However, she also came to her senses. This wasn't a dream, and then the whole person crawled out from under the covers, reached out and wrapped her arms around Aoba's neck.
"Aoba-nii, I missed you so much!", At this moment, Karin was wearing a white spaghetti-strap nightdress. As for where the straps had gone, no one knew. It was barely held up by the slight rise and fall of her chest.
Just now, Aoba seemed to have glimpsed two hints of pink.
Feeling her rubbing all over his face, Aoba used the blanket to seal her up again.
"Alright, I just came back from a mission outside. I'm still a bit dirty."
"It's okay. As long as it's from Aoba-nii, I won't mind."
'That line's a bit too suggestive.'
Karin squirmed again, trying to break free from the seal.
But her struggle was so powerless before Aoba.
"Alright now, shouldn't you explain to me why you were sleeping on my bed this afternoon?", Aoba pinched Karin's nose.
"Because I missed Aoba-nii," Karin answered very directly, "I couldn't fall asleep at home, so I came here to sleep."
"In the middle of the afternoon, and you're sleeping?"
"Afternoon nap, duh," Karin said righteously.
"..."
"Doesn't your team have a mission today?"
"We just finished an out-of-village mission yesterday. Yugao-neesan told us to rest for two days."
"Out-of-village mission… you didn't get hurt, did you?"
"How could I get hurt? We're strong now too!", Pride appeared on Karin's face.
"That's good," Aoba rubbed her head again, releasing her from the seal.
"If you want to sleep more, go ahead. If not, then change clothes. I'll go take a shower first."
Karin smoothly crawled out of the blanket.
"Aoba-nii, want me to help you shower?", The shameless Karin winked at Aoba, showing a mysterious smile.
"Karin can scrub your back, even without using hands, you know."
"No need," Aoba glared at her, then took his change of clothes and entered the bathroom.
Karin could only pout regretfully.
She looked down at her small chest and thought, 'If they were as big as Tsunade-sama's, would Aoba-nii not have refused?'
'If only…'
Karin sank into fantasy again.
———
After Aoba entered the bathroom.
He first took out a scroll.
Inside was ten million ryō in cash taken from Gato's safe.
The rest were antiques, calligraphy, and paintings, those needed to be sold to become usable.
But ten million was enough for now.
He directly took out thirty-eight million ryō to upgrade the system.
The system panel upgrade process was extremely plain and unpretentious.
A flash of white light, and the panel changed completely.
First was the text [Ninja Gacha System], which changed directly to [Ninja Trading System].
'Good lord, it figured out that I always hit the hard pity, so it just stopped letting me draw and made me exchange in the store instead, huh?'
'But the trading system is fine too. At least the prices are clear, unlike card draws where the probability for unlucky players is basically a scam. Every time I draw, I have to rage for a while.'
Aoba's eyes moved toward the system panel's specific contents.
Sure enough, the draw interface turned into a shop interface.
Various items and materials from the ninja world were all available.
From basic kunai and explosive tags to advanced bloodline limits.
Aoba directly looked at the most expensive tier.
He had money now.
But when he saw the 'Heavenly Subjugation of the Omnipresent God: Judgement of the Heavens' for eighty million and All-Killing Ash Bones for seventy million, he decided to look further down first.
Ōtsutsuki clan's abilities seemed to all be expensive.
And they all required the Rinnegan to use.
But he quickly locked in on what he wanted to buy.
[Rinnegan: 20,000,000 ryō] (Requires Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan)
[Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan: 20,000,000 ryō]
[Ōtsutsuki Chakra: 20,000,000 ryō] (Can fuse with Byakugan into Tenseigan)
But he only had eleven million left now. After a few days, once he sold Gato's batch of antiques, then he could get all three.
After sorting out the system matters, Aoba quickly finished his shower.
After showering, he changed into the clean clothes he'd brought in and left the bathroom.
———
Returning to the bedroom.
Karin was sitting on the bed.
She had already changed out of her previous outfit.
Her red hair was loosely draped over her shoulders.
At this moment, she was holding a hair dryer in her hand. When she saw Aoba come out, she immediately waved the dryer and gave a sweet smile.
"Aoba-nii, come here, I'll dry your hair!"
Aoba smiled and sat directly in front of Karin.
Karin cheerfully knelt behind him and started drying his hair.
"This kind of feeling is just like a married couple!", Karin said gleefully.
Aoba didn't deny it, 'It does feel pretty nice.'
Karin smiled even more happily.
After a while, as if she thought of something, "Right! Aoba-nii, I'm going out later with Tenten and Sakura. Want to come with us?"
Aoba was stunned for a moment, then nodded.
It had been a while, he missed those two as well.
And he also needed to visit Ino.
"Great!", Karin got even happier.
But Aoba had to interrupt her excitement, "Karin, there's something I have to apologize to you for first."
His voice carried an apologetic tone.
"Hm?"
Karin's hand paused slightly, asking in confusion.
"Why apologize?"
"I got two jutsus from sensei for Sakura and Tenten. But I'll get you one too next time I find something suitable."
The three of them were on the same team. Karin would definitely find out, and to avoid future misunderstandings, he might as well be upfront.
But when Karin heard this, she actually sighed in relief.
"Oh, I thought it was something serious."
Aoba was a little surprised, "Karin, you're not angry?"
Karin usually listened well, but she could be jealous when needed.
But this time, Aoba really didn't sense any dissatisfaction from her.
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