Hinata and Karin sped all the way over, their figures quickly closing in on where Rengoku was.
"Shishou, after our scouting, the unit led by Rasa is less than half a day's travel away from the unit led by Chiyo."
Ever since Karin successfully awakened the Mind's Eye of the Kagura, she had already become an extremely outstanding support member of the team.
Before this intense battle officially kicked off, the meticulous Rengoku naturally needed to assess the risk of possibly being surrounded and attacked from both sides by Rasa.
After all, even though he himself possessed extraordinary strength and feared nothing, this operation involved bringing many companions from Konoha Village with him.
Therefore, in order to obtain crucial intelligence about the exact position and marching speed of Rasa's forces,
Rengoku dispatched Karin and Hinata to go deep into enemy territory to carry out reconnaissance.
After listening to the report, Rengoku nodded slightly and said, "Give the order for the troops to rest for a bit first. There are still tough battles ahead."
Although Rengoku was controlling four Susanoo this time, he showed no signs of fatigue at all.
In fact, compared to the massive pupil power consumption of the Warrior God form of Susanoo, maintaining these several dispersed Susanoo only cost a trivial amount of pupil power.
The reason Rengoku chose this kind of tactical setup to face the enemy was, on one hand, to gradually wear down Sunagakure's active fighting strength; on the other hand, it was to deliberately create an illusion.
That is, as long as Sunagakure's side put in just a bit more effort, they could defeat Konoha.
If he had used the Warrior God form of Susanoo without hesitation right at the start of the battle, Sunagakure's psychological defenses would likely have collapsed instantly, and they would have fled on the spot.
Of course, the Warrior God form of Susanoo was still top secret. No one knew about it.
Just as he was about to go discuss the next tactics with Tsunade and Hatake Sakumo, Karin, without saying a word, dragged him into a nearby tent.
"Shishou, you should be tired this time, right!"
Karin had a smug look on her face as she stretched her hand out in front of Rengoku.
She even gently shook it a few times, as if showing off her cleverness to Rengoku.
Seeing Karin's expectant expression, Rengoku found it somewhat amusing.
This time, he did not refuse Karin's kindness.
So, he gently bit down on Karin's tender arm.
A stream of chakra from within Karin's body flowed continuously into Rengoku's body like a trickling brook.
This chakra carried a rich Yang-attribute aura, and its powerful energy produced an unexpectedly strong recovery effect within Rengoku's body.
After all, Rengoku's body had long since fully adapted to and accepted the presence of Karin's cells.
So when this chakra entered Rengoku's body, it naturally began to fuse with the Yin-attribute chakra that Rengoku himself possessed.
Although the power of creation that resulted from this fusion was not much, what was precious was that it always maintained a stable and lasting state.
One must know that Rengoku himself already possessed the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, and after his pupil power was consumed, it could slowly recover on its own.
However, after Karin's careful treatment this time, Rengoku's recovery speed was significantly improved.
Compared to the previous few treatments, the situation this time was clearly much better.
Because Rengoku was not injured, this time it did not cause Karin to lose a large amount of vitality.
It only consumed some of Karin's chakra.
Even so, after completing the treatment, Karin still felt a wave of dizziness wash over her.
For some reason, she always felt that Rengoku gave off an indescribable sense of closeness.
That feeling was like a warm quilt in winter or a soft, comfortable pillow, deeply drawing her in and making her want to get closer without realizing it.
Just as Rengoku released his bite, Karin's soft, delicate body seemed to lose its support and leaned limply against him.
At this moment, they were inside a medical tent, where a hospital bed was set up.
This bed was usually reserved for those who were severely injured or poisoned and urgently needed surgical treatment.
However, the battle situation on Konoha's side was relatively optimistic. Whether it was injured ninja or those unfortunate enough to be poisoned, none of them were in a condition severe enough to require the use of this operating bed.
Seeing that Karin had no strength left, Rengoku assumed, as before, that she had overexerted her physical and mental energy.
So he supported Karin as they walked to the empty hospital bed and gently placed her on it to sit down.
He said to her softly, "If you're tired, rest for a bit."
After saying that, he turned around and was about to leave, so that Karin could rest.
But just as Rengoku turned around, Karin stretched out her arms and tightly wrapped them around his waist from behind.
At the same time, Karin gently pressed her cheek against Rengoku's broad back.
The voice that came from her mouth was soft and carried a hint of intoxication, "Shishou… can you stop treating me like a child?"
Hearing this, Rengoku's heart skipped a beat.
He turned around in surprise, and his gaze met Karin's affectionate eyes.
At this moment, a faint blush rose on Karin's pretty face, as delicate and alluring as a fully ripe apple; and the look in her eyes as she gazed up at Rengoku was like a clear spring, so crystal clear it almost seemed to drip with water.
Rengoku slightly twisted his neck and raised his right hand to gently rub his brow.
He first let out a somewhat troubled sigh, then said seriously, "Karin, you are a child."
Hearing Rengoku emphasize this, Karin's hands that were tightly holding onto his arm unconsciously tightened even more.
Her fair, delicate face was tinged with a light pink, like a fully ripe apple, her shyness obvious.
She lowered her gaze, not daring to look directly at Rengoku, and murmured softly, "Then… when I'm not a child anymore, I'll marry you, Shishou, okay?"
Hearing this, Rengoku's gaze slowly fell on Karin's face, which had become even more delicate and alluring due to her shyness, and his heart could not help but tremble.
At this moment, he truly realized that Karin's feelings for him had long since gone beyond the boundaries that should exist between Shishou and disciple.
Although in this ninja world full of war and strife, it was common for people to marry in their teens, even Hinata, who was the same age as Karin, already had a very ambiguous relationship with Naruto.
But Hinata and Naruto were the same age, and it was limited to mutual affection.
Unlike the situation between Rengoku and Karin.
The difference was that between him and Karin, there was not only an age gap, but more importantly, Rengoku himself was a fully mature adult in terms of mindset.
Counting the years before transmigration and the several years after arriving here, his actual age had already exceeded thirty.
No matter how mature Karin might look on the outside at this moment, at her core she was still a child.
When it came to choosing a partner, Rengoku could accept someone older than him or younger than him, but not a min0r.
He would absolutely not allow a Karin who was not yet mentally mature and still in the stage of childhood to be in a romantic relationship with him.
Because this was his bottom line and his principle.
[T/N: Deep bow to the MC.]
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