The eastern horizon turned a fish-belly white.
By this time, Hakushi had already immersed his body in the hot spring, closed his eyes, and enjoyed it as white mist rose from the water's surface.
The hot spring temperature was between forty to forty-five degrees, not too hot, nor too cold. This temperature was just right.
At this moment, Hakushi heard a gentle splash of water beside him.
He opened his eyes and saw a girl with straight black hair, possessing breathtaking beauty. She wasn't wrapped in a towel, but the thick mist made it difficult to see clearly.
Moreover, due to the rising morning glow, a holy light-like aura blocked his vision on her body.
The light of original sin prevents humans from seeing each other honestly.
She walked over step by step, coming to Hakushi's back, gently wiping his back. The tenderness of her fingers and the delicate skin easily broke through Hakushi's defenses.
"How is it?"
"Very comfortable."
"Then... would you like to do something more comfortable?"
Something more comfortable?
What is it?
Is it that?
Hakushi tried hard to suppress the turmoil in his heart, feeling like his heart was about to leap out of his throat.
"Let's continue what we didn't finish last night. Let's see each other sincerely here."
The girl's arms reached forward from behind, embracing Hakushi's body tightly.
A faint fragrance entered his nostrils.
But suddenly, breathing became difficult.
He felt the girl's hands slowly rising, it was his neck.
"Wait, you're holding me a bit tight, loosen up a bit..."
"Isn't this the outcome you wanted? So, become mine alone..."
Her hands tightened more and more, making it increasingly difficult for Hakushi to breathe.
His entire face flushed red, as if he might suffocate to death just like that.
...
Sweating coldly, he opened his eyes from the bed and looked at the sky turning a fish-belly white outside; it was already dawn.
"Seriously, having such a strange dream, I mean, how could Ruri become like that, turns out it was a dream, then it's fine..."
However, the feeling of the throat being choked, that near-suffocation sensation, was indeed so real.
Hakushi no longer knew whether this counted as a wet dream or a nightmare.
After breakfast, Hakushi took out the tool Ruri requested to be made yesterday and handed it to Ruri.
"Here, this is the tool you asked for to suppress the flow of chakra. Once you wear this, it will make the chakra in your body flow like a tortoise crawl. But if the other party is a Genin, don't train too rigorously."
Ruri looked at the three metal bracelets in her hand and nodded in understanding.
"There's one more thing to note, with this on, it's best not to train for more than three hours a day. For Genin, about two hours is enough. Extending the time more might end up admitting them to the hospital."
"So severe?"
"If the chakra flow speed slows down, it's no problem for normal life, but under this condition, forcibly training Taijutsu and Ninja Techniques for too long easily causes bodily harm."
"If I use this for training, will it work?"
Ruri asked with interest.
"If it's you, this level of Restriction Bracelet would directly shatter. Your chakra is too strong unless you use a higher-level Restriction Bracelet."
"Make one for me."
"That shouldn't be a problem."
Hakushi nodded.
It's just like weight training, using weight for exercise in normal times. When fighting, once the weight is removed from the body, although one can't guarantee anything else, the speed will absolutely rise rapidly.
Using Restriction Bracelets for exercise is akin to adding weight to chakra, and by then, chakra control and burst, etc., will be mired and unable to move.
In the end, training the chakra flow speed while wearing the Restriction Bracelet to the peak state of not wearing one, then, when removing the Restriction Bracelet, chakra control, burst, flow speed, and even the speed and power of releasing Ninja Techniques, all will significantly improve.
But obviously, the Restriction Bracelet for limiting the Genin level doesn't work on Ruri.
The chakra burst power of a Jonin is not comparable to a Genin.
"Then I'm off."
After saying that, Ruri stood still without moving, calmly gazing at Hakushi.
Hakushi paused for a moment and then understood, stepping forward to embrace Ruri in his arms and beginning to exchange kisses with her on the corridor.
Until they gradually struggled for breath, Ruri finally, satisfied, left with a slightly flushed face.
After that, Hakushi stayed in the laboratory.
While conducting experiments on chakra and Natural Energy, he began making the Restriction Bracelet that Ruri needed.
If Restriction Bracelets were classified in detail in ten stages, the ones he previously made would only be considered the second level, suitable for Ruri's Restriction Bracelet, at least starting at level eight.
And from level six upwards, only a Jonin could adapt to them.
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In the Hokage Building, inside the office.
Ruri was here receiving a mission.
Taking the mission scroll from Hokage Hiruzen, Ruri directly opened the scroll to view its contents.
This was a C-level protection mission; the subject to be protected was a merchant from the Land of Mountains. He needed to transport a batch of medicinal materials wholesaled from the Land of Fire back to the capital of the Land of Mountains for sale successfully.