[ Ding! The number of Chat Group members has reached five. A new feature has been unlocked! ]
The sudden system notification brought the conversation in the Chat Group to a halt.
Mo Chen had heard the notification too.
A new feature?
There were hidden perks like this? He hoped it would be useful to him.
[ Ding! The Chat Group has successfully unlocked a new feature. Members can use Chakra to start video calls. ]
Video calls? What was that supposed to be?
Mo Chen couldn't help feeling speechless.
If you said it was useful, it could certainly come in handy at crucial moments.
If you said it was useless, well, it did seem pretty pointless.
He'd gotten his hopes up for nothing!
[Ino Yamanaka: Video calls? What does that mean?]
[Tenten: I checked it out, and I think I've figured it out!]
Right after that, Tenten started a video call—with everyone in the Chat Group.
The next moment, a new screen appeared in the Chat Group interface. It showed Tenten lying in bed in her nightgown.
She wore a loose-fitting dress, and her usual bun had been replaced by two ponytails, making her look even more fresh and lovely.
Her room was neat and clean, decorated mostly in white.
There wasn't much in the room, just a few pieces of everyday furniture.
[Ino Yamanaka: Wow, so this is the video feature? I can actually see what's happening where you are from my house!]
[Hinata Hyuga: This is the first time I've seen Tenten-senpai's room.]
[Tenten: This feature is much more convenient than sending voice messages. We can also share interesting things with the girls in the group. If we run into trouble on a mission, we can start a video call instead of struggling to explain everything.]
[Ino Yamanaka: It really is useful, and pretty fun too. I'll give it a try!]
Soon, another screen appeared in the Chat Group interface, showing Ino.
But when they opened it, the sight made their faces turn red.
Ino was taking a bath!
She was lying naked in the bathtub, with bubbles covering the surface of the water.
The image was in ultra-high definition. Her fair, dewy skin was crystal clear—every pore was visible.
[Ino Yamanaka: You really can see everything, and I can adjust the angle however I like. I can even see behind me, where I normally can't look. So you don't have to open it just for other people to see. In certain situations, you can open it just for yourself.]
[Hinata Hyuga: Wow, Ino's skin is so lovely. I'm so jealous.]
[Tenten: Ino, tone it down!]
[Ino Yamanaka: We're all girls here. No need to worry!]
As she spoke, Ino even stood straight up in the water, struck a few poses, and flirtatiously winked. "My skin isn't the only thing I've got going for me. How many people can compete with a figure like this?"
She was a bit shameless, but she wasn't wrong.
Mo Chen was stunned. His nose felt warm, and he almost got a nosebleed.
Of course, he'd seen plenty in his day.
No matter how realistic it looked through a screen, it wasn't enough to make him act like a lovesick fool.
"Stay calm, stay calm! If they find out about this, I'll be in for it, won't I?"
Mo Chen hurriedly recited a mantra in his mind: prosperity, democracy, civility, harmony, freedom, equality...
Just then, another screen appeared in the Chat Group. This one belonged to Hinata.
Hinata was curled up beneath her blanket, with only her shy little head poking out.
[Hinata Hyuga: I... I just wanted to try it. It seems to use very little Chakra.]
[Tenten: Mm-hmm. The amount of Chakra it uses is negligible. You can even turn it on during a fight without affecting anything.]
[Ino Yamanaka: @Karin Uzumaki, you should turn on your video too, so we can all get to know each other.]
[Karin Uzumaki: I...]
[Tenten: It's okay, don't worry about it. It's normal to have questions about the Chat Group right now. You'll get used to it. If you need help with anything, just ask!]
[Hinata Hyuga: But Karin's from Kusagakure. Is she a ninja too? She seems pretty far away from us.]
[Ino Yamanaka: Do you think people from other villages might join later?]
[Tenten: It's hard to say, but it looks like new people will keep joining. We just don't know how new members are chosen.]
[Hinata Hyuga: It seemed like someone suddenly joined just now. There wasn't any warning beforehand.]
They weren't the only ones wondering about it. Mo Chen was too, but he had no clues, so he soon stopped worrying about it.
Now that Karin had joined the Chat Group, Mo Chen had to find a way to rescue her as the Group Leader.
Once he mastered Wood Release tomorrow, he'd be strong enough to save her.
So he needed to make up a future event about rescuing Karin, ideally one that made clear it would happen in the next few days.
According to the original story, Karin's mother would be drained of her Chakra and die around this time. It was still unclear whether she was already dead.
After her mother died, Karin, who'd inherited her ability, was immediately forced to take her place as a human pill for Kusagakure.
At first she was kept at the hospital, then taken to the battlefield, and not long afterward brought to Konoha to take the Chunin Ninja Exams.
This was the darkest period of Karin's life.
Even in her Infinite Tsukuyomi dream, she found redemption by changing how things turned out during this period.
"System, I hope you come through for me. Don't make me work too hard!" Mo Chen quickly came up with a 'future' for Karin, silently prayed, then chose to submit it.
After making up two future events, he'd figured out a few things.
The future shouldn't be too long, and the details shouldn't be too specific. He only needed to make the theme clear.
The story would take care of the rest and move in the right direction.
But this time he'd be infiltrating Kusagakure to rescue someone, so it was still pretty dangerous.
From the movie Blood Prison, it was clear that although Kusagakure was just a small village, it held an unusual position in the Shinobi World.
Hozuki Castle, which belonged to Kusagakure, held criminals from all over the Shinobi World who couldn't be dealt with by their own countries for various reasons. Some of them were serious offenders who'd committed crimes across national borders.
And the Kusagakure ninja tasked with guarding those criminals were all formidable.
With a soft ding, just as the girls in the Chat Group finished chatting and were getting ready for bed, the system sent a notification: a future video clip had been uploaded to the group.
[Tenten: Future videos? Is it one a day?]
[Hinata Hyuga: It was around this time yesterday too. Do you think there's a pattern?]
[Ino Yamanaka: Who cares what the pattern is? Let's just watch it! I hope this one's about me.]
[Tenten: Ahem. Let's watch it first!]
They all actually thought this future video was more likely to be about Sakura.
But Sakura had gotten upset earlier and hadn't said a word in the group since, so none of them had brought her up.
Unfortunately, when they opened the video, it wasn't Sakura at all.
Of Konoha's Four Flowers, three had appeared in future videos, while Sakura was the only one left out. That was certainly intriguing.
Soon, the future video began—
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