"Kin, you've already folded that outfit several times."
Karin looked at Kin, who had tied her formerly long black hair up behind her head and was sitting on the sofa, smiling foolishly while repeatedly folding the clothes in her hands over and over again, completely baffled.
But when Kin folded it for the seventh time, Karin still couldn't help but remind her.
"Huh? Sorry, I spaced out."
Kin immediately snapped back to her senses, put down the clothes she had folded several times, then picked up another neatly folded stack beside her and repeated the same cycle.
These were the clothes they had taken off in the living room last night when changing into yukata. They had come back too late to tidy up, so they were only being sorted this morning.
"?", Karin was even more confused now, not knowing what was going on with this strange maid today.
She cast a pleading look toward Terumi Mei, who was off to the side enthusiastically eating sugar tangerines.
Mei had already roughly arranged the plans for the next few days, and she was also staying a couple more days in Konoha on behalf of Kirigakure to congratulate the newly appointed Hokage.
When Mei noticed Karin's gaze, she raised an eyebrow slightly and looked at her with amusement, "You really want to know?"
Karin blinked, glanced at Kin beside her who was completely ignoring their conversation and still absorbed in her clothes-folding game, then asked in confusion, "Can't I know?"
"Of course you can. It's just that Kin got what she wished for last night, and I'm worried you'll be too stimulated if you find out."
Although this girl often called her "big-chested woman, big-chested woman," to be honest, among Aoba's girlfriends, Mei actually liked Karin the most.
Because among the girls, only this one was straightforward, without schemes or fake sweet talk.
Unlike Sakura and Yakumo, who looked innocent and pure on the surface but had hundreds of thoughts hidden inside.
"Kin got what she wished for last night? That's a good thing, isn't it? Why would I be stimulated?", Karin puffed out her cheeks, looking completely unconcerned.
"Is that so?", The amusement on Mei's face deepened, "But what Kin wanted most is actually the same as you."
"The same as me… what? D-don't tell me!"
Karin's eyes suddenly widened as she instantly understood what Kin's wish coming true must have been.
But she still didn't quite want to believe it.
She stared wide-eyed and looked toward Yugito, who had the worst relationship with Kin, hoping for confirmation.
Yugito also couldn't help puffing out her cheeks slightly at this moment. Although she had already been mentally prepared, and it had even been something the whole family had jointly pushed for, thinking about how there would be two more mouths competing for limited resources in the future, she still had to feel jealous.
"It wasn't just Kin. There was another one last night who also completed her coming-of-age ceremony," Yugito spoke with irritation, her gaze shifting toward someone.
Hearing this, Karin's temples twitched, and she also turned to stare straight at the four-ponytailed girl who was trying to sneak away.
She really had been stimulated. How had she been overtaken by latecomers again?
And Temari, who had just stood up and instantly became the focus of the entire room, clearly couldn't sneak off anymore.
She could only steady herself, bring out the presence befitting the princess of Sunagakure, and glare as she spoke.
"Karin, I'm Aoba's fiancee!"
"You damn Temari, you actually jumped the queue!"
Seeing Temari act so confidently about cutting in line, Karin snapped and lunged straight at her.
Seeing Karin charging at her fiercely, Temari didn't hesitate and immediately moved as well.
The two young girls began chasing each other around the living room.
Although Temari's legs were still a bit weak, her chakra was extremely abundant.
She had been replenishing chakra from Aoba for a long time now. The amount of chakra in her body was absolutely no less than that of an average Uzumaki clan member.
For a moment, Karin actually couldn't catch up to her.
With Yugao, Tsunade, and Aoba all absent, there was no one at home who could keep things under control, and the two of them were about to turn the place upside down.
What Temari didn't know was that it wasn't just Karin who was dissatisfied by her words. Yugito also frowned.
'So what if you're a fiancee?'
'Does that make you so great?'
'Everything should follow first come, first served. Temari is still a latecomer anyway, isn't she just the bottom-ranked little sister?'
Although Yugito was displeased, she didn't mess around like Karin.
When night came, she would have plenty of strength and methods to deal with Temari.
After all, she had come up this way herself. Normally, she was the one being handled by Yugao and Konan. Now it was finally her turn to handle someone else.
Thinking this, Yugito already felt a faint sense of anticipation.
As for Mei, she didn't have much of a reaction to Temari's words. After all, she was also a fiancee.
And she was the only one in the house who could truly compete with Yugao for the position of "big sister," so she needed to properly show off her big-sister presence as well.
Mobilizing the chakra in her body, she grabbed one with each hand.
"You two, this is not a place to fight. If you want to fight, take it outside!"
As for Kin, she was still immersed in her own world.
From today onward, she was finally Aoba's woman just like the other adults in the household.
And at last, she could truly wait at home like a proper wife for Aoba to return from going out.
This was the reason she couldn't help softly humming all day long.
Karin and Temari were chased outside, but Karin clearly wasn't willing to let Temari off, still continuing to chase after her.
"Temari, stop right now and let me punch you once, or I'm going to call Tenten and Ino and have them come beat you up together!"
Seeing that she really couldn't catch Temari, Karin resorted to threats in dissatisfaction.
"If you tell them about this later, they'll definitely come beat me up anyway."
Temari snorted lightly, her speed not slowing at all.
"If you let me punch you once, I won't tell them."
Karin said very righteously.
"I don't believe you at all!"
Temari ran straight out of the Senju clan grounds. To avoid getting beaten, she needed to find a place to hide.
Meanwhile, Kurotsuchi and Fu, who had slept in because they stayed up late last night, had just stepped out of the house when they saw the two chasing each other one after the other.
After a moment of stunned silence, they exchanged a glance.
Then, without saying a word, they followed along as well.
Usually, small scuffles weren't a big deal, but with Karin this angry, they felt there was definitely some juicy gossip involved.
———
Elsewhere, inside the Hokage's Office—
Aoba was sitting in the Hokage's seat, flipping through documents.
Shizune was also busy at her workstation.
As for Tsunade, she was lying on the sofa reading a magazine. She had completely given up at this point.
As soon as today's Jonin meeting was over, Aoba's succession as Hokage would be officially settled, and she would finally be free.
She had already been browsing magazines to plan where to travel during her retirement.
Soon, there was a knock at the door.
Yugao walked in and said, "Lady Tsunade, most of the jonin have already arrived."
"Good! Let's go!"
Tsunade stood up eagerly, took the lead, and strode out, not forgetting to call back to today's main character.
"Brat, hurry up and follow!"
"..."
Aoba was speechless. Did she really have to be this impatient?
But complaints aside, he still followed.
His mind felt incredibly unreal.
From now on, he was the Hokage.
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