Ryun carefully examined Karin's skin.
Although it looked somewhat pale, it was largely no different from an ordinary person's skin.
He found it hard to imagine what kind of ability was hidden within Karin's body that allowed her, at such a young age, to possess such a powerful healing capability.
Ryun opened the simulator. During the process of healing Karin just now, he had already collected her pheromones, so he could now simulate her.
However, Ryun naturally wouldn't directly simulate Karin right now; instead, he wanted to see what talents she actually possessed.
The result was that he was fine not knowing, but once he looked, he was astonished.
Advanced Sage's Clairvoyance, Advanced Healing of the Body, Advanced Uzumaki Bloodline!
The first things he saw were three advanced talents. Ryun had never seen such a thing on anyone before!
Well, Ryun's previous simulation subjects had been mostly Kurenai, a ninja from a small clan, which had little to do with families inheriting the Sage's Eye or Sage's Body.
The only one with any connection, Hinata, had brought him the surprise of high-purity Byakugan and its subsequent evolution.
Now it seemed that the importance of bloodline power in the ninja world was demonstrated through talents like these, one by one.
Ryun understood the strength of Karin's talents, but unfortunately, the system did not provide detailed explanations of their effects; he would have to figure them out himself.
It seemed only by simulating Karin later could he clarify the principle behind the Healing of the Body.
This talent being used to heal others was still within Ryun's understanding. He could consider it a method of transferring life force.
Although this was already incredibly heaven-defying — after all, Ryun had used the simulator countless times and integrated decades of experience to finally obtain the True Spirit Seal technique for transferring life force.
However, Ryun remembered that Karin, by biting herself, had healed a super severe penetrating wound where her abdomen had been completely torn apart by Wood Release.
That was extraordinarily absurd.
To heal an injury of that level, Tsunade also had to go all out with both the Yin Seal and Creation Rebirth, at the cost of reducing her cells' lifespan.
Yet Karin had endured it just by biting herself.
If it weren't for the fact that Karin needed to bite herself, Ryun even felt that she might be even more exaggerated than the First Hokage regarding self-healing.
"Hmm?"
Karin waited for a long time but didn't see Ryun bite down.
Unable to resist, she peeked at Ryun with one eye, only to see him staring intently at her collarbone, and the base of her ears reddened.
Could it be that he had become interested in her?
Karin lacked confidence in her figure; she still looked like a little sprout, after all, her life had been very hard up until now.
Just as Karin was trembling with hesitation and uncertainty, Ryun suddenly said, "Perhaps you should go take a bath first."
Karin's eyes flew open, and she looked at Ryun in confusion, then her face flushed completely crimson as she said, "I-I'll go right away!"
Only then did Karin realize that she had been sweating a lot from moving the luggage just now, and her body might have a smell.
And she had brazenly asked Ryun to bite her — wasn't that like asking him to eat spoiled food?
She quickly stood up, wanting to take a bath, but then looked at the large courtyard of Ryun's house, completely at a loss.
"Come, I'll take you."
Ryun smiled faintly and led Karin into the bathhouse, saying, "There are new toiletries and a yukata in the front cabinet. I'm giving them all to you."
Then Ryun pushed Karin inside, not giving her a chance to refuse.
Karin looked at the large bathhouse steaming with hot water. She had never experienced such a level of comfort before.
This was not only because she worked in Kusagakure without pay, but also because how could a place like Kusagakure compare to the prosperity of Konoha?
The emotion and disbelief in her heart made her bite her lip hard. Only after feeling the pain did she realize this wasn't a dream.
She carefully took out the items as Ryun had instructed, then bathed properly according to the knowledge her mother had taught her, afraid of dirtying Ryun's house. At the same time, she resolved to wash herself clean, to remove every stain from her body. Only then could she be worthy of Ryun's teeth.
As for Ryun, he had already opened his sensory ability to observe if there was any movement from Konoha's side.
But with Uzuki Yūgao returning and silently hiding herself again to continue protecting him, Ryun knew this matter had passed.
He estimated that the Hokage's office had already discovered Sunagakure's hostile intentions and naturally had no time to bother with small matters concerning Ryun.
However, Ryun knew this was just the beginning; a conclusion needed to be reached, otherwise Kusagakure would likely continue to cause trouble.
Thinking this, Ryun created a Shadow Clone, transformed it into Karin's likeness, and sent it towards the direction where the Kusagakure ninjas were.
Since Karin had come to his home, he couldn't just let her leave.
Those three talents—Ryun's mouth watered just looking at them!
If he weren't preparing the True Spirit Seal for Hinata next, Ryun would have wanted to acquire these three talents of Karin's already.
The Shadow Clone, transformed into Karin, moved quickly with leaps and bounds and soon rendezvoused with the Kusagakure ninjas.
When the Kusagakure ninjas saw Karin return, they were initially stunned, but then their faces resumed their cruel expressions.
"Look who's back? Weren't you going to follow that Konoha civilian? How do you have the face to come back?"
"Haha, some Konoha civilian, only throwing their weight around in the village. Probably realized what a huge disaster they've caused and kicked this jinx out."
"Come here, hold out your arm, let me bite you ten times, and then I'll forgive you."
The Kusagakure ninja who had initially wanted to bite Karin stepped forward, reaching for her.
The result was that Ryun kicked him flying again, sending him crashing into the wall and knocking him unconscious.
"Karin, are you rebelling?!"
The middle-aged Kusagakure ninja stepped forward. He had been knocked unconscious by a Konoha ninja earlier and still hadn't recovered from the humiliation.
Although Kusagakure's status was far below the Five Great Nations, their goal was still to advance towards them.
It was one thing to be defeated by a jonin, but what about being defeated by an unknown Konoha ninja?
Ryun crossed his arms, a faint contemptuous smile on his lips, and said, "I came to tell you that after the Chunin Exams, I will leave Kusagakure."
"If you have any dissatisfaction, feel free to try and stop me, but you won't succeed."
The middle-aged Kusagakure ninja used the Body Flicker Technique to appear beside Karin and grabbed for her neck, but a second later, he too was embedded in the wall.
"Who are you? You're not Karin. Karin isn't this strong!"
The remaining few Kusagakure genin trembled like cicadas in winter, while Ryun said with a beaming smile, "No, I am Karin. Or do you think I'm wrong?"
The few exchanged glances, then suddenly caught on and said, "Yes, yes, yes, you are Karin."
"That's right, Karin's strength is exactly like this — no, Lady Karin, please sit here, we will follow your orders from now on!"
And so, almost without any effort, Ryun turned the entire Kusagakure team into his team.
The events here did not attract Konoha's attention, or rather, they did attract Konoha's attention, but Konoha didn't send anyone to deal with it.
When Ryun did these things, he didn't hide them from Uzuki Yūgao. It was highly probable that the Hokage's office could piece together the truth.
But still, compared to Ryun's small disturbances, Sarutobi Hiruzen clearly had more important things to do.
On his end, Ryun perceived his Shadow Clone's actions and finally revealed a satisfied smile.
He himself couldn't participate in the Chunin Exams, but he could observe remotely this way to prevent missing any details he hadn't noticed.
As for the results of these few Kusagakure people — all of them combined couldn't even get one person out of the Forest of Death. Ryun didn't need to make any preparations or manipulations at all.
An hour later, Ryun withdrew his sensory ability and came to the living room.
Karin was wearing a yukata, her hair, still short, now spread loose, making her look somehow pitifully charming.
When she saw Ryun, light shone in her eyes, but ultimately she said in a low voice, "Sir, I've finished washing. You can bite me now."
This peculiar conversation made the corner of Ryun's mouth twitch.
Fortunately, he was someone who had seen much of the world. He said, "Come here beside me. Sit down."
"Also, from now on, don't call me 'sir.' Just call me—"
Ryun thought about what form of address would be appropriate.
'Sir' was too formal; 'big brother' was too intimate... Well, just call me 'Clan Head' then.
"From today onward, address me as Clan Head."