Chapter 139: Joy of Harvest

One had red hair, the other brown hair.

Both of their faces carried expressions of anticipation and excitement. Only, one's emotions were written all over her face, while the other appeared somewhat reserved.

"Hello everyone, I'm Karin, very happy to meet you all!", Karin waved her hand toward the people in the classroom, taking the lead to introduce herself.

The other girl followed closely behind, bowing slightly, "I'm Kurama Yakumo, also very happy to meet you all."

"Everyone, please welcome them!"

Iruka led the applause, and the students in the class followed with clapping as well.

"Alright, you two can go ahead and find yourselves a seat, okay?"

"Okay!"

The two's gazes instantly locked onto Aoba, who was surrounded.

Aoba immediately felt two small paws on his waist.

'Is this a girl's instinctive jealousy?'

Sakura and Hinata, sitting in the front, also cast resentful looks at him.

As for Kurama Yakumo, they had already mentally prepared themselves a bit.

But Aoba had never told them there would be another red-haired girl.

Karin, being an understanding and sensible girl, noticed the troubled look on Aoba's face and obediently walked over to sit beside Sakura in the front row.

"Hello, I'm Karin, very happy to meet you," Karin took the initiative to talk to Sakura.

"Hello, I'm Sakura…", Not very happy right now.

Although she wanted to ask about the relationship between the two, it was still class time after all…

On the other side, Kurama Yakumo also sat down on the other side of Hinata.

But unlike the proactive Karin, Kurama Yakumo and Hinata only nodded at each other, then quietly sat down.

Maybe this was the greeting style of refined ladies.

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It wasn't until class ended.

Iruka had just left the classroom with one foot, and the four girls immediately launched an interrogation on Aoba.

Fortunately, he had already prepared an explanation.

The best method was to gain sympathy.

Although using a young girl's kindness was a very shameless method, to resolve the current predicament, he had no other choice.

With Karin's silent consent and after omitting some details.

He roughly introduced Karin's experiences before coming to the ninja academy. The few girls, who had been aggressive, fell silent.

Looking at Karin's bright smile and the dependence in her eyes when she looked at Aoba.

Their kind hearts couldn't bring themselves to vent their anger on a little girl with a tragic past.

They could only rain down punches and kicks on Aoba. Even Sakura and Hinata joined in.

After venting, they gave Aoba the cold shoulder for a few days, then returned to their usual joking and chatting routine.

Aside from Aoba being the link, they were actually very good friends themselves.

And so, ordinary days passed by just like that.

Someone once said that every ordinary daily life you go through might be a series of miracles in disguise.

Two years' time was spent in such ordinary schooling and training, occasionally mixed with a series of awkward but continuous miracles.

In the blink of an eye, Aoba had reached the last day of his school life.

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[Two Years Later, Gacha Interface]

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[Ninja Gacha System Lv1]

[Current draw count: 2300]

[10 more draws until guaranteed SR, 100 more draws until guaranteed SSR, 700 more draws until guaranteed UR]

[Current draw records:

UR: Uzumaki bloodline, Byakugan (will synthesize into Tenseigan after a while)

SSR: Wood Release, Permeation Release, Swift Release, Explosion Release, Ice Release, Scorch Release, Storm Release

SR: Advanced shuriken throwing techniques, medical talent max…

[A/N: More than twenty, all attributes maxed out so won't waste word count]

R: Small amount of chakra ×; shuriken ×; kunai ×; explosive tags ×]

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During this time, Aoba occasionally helped Tsunade complete some minor tasks.

There were also offerings from little rich girls like Tenten and Hinata, and the 200,000 ryo he earned from the Grass Ninja Village.

Scattered together, he had drawn over nine hundred times in total.

All in all, he was now terrifyingly strong.

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[Morning of the Graduation Exam Day]

In a daze.

Aoba felt as if someone was poking him with their finger.

He opened his eyes and saw Shizune's face wearing an aunt-like smile.

The two locked eyes.

A blush spread across her clear face.

She hurriedly sat up, creating distance between them.

At the same time, she seriously placed a fist in front of her and lightly cleared her throat.

"Ahem! Aoba, breakfast is ready, it's time to get up and eat," After saying that, Shizune quickly walked out of the room.

Aoba sat up, looked at the scene around him, and felt both speechless and a little awkward.

Shizune had succeeded again.

Ever since she succeeded once, he had started taking turns as a body pillow for Tsunade, Yugao, and Shizune.

The reason he felt awkward now was because some things had changed over the past two years.

He looked down toward below…

'Sure enough, full of energy.'

Maybe it was due to the side effects of the Uzumaki bloodline, his chakra was too abundant. What normally happens to people at fourteen…

He was only twelve now. Not even fully grown, yet his hardware was fully functional.

But precisely because of this, he recently stopped being Tsunade's body pillow.

This situation was first discovered by Tsunade. Maybe it was due to the face wash's effects, while she was holding him, he suddenly lifted his head.

At that time, Tsunade thought he had brought some ninja tool to bed that poked her.

Almost pulled it off him.

From then on, he lost the chance to be Tsunade's body pillow.

But Shizune and Yugao, after discovering this, not only didn't avoid him, but their gazes toward him began to grow strange.

As if a fruit they had raised for so long was finally ready for harvest.

The reason he slept at Tsunade's place yesterday was because graduation was today.

So they celebrated a bit at Tsunade's home yesterday, and he ended up sleeping there.

But he remembered he slept in the guest room last night. Unexpectedly, Shizune probably moved him into her room in the middle of the night.

Looking at the time, Aoba hurriedly got dressed, got out of bed, and went to the bathroom to splash cold water on his face.

When he got to the living room, a slightly bristled golden-haired beauty was already sitting at the dining table.

A hungover Tsunade looked at Aoba with emotion.

'Kids these days really grow fast.'

'Clearly, not long ago he still seemed like a kid, but now already a grown-up.'

'Fortunately, he didn't grow up ugly. He is getting more handsome.'

Tsunade smiled.

Aoba could be said to have been raised by her since young.

Not only powerful, but good-looking, and also…

She actually felt a bit proud in her heart.

But then she looked at Shizune, who was obediently sitting off to the side.

Her expression became meaningful.

She always had the feeling that the cabbage she worked hard to raise was about to be picked by someone else.

Even though Shizune was also raised by her…

In the end, she couldn't help but sigh.

'Although the age gap is a bit much, it is still within reasonable range.'

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