn your life upside down."

They became more and more dissatisfied. Unable to endure any longer, the Naruto people erupted completely. They rushed toward the neatly arranged bottles on the experiment table and smashed them to pieces.

Looking at the shattered bottles on the floor, the Naruto people suddenly seemed to have vented everything and began laughing.

"See what happened to those bottles? If you still refuse to let us leave, we’ll wreck your laboratory completely. Then I refuse to believe you’ll still stay silent."

"Fine, if you have the guts, then keep silent. If you have the guts, don’t let us out either. Once we get out, you’ll see what kind of fate awaits you."

This was the first time they had received such treatment, so the Naruto people could no longer tolerate it and all lost their temper. Yet they did not know that Izayoi Sakamaki was not surprised in the slightest by anything they did.

Izayoi Sakamaki had known they would lose their temper. He had deliberately placed those bottles neatly on the experiment table so they could discover them and vent their anger.

In fact, Izayoi Sakamaki had another purpose in doing this. He wanted to stir up the anger in the Naruto people’s hearts and let them erupt like this once, venting all of their rage, so that they could seriously learn other things afterward.

Emotions bottled up inside could easily harm the body, and they would not be able to learn anything properly either. That was why Izayoi Sakamaki had locked them in here: to let them vent their emotions and release everything that had built up in their hearts.

Izayoi Sakamaki’s voice rang out above the Naruto people once more. "Go ahead and smash everything inside. In any case, you’ll all pay the price for everything you’re doing now."

"I know you’ve been dissatisfied with me for a long time. Now I’m giving you the chance to vent it all. Perhaps later, you won’t even have the chance to lose your temper at me."

"If there’s anything you’re unhappy about, vent it now. Oh, and do you really think this will surprise me? No, I’m not surprised at all."

Izayoi Sakamaki’s voice was equally cold. His words instantly quieted the enraged Naruto people. They looked around and stood there blankly, listening to him.

No matter how much they calculated, they had never expected that everything they had done had been within Izayoi Sakamaki’s calculations. They felt like a group of foolish monkeys.

"I expected you to complain about me. I also expected you to lose your temper. Do you really think I’ll let you out just because you throw a fit? No, you’re thinking far too simply."

"I guessed everything you would say and do. That’s why I’ve never been surprised by anything you’ve done or said. Every one of your actions was within my expectations."

"Still, I should kindly remind you not to waste your strength for nothing. Hurry up and find the item, or else you’ll be the ones who suffer in the end."

Chapter 518: Izayoi Sakamaki Gets Angry

Even after saying so much, Izayoi Sakamaki would not easily let them out. His thoughts were simple: he wanted to temper these people’s character and abilities. Izayoi Sakamaki had planned this for a long time, step by step finally luring them into this trap. How could he possibly let them out so easily? That was impossible.

Izayoi Sakamaki’s casual words left the Naruto people both furious and enraged, but there was nothing they could do because they could not find a way out. They came to the direction Izayoi Sakamaki had left and pounded on it desperately, but no matter what they did, the door would not open.

Watching the Naruto people do such futile work, Izayoi Sakamaki laughed. He had not expected them to become so irrational when angry.

"I’ve told you so many times not to waste your effort, but you refuse to listen. Do you really think getting out is that easy? Since I was able to leave right in front of you, how could I possibly let you come out so easily?"

"Go on, pound on it. Pound as hard as you can. Even if you smash your hands to pieces and break down the door, you still won’t get out. Beyond this door is another door. If you don’t want your hands, then keep pounding. I don’t care about the doors, and I won’t care about you either."

"I’ve made it very clear. Yet you still refuse to do something so simple. Since you’re already stuck in there, why not find the item early? Why put yourselves through all this suffering? And make yourselves this angry besides."

Izayoi Sakamaki was truly speechless at these Naruto people. If they did as he said and worked together to find the item, they would not have to suffer like this.

And once they got out, Izayoi Sakamaki would even take them to eat something delicious as a reward. Yet those Naruto people had not considered that. They believed Izayoi Sakamaki was deliberately targeting them.

And he was targeting them with inhuman treatment.

Although the Naruto people understood that reasoning, they simply could not swallow their anger. They felt they had lost all face, so they deliberately acted this way to preserve their last shred of dignity.

"How we act is our business. Even if we lose these hands, we still have so many brothers. I refuse to believe we can’t smash these doors down."

"Yes, we know none of this is easy, but there are so many of us. What if a miracle happens? Don’t look down on others too much. We may indeed be weak compared to you, but we have our own methods."

"Stop worrying about us. You should think about what we’ll do to you after we get out. Since you can be so cruel and cold to us, we can return it a hundredfold, a thousandfold. We Naruto people may not be good at much, but we’re excellent at holding grudges and getting revenge."

"Yes, we have to admit that you’re powerful, but two fists can’t beat many hands. I refuse to believe you alone can deal with all of us."

The Naruto people inside spoke one after another. Even those who had remained silent at first could no longer endure it and joined the resistance.

Seeing all the Naruto people rise up in resistance, Izayoi Sakamaki smiled knowingly. This smile was even more profound than his previous one.

If anyone had seen Izayoi Sakamaki’s smile, they would certainly not have known what he was thinking. After all, the smile was far too difficult to read.

Izayoi Sakamaki did not care in the slightest about what the Naruto people said or their threats. He continued, "Is that so? Then I’ll look forward to your performance. Whatever you want to do, wait until you get out first."

"It’s useless to make threats from inside. If you have the ability, come out and say it. Whether you want revenge or gratitude, you first have to get out before you can do anything you want."

After saying that, Izayoi Sakamaki looked at the Naruto people inside the laboratory. At that moment, he saw one of them holding a colored bottle.

That bottle was one Izayoi Sakamaki had placed in the farthest corner among the many bottles. Because the thing inside was poisonous, he had put it in the corner.

But Izayoi Sakamaki had not expected that despite hiding it so carefully, a Naruto person would still take it out and even hold it in his hands.

The Naruto person found the bottle somewhat strange. After all, among so many bottles, only the one in his hand was colored, so he was very curious.

When Izayoi Sakamaki saw the Naruto person holding the bottle, he immediately became nervous and shouted, "Don’t touch that bottle. Put it down immediately."

How could the Naruto people possibly put it down so easily after hearing Izayoi Sakamaki? They were currently resisting everything he said, so that Naruto person immediately smashed the bottle. Seeing the liquid that spilled out glowing, one of them curiously reached out to touch it.

Chapter 519: A Bunch of Fools

Originally, that Naruto person had not planned to smash the bottle. Since it was colored, he felt it was definitely strange. However, after hearing Izayoi Sakamaki’s words and sensing the tension in his tone, he rebelliously smashed it. After the bottle shattered, they had not expected the liquid spilling out to be something other than ordinary liquid—a fluid that emitted a mysterious glow. They had never seen such a liquid before, so they curiously reached out to touch it.

Izayoi Sakamaki immediately regretted saying that. If he had not warned the Naruto person, perhaps he would not have smashed the bottle, seen the liquid spilling out, or tried to touch it.

"Do not touch that liquid! That liquid is highly poisonous!"

When Izayoi Sakamaki saw that person reaching out toward the liquid, he nervously stood up and shouted into the microphone.

However, Izayoi Sakamaki was still one step too late. By the time he finished speaking, that person had already touched the liquid. Hearing Izayoi Sakamaki’s words, the Naruto person found it amusing.

Since he had finally gotten a reaction from Izayoi Sakamaki, he felt happy and proud. He deliberately raised the finger that had touched the liquid high into the air.

He loudly said, "Hey, you told me not to touch it, so I touched it. You told me to put it down, so I smashed it. Now I’ve finally made you angry. That feels great."

"We’ll do exactly what you tell us not to do, and we won’t do what you tell us to do."

"Anyway, this is your territory, and you know what everything here is. I believe you when you say it’s poisonous, but I also believe you must have an antidote. Otherwise, you wouldn’t place something this dangerous here for us to come into contact with."

Hearing what the Naruto person said, Izayoi Sakamaki finally understood why he had acted that way. He believed Izayoi Sakamaki had backups for everything here and antidotes for every poison.

That was why the Naruto person had so recklessly reached out to touch it. However, he did not know that Izayoi Sakamaki did possess every other poison and its antidote, but he had no antidote for the poison in this particular bottle.

Seeing the smug expression on the Naruto person’s face, Izayoi Sakamaki immediately became angry. "Nonsense! This is utterly ridiculous!"

"No matter how outrageous you usually are, I’ve never said or done anything to you. But now you’ve actually done this. Do you know what the consequences are?"

"What else could they be? Of course, you’ll let us out and give me an antidote. What else could it be? You wouldn’t really let me die, would you?"

The Naruto person still had not realized how serious the matter was. He did not think it was a big deal, which was why he said that.

Izayoi Sakamaki was thoroughly infuriated by the Naruto person’s words. He angrily paced back and forth around the room. After taking two angry breaths, he spoke into the microphone again. "You really are too stupid. I’ve never seen people as stupid as you, especially you."

"You really think you’re something special, don’t you? Yes, you did anger me, but you used your life to spite me. Do you think I placed something so dangerous in that corner just so I could give you an antidote after you smashed it?"

"Foolish. Absolutely foolish. If I really had an antidote, I wouldn’t have put it in the corner, nor would I have placed it in such a conspicuous colored bottle."

"I originally thought that when you saw this bottle, you would find it strange and not dare touch it. But I never expected you to do this."

"And the rest of you—you clearly saw how strange the color of this liquid was, yet you let him touch it. Do you know what mistake you’ve made?"

"You are a team, yet you stood by and watched him reach out to touch that liquid. Let me make this clear: I have no antidote for this poison. Someone else left this poison with me."

"Because there was nowhere else to put it, I could only keep it in here. I never expected you to be foolish enough to smash it and even reach out to touch it."

Izayoi Sakamaki was so angry that he was completely disoriented. He had never seen anyone make such a mistake and still act so openly and proudly, as though they had done nothing wrong.

Hearing Izayoi Sakamaki’s words, the Naruto people were instantly shocked. They had not expected the bottle to be so dangerous. Looking at their companion, they saw that his hand was indeed covered in the liquid.

They immediately hesitated. They were afraid Izayoi Sakamaki was lying to them, so they did not speak right away.

The Naruto person whose hand was covered in poison was even more unconcerned. He believed Izayoi Sakamaki was merely trying to scare him.

Seeing the Naruto people’s attitude, Izayoi Sakamaki grew even angrier. "What? You still look pretty proud of yourself. Going against me makes you think you’re impressive, does it?"

The moment Izayoi Sakamaki finished speaking, the Naruto person fainted.

Chapter 520: Beginning the Rescue

The Naruto person had not expected everything Izayoi Sakamaki said to be true. He had been about to stand up and refute him, but just as he stood, before he could say a word, he collapsed straight to the ground. Seeing their companion fall like that, the Naruto people around him immediately gathered around and called out to him.

"Wake up! Wake up!"

No matter how they called, the man had fallen completely unconscious and would not wake up. Izayoi Sakamaki knew the poison was potent, but he had not expected it to be this strong. In only a few minutes, it had already knocked someone unconscious.