Ino screamed and crouched down, hugging her body.
"Ryun-kun, did you do this? Hurry and change us back!"
Ino had discovered the truth, but unfortunately, Ryun couldn't just go back like that.
After all, coming here had used up one simulation attempt.
"That won't do, Ino. Didn't you say you wished I would call you sexy? Right now, you are very sexy."
"I'm too sexy!"
Ino's face flushed crimson; having such a sexy figure was something that satisfied her.
But after all, this was just an illusion; in reality, she didn't have a figure like this. What if the discrepancy was too great for Ryun and he ended up going to Hinata instead?
"How about I help you change your clothes?"
Ryun had a thought, and Ino transformed into the big-sister outfit Ryun was most familiar with.
Although she looked about the same as when she was little, set off by her figure, Ino was now qualified to compete for the title of the most beautiful woman in the ninja world.
And the cosmos flower on her belly seemed to have grown a bit larger too, swaying gently with Ino's breath, looking both innocent and alluring.
Only then did Ino breathe a sigh of relief. She looked at her new appearance with satisfaction, then pounced over to hug Ryun tightly, saying, "Will I look like this when I grow up?"
"In my heart, you will."
"Ah—Ryun-kun, I like you so much, what should I do?"
Ino looked deeply moved; she really was Sakura's best friend, their reactions were so similar.
"If you really want to thank me, then practice hard from now on. I'm going to teach you a new ninjutsu. I'll teach this ninjutsu only to you, but you're not allowed to teach it to your parents."
Yamanaka Ino was stunned, not quite understanding why Ryun had such a request.
He had given her father a new ninjutsu before; he didn't seem like such a stingy person.
"Still don't get it?"
Ryun shook his head, then said, "This is a secret technique of the Nojuro clan that must be passed down through the generations—Nojuro Ino."
Ino's body trembled; she looked at Ryun in disbelief.
But then a blush spread across her cheeks, and tears even glistened in her eyes.
The next second, she gracefully wiped the corner of her eye with her finger, and pretended to say lightly, "If you'd said that sooner, I would have understood. Since it's our clan's secret technique, of course I can't pass it on to outsiders, hehe."
Ino hopped over to Ryun's side and linked her arm through his.
In reality, Ino's movements, combined with her current figure, maxed out the feeling of pure innocence and allure.
Ino had clearly also noticed her own charm and was even more willing to show it off, wanting to use her warm heart to move Ryun.
Clearly, she succeeded.
After a long time had passed, Ryun finally demonstrated the Magical · Formless Wave ninjutsu to Ino.
Just hearing the principle made Ino's head spin.
The relaxed expression on her face disappeared, as if she was wondering whether she could really learn this jutsu.
Ryun's answer was, naturally, yes.
"As long as you accept the power I give you, you'll definitely be able to do it."
"Power?"
Ryun nodded, took Ino's hand, and of course, Ino didn't refuse him.
So, within the illusion, Ryun fed back the power of his bloodline to Ino.
[You are about to feed back the bloodline power of Yamanaka Tetsu to his mother, Yamanaka Ino. Confirm operation?]
Ryun silently said "Yes" in his heart.
This wasn't the first time he had performed a similar operation, so instead of a system prompt, he directly entered the system settlement interface.
[Ding, your favorability level with kunoichi Yamanaka Ino is 3: You like each other. You have obtained 3 random enhancement chances, the maximum random enhancement chances are 5.]
[Random enhancement in progress - Enhancement complete. Yamanaka Ino's Strength attribute among the ninja eight has been enhanced from 6 points to 7 points, Hand Seal attribute enhanced from 7 points to 8 points. Low-level Mind Mirror Image talent upgraded to Intermediate.]
[Bloodline power infusion begins, duration ten minutes.]
So it worked!
Ryun had just wanted to try if he could infuse it within the illusion, and it seemed there was indeed no problem.
Of course, this was certainly also because the two of them were close together in reality.
Then, Ino lost consciousness in Ryun's arms.
However, because it was currently an illusion, Ino didn't feel any pain, and that was precisely why Ryun had done it this way.
Unfortunately, it was tough on Ryun; he felt like he stayed there for several hours before Ino finished the bloodline infusion.
"What happened to me?"
"Naturally, you've grown."
Ryun replied, and Ino's whole body jolted. Then she frantically checked her body, not even caring that Ryun could see everything.
After checking and finding no change in her body, she angrily pinched Ryun's cheek and said, both embarrassed and annoyed, "Don't make jokes like that!"
"I thought I had... you know, 'become an adult' in my sleep."
"What?"
Ryun pulled Ino's hand away, wanting her to say the answer herself.
Ino's ears were completely red, but how could she say something like that?
In the end, she did something shocking.
She hugged Ryun's head, intending to suffocate him this way. Unfortunately, Ryun started tracing circles on her waist,
making Ino scream and escape.
Then Ryun told Ino roughly what had happened. At first, Ino was skeptical.
But when she tried it herself, she was stunned.
That Twin Heart Method, which had seemed incredibly difficult to her, she could now use as freely as breathing.
As for the Formless Wave, which Ryun called an S+ difficulty ninjutsu, although Ino found it extremely difficult to perform, she no longer had any talent limitations.
It seemed that as long as she trained enough, she would be able to use the Yamanaka clan's secret techniques to directly release genjutsu.
"This—"
Ino finally understood why Ryun wanted to keep this jutsu within the family.
On one hand, without Ryun's talent, it was impossible for anyone else to learn it; on the other hand, this jutsu, combined with the Yamanaka clan's techniques, was almost invincible. From then on, the children of the Yamanaka clan—no, it should be the Nojuro clan—would almost all be genjutsu masters.
But that raised another problem. Ino looked at Ryun with a teasing smile and said, "Darling, if we have children in the future, do you think I should teach them the Yamanaka clan's secret techniques?"
Ryun naturally understood what Ino meant and said, "Would you be reluctant to teach them?"
"Of course I would teach them, but the Yamanaka clan—"
Ino felt a bit dejected. For her, who was still far from marrying Ryun, the dilemma of which family's traditions to pass on seemed like a huge, difficult-to-solve problem.
As for this problem, Ryun simply put his arm around her waist and said, "Can't we just let our first child take the surname Yamanaka?"
Ino looked at Ryun in disbelief, never expecting him to be so generous on such an issue.
This time, Ino finally couldn't suppress the emotions in her heart. She hugged Ryun's neck and cried.
Ryun coaxed her for a good while before Ino bashfully said, "Doesn't that mean we'll have to have more than one child?"
"It's okay, I've already thought of names for ten children—"
"I'm not a pig!"
Ino quickly retorted, refuting Ryun, but then her heart softened, and she said, "Ten really is too many. Three to five... I could manage that..."
She was completely moved by Ryun, her heart already immersed in sweetness, unable to extricate herself.
But how could she know that in the simulation, her first child with Ryun was already presumed to be Yamanaka Tetsu.
Although Ryun didn't quite understand the principle behind it, he couldn't risk cutting out this child, who had contributed so much to the relationship between him and Ino, could he?
Afterwards, the two of them trained repeatedly within the illusion. It wasn't until Ino could stably and completely release the Formless Wave that they finally left the illusion.
They were startled to find that the moon had already risen high; it was already ten o'clock at night.
Not only that, but Ino's body was also sticky, probably a side effect of the bloodline feedback.
Seeing that Ryun was about to smell the sweat on her, Ino pushed him away with a kick, screamed, and rushed into the bathroom to start washing herself.
As for Ryun, he cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks before returning to his own room.
Ino's enhancement was over; in a couple of days, Sakura and the others would probably go to the Land of Waves.
This time, Ryun planned to go out with his main body and take a look around, not only to rescue Zabuza and Haku but also because he was quite interested in that man, Gato.
There were many bounty hunters in the ninja world, but it seemed this big merchant Gato made even more money.
If he could figure out Gato's money-making methods, then Ryun would never have to worry about money again.
Just as Ryun was recalling the details of the Land of Waves, Ino knocked on his door.
Ryun initially thought Ino had come to say goodbye, but Ino was only wearing a bathrobe.
"Is there a problem in the bathroom?"
Ryun asked subconsciously, but the next second, Ino pressed herself against him.
"Um... I want to stay over tonight."
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