"This brat… is just too much!"
The three of them walked down the streets of Konoha Village.
Terumi Mei looked at the two people in front of her who were so close together they seemed inseparable and couldn't help but complain in her heart.
Clearly this was during a mission, yet he actually left the mission target, her, aside, only focusing on being affectionate with his little girlfriend.
'Truly lacking the qualities of a ninja.'
'Moreover, didn't this brat have feelings for me?'
'To actually get so close to another girl in front of me. Could it be he is trying to attract my attention this way?'
'Heh! What a naive little brat.'
"Wait a second!", Terumi Mei curled her lips and suddenly stopped walking, calling out to the two people ahead.
Aoba and Karin both stopped, looking at her in confusion.
"What is it?"
"If I'm not mistaken, your teacher assigned you to follow me, not the other way around, right?"
Terumi Mei looked at Aoba with a mischievous smile.
Aoba nodded, "That's right."
Upon hearing that, Terumi Mei's mood brightened a bit, and she leaned in a bit closer.
"Doesn't that mean, no matter where I go or what I do next, you'll follow me, right?"
"Hey! If you're going to talk, just talk, why get so close?"
Before Aoba could reply, Karin squeezed between the two of them, separating them, and blocked in front of Aoba, staring at Terumi Mei with full vigilance.
'This woman, if she's going to talk, just talk, why does she always get so close?'
'And wearing that off-shoulder dress, so improper!'
Terumi Mei smiled kindly and didn't mind the little girl's hostility toward her.
She lifted her dress slightly, revealing the fishnet stockings underneath.
"I plan to go to Konoha's commercial street to buy some new clothes."
"Do you have money?", Aoba asked directly.
Terumi Mei's mouth twitched, her face showing a mix of embarrassment and annoyance, "I'm a proud elite jōnin of the Hidden Mist, how could I possibly not be able to afford a single outfit?"
"..."
'Looks like the village didn't confiscate her money.'
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[Commercial Street]
"As expected of Konoha, I wonder when our village will be this prosperous."
Originally, Terumi Mei had intended to head straight to a clothing store to buy a new outfit, but along the way, the road was full of fresh and novel things.
It delayed her quite a bit.
Right now, she was still holding quite a few snacks she'd just bought at the roadside.
But as she saw more and more interesting things, her mood gradually became melancholic.
Because this was someone else's village. In the Hidden Mist's streets, there were very few vendors selling things.
"Once Konoha sets up a trading port in the Hidden Mist, maybe there'll be many people opening shops in your place too," Aoba casually replied.
To Konoha's merchants, the current Hidden Mist was an entirely untapped market.
Whoever could take hold of that market first could reap the most profits.
Upon hearing this, Terumi Mei's melancholy was instantly lessened, and a faint smile appeared on her lips.
She hadn't expected this little brat would actually comfort her.
In her heart, she felt more and more that this guy must have proposed those conditions to the village for her sake.
"Thanks…", Terumi Mei pushed aside the takoyaki in her hand, gently blew on it, then held it out in front of Aoba.
"Here, have a takoyaki."
Aoba was speechless. She was clearly a sexy and mature big sister, but why did he suddenly feel like he was deceiving an innocent young girl?
"…Thanks," He also thanked her, then ate the takoyaki.
Hopefully, when she finds out later that the Hidden Mist's economy has been choked by Konoha, she won't come after him for revenge.
"Aoba-oniichan, eat mine too!", Karin looked at Terumi Mei with displeasure and also offered her own takoyaki to Aoba.
He had no choice but to take another bite.
Thankfully they were all sweet flavors, or else who knew how strange the taste combination would've been.
After walking for a long time, the three of them finally arrived at the clothing store.
The dazzling array of various outfits made Terumi Mei's eyes light up instinctively.
Ninjas rarely bought other kinds of clothes.
Because they spent most of their time on missions outside, what they wore was mostly the standard village-issued flak jackets.
But Terumi Mei was an exception.
As soon as she entered the store, she started picking out clothes to try on.
Karin was the same, trying on many cute-style outfits.
Originally, she also wanted to pick out some sexy clothes to wear, but her originally well-proportioned figure was just too lacking compared to Terumi Mei's.
So she simply changed tactics.
Wearing as little as she could on the upper body, and as little as she could on the lower body.
Various black stockings, white stockings, bubble socks, tights… all swaying back and forth in front of Aoba.
Every time, she even had him evaluate the texture by touch.
It was making his back ache.
In the end, he could only choose to empty his mind and coincidentally, his gaze happened to land on a blue dress.
Suddenly, he felt a warm breath enter his ear.
His whole body trembled slightly as he snapped back to his senses.
"Do you want something?"
Aoba instinctively tried to move away from her, but Terumi Mei pressed down on his shoulder.
That warm breath came again, making the tips of his ears flush a bit red.
Terumi Mei naturally noticed this small detail. What a shy little brother.
"Little brother, do you want to see big sister wearing that dress?"
Aoba followed Terumi Mei's gaze.
It was that same blue dress, though it looked somewhat similar in style to what Tsunade had worn before.
Although Tsunade had rarely worn it.
He was indeed a bit curious what Terumi Mei would look like in it, but if he showed that interest directly, this woman would definitely take it further.
"Sorry, I'm not interested in what you wear."
"Not… not interested?", She didn't expect to actually hear "not interested", 'Such a direct put-down...'
Especially coming from someone who had "impure thoughts" about her. Terumi Mei was momentarily hit hard.
Unwilling to give up, she continued blowing gently into his ear, "Don't worry, your little girlfriend is still in the fitting room."
"No interest!"
"You… hmm?"
Terumi Mei had originally wanted to scold this clueless brat, but then she suddenly noticed a little detail.
"So that's it… pretending to be serious just to cover up shyness?"
She noticed that Aoba's ears were turning redder, and she felt she had discovered the truth.
"Big sister doesn't hate shy little brothers, but if you were a bit bolder, big sister would like you even more."
Terumi Mei blew into his ear again, then blushed slightly as she took that dress and walked toward the fitting room.
This was also her first time seducing someone like this, especially someone so much younger than her.
'This kind of…'
Watching Terumi Mei take the dress into the fitting room, Aoba scratched his head and adjusted his sitting posture.
Her behavior left him very confused.
They'd only met a few times, and she had even disliked him before, so why was she suddenly so close now?
This kind of situation, if it's not a seduction trap, then she must have some ulterior motive.
It couldn't be… he hadn't done anything at all, and she was already halfway done raiding herself?
'Does this woman want to get married that badly?'
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