A goddess in public, but behind closed doors...

"Yo, we meet again, Yuan!" the man waved casually in greeting.

"Shino, what are you doing here?" Sakura Haruno felt her lips twitch.

There was another female ninja.

She gently tossed her long hair aside, lifted her mask, tilted her head, and smiled brightly, "So, my new teammate is you."

This was the woman Sakura met in the locker room.

It was the first time Sakura had seen her smiling, pretty face, which was even more striking than her slender figure.

What a coincidence!

"Shino, aren't you an examiner?" Sakura asked, looking puzzled.

She lifted the mask to the top of her head, revealing her face; both of them had seen her in person before.

"Besides being an examiner, I also do fieldwork," Shino, removing his mask to reveal a big smile. "But I just found out that Lady Tsunade assigned me your new teammate!"

"I'm Captain Shino, you all know me. Let me introduce you, this Anbu's codename is Tobi, real name Sakura Haruno, Chunin, a disciple of the Fifth Hokage, and officially joining the Anbu today."

He pointed at Sakura and said to the beautiful woman beside him.

He took a few more steps forward, pointed to the tall female Anbu, and introduced her to the girl, "This is Xi, her real name is Uzuki Yugao, Jonin, and she has been serving in the Anbu for several years."

"I know you, Sakura Haruno. Please take care of me from now on." Uzuki Yugao stepped forward, smiled, and shook hands with the girl.

This was the first time Sakura had ever met a mature, older-sister type of woman.

And he's Jonin!

He couldn't help but scrutinize the other person carefully.

At first glance, from the perspective of appreciating the beautiful scenery, her steps were graceful and elegant, her hands were soft and warm like jade when she shook hands, her eyes were like clear springs, and her smile was like a flower, making people feel relaxed and happy.

Let's observe from the perspective of a ninja.

Each of her steps covered the same distance. She had thin calluses on her fingertips and palms, and her Chakra was clear, sharp, and restrained. Her temperament was as dignified as a sword, and one could feel the immense power contained within her that was not yet unleashed.

Bright as the autumn moon, his sword intent was overwhelming.

Two completely different auras coexisted harmoniously within this woman.

Standing before her, looking up at her senior from the Anbu, Sakura felt an overwhelming aura of heroism emanating from her.

"Hello, senior! Please take care of me!" Sakura was taken aback for a moment, then quickly put on a smile.

Yugao's handshake gesture was with the tiger's mouth facing the tiger's mouth, which appeared generous and poised, unlike many girls who would hold each other fingertips. Ying could feel the strength of her handshake.

This woman shouldn't be difficult to get along with.

As Sakura thought about it, the nervousness she felt towards her unfamiliar teammates lessened considerably.

Shino clapped his hands loudly beside him and solemnly announced, "So, our Team Fourteen is now complete! We'll officially begin our mission tomorrow, and the assembly point is right here!"

The two girls Qidian.

"Then, how about we go have a meal together now? It'll be a way to celebrate the new team member joining and get to know each other better!" Shino said with a smile, looking at the two girls, one big and one small.

"Is the captain going to treat us?" Sakura teased Shino with a grin. Kakashi only treats people when he can't refuse anymore.

The latter agreed without even blinking, "Of course, how about we go for Yakiniku Q?"

"If the captain is treating, then of course the captain decides where to go," Yugao said with a faint smile, her voice as clear as a babbling brook.

Everything is going well in the new team.

The new teammates, Shino and Yugao, seem... pretty good.

Sakura Haruno breathed a sigh of relief. She had hoped that Fourteenth Squad could be as harmonious as Team 7.

By this time, the sun was almost touching the horizon. Sakura Haruno looked back and saw the golden sunlight shining on the figures of the three of them, as if they were draped in a golden veil.

The sunlight still retained some warmth, making her face feel cozy.

This feels... good.

Then, during Yakiniku Q dinner, she realized she had oversimplified things.

The idea of harmonious coexistence within the team is all a lie!

--Wherever it is, bullying and teasing young, inexperienced newcomers seems to be a common practice.

Therefore, Sakura felt that she had been bullied by Shino and Yugao together.

Perhaps she acted too innocently and didn't know how to refuse her seniors' requests.

So the two of them used various excuses to get her to drink several glasses of wine, from a toast to welcoming her to the Team Fourteen Anbu, to a toast to her Ninjutsu, to a toast to celebrating her ability to control her bedwetting...

Ugh, what kind of reason is that last one?!

However, since Sister Yugao was smiling and offering a toast, even if the reason for the toast was lame, I couldn't refuse, right...?

It turns out that the only way to avoid being forced to drink at a dinner party is to insist from the beginning that you won't drink alcohol.

No matter how others try to persuade me to drink, no matter if the person urging me to drink is a pretty woman or not!

If you can't even resist those utterly cheesy drinking toasts, then congratulations, you're not leaving the table standing tonight. Sakura Haruno felt this deeply at that moment.

She had never experienced being drunk. In her previous life, she had never drunk alcohol due to health reasons. As Sakura, she only tasted alcohol for the first time at Naruto's farewell party a few days ago.

Well... she'd never tasted horse urine before, but beer was indeed a bit bitter and not very palatable, barely better than plain water. As for sake and liquor, they were absolutely choking.

So she still doesn't understand why people have to drink at gatherings that have even a little bit of significance, and she doesn't understand why some people are addicted to alcohol.

When they toasted her, she drank along, purely out of politeness and respect for her seniors.

Shino and Yugao drank quite a bit.

Drinking while on a mission is extremely unprofessional. Alcohol numbs the nerves and slows reaction time, which is very dangerous for a ninja.

However, ninjas possess Chakra, which allows them to quickly counteract the side effects of alcohol. This sounds somewhat similar to the martial arts technique of using internal energy to expel alcohol and thus remain sober; Sakura knows that this is actually a technique of Medical Ninjutsu, which is not easy to perform and many ninjas do not know how to use it, so they can only keep their distance from alcoholic beverages.

Yugao and Shino, both highly skilled ninjas, clearly knew this technique, so they drank with far fewer reservations.

Yugao's face turns red after drinking alcohol. Her flawless face is especially charming when it's slightly flushed, particularly when she smiles and looks at others with her bright eyes. Her stunning smile can easily make anyone fall in love at first glance.

Besides blushing, her mood would also be much higher than usual. She was quite aloof when we first met in the afternoon, with a sharp, swordsman-like feel, but after drinking, she was a different person...

After getting to know each other better, he started touching the girl inappropriately, pinching her cheeks, patting her head, holding her hand... and groping her breasts.

She's a goddess in public, but a scoundrel in private.

Sakura didn't have the heart to retaliate.

The girl didn't know that Yugao had invited her for a drink; she just found the expression on Xi Yan's face as she drank with a furrowed brow amusing and wanted to see it a few more times...

This woman has the potential to become a queen!

After a few more drinks, Sakura cleverly began to feign being unable to hold her liquor. This was not difficult for a girl who had mastered Medical Ninjutsu; she could easily simulate the outward signs of intoxication using Ninjutsu.

Actually, she didn't feel drunk at all. This body had a pretty good alcohol tolerance; at Naruto's farewell party that night, she practically drank beer like water and only got slightly tipsy...

Yugao that the blush on the underage girl's face had spread all the way to her ears, making her look like a red apple, Xi Yan finally let her go.

Sakura secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

As a junior, she's really not good at participating in these purely interpersonal social activities... Among her peers, she's the queen!

She was always the Hinata, Ino, and Haku... Sasuke and Naruto, on the other hand, all followed her lead.

Alternatively, she might be treated to a meal by Kakashi or someone else as a junior—though this guy is incredibly stingy and has only treated her a few times. In any case, Kakashi would never force her to drink.

What goes around comes around, and good and evil will eventually be rewarded!

Moreover, Sakura's thinking is far too simplistic, hehehehe...

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(Almost forgot, it's featured in the homepage's category recommendations tomorrow, so I'll celebrate with a third update.)

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