"Didn't expect Sakura to actually have a second personality," After hearing Temari and Karin's explanation, Uzuki Yugao also showed a surprised expression.
After all, having lived this long, this was the first time she had seen the existence of a second personality.
Of course, this was said only after getting Sakura's permission.
"Right? I was really surprised when I first heard it too," Karin nodded, as if trying to express all of her astonishment.
"Aoba, did you know about it already?", Uzuki Yugao asked again.
"Yeah yeah, just now when we were chatting, Aoba-oniichan and Inner Sakura were even flirting with each other," Karin immediately spoke before Aoba could say anything.
Aoba pinched Karin's cheek, not letting her continue with that weird tone.
"So that's how it is," After listening to Karin's words, Uzuki Yugao suddenly understood.
'No wonder he was hunched over back then…'
After that, the way she looked at Aoba became strange.
Aoba had no idea what Uzuki Yugao was thinking. He only knew Yugao must have misunderstood something again.
———
The four of them returned to the Senju ancestral home.
In the pitch-dark neighborhood, this was the only house brightly lit.
Laughter could be heard from inside from time to time.
Seeing that her own house had no lights on, Karin also followed behind Aoba.
She opened the door and entered.
Tsunade, Terumi Mei, Shizune, Konan, and Uzumaki Kasui were all sitting together on the sofa chatting happily.
It looked like they were enjoying the conversation quite a bit.
Kin and Yugito were cleaning up in the kitchen.
"We're back," Aoba said to them.
The women who had been chatting happily stopped, looked at the people who came in, and said in unison, "Welcome back."
"Mama, why are you at Aoba-oniichan's house too?", Seeing her mother on the sofa, Karin pulled Aoba's arm and hopped over.
Uzumaki Kasui patted her daughter's head and smiled, "Konan and I went to watch your match today, and then we had dinner together afterwards."
"Eh? Then why didn't I see you?", Karin blinked.
"That's because in your eyes there's only Aoba, you didn't even see your mom," Uzumaki Kasui helplessly messed up Karin's hair.
"Not just you, Aoba didn't notice either," Konan said calmly.
"Ahem," Aoba couldn't help but clear his throat and subconsciously thought of Yakumo's rather bold behavior during the match.
It wasn't really his fault for not noticing… Of course, there was no way to say that to Konan.
"Konan-nee, didn't you say in the morning that you weren't interested in the match?"
Konan said, "I went to watch together with Kasui."
"Aoba, Karin still has many shortcomings. Please take care of her from now on," Uzumaki Kasui suddenly said to Aoba.
She had watched Karin's match today and had also noticed that Aoba seemed a bit dissatisfied with Karin. So she had said this.
It somehow sounded like she was entrusting her daughter to someone else.
"Actually, Karin's performance was already quite good. It's just that she relies too much on the Adamantine Sealing Chains, and hasn't really studied the other ninjutsu seriously," While speaking, Aoba glanced at Tsunade, who looked a little lazy.
Tsunade rolled her eyes, 'With this brat, I always know what he is going to say.'
"As long as it's not forbidden jutsu, learn whatever ninjutsu you want," Tsunade said generously. After all, they were all family.
"Thank you, Lady Tsunade." ×2
Uzumaki Kasui and Karin thanked Tsunade at the same time.
They went on chatting about various things regarding the Chunin Exams.
Even Yugito came over to ask about the results, because she heard the names Omoi and Karui mentioned.
She hadn't expected Konoha to actually allow the Cloud Village shinobi to continue participating in the Chunin Exams.
Samui hadn't told her in advance, and as for herself, because of her identity, she couldn't move about freely in Konoha.
After all, she had a tailed beast inside her. Even though Aoba was very confident in his sealing technique, there were still some things to be careful about.
She couldn't go to crowded places.
Aoba patiently told her about their performance.
Meanwhile, Terumi Mei kept Karin beside her, occasionally pinching her.
Looked like she was still a little upset that Karin had so easily one-shot the Mist shinobi.
Karin kept looking toward Aoba with pleading eyes.
In the middle of the conversation, Tsunade seemed too tired and fell asleep on the sofa.
"Shizune-nee, did sensei drink a lot tonight?", Aoba asked Shizune.
"She didn't drink that much," Shizune looked a little puzzled, "Maybe she's too tired?"
"If that's the case, we should let sensei rest," Aoba stood up. Without waking Tsunade, he directly picked her up from the sofa.
"Mm, then I'll take my leave too," Shizune also stood up and bowed slightly to everyone.
———
Back in her own house, Shizune turned on the living room light and said to Aoba, "Aoba, take Lady Tsunade to the bedroom."
Then added playfully, "It's fine if you stay a little longer too."
"Uh…", Aoba smiled helplessly, but still carried Tsunade toward the bedroom.
He placed Tsunade's voluptuous body on the bed. Looking at Tsunade breathing steadily, Aoba couldn't help but smile.
"Sensei, now that it's just the two of us, are you still going to pretend to be asleep?"
No response.
Aoba thought for a moment, then sat down on the edge of the bed and reached out his hands… and started pinching her face full of collagen. He had wanted to try this for a long time.
You could always land a punch, but it wasn't every day you got to pinch her face.
He had always been the one whose face got pinched, now it was finally his turn.
But as he kept pinching, Tsunade suddenly opened her eyes and glared at him.
"Brat!"
Before Aoba could react, Tsunade locked him into a cross hold right there on the bed.
Feeling his arm wrapped by the mountains, Aoba felt like this was more of a reward.
But to avoid turning it into a real punishment, he quickly begged for mercy.
"Sensei, spare me!"
"Hmph!", Tsunade snorted and released him after seeing him giving in.
Aoba sat up on the bed, rotated his arm a little, and asked with a smile, "Sensei, did you want to talk to me about something?"
Tsunade glared at him. Originally she had planned to wake up once they were in the bedroom and then bring it up.
But this brat immediately said she was pretending to sleep, making it hard for her to wake up or not.
Still, she returned to a serious expression.
"After today's Chunin Exam ended, someone came and issued a request, they want to hire your team for a mission."
"What mission?"
"An A-rank mission. Protect the actress Fujikaze Yukie, who plays the Princess Gale, and escort her to the Land of Snow for filming. It's the second movie of Princess Gale."
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