Watching Anko's spirited appearance, Kurenai suddenly didn't want to interfere in this matter anymore.
She was very clear about Anko's past and had personally witnessed Anko's muddle-along mentality that had persisted all along, yet now, because of Nojuro Ryun, she had gained fighting spirit, forget it, she should just focus on handling her own affairs, but how should she handle her own matters then?
Kurenai immediately felt somewhat lost.
The reason she could lecture Nojuro Ryun was because she was older than him and had experienced more.
But when facing difficulties in her own life, who should she learn from then?
Nojuro Ryun was really right about this point; someone like her who couldn't even find a family member could hardly be considered happy no matter what.
Kurenai suddenly started drinking heartily, which startled Anko.
She tried to stop Kurenai several times, only to receive a sentence from Kurenai: "How about you take me home later?"
"This is really rare. Do you want to get thoroughly drunk? Fine, this time it's my turn to take care of you."
Anko confidently took full responsibility. Ryun suddenly felt that Kurenai trusting Anko like this was probably going to lead to trouble.
But he wasn't in a position to say anything now, because it seemed he was the one who had upset Kurenai.
Ryun just kept pouring wine, watching until Kurenai drank herself into complete drunkenness in the early morning hours, before this drinking session among the three finally ended.
"Younger brother, you head back to the Kazamatsuri Hot Spring House first. I'll take Kurenai home."
Anko helped Kurenai up. She had only drunk less than half a bottle herself, and given her alcohol tolerance and the strength of the sake, she was hardly drunk at all.
Ryun finally nodded and walked alone on the streets in the early hours of New Year's Day.
The hot spring house proprietress had left the door unlocked for Ryun, but it wouldn't have mattered if she hadn't; Ryun could have climbed in through the window.
Just as he entered the hot spring in his room, intending to relax his body and mind, Anko climbed in through the window carrying Kurenai on her shoulder.
Wearing a bathrobe, Ryun looked speechlessly at the two of them sprawled on the floor and asked Anko, "What's going on here?"
"This, "
Anko explained with a headache.
It turned out that when she had taken Kurenai to her doorstep, she had encountered Asuma, who had been waiting there for a long time.
Asuma wanted to take over caring for Kurenai, but met with strong opposition from Kurenai, who had woken up, and the two almost came to blows.
Anko naturally couldn't just leave Kurenai alone at home, so she had to bring Kurenai back to look after her.
"Then why didn't you take her to your place, or to your room next door? Why did you have to bring her here?"
Ryun continued his speechless inquiry. Anko, it turned out, had her own twisted logic.
"Asuma knows where I live. He would definitely come looking. I don't want to cause a huge commotion in my own apartment."
"As for my room, "
Anko looked embarrassed and said, "I don't have a single penny left. I need to go ask the proprietress to check me out once it's light, so, let her stay with you for now!"
"After all, Asuma wouldn't dare cause trouble here, and you have plenty of space, "
Ryun looked at Kurenai, reeking of alcohol. The fact that she was this drunk and had no home to go to was partly his responsibility.
So he said, "I'll pay your room fee tomorrow. Take her to your room."
"Huh, how can that be, "
"She's drunk. If you let her stay with me, are you trying to repeat the same mistake we made?"
Hearing Ryun say this, Anko's expression changed slightly.
Although she very much wanted to say it was impossible, she didn't dare say such a thing in front of Ryun.
So, urged on by Ryun, Anko helped Kurenai to her room, and Ryun's room finally became quiet again.
Ryun also lost his desire to soak in the hot spring. Lying on the bed, he pondered whether to conduct a simulation today.
Anko and Kurenai were sleeping next door; theoretically it was very safe, but in reality, Ryun felt somewhat uneasy.
Thinking carefully, now that he had the Flying Thunder God Technique and the Genjutsu Release Seal, he almost didn't need to worry about most sneak attacks.
, So how exactly was he captured by Danzo in the last simulation?
Because the last simulation failed, it didn't save the results, so Ryun naturally had no way of knowing what specifically happened.
It couldn't be that the old guy used Kotoamatsukami on Ryun right from the start, could it?
Thanks to the Hashirama cells in his body, the cooldown time for Danzo's Kotoamatsukami was far from over a decade; it probably recovered quite quickly.
But that wasn't a reason for him to use Kotoamatsukami on Ryun from the outset. Ryun felt his strength hadn't been exposed to a level that required Danzo to be so cautious.
The simulation didn't seem to reveal information about this, was it because the process of Ryun being affected was too simple and was directly skipped?
Ryun's gaze flickered. If it wasn't genjutsu, could it be poison?
Thinking of this, Ryun's desire to simulate became even stronger.
Only by conducting a successful simulation and saving the simulation results could he find out what exactly happened.
As for the simulation target, last time, Ryun's simulation target was Moegi, after all, learning Wood Release was one of Ryun's goals, and simulating Moegi could also give him longer training time.
But now it seemed that leaving offspring with Moegi would take at least ten years, which would be five or six years after the end of the Great Ninja War.
The time span in between was too large. This led to the issue that once the simulation went out of control, Ryun would have difficulty even saving the results, naturally making it impossible to gather intelligence.
Therefore, from the perspective of gathering intelligence, switching to someone who could reliably leave offspring with him became the best choice.
From this angle, there seemed to be a very suitable person.
[Simulation Starting]
[Remaining Simulations: 13]
[Simulation Target: Mitarashi Anko]
[Initial Relationship: She dreams about you]
[Ding, the simulation is about to begin. You currently have three free opportunities to guide the simulation's direction.]
[Guide simulation direction now?]
Ryun naturally chose yes.
Before the simulation began, there was originally a process of selecting and locking both parties' attributes and talents, but Ryun skipped this process.
His purpose this time was to gather intelligence, so he naturally couldn't waste simulation attempts.
Soon, Ryun finished inputting the guidance, and the simulation began.
[You left your room and knocked on Anko's door. Anko was pleasantly surprised and opened the door, cautiously asking what you wanted. You frankly asked her if she wanted to become your family.]
[Anko didn't answer you immediately. Instead, blushing, she asked if you were drunk or if she was drunk. You somewhat roughly grasped her hand and pulled her back to your room.]
[You told her that rather than becoming your children's teacher, it would be better to become their mother. Anko nodded, her face red. You removed her clothes, and you achieved great harmony again and again.]
Seeing this, Ryun nodded in satisfaction.
The current Anko wouldn't refuse Ryun; this had been proven in previous simulations.
Plus, in reality, Ryun and Anko had already reconciled. As long as Ryun intended to push things forward, Anko would soon become devoted to him and bear his children.
Although it was hard to call what they had love, in a place like the ninja world where life and death were unpredictable, who dared to hope they would definitely find love?
However, doing this had one drawback: this simulation could potentially last as little as ten months for Ryun.
But compared to an abrupt simulation failure, this wasn't really a problem.
What Ryun needed to wait for now was Danzo to make his move.
Ryun originally thought the simulation would fast-forward to the moment Danzo made his move, because according to Ryun's guidance, he wouldn't actively trigger any plot during this time.
But the plot came to him instead.
[Kurenai had actually become aware and discovered what was happening between you and Anko. She originally wanted to stop you, but ultimately chose to endure and silently sent you her blessings.]
[The next day, as soon as it was light, Asuma came looking, using the excuse of searching for Kurenai to barge into your room. You and Anko were sleeping together and weren't discovered by Asuma. Kurenai appeared in time to stop him, and the relationship between the two completely deteriorated because of this.]
Ryun shook his head. He could only sigh at Asuma's blindness.
For a girl, pursuing too closely would instead make her feel suffocated and even want to escape.
Being somewhat aloof but striking hard at key moments was a better strategy for quickly building mutual affection.
Asuma had clearly been a delinquent and had even spent a few years in the capital, yet he didn't even have this kind of skill, so beneath the delinquent exterior was a pure-hearted boy, after all?
After the minor interlude ended, the simulation quickly advanced.
Soon, Ryun finally found out what had happened in the last simulation.
[One month later, Sarutobi Hiruzen gave Anko an A-rank mission, ordering her to cooperate with Danzo and Root members to capture the Iwagakure spy, Nojuro Ryun.]
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