[As time passed.]
[One familiar figure after another appeared and then left.]
[You often sighed with emotion, thankful that you were a stone. If you were human, you probably would have died long ago in some war.]
[Time left few traces on you, but it quietly slipped away.]
[Under your gaze, Hinata, Sakura, and the others also became more and more mature.]
[One day, Hinata appeared with her daughter Himawari, and you suddenly realized it was already the Boruto era.]
["Has it been that long already?" You sighed on the unmanned night streets. Only at times like this would you make a sound.]
["What a long life." While sighing, the surging desire in your heart also gradually diminished.]
'Mhm, that's about right. Looking at this stuff for a long time, you actually get tired of it too.'
Takumi thought quite philosophically.
As the saying goes, you always want what you can't have. Once you can easily get it, your motivation to strive isn't as strong.
[You watched the scenes on the street day after day.]
[One day... one week... one month... one year... ten years...]
[Unknowingly, your heart gradually calmed.]
[Seeing those cute girls standing on your head, you gradually lost interest.]
[Even later, your heart felt no ripple at all.]
[Watching the children coming to the bathhouse grow up little by little, mature, get married, have children...]
[Your heart no longer held other thoughts, only filled with contentment.]
[Every girl entering and leaving the bathhouse seemed to have become like your own children.]
[Gradually, your heart began to feel weary.]
[You had grown tired of your current life, so you began deliberately avoiding using your sight, blocking your hearing. You wanted to sleep well, to let your consciousness perish.]
[One day... one week... one month... one year... ten years...]
[100 years passed.]
[You finally closed all your eyes, making yourself an ordinary stone.]
[You sank back into darkness.]
[Your life ended here.]
[Simulation over.]
…
Seeing the simulation reach its end, Takumi's heart surged, and he couldn't help but sigh.
'It became quite heartwarming in the end.'
'Is this the life of a stone with the soul of a lecher?'
When he couldn't see people, he racked his brains daily trying to improve his vision and perception.
When he could see clearly, his gaze closely followed the girls' most noticeable features.
But as time gradually passed, he grew tired of these things too.
Ultimately, he chose to return to simplicity, letting himself die in another way.
'Not bad at all. For a stone, it was already worth the price.'
Takumi silently sighed with emotion.
Then, with a thought, he commanded the system.
'System, you can start the settlement now!'
[Calculating in progress...]
[Please wait...]
[Ding! This simulation's rating is A!]
'Good.'
Takumi breathed a sigh of relief.
The subject of this simulation was a stone, unable to move or do anything on its own.
Getting an A rating was already not easy.
At least he could get a reward.
[Although this life did not accomplish anything sensational, it experienced the ups and downs of Konoha.]
[Moreover, you trained Observation Haki to the limit of its current grade.]
[Comprehensive evaluation grade is A.]
The system voluntarily explained.
Takumi looked at it and very much agreed.
For the sake of an obsession…
He spent who knows how many years doggedly training just to be able to clearly see human forms.
This level of perseverance was also praiseworthy.
[Ding! Based on your simulation evaluation reaching A.]
[You can choose 1 reward from the following:]
[1. Observation Haki trained for fifty years.]
'Damn, only one option?'
There was no room for choice.
But even if there were, Takumi wouldn't have chosen the other options.
The moment he saw the talent, Takumi had already made his decision.
'System, I choose 1!'
The reward selection was complete.
Takumi immediately felt a strange power surge into his body.
This perception ability honed over decades from being a stone!
Every pore, every inch of skin on his body had evolved visual and auditory capabilities!
Even with his eyes closed, he could see!
Moreover…
Sss~~~
Releasing a slight amount of Observation Haki aura, Takumi felt his field of vision expand immensely!
Anywhere his aura reached, he could see, hear, and perceive the things there!
After testing it two or three times, Takumi immediately decided to pick a target for an experiment.
As for the target...
Takumi looked towards the nearby pond. Wasn't there a ready-made one?
"Takumi-kun, we're done washing. Please, please, please turn away..."
Hinata called out weakly from the side.
Actually, Sakura and Ino didn't mind, and they even wanted to walk over to Takumi just like that.
"Okay."
Takumi replied like a gentleman, then placed the clothes on the ground and walked straight away.
Sakura and the others walked over, their hair still wet from washing.
Takumi immediately used his Observation Haki to look at them.
The formless Observation Haki became a pair of invisible eyes.
In that instant…
The three fully dressed girls were completely unguarded before him.
He could see everything about them clearly!
'This!'
Even though he had witnessed it countless times during the simulation…
Now, in the real world, enhanced by Observation Haki…
Sakura and the other two seemed as if they were wearing nothing in front of Takumi.
This feeling was absolutely great!
A few minutes later.
The three girls, now dressed, came out.
Takumi's Observation Haki looked at Sakura's lower body attire, and he couldn't help but laugh.
"What is it, Takumi-kun?"
Sakura asked, confused, following his gaze.
Nothing wrong there?
"So cute, Sakura."
Takumi said with a smile.
"Still wearing little bear panties."
"H-how do you know?"
"Our underwear... we clearly had it placed separately just now!"
Sakura's face turned red, instantly extremely embarrassed.
Takumi smiled without speaking, turning to look at Ino.
"Ino, yours are black, right?"
Ino's face instantly turned crimson.
"Eek!"
She covered her lower body and crouched down, her face full of shyness.
Takumi finally looked at Hinata, leaned close to her ear, and whispered.
"To think... you're actually Konoha's Little White Tiger."
That one sentence immediately made Hinata's face turn so red it seemed like it could drip blood.
Her brain overheated, her eyes instantly turned into swirls.
Finally, with a poof, steam erupted from her head, and she imply fell down.
"Hey, Takumi! H-how did you know? Did you see?"
Sakura and Ino found it unbelievable.
When they were bathing in the pond earlier, they had placed their underwear separately and kept watching Takumi's direction the whole time!
They wanted to see if he would peek!
But Takumi had been nothing but gentlemanly.
He sat there quietly guarding their outer clothes, never once looking their way!
So how did he know their secrets?
"Alright, just joking, don't mind it."
Takumi smiled slightly.
"Let's get going. Don't forget we still need to find Lady Tsunade to treat Sasuke."
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FOR EVERY 50 POWER STONES, I'LL UPLOAD ONE CHAPTER