The gathering ended.
Uzuki Yugao and Yuhi Kurenai paid the bill somewhat painfully.
They had still underestimated Hinata and Choji's abilities.
No, it should be said that they underestimated Hinata's strength.
Choji was still too weak in front of Hinata.
Good thing the two of them paid together, otherwise they would have felt terrible.
"All right, it's already so late, time to head home."
Uzuki Yugao looked at the sky outside. It had already grown completely dark.
"Mm… let's wait a little longer. Temari and Karin seem like they still have something to talk about," Aoba said to Uzuki Yugao.
Uzuki Yugao glanced at the few girls gathered together, chirping noisily, and nodded.
There wouldn't be many chances like this to get together later on, so it was fine to let them enjoy themselves a little more.
However…
"Aoba, why do I feel like your posture looks kind of weird?", Uzuki Yugao looked at Aoba somewhat suspiciously, feeling like the other's body was a bit hunched.
She subconsciously glanced down but didn't notice anything strange.
"Really?", Aoba straightened up a little, "Maybe I'm just tired from standing all day."
"Mm…"
"Aoba, Kakashi-sensei said he has something to talk to us about, so we'll head off first," Yugao was about to ask more when Naruto and Sasuke walked over and greeted Aoba.
Of course, Sasuke was just standing haughtily at the side.
"Mm, see you next time," Aoba replied with a smile.
Kakashi led Team Seven and left first.
Only then did Uzuki Yugao and Kurenai remember that now that the Chunin Exams were over, they'd have to start taking missions again.
"Kurenai, want to head back together?", Sarutobi Asuma also walked over.
Kurenai shook her head, "I still have something to talk to my students about later. You go ahead."
"I see," Sarutobi Asuma glanced at Ino, who was still whispering with Sakura and the others, and shook his head helplessly.
"Then I'll head off with Shikamaru and Choji first."
Uzuki Yugao watched Asuma leave with Shikamaru and Choji and couldn't help asking Kurenai, "I remember Asuma started pursuing you quite a long time ago. You've never considered it?"
Kurenai froze for a moment and gave a bitter smile, "Asuma isn't really my type."
"Really?"
The corners of Uzuki Yugao's mouth lifted slightly as she continued, "Then what type do you like right now?"
"Uh…", Kurenai didn't know how to answer.
"I know! I know!", Anko suddenly appeared between the two of them.
"You know?", Uzuki Yugao looked at Anko.
Anko nodded earnestly, "Right now Kurenai likes you— mmph! mmph!"
Before she could even finish, Kurenai, who already knew nothing good would come out of Anko's mouth, immediately covered her mouth, glared sharply at her, and said furiously, "If you dare to spew nonsense, don't even think about getting out of bed tomorrow!"
"...", Uzuki Yugao was speechless.
Judging by this, it seemed Anko wanted to drag Kurenai down with her.
Meanwhile, Aoba beside them pretended he hadn't heard anything and quietly stood there.
["Aoba, aren't you curious what kind of guys Kurenai-nee likes?"], A clear, pleasant voice rang in Aoba's ear.
Aoba didn't respond out loud, but a voice came through via the mind.
"Not curious."
The one who had just spoken was Inner Sakura.
After recovering enough inside Sakura's body, Inner Sakura had come out.
Since it was a celebration, and she had also taken part in the Chunin Exam, of course she had to come celebrate too.
After that she had been hanging behind Aoba, making him feel like there was always some spirit following behind him.
So he had unconsciously hunched his back a little earlier. He didn't expect that to be misunderstood by Uzuki Yugao.
["Really?"], Inner Sakura obviously didn't believe it.
"Of course really."
Aoba said seriously, then changed the topic, "Speaking of which, you were hurt by Hinata's attack in the end, does your body feel uncomfortable anywhere?"
["It was just a bit of impact, but…"]
Getting Aoba's concern, Inner Sakura's voice became quite cheerful, and then her face suddenly showed a mysterious smile.
"But what?", Aoba asked in full cooperation.
["I discovered something."]
"What is it?"
["Yakumo's genjutsu can manipulate perception, and it can even turn things that happen inside the genjutsu world into reality."]
Inner Sakura said seriously, stating her guess, ["Although it's a kekkei genkai, once Yin Release reaches a certain level, it can affect reality."]
"You mean…", Aoba seemed to understand what Inner Sakura wanted to say.
Inner Sakura floated up in front of Aoba, wrapped her arms around his neck, stared into his eyes and said with a smile, ["After I research it for a while, maybe before long…"]
["Aoba, you'll be able to play games with Sakura and me together in reality."]
Although Inner Sakura said "play games", looking at that expression and tone, it was clearly not proper at all.
If Yugao and the others weren't standing next to them, he would have already used the Soul Flick Technique to give her a forehead flick.
Still, he couldn't help imagining it a little in his heart.
———
"Eh? It's really like that?", After hearing Sakura's explanation, Yakumo's eyes widened and her voice rose.
"So that chakra mass I fought against at the arena was actually your second personality?"
Hinata was also very surprised.
She had thought Sakura just had some special ability, like an invisible clone or something.
She didn't expect it to actually be a second personality usually only found in books.
"Mm," Sakura nodded embarrassedly.
"That's really amazing," Temari muttered dumbly to herself.
"It truly is amazing," Yakumo nodded, "To a ninja who has no idea at all, when fighting, that's practically a killing trump card."
"Sakura, can you call your second personality out so we can meet her?", Ino suddenly said.
'Since it is a second personality, there should be independent thoughts, right?'
She was good friends with Sakura, so of course she wanted to be friends with Sakura's second personality.
"Uh…", Sakura hesitated a little.
"Is there some trouble? If so, then you can just say no," Seeing Sakura hesitate, Ino thought there must be something hard to explain.
Sakura shook her head, "My second personality is called Inner Sakura. She's already out actually… it's just that you can't see her."
"Then where is she now?"
The girls all looked around.
Sakura pursed her lips and said a little embarrassedly, "She's currently staying with Aoba."
"?"
Everyone froze at the same time, and then all turned to look toward Aoba's position.
Aoba, who was currently chatting with Inner Sakura, didn't notice their gazes at all.
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