Chapter 164: The Method for Selecting the Next Simulation Target
Anko was startled, thinking Sakura was in danger.
Only Akiyama Makoto shook his head with a wry smile, knowing that the girls had just gotten into an argument while bathing.
The next second, Tenten and Ino burst in, carrying Sakura. Even Hinata was participating, holding up Sakura's waist with her hands over her head.
Anko watched the girls' roughhousing in astonishment. Seeing there was no danger, she relaxed and watched the show, happily waiting to see how he would handle this mess.
"Let me down! And stop pulling my bathrobe!"
Sakura desperately tried to cover herself, but facing the annoyed Tenten and Ino, she had no strength to resist. In the end, she unwillingly exposed her stomach. Ino and Tenten pointed at the cherry blossom-shaped mark on it and questioned him in unison: "What is this!"
Anko secretly came over to take a look, and her eyes lit up. She cleared her throat, came to his side, and said in a solemn tone, "Makoto-kun, since you did it, you have to admit it."
"Don't let down little Sakura's feelings. I approve of this marriage."
"Don't add to the chaos."
He unceremoniously kicked her leg, pushing her away. Then he said to the others, "Alright, you can let go of Sakura first. I'll explain."
Seeing him say this, Tenten and Ino unwillingly let go of Sakura. Sakura, wiping her tears, rushed into his arms and hugged him tightly.
He patted her back to comfort her. And from an angle he couldn't see, Sakura stuck her tongue out at the other three girls. She had had his mark on her for a month now, and they had only just discovered it. This time, she, Haruno Sakura, was way ahead!
A "川" character appeared on Tenten's and Ino's foreheads. Even Hinata looked at Sakura with a bit of unwillingness. This had been a huge shock to them. They were genuinely worried that, without them noticing, he and Sakura had already climbed the ladder to adulthood.
"It's a bit troublesome to explain directly... Sakura, can you bear with it for a moment?"
He spoke softly, which made Sakura secretly delighted. She nodded and said in a gentle voice, "As long as it's what you want, Makoto-kun, I can do anything."
Hearing this, Tenten's and Ino's muscles bulged.
He had Sakura sit down, then revealed her True Spirit Mark. Then, to the confusion of the other girls, he gently bit her finger.
Sakura let out a soft cry. This affected look almost made Ino hit her. Fortunately, the change in Sakura's body immediately caught her attention.
The True Spirit Seal activated, and life force rapidly poured into her body. The finger he had bitten healed in the blink of an eye. With its target gone, the True Spirit Seal slowly returned to its original state.
Now everyone saw it clearly. The cherry blossom mark was the core of some kind of sealing jutsu.
Anko stared at this scene in shock. "Makoto-kun, what is this? How come it feels a bit like the legendary Yin Seal?"
"It's different. This is a ninjutsu I developed."
He didn't hide it. After all, in the future, none of the girls in front of him would be able to escape; they would all be planted with his mark. The only question was who would be first and who would be last.
It had been a month since Sakura had been marked. In this month, he had also been recording her growth. Whether it was her chakra, her spirit, or even the speed of her physical development, it had all surpassed the normal rate by three times. At this rate, in a few years, even Sakura would have a rather impressive bustline.
At this point, he was certain this ninjutsu was a great success. It was time to choose the next user.
After a few minutes of his explanation, everyone finally understood the miraculous and powerful nature of this jutsu. Sakura, especially, held her head high the entire time, an expression of smugness on her face, because she was the first to possess it. And she could feel that the earlier one used this jutsu, the greater the growth. If others wanted to catch up later, no matter how hard they tried, they would never be able to erase this one-month gap.
"What's the big deal? To put it bluntly, you're just a test subject!"
Ino glared at Sakura, her voice dripping with sourness. "And just now in the hot spring, you were acting as if you had some unspeakable secret, saying it was a 'beautiful memory' between you and him—Sakura, now that your lie has been exposed, aren't you ashamed?"
Sakura wouldn't be broken by such words. She hugged his arm and said sweetly, "But Makoto-kun thought of me first, which means he trusts me the most, right?"
He naturally wouldn't indulge her at a time like this. "Tenten wasn't here at that time," he said. "And if I had gone to Ino's or Hinata's house, I probably would have been beaten out."
Anko winked at him from behind the other girls, pointing at herself. Wasn't she an option?
Of course she was, but if he had gone to her, he probably wouldn't have had time to test the effects of the True Spirit Seal; he would have been dragged into a battle to the death until dawn. Besides, at her age, what was there to develop? Sideways?
Of course, he would definitely plant a True Spirit Seal on her as well. Even just to prevent her from growing sideways, this was a must.
Sakura pouted, dissatisfied. The other girls thought about it and realized it was true. If he had tattooed this strange marking on them in their own rooms and their parents had found out, they probably would have dueled him to the death with the resolve to die.
"Then can we use this True Spirit Seal now?" Tenten asked impatiently. She felt a sense of crisis.
He smiled faintly. "Of course. But I plan to perform it once a month, because I also need to accumulate my strength."
None of the girls doubted this setting. A jutsu like this looked incredibly difficult.
And next, they had to consider the question of who would be first and who would be last.
"I think—"
Sakura, as the one who had already gone through it, was about to offer her opinion, but was scared back by three murderous glares. She quickly hid behind him, hugging him and enjoying the warmth of his shoulder.
He had no intention of intervening in the girls' confrontation. They had just finished bathing. They had to vent their energy in this way, didn't they?
In the end, the three of them surprisingly didn't fight and smoothly negotiated an order. It was just that the reason for this order made him not know whether to laugh or cry, and Ino, who had gotten the first spot, wasn't happy about it either.
Because the order was based on the smallest bust size.
After all, the first to be implanted would get a one-month head start in development. And the girl who got the chance last could also reap the emotional value of having the best figure.
By the way, Hinata was ranked last. In other words, she already had the best figure among the four girls. As for why Ino was ranked first, it was ultimately because she was a year younger than Tenten and didn't have Hinata's magically endowed physique. Naturally, she was at a disadvantage.
"Anyway, it's my turn!"
Ino, with tears in her eyes, reluctantly accepted this ranking, and then asked him shyly, "Um, when should we start, and where?"
"Do you want to come to my house?"
"Then Makoto-kun will definitely be killed by your father!"
Sakura grumbled from the side.
Ino said angrily, "Mind your own business! We—we can just pick a day when my father isn't home!"
He almost choked. If Inoichi heard that, he would probably fight him to the death right now.
"Ahem, let's not go to your house."
He said, "Even without your father, your house is almost entirely full of sensory ninja. What if you cry out then? That wouldn't be good."
"I won't!" Ino blushed, wanting to deny it. But thinking of the sensitive area where the mark would be tattooed, her body went soft.
"Let's just do it here. You have a room here too, don't you?" he suggested.
Ino nodded.
Sakura, for some reason, let out a snort of laughter and looked at Ino with a mischievous expression.
Ino didn't know what she was looking at, her head full of question marks.
Sakura didn't explain. She knew Ino would understand soon enough.
"Then when should we start?"
Ino decided to just ignore Sakura, a look of eagerness on her face. What Sakura had, she must have, and it could only be better, not worse!
He thought for a moment. "Tomorrow."
He would also start a new simulation today. This time, he could also use the upcoming Land of Waves plot to explore the ninja world.
Ino had no problem with this proposal. If he had said to start right now, she would have been at a loss. At the very least, she needed time to pick out her lingerie, perfume, and flowers for the atmosphere.
For the rest of the time, the girls pulled Sakura along to test the specific effects of the True Spirit Seal.
He, on the other hand, finalized his plan for Ino's simulation.
A few hours later, when the night was deep and quiet, he opened the simulation panel.
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