"I didn't expect sister Yugao to be our mentor Jōnin. This is great!" Karin exclaimed.
Karin was very happy. Not only was Sakura on the team, but the Jōnin leading them was also Yugao whom she knew well.
This made Karin even happier than when she saw Sakura.
"Sakura, let me introduce you. This is Sister Yugao!"
Karin called Sakura over to introduce them.
"Hello, Yugao-sensei!"
Sakura nodded obediently and greeted her.
"Ah, hello."
Yugao nodded with a smile and then called all three of them over.
Yugao said, "Alright, we will be in the same team from now on. Let's start with introductions. I'll go first, and then you three can go from left to right."
"My name is Uzuki Yugao. I am a Konoha Jōnin. My hobby is viewing flowers. My favorite food is homemade breakfast. As for my dream, I'll keep that a secret."
Yugao finished introducing herself and then looked at Karin, who stood on the left.
Karin straightened up and said loudly, "My name is Uzumaki Karin. I am a Konoha Genin. My hobby is collecting perfumes. My favorite food is the pork chop rice made by Ryosuke. My dream is to become Ryosuke's bride in the future."
Yugao glanced at her with a smile. In fact, her dream was also to become Ryosuke's bride.
But unlike Karin, who openly declared her relationship with Ryosuke, Yugao had not disclosed her relationship with him.
There was a tacit understanding between the two of them to not discuss it.
Yugao felt that she wasn't ready yet and Ryosuke respected her feelings.
Sakura said, "My name is Haruno Sakura. I am a Konoha Genin. My hobby is studying medical ninjutsu. My favorite food is bitter tea. And my dream is to bring Sasuke back one day."
Sakura had changed a lot over the past six months.
Not only had she grown taller, but her mindset had also matured significantly.
She was no longer the same girl she had been.
Recently, she had been studying medical ninjutsu and occasionally helping at Konoha Hospital.
It was through these shifts that she and Karin grew closer.
As for why she liked drinking bitter tea?
Sakura felt that the bitterness of the tea was nothing compared to the ache in her heart.
Drinking it helped her cope and not miss Sasuke as much.
After Sakura and Karin introduced themselves, the only one left was the quiet boy who hadn't spoken until now.
Sai calmly said, "My name is Sai. I used to work for Root, and now I am a Konoha Genin. My hobbies are painting and calligraphy. My favorite food is tofu. My dream is to find my own ninja way."
"A ninja from Root?"
Yugao nodded, showing no prejudice against him despite his past.
After all, Root had been disbanded for a while and Danzo had been dead for quite some time.
Besides, Sai was still young. He was clearly a talented ninja, who had been taken into Root at a young age.
The misdeeds of Root likely had little to do with him.
Yugao said, "Very good! Now that we've all introduced ourselves, we are teammates from today forward. I'll treat everyone to lunch, and in the afternoon, we'll head to the training ground to test each other's abilities."
"We'll officially begin our missions tomorrow."
Hearing this, Karin and the others had no objections.
Deep within Training Ground No. 1
By the pool, Ryosuke, who had been training using a modified version of Lightning Release Chakra Mode suddenly stopped.
"This feeling…"
The upgrade is over?!
He immediately dispersed the lightning chakra from his body, and placed the massive iron ball he had been lifting to the side.
Then, he straightened up.
A few moments later
After washing off the sweat and putting on his clothes, Ryosuke condensed a crystal made of ice in front of him to examine his look.
In the ice's reflection, Ryosuke saw that his once-red pupils had transformed into a pair of light-blue eyes.
At the center of his irises, a lotus-like pattern radiated with an ethereal glow.
Is this the Tenseigan?
Ryosuke could feel the immense pupil power surging within his eyes.
At the same time, the aura of the Tenseigan felt entirely different from the Rinnegan.
The Tenseigan emanated a sense of peace and divinity, while the Rinnegan radiated an aura of authority and dominance.
"It's powerful and it feels like it's far from it's limit."
Ryosuke touched his eyes gently, and with a thought, a red portal appeared beneath his feet.
In the next instant, he vanished.
When he reappeared, he stood on the barren planet where he had previously tested his Sage Arts.
"Let's see what the Tenseigan can do."
Ryosuke immediately entered Tenseigan Chakra Mode.
A brilliant blue chakra cloaked his body, burning like ethereal flames around him.
With a mere thought, several Truth-Seeking Balls, tinged with blue over their black surface, materialized above his palm.
Ryosuke extended his hand and said.
"Silver Wheel Rebirth Explosion!"
Boom!!!
A terrifying silver tornado erupted from the spinning Truth-Seeking Balls, sweeping across hundreds of kilometers of the planet's surface.
The sheer force of the attack caused massive tremors and laid waste to the barren land.
When the tornado dissipated, it revealed a fan-shaped ravine stretching two to three hundred kilometers across the landscape.
If such a technique were unleashed in earth, a small country could be annihilated instantly.
"The destructive power is insane and it barely consumes any chakra or pupil energy."Ryosuke murmured to himself.
Without stopping, he proceeded to test another technique, Golden Wheel Rebirth Explosion.
The Truth-Seeking Balls transformed into a glowing golden lightsaber in his hands.
At the blade's tip, concentrated golden energy surged wildly.
It was so intense that it pierced through the planet's atmosphere and extended into the vacuum of space.
Subsequently, Ryosuke swung his sword down.
"Golden Wheel Rebirth Explosion!"
Boom!!!!
The golden lightsaber instantly split the earth, stretching all the way, directly cutting half the planet.
The terrifying power reached deep into the planet's core, causing countless volcanoes on the surface of the planet to erupt, and the entire continental plate to collapse and shift.
The apocalyptic scene was jaw-dropping.
And this was because the barren planet under his feet was massive.
Otherwise, the Golden Wheel Rebirth Explosion just now would have been enough to slice the entire planet apart.
It could have caused the entire planet to explode instantly.
"The lightsaber extends more than 30,000 kilometers. This should be the ability with the longest attack range I currently possess."
Ryosuke observed the apocalyptic landscape before him.
Immediately, a red portal appeared beneath his feet.
Using the power of Yomotsu Hirasaka, he disappeared from the barren planet.
After returning back to Konoha, Ryosuke resumed his previously interrupted workout.
At noon
Hanabi came running again. It was surprising how little Hiashi seemed concerned about his youngest daughter's safety.
He didn't even send a ninja to protect her on the way.
"Brother-in-law!"
Hanabi trotted over, holding a large bento box in her hands.
[T/N: Bento = Boxed lunch]
Hanabi said, "Brother-in-law, my sister and I made this bento for you. Hurry up and try it. See if it tastes good!"
Hanabi held out the bento and pulled Ryosuke over to taste it as if she was presenting a treasure.
"Okay."
Ryosuke, pulled by Hanabi, sat down and opened the bento box filled with various dishes.
"Brother-in-law, try this tonkatsu first. I fried it myself."
Hanabi looked at him expectantly.
Ryosuke picked up his chopsticks and took a bite of the golden pork cutlet.
It was crispy and juicy, and the flavors burst in his mouth. It tasted delicious.
"Wow, this pork cutlet is amazing, Hanabi! You did a great job!"
Ryosuke smiled and rubbed the little girl's head.
Hanabi beamed with pride, and her eyes narrowed in delight.
Ryosuke said, "Come on, let's eat together."
Ryosuke picked up Hanabi and placed her on his lap. Then, the two shared the bento.
Hanabi was still a child, and didn't eat much. So, most of the bento was consumed by Ryosuke.
After finishing the bento, Ryosuke took Hanabi around the village, buying her some snacks.
When the time for his afternoon training approached, they returned to the training ground.
While Ryosuke resumed his exercise, Hanabi stood nearby practicing her Gentle Fist.
Despite her young age, Hanabi could already perform Eight Trigrams: Sixteen Palms, and her strength was at the Genin level.
In her class, Hanabi was undoubtedly the top student and a role model for everyone else.
By evening
Ryosuke called Hinata and Ino, and they went to Akimichi's Yakiniku Restaurant for dinner.
There were many people dining that night.
But aside from Ryosuke, everyone else at the table was a girl and they were all his girlfriends.
If it was anyone else, this might have turned into a battlefield.
But Ryosuke somehow managed to maintain peace between them.
Of course, this was also because the Naruto world didn't enforce strict monogamy.
After all, even the daimyo had multiple wives and concubines.
As the strongest ninja, was Ryosuke supposed to be less entitled than a daimyo?
During dinner, Ryosuke asked Karin how her first day with her new team had gone.
In response, Karin told him that the Jōnin leading their new Team 7 was none other than Yugao.
This revelation made Ryosuke glance at Yugao, who was sitting beside him, in surprise.
"Surprised?" Yugao asked with a smile.
Ryosuke nodded and asked, "A little. When did you leave Anbu?"
"Actually, it was just a few days ago." Yugao replied.
???
A few days ago?
She really kept it hidden well!
Ryosuke shook his head with a smile. Clearly, Yugao had concealed this on purpose to surprise him.
By the time the dinner ended, it was already past 10 o'clock.
The younger girls, including Karin, returned home to rest. After all, they had things to do the next day.
Originally, Ryosuke had planned to stay at Kurenai's house. But in the end, Kurenai pushed him toward Anko instead.
"I can't this time." Kurenai said awkwardly.
Ryosuke immediately understood. It was that time of the month.
Fortunately, Kurenai and Anko's cycles were different.
If they had coincided, Ryosuke might have had to spend the night alone.
And for someone who had grown accustomed to their company, sleeping alone was not ideal.
The next morning
After a restful night's sleep, Ryosuke woke up feeling refreshed.
He gently covered the still-sleeping Anko with a blanket and headed to the bathroom.
"Wait! I forgot to try something yesterday."
While brushing his teeth, Ryosuke suddenly remembered that he had meant to test what would happen if he activates both Tenseigan and Rinnegan simultaneously.
No wonder he felt like he had forgotten something.
So, Ryosuke quickly finished brushing his teeth, stood before the mirror, and activated the Rinnegan.
A red glow reflected in the mirror.
Subsequently, Ryosuke activated the Tenseigan and bright blue light bloomed in his eyes.
At that moment!
His eyes transformed into something entirely new. It was different from both Rinnegan and Tenseigan.
His eyes remained red, with the familiar black concentric circles.
But now there was a black tomoe in the center of the pupil and petal-like patterns resembling a lotus surrounded the pupil.
Clearly, it was a Tenseigan pattern.
Moreover, on the innermost black ring, three tomoe had appeared.
"Three-Tomoe Rinnegan?"
But soon, he realized it was not the Three-Tomoe Rinnegan.
It was the Three-Tomoe Rinne-Sharingan!