"Hinata, Ryosuke, congratulations!"
"When will you get married?"
"Hinata is so beautiful today! Ryosuke is also handsome!"
"Stupid! Since when was Ryosuke not handsome?"
"Haha~! Congratulations!"
"Sister! Brother-in-law! Look here!"
Kacha~!
Hanabi took a camera, pointed at her sister and brother-in-law, and took a picture.
"Brother-in-law, isn't sister looking very beautiful today?"
Hanabi jogged over after taking the photo and asked with a grin.
Ryosuke said, "Of course! But Hanabi is also cute today too."
Ryosuke smiled and rubbed the little girl's head. Hanabi squinted and smiled with a very pleased look.
Hinata stood aside, watching the interaction between her boyfriend and sister, smiling knowingly, her heart brimming with happiness.
At night
After the engagement ceremony and seeing off all the guests, Ryosuke and Hinata walked hand in hand on a quiet street in the village.
Surrounded only by the light of street lamps and the sound of distant dogs barking, the two strolled along in comfortable silence, savoring the moment.
After a while, Hinata suddenly stopped, turned around, and hugged Ryosuke lightly.
"What's wrong?" Ryosuke asked softly.
Hinata said, "It's nothing, I just feel so happy."
Hinata buried her head against Ryosuke's chest and smiled.
"Ryosuke, we will never be apart in this life, right?"
"Of course."
Ryosuke patted Hinata's head lightly.
"Then... then when will we..."
At this moment, Hinata hesitated, looking embarrassed.
Her face turned red.
Ryosuke saw her expression and immediately understood what she was thinking.
Ryosuke said, "Don't think about it too much. In two years, when you grow up."
Ryosuke patted Hinata's small head lightly. Hinata nodded lightly in response.
Actually, Hinata was a little envious of Kurenai and the others.
They could be with Ryosuke in that way, but because of her young age, she couldn't take that final step with him yet.
Sometimes, she really wished she could grow up faster.
Although she had matured quite a bit over the past two years, especially in certain areas.
Her figure was already quite impressive. But she still looked like a little girl.
Unlike Kurenai and the others, who were grown women.
Ryosuke said, "Don't overthink it, we have a long future ahead."
Ryosuke lowered his head and kissed Hinata's forehead.
"Let's go, it's time to head back, or else your father will think I kidnapped you." Ryosuke said with a smile.
Hearing this, Hinata blushed and shook her head.
She said, "No, father told me just yesterday that if I want to, I can live at your house in the future."
Ryosuke asked, "Oh~! Is my father-in-law really that reasonable?"
Hinata replied, "My father is very reasonable!"
"Haha~! Well, Hinata, you're right."
The two walked forward, talking and laughing, their shadows stretching long under the moonlight.
The next day
Ryosuke didn't wake up until after 9 o'clock.
After waking up, he went to the kitchen to pour a glass of water, while retrieving the biopheromone from some unknown entity, likely from the Ōtsutsuki branch house.
Then, he let the system convert it into a talent entry.
Ding~!
"Conversion successful!"
"Congratulations to the Host for obtaining the talent entries: [Ōtsutsuki Branch House (Gold)], [Master Heshiki's Loyal Dog (Gold)], [Martyr (Gold)]!"
"As expected, two of the talent entries are duplicates again."
Ryosuke wasn't surprised by the result. He had already prepared himself for it.
Just like yesterday's conversion, where two were duplicates.
Luckily, there was at least one unique talent entry, [Lord of Rinnegan].
And today's three talent entries were the same.
If not for the second talent entry's specific name, all three would have been identical.
That was what frustrated Ryosuke the most.
'Good thing not all members of the Ōtsutsuki clan have the same name.' Ryosuke thought to himself.
After all, what kind of family would have everyone share the same name?
That would be weird.
"Let's check the attributes—though they should be the same."
Ryosuke clicked on the only available talent entry.
[Master Heshiki's Loyal Dog (Gold): You are Ōtsutsuki Heshiki's loyal henchman, obeying all his commands without question—even willing to sacrifice your life for him!]
[Chakra +1000%!
Physical Fitness +1000%!
Bonus: Damage Transfer!]
As expected!
Only the first word in the name was different.
The attributes were completely identical. There was no difference whatsoever.
"Oh well, at least the 1000% physical fitness boost stacks without waste."
Ryosuke shook his head and equipped the talent entry.
Once equipped, his physical strength increased again. But it still wasn't enough to unseal 98%. He was just a little short.
"Almost there, just the last three percent. It won't take long."
Ryosuke finished his glass of water, then put it down and headed to the villa's backyard.
In the backyard, Konan was watering the garden.
Not far away, Yugito was feeding the goldfish in the pond.
Most of the time, Konan and Yugito stayed at the villa all day.
As for the others?
Even Temari was recently pulled into tasks by Tsunade and Shizune kept her company.
The next day
Konoha, which had been lively just two days ago, was bustling once again.
Last time, it was for the engagement ceremony of Ryosuke and the Hyuga clan's young lady.
And today, it was for the engagement ceremony of Ryosuke and the Yamanaka clan's young lady.
The groom remained the same, but the bride had changed.
The guests were almost the same group, with a few new faces.
Representatives from the other four great hidden villages arrived once again, bearing congratulatory gifts.
Apparently, they had prepared two different gifts.
"I'm so envious of Ryosuke!"
Kakashi stood on the lawn outside the auditorium, eating delicious food.
He looked enviously at Ryosuke, who was taking Ino to entertain guests.
"Kakashi, what are you envious of? Don't you have a girlfriend too?" Morino Ibiki on the side said.
"You don't understand."
Kakashi glanced at him.
People like Morino Ibiki will never understand his mood.
After all, in Morino Ibiki's life, what accompanied him the longest was a pile of interrogation tools.
Although Kakashi didn't have women in the past, he was at least normal in his hobbies.
Otherwise, he wouldn't read a little "book" every day.
"How can I understand if you don't tell me?" Morino Ibiki said speechlessly.
At this moment, a smiling Jiraiya also came from not far away. He laughed and put his arm around Kakashi's neck.
"Ibiki, what Kakashi wants to say is that he wants to hug a lot of people, but he can only hug one." Jiraiya laughed and said.
Morino Ibiki suddenly realized, then looked at Kakashi with disdainful eyes, then turned, and left.
Kakashi: "..."
No, I'm just envious, and I don't really think so!
Ibiki, what did that look in your eyes mean?
Hey hey hey~!
Don't go!!
Kakashi looked at Morino Ibiki, who turned and left speechlessly.
Then he looked at Jiraiya beside him angrily and said, "Jiraiya-sama, are you always so interesting?"
"Yes, quite interesting!" Jiraiya said with a laugh.
Kakashi rolled his eyes but, in his heart, he cursed Jiraiya to always be single.
On the other side
Naruto was holding a pile of food and eating vigorously.
In the past two days, Naruto had been very happy.
Finally, he had come out of Sasuke's incident a little and no longer sighed about Sasuke every day.
Was this turning grief and anger into appetite?
But Naruto's appetite was good. It was normal for him to eat a lot.
Naruto had grown a lot taller recently. That was the benefit of eating more.
"Naruto, you are indeed here."
At this time, Kiba brought Shino and the others over.
"Stop eating, we're going to take pictures over there."
Kiba looked speechlessly at Naruto, who was still gnawing on a chicken leg.
"Taking pictures? Wait a minute!"
When Naruto heard this, he quickly wiped out the food in his hands.
Then he wiped his mouth with a tissue and followed Kiba and the others to take pictures.
Tsunade asked, "Ryosuke, when are you going to have a kid?"
After greeting a few enthusiastic guests, Ryosuke turned around to take a break when Tsunade walked up to him.
"Sister Tsunade, I'm only 14 years old! Isn't it a bit strange for you to ask me to have kids now?"
Ryosuke took a sip of water and looked at Tsunade, who was rushing him about having children, speechlessly.
"It's not too early. My mother was only 15 years old when she was pregnant with me." Tsunade said.
Ryosuke almost forgot how early marriage and childbirth happened in this world.
But letting him be a father at fourteen or fifteen—he couldn't handle that.
"Let's talk about it again in two years." Ryosuke said perfunctorily.
Tsunade could see his attitude and shook her head helplessly.
She just wanted Ryosuke to pass on the Senju bloodline.
Even though Ryosuke didn't change his surname to Senju, his bloodline was undeniable.
No matter what surname his children had, they would carry Senju blood. And that alone was enough.
"Alright, you're always so carefree, never in a hurry about anything." Tsunade said helplessly.
She had no real authority over Ryosuke. Even though she was an elder in a way, it wasn't a relationship where she could pressure him.
As for Ryosuke's real elder, his mother Mizuki?
Tsunade suspected that Ryosuke's slow-paced personality came from her.
Because Mizuki was also relaxed about everything.
She wasn't worried about her son getting married or having kids at all.
That left Tsunade speechless.
Both of them were completely unbothered, and she was the only one worrying?
"I call it enjoying life. Sister Tsunade, don't you do the same?" Ryosuke said with a smile.
"Can I compare with you?"
Tsunade said angrily, "I'm the Hokage! I'm busy every day!"
Ryosuke: "???"
Where did she get the face to say that?
Who doesn't know that she, the Hokage, is just a hands-off leader?
The one actually working in the Hokage's office every day is Shizune.
Oh~!
Now, there was also Temari.
Poor Temari!
She came to Konoha for love, only to be dragged into work by Tsunade.
And Tsunade was surprisingly chill about it.
If it were another Hokage, even someone as kind as Minato wouldn't have so easily entrusted village affairs to a ninja from another village.
But Tsunade had no such concerns.
Or…
She just trusted Ryosuke's judgment.
"Speaking of Hokage, when are you going to take my place?"
Tsunade stared at Ryosuke with a look that said, "I won't leave until you give me an answer."
"Sister Tsunade, do you just not want to be Hokage?"
Ryosuke was speechless. He remembered that in the original story, Tsunade wasn't like this?
Could it be that without external pressure, she lacked the will to stay as the Hokage?
Because Konoha was safe under his protection, Tsunade didn't feel any pressure and could step down whenever she wanted.