Chapter 58: Tenten's Affection Level Up
The ninja who habitually traveled by rooftop was, without a doubt, Tenten.
She had just finished a mission yesterday and had received some good news from her parents today. She had hastily eaten breakfast at dawn and then rushed over, eager to share the happy news with Akiyama Makoto.
But when she arrived on his roof, she found a hole in it, which made her face turn deathly pale with fright. When she saw him lying weakly on the bed, she thought he had been attacked.
Tenten flipped down and dove into his bedroom,扑ing forward and running her hands all over his body, checking to see if he was injured anywhere.
This just made Makoto feel ticklish. He casually pulled her into his arms and said in a slightly authoritative voice, "Don't move. I'm fine."
"Ah? Ah!"
At first, Tenten didn't understand what was happening and subconsciously tried to break free from his embrace. But for some reason, after struggling a few times, the strength gradually drained from her body. It was as if his warm chest possessed some kind of magic, making her unable to resist pressing against it.
Slowly, Makoto realized the person in his arms was growing hotter. He, who had almost fallen asleep, finally let her go. But she still didn't leave, merely shifting her legs to cross her ankles, adjusting into a more comfortable position as she lay on his chest.
In that instant, Makoto felt as if something had changed.
[Ding! Deeper contact with the ninja Tenten achieved. Simulation Attempts +3.]
Makoto's eyes lit up slightly. Had he finally reached this step?
Besides making contact with a female ninja of Chūnin-level aptitude or higher for an hour, the system could also grant simulation attempts by deepening his relationship with them. In the past, he had felt this would be difficult to achieve. After all, in the ninja world, strength was what mattered most. Moreover, if he got too close to one particular kunoichi, it might cause trouble when he tried to contact others later. That was why he had chosen the "wide net" strategy.
But as his strength increased and his relationships with Tenten and the others deepened, a new phase of acquiring simulation attempts had finally arrived.
Just the first time deepening the relationship and leveling up the contact had increased his simulation attempts by three. Did this mean that if he increased the contact level again in the future, he would get five, ten, or even more attempts? Looking at it this way, this path was not useless at all. Compared to the "wide net" strategy, it was simply a matter of depth versus breadth.
At the same time, he could also determine what "deepening the contact level" meant. In short, it was a level of contact deeper than holding hands, and it required a certain level of mutual affection.
Then there was one remaining question... If he now gave the results of his simulation with Tenten to her, would she achieve a leap in strength? But would she even agree to accept it? And wouldn't doing so expose his own special power? He still needed to think about this. Most critically, he didn't have a simulation result with her stored in his mental space. If he wanted to gift it to her, he would need to run another simulation with her first.
But for the current Makoto, who now had six simulation attempts, these were all minor issues. The real problem he had to consider was how to handle the current situation. The temperature of Tenten's body was even higher than before, and her breathing had become heavy. What would happen next? A deeper level of contact? Or would she just explode, give him a beating, and throw him out of the room?
At this thought, he suddenly had a good idea.
He rolled his eyes back and immediately started to feign sleep.
Tenten, for her part, was indeed about to explode.
Hugging the bare-chested Makoto, feeling his warmth and masculine aura, especially with her ear pressed against his chest, listening to his heartbeat, she felt as if she was about to take a step into adulthood today. Was she going to be a mother in ten months? No, absolutely not! She was still a Genin, and it was too early. It should be at least ten years later... no, five years wasn't out of the question either.
Slowly, the chakra in her body began to flow rapidly due to her emotional turmoil. She clenched her fists, about to escape from his embrace. If he dared to hold on to her, she would let him understand what a true ninja was.
But when she propped herself up on his shoulders, she was surprised to find that he had already fallen into a deep sleep.
So, had it all just been her own wild imagination?
Ah... I can't show my face ever again!
Tenten covered her face, her entire being in a state of turmoil. Luckily, he couldn't see her right now, otherwise she might have really done something drastic.
Slowly, as time passed, she calmed down.
She let out a long breath and looked around the room again. Although his house looked a bit of a mess, there were no signs of a fight, and he wasn't injured. It seemed he had been undergoing some kind of special training.
And with that one look, she saw the diamond-shaped mark on his chest.
What was this...?
Curiously, she reached out a finger and poked it, discovering it was just a drawn-on pattern with no physical substance. Why didn't I notice it before... ah, no, I never had the chance to notice it before!
Could it be that he had some hidden secret, or had he awakened some kind of kekkei genkai?
At this thought, Tenten pursed her lips, wanting to pull him up and ask him about it. But in the end, she gave up. She took his blanket from the head of the bed, covered him with it, and then sat on the edge of the bed, waiting for him to wake up.
However, slowly, she felt as if his bed had a fatal attraction. Her posture gradually slumped, and finally, her body tilted to the side, and she fell asleep beside him.
A short while later, Akiyama Makoto opened his eyes.
He looked at Tenten, who had stolen all his blankets and wrapped herself into a ball, and couldn't help but laugh. Luckily, his current physical fitness meant he wasn't afraid of simple changes in temperature. Otherwise, she would have definitely given him a bad cold.
Seeing that she was sleeping soundly, Makoto quietly got dressed, then jumped out the window into the small courtyard.
Facing the morning sun, he felt the flow of the Yin Seal within him, and his body slowly warmed up. Just as he was about to test what it felt like to release the seal, a familiar chakra signature caught his attention.
Sasuke flipped over the wall, looking at him with annoyance. "You! Did you forget something?"
Makoto glanced at the sun. "It's not even eight-thirty yet. What's the rush?"
"I still have to go to the Academy, you bastard!" Sasuke said, even more annoyed. "Not everyone can live as lazily as you!"
"And another thing, why is a man like you wearing makeup? You're disgusting."
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