"Anko, don't just focus on pouring drinks for me and Lady Tsunade, you should drink some too," Seeing Anko refill her cup right after she had just finished it, she said somewhat helplessly.
"Ah? No need, no need. My alcohol tolerance isn't that good. You just drink happily with Lady Tsunade."
Seeing Kurenai turn her gaze toward her, Anko quickly waved her hands with an awkward smile.
Her tolerance wasn't anywhere near as good as theirs. If she accidentally drank too much, wouldn't that mess up the plan later?
"..."
Kurenai only glanced at this close friend of hers.
Then she picked up her cup, tilted her head slightly, and drank the alcohol in one go.
Anko's face was full of smiles as she immediately refilled Kurenai's cup again.
Tsunade, sitting to the side, silently watched this scene as well. How could she not understand that Anko kept pouring drinks for Kurenai for a reason?
Scheming for money or trying to hurt someone was definitely impossible in this household, so the most likely reason was…
Tsunade casually glanced at Aoba, who was currently surrounded by Tenten, Ino, and the others.
She suddenly thought of how she herself had fallen into this little brat's trap back then. Also after drinking too much, taken advantage of by a certain rebellious disciple.
'Looks like Shizune is my good student, and this Anko is Kurenai's good sister.'
But looking at the little tricks Kurenai was secretly using, neither of these two were simple.
Tsunade decided not to get involved and let the sisters handle it themselves. Though it felt like this house would probably become even more lively in the future.
Time passed bit by bit.
And the liveliness faded just as quickly.
Tsunade and Kurenai were both leaning against the sofa, slightly drunk.
As for Tsunade passing out drunk, everyone already had plenty of experience with that. Shizune quickly took her away to look after her.
And for Kurenai, Anko, who had been urging her to drink the whole time, naturally took the initiative to take responsibility for caring for her.
She called Isaribi over, and together they carried Kurenai back to the house next door that had already been tidied up.
Although they had moved over, Aoba's house wasn't that big, clearly not enough to accommodate so many people.
He had already planned that after getting married, they would properly plan things out as a big family.
They could find a way to rearrange the houses in this area, then build a large house that could accommodate everyone.
And finally arrange a large room where everyone could sleep together.
Seeing that tonight's main characters had already left, the welcome party naturally came to an end.
After cleaning up the place following the gathering, Aoba walked a few of the girls home.
———
At the same time, in Kurenai's room next door—
Anko and Isaribi were wiping down the drunken Kurenai.
At first glance, they really did seem to be taking proper care of her.
But Isaribi looked like she wanted to say something but hesitated.
After struggling for a while, she finally spoke with some uncertainty.
"Anko, isn't what we're doing a bit… inappropriate?"
But Anko patted her chest and assured her, "Don't worry, Isaribi. When Kurenai wakes up tomorrow, even if she gets mad, the one she'll beat will definitely be me. I dragged you into this, you'll be fine."
"That's not what I meant…"
Isaribi still looked hesitant. She felt like things were going a bit too smoothly, almost suspiciously so.
But seeing that Anko had clearly made up her mind, looking like she wouldn't give up until she hit a wall, she ultimately didn't say anything more.
After helping clean Kurenai up, Anko looked at her peacefully sleeping face and rubbed her chin, muttering, "Feels like this still isn't foolproof…"
Then a little lightbulb seemed to go off in her head.
"Right, Isaribi, stay here. I'll go find a rope and come back."
"Anko-nee…"
Isaribi felt like Anko was sprinting down a path of courting disaster.
But it was already too late to stop her, as Anko had already run out.
"Sigh!"
Isaribi could only let out a helpless sigh.
"That girl really is an idiot. Even when given a chance, she can't make use of it."
"Yeah, Anko-nee, she… huh?"
Hearing the familiar voice by her ear, Isaribi instinctively responded, but she quickly realized something was off.
'Who is speaking?'
She subconsciously turned her head and met Kurenai's expressionless face.
"Ku… Kurenai-nee, you weren't drunk?"
Isaribi couldn't help but swallow. With the one who was supposed to take responsibility gone, she felt like she might be done for.
"Isaribi, staying with that Anko for so long, you've learned her bad habits too."
"Kurenai-nee, I…"
Isaribi wanted to explain, but her vision suddenly went dark. She had already fallen under Kurenai's genjutsu and lost consciousness.
"..."
"Isaribi, I found the rope, you… huh? Why are you asleep?"
Anko came back from outside and saw Isaribi slumped over the table in the bedroom, sleeping soundly.
She was practically drooling.
"Did she get too tired playing earlier and got sleepy now?", Anko muttered quietly.
'In that case, I'll just have to do it myself.'
She walked to the bedside, tugged on the rope, and looked at the peacefully sleeping Kurenai with ill intent.
"Heh! Heh! Heh! Kurenai, you've finally fallen into my hands now!"
Just as she was about to use the rope to tie Kurenai up, the moment her hand touched her, a puff of smoke burst out from Kurenai's body.
Then the Kurenai lying on the bed turned into a pillow.
"Huh? Shit!"
After a brief moment of shock, Anko immediately understood what had happened.
She wanted to run, but as she inhaled the scent in the smoke, she instantly felt dizzy.
'Damn Kurenai, she even drugged it!'
"Anko, now let's see who's fallen into whose hands."
Hearing the voice from behind, Anko opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but her body had already collapsed onto the bed, unconscious.
———
"Ahem! Kurenai-nee… isn't tying Anko-nee up like this a bit much?"
Aoba came over and looked at Anko, who had been tied up by Kurenai using some strange method, and for a moment didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"This rope was something she brought to tie me up."
Kurenai rolled her eyes at him and had already started unwrapping the bandages on her body.
"Uh…"
Getting someone drunk was one thing, but Aoba hadn't expected Anko to actually want to tie her up too.
"Alright, she'll probably wake up in about ten minutes. Don't waste time…"
A mischievous smile appeared on Kurenai's face. She had no intention of letting Anko sleep the whole night.
"..."
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