Kairen was humming a little tune as he headed toward the Orchid Gold Palace.
In the distance, a girl dressed in white brocade, with golden hair, was carefully tending to her flowers.
It was Temari.
After shedding the burdens on her shoulders, Temari had more time to cultivate flowers.
Her personality was strong, yet she especially liked gentle flowers grown in greenhouses.
Perhaps she longed more for a peaceful life!
Kairen quietly approached Temari from behind and wrapped her in a full embrace, startling her badly.
After realizing it was Kairen, Temari finally let out a sigh of relief, stomped on his foot, and scolded, "Pervert, you scared me."
Kairen gently inhaled Temari's floral scent, like the fragrance of early morning, stirring a song in his heart.
...
Inside the great hall, Kairen's core members reported their recent work one by one.
Meanwhile, Kairen leaned against the dragon throne, with Wolon and Fenchu lying in his arms.
He was eating a Chakra fruit exchanged from the system space. The two panda cubs' eyes nearly went straight as they kept raising their paws and whining, wanting Kairen to give them a bite too.
Standing below, Orochimaru's eyes were nearly bulging out as well. She possessed excellent intuition and could directly sense the miraculous nature of the fruit near Kairen's mouth.
Like a drug, it emitted an overwhelming temptation. Orochimaru couldn't help but want to snatch it, but Kairen's combat power made it difficult for her.
She could only stare longingly, especially hoping to obtain even a little cell sample for research.
Academic Genius held up a palm-sized technological device and said to Kairen,
"Main body, after several days of hard research, the ninja world's first mobile phone has officially been born!"
Kairen froze, and the hand holding the fruit stopped. Taking the opportunity, Wolon bit into it.
Kairen quickly finished the Chakra fruit in two bites, tossed the core to Fenchu, and immediately strode toward Academic Genius.
"Holy sword! My holy sword has finally been developed!"
Kairen took the phone from Academic Genius's hand, his grip trembling uncontrollably.
How long had it been?
Yet Kairen still hadn't scrolled through a single meme or admired a single risqué image.
Kairen eagerly opened the phone. Inside were various pirated apps...
"That's it, my online course file!"
Academic Genius tapped it, and a video immediately began playing.
"Today the two of us will perform a segment for everyone, a crosstalk routine…"
Two people performing, no problem. Their verbal skills were fine too. The problem was, this wasn't Kairen's preferred type.
Kairen handed the phone back. "I'm not into that. Sorry!"
At some point, Orochimaru had crept beside Fenchu, pretending to be kind and friendly.
"Little bear, listen to uncle. Give me the fruit core by your mouth."
"Mmnr~" Fenchu looked up at the green-haired loli who wasn't much taller than itself and shook its bear head.
Its biological instincts made it extremely greedy for the fruit core Kairen had given it.
Orochimaru continued coaxing, "Little bear, uncle has lots of green bamboo at home. Give me that fruit core, and uncle will cut it all down for you!"
Fenchu still shook its head.
Trying to trick it? It was a bear that could write now.
Orochimaru wanted to continue deceiving it, but Fenchu opened its big mouth and directly bit down on the fruit core.
Its steel-like teeth crushed it in just a few bites.
"Ah!" Orochimaru's eyes widened.
She reached out her tender hand and pulled at Fenchu's mouth, trying to obtain even a fragment.
But Fenchu refused to open its mouth. Now Orochimaru couldn't get even a single crumb.
Orochimaru was furious, nearly opening her snake mouth to swallow Fenchu whole.
"You damn trickster, you're infuriating."
Orochimaru's eyes suddenly lit up when she noticed a bit of residue beside Wolon's mouth.
She was overjoyed. As long as she had even a little cell sample, she could definitely reverse-trace the fruit's origin and even mass-produce it.
Orochimaru was about to collect it, but Wolon rolled its tongue and wiped away all the residue beside its mouth.
"Ah! You're a trickster too."
Kairen was passionately discussing the revolution of the information age, delivering a speech of the century.
"This is a small step for us, but a giant leap for the entire ninja world. Five hundred years from now, all people will remember our achievements."
"Because we solved the problem of inconvenient social information exchange. Even Nobel would climb out of his coffin to give us an award."
"As for the next step, it's mass production, allowing everyone in the ninja world to enter the information age."
"We will use mobile phones to erode everyone in the ninja world, making them hold phones even when using the toilet, unable to leave them even in their coffins. Everyone will fall under our control."
Kairen's shadow clone added another improvement.
"I think the network can also be connected to the Pure Land, so even the dead can fall under our control."
Kairen greatly praised the idea.
"Excellent suggestion. Whether living or dead, all must be influenced by us on a spiritual level."